Plattform Platform	Reise-Nr. Cruise-No.	Zeitraum Period	Projekt Project	Arbeitsgebiet Working area
Celtic Voyager	CV/07/22	29.08.2007 - 02.09.2007		ICES-subarea VIIa

Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist	Institut Institute	Auslaufhafen Port of departure	Einlaufhafen Port of return	Stationskarte Station map	Schiffsroute Trackchart
Fitzgerald Aodhan	Marine Institute	Dublin	Rosslare

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

A team of PhD students studying with the Marine Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution (MarBEE) Group at University College, Dublin are the winners of the Sea Change 'Bright Sparks Award', designed to introduce budding scientists to the Marine Institute's research vessel fleet. The survey team will sail from Dublin on 29th August and make landfall again in Rosslare, Co. Wexford, on the 2nd September. During that time Edward Farrell , Jen Coughlan, Javier Atalah, Julien Chopelet, Jayne Fitch and Ilaria Cosciawill examine communities of fish and bottom-dwelling animals in the Western Irish Sea. \n\nOne objective is to compare sites where wind turbines have been constructed with undeveloped sites where turbines are proposed. Another objective is to study the distribution and abundance of sharks and rays in the Western Irish Sea and identify possible nursery areas on offshore sandbanks. As well as fisheries biologists and ecologists, the team will also include a geologist, Gemma Byrne, who will map the seabed and examine the sands and gravels in the study areas.\n\n\n

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