Cruise reports from the marine monitoring

The cruise was initially delayed for some hours, and there were some problems with the generators resulting in inability to maintain full speed of the vessel during the cruise. Shortly before arriving Lysekil, information was given stating that other bookings of R/V Aranda had priority, and the …

In large parts of the deep water in the Baltic Proper the oxygen concentration was close to zero. Anoxic conditions, when hydrogen sulphide can form, were found in both the Western and the Eastern Gotland Basin from 80-90 meters depth. In the Bornholm Basin the oxygen concentration went down to 0.4 …

In large parts of the Baltic Proper, the oxygen concentration in the deep water was close to zero. Anoxic conditions, when hydrogen sulphide can form, were found at all stations sampled in the Western and Eastern Gotland Basin. The depths where hydrogen sulphide were first detected at the visited …

The cruise, which is part of the Swedish national marine monitoring programme visited stations in the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, the Sound and the Baltic Proper. In the Kattegat and the Sound the winter pool of nutrients were mapped.

As usual had large parts of the deep water in the Baltic Proper …

The February cruise, which is part of the Swedish national marine monitoring program, covered the Skagerrak, the Kattegat, the Sound and the Baltic Proper. In the Baltic Proper winter mapping of nutrients was performed.

In the northern and westerns parts of the Baltic Proper there was hydrogen …

The expedition was included within SLU:s International Bottom Trawl Survey and covered the Skagerrak and the Kattegat.

Mapping of winter nutrient conditions was performed in the Skagerrak and 14 stations with complete hydrography were sampled. In the Kattegat area 12 stations were sampled with ctd …