Description
The GENESIS 1 "Ortegal" cruise will focus, as first one in a series of 3 ROV cruises, on the "Massif Galicien de l'Ouest", located near the "Cabo Ortegal" in the southern part of the Bay of Biscay. These suspected deep-water coral hotspots, earlier described by Le Danois in 1948, will be surveyed using multibeam bathymetry and high resolution seismic profiling. Based on this site survey, ROV Genesis will focus on the detailed visual mapping and sampling of selected sites. Also the hydrography and sediment dynamics of the study area will be studied with respect to their role in steering the present ecosystems. As preparation for the GENESIS 3 cruise, the ROV will also deploy a biological experiment. GENESIS 1 takes place within the framework of the European projects HERMES (EC FP6), MiCROSYSTEMS (ESF) and HERMIONE (EC FP7).
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