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The floating university 2.0IMF students and researchers take part in expedition to Australia and New Zealand

9 January 2025, by Website Team Biologie

Gruppe auf dem Deck eines Schiffes

Photo: Alston D‘Souza

Two years after a successful training and research cruise from Spain to Namibia with the research vessel METEOR seven students and five scientists from the Institute of Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries Sciences (IMF) and the Institute of Geology at the University of Hamburg once again had the opportunity to take part in such an expedition.

This time the voyage will take the research vessel SONNE from Fremantle (Australia) to Wellington (New Zealand). The aim is to carry out physical measurements with the help of a CTD probe, as well as to take phyto-, micro-, meso- and macrozooplankton samples samples in order to analyse their taxonomic composition, abundance and their role in the ecosystem along the route from Australia to New Zealand in different water masses. In addition, experiments will be conducted to calculate the primary production rates in the different sea areas.

Figures: The team from the University of Hamburg on the research vessel Sonne. From left to right. At the back: Silke Janßen, Aaron Hütter, Amelie Kofler, Lasse Winterholler, Vanessa Hartmann, Dr Justus van Beusekom, Dr Rolf Koppelmann, Dr Niko Lahajnar. In front: Molly Showers, Alson D'Souza, Carlotta Winterhof, Dr Bettina Martin.

Blick über ein Schiff auf das Meer im Hafen

Photo: Rolf Koppelmann

The research vessel SONNE left the harbour of Fremantle (Australia) on Boxing Day in a southerly direction. After passing Cape Leeuwin, the voyage will lead eastward along South Australia through the Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Australian mainland through the Tasman Sea to New Zealand.

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