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Expedition SO 239 with RV SONNE: EcoResponse

Chief Scientist: Prof. Dr. Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Expedition SO239 took place between the 11th of March and 30th of Aprilo, 2015 and led from Balboa, Panama, to the North-East-Pacific, more precies the Clarion-Clipperton-Fracture Zone (CCZ) and terminated in Manzanillo, Mexico.

Aim of the expedition was to document the fauna living in manganese nodule fields in the CCZ and adjacent seamounts, and then to estimate possible impacts of the (planned) mining of manganese nodules.

ROV KIEL 6000 was, besides AUV, Multicorer, Gravity Core, Box Core, Epibenthic Sled and CTD one of the deployed tools and accomplished 15 scientific dives in water depths of more than 5000 m. Main tasks were exploration, mapping, documentation and sampling of the fauna living in the nodule fields and on the seamounts

The expedition was conducted within the JPI Oceans Project.

Publications to which ROV KIEL 6000 contributed.
Photos (unless otherwise noted): ROV-Team GEOMAR; for enquiries on utilisation of image material please contact Public Relations Dpt. GEOMAR oder Dr. Friedrich Abegg.

 

Life at the seafloor: Corals
Ophiuroid (brittle star)
Holothurian with sail (sea cucumber)
Giant jellyfish
Work at the seafloor: Orion placing a scoop in the biobox
Orion has sampled a small nodule with mini-coral
Pushcores in a dredge track
Nodule-crusher on the porch
"Landscapes": Manganese nodule field
Lava at a seamount
On deck: ROV KIEL 6000 being deployed (Photo: M. Plöger)
Sampling-setup with biobox, Niskins and pushcores
Frontal view of ROV KIEL 6000
Recovery of ROV KIEL 6000 at night (Photo: A. Hilario)
ROV lights are well visible at night (Photo: M. Plöger)
ROV KIEL 6000 at the sea surface (Photo: P. Ribeiro)

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    Scientific Head 

    Dr. Friedrich Abegg
    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
    Wischhofstr. 1-3
    D-24148 Kiel
    Technology & Logistics Centre
    Tel.: 0049 431 600-2134
    Fax: 0049 431 600-2680
    E-mail: fabegg(at)geomar.de   


    Technical Head

    Martin Pieper (Dipl. Ing.)
    Technology & Logistics Centre
    Tel.: 0049 431 600-1688
    Fax: 0049 431 600-2680
    E-mail: mpieper(at)geomar.de 


    Scientific Advisor

    Prof. Dr.Colin Devey
    FB4: Dynamics of the Ocean Floor
    Tel.: 0049 431 600-2257
    Fax: 0049 431 600-2924
    E-mail: cdevey(at)geomar.de

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