Plattform Platform	Reise-Nr. Cruise-No.	Zeitraum Period	Projekt Project	Arbeitsgebiet Working area
Maria S. Merian	MSM19-1c	12.10.2011 - 21.10.2011		South Atlantic Ocean

Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist	Institut Institute	Auslaufhafen Port of departure	Einlaufhafen Port of return	Stationskarte Station map	Schiffsroute Trackchart
Zabel Matthias	Universitat Bremen, Zentrum fur Marine Umweltwissenschaften	Walvis Bay	Walvis Bay

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

During leg MSM19/1c the research cruise took place in the upwelling region off Namibia and was focused on research-based training and capacity building in the fields of biology, microbiology, biogeochemistry, marine geology, and geophysics. The cruise was carried out within the framework of the German-Namibian bilateral cooperation in Earth-System-Research as envisaged in the bilateral agreement signed in October 2010. The upwelling ecosystem off Namibia is eminently suited for carrying out state of the art marine scientific research with the accompanying structured training and education program. The major aim of the total cruise MSM19/1 was the education of students and junior faculty from Namibia and other countries in southern Africa as well as from Germany. Specific research objectives include: - Distribution of the suspension load and its composition in anoxic and oxygenated waters (aggregate formation, particle degradation, etc.) - Nutrient cycles in the water column - Investigation of benthic communities (sulphur bacteria and their distribution, comparison of macrobenthic life in and out of heavily trawled areas, etc.) - Geochemical signatures in sub-surface sediments (formation and dilution of biogenic and authigenic barite) - Acoustic surveying of the seafloor (identification and description of internal sediment structures, bathymetric mapping, etc.) We have worked at 19 stations with 49 deployments of different devices (see below). Additionally, 86 nm of seismic profiles have been driven.

Messungen / Measurements