Plattform Platform	Reise-Nr. Cruise-No.	Zeitraum Period	Projekt Project	Arbeitsgebiet Working area
Heincke	HE530	15.04.2019 - 22.04.2019		North Sea

Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist	Institut Institute	Auslaufhafen Port of departure	Einlaufhafen Port of return	Stationskarte Station map	Schiffsroute Trackchart
Brodte Eva-Maria	Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung	Helgoland	Helgoland

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

HE530: The overarching goal was to teach oceanographic methodologies with a focus on plankton and to give the participants the opportunity to manage their own cruise as much as possible from preparing for the cruise, managing the cruise itself, as well as the post-cruise data processing. The participants were introduced to and independently applied a set of sampling methods and processed the resulting samples, were responsible for correct archival of all data and metadata. Group leaders were assigned in each group that had the added responsibility of assigning tasks and ensuring efficient workflows in the lab and on deck. This physical, chemical and biological oceanographic excursion is a key element of the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Oceanography, which has been coordinated by the Biological Station Helgoland since 2013. To maximize the scientific and teaching outputs we chose sampling stations with pronounced environmental gradients and for which prior data are also available so that more detailed comparative analyses of the resulting data sets will be possible in future. The data from previous years as well as the data from this expedition are now analyzed in an research project by Noir Purba at the AWI. On each station CTD cast and surface water sample (with a bucket) were taken and analyzed. At few stations Plankton net hauls were done. At the last leg on 19.04.2019 van Veen graps and a beam trawl was conducted to estimate the amount of mircoplastics in the sediment. During the cruise, the data were partly analyzed and processed or samples fixed for further investigations in the laboratory.

Messungen / Measurements