PELACUS 2001

Name: PELACUS 2001
Start: 2001-03-30
End: 2001-04-22
Location: North Atlantic Ocean

Type	Oceanographic cruise
Set	This cruise is part of the set PELACUS
Ship	Thalassa
Ship owner	Ifremer
Dates	30/03/2001 - 22/04/2001
Chief scientist(s)	CARRERA Pablo
	INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA (VIGO) Centro Oceanografico de Vigo Subida a Radiofaro, 50 36390 VIGO +34 986 492 111 ieo.vigo@vi.ieo.es http://www.vi.ieo.es/
DOI	10.17600/1000410
Objective	Estimation of the abundance of pelagic fish using echointegration techniques. Determination of physical, oceanographic and biological averages of the area to be explored. This cruise fell under the PELASSES (DG XIV 99/010) program.

Sea/Ocean

North Atlantic Ocean

(Eaux cotieres Nd Portugal,Esp,Sud France)

Ports

Port of departure : A Coruña (Spain)

Port of return : Santander (Spain)

Scientific Authority

INSTITUTO ESPANOL DE OCEANOGRAFIA (A CORUNA)

Centro Oceanografico de A Coruna

Muelle de Aninas s/n

15001 A CORUNA

+34 981 205362

ieo.coruna@co.ieo.es

Participating bodie(s)

IEO, Universidade de Vigo

Discipline(s)

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
ENVIRONMENT
METEOROLOGY
FISHERIES

Code	Label	Quantity	PI
B01	Primary productivity Methode 14C (IEO)	30	CARRERA Pablo
B02	Phytoplankton pigments (eg chloroph Fluorimetrie (IEO/UNIV VIGO)	21 stations	CARRERA Pablo
B07	Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms (IEO)	21	CARRERA Pablo
B08	Phytoplankton Filet plankton	130 hauls	CARRERA Pablo
B09	Zooplankton Filet plankton + CNH (IEO)	130 hauls	CARRERA Pablo
B14	Pelagic fish chalut (IEO)	50 hauls	CARRERA Pablo
B28	Acoustic reflection on marine organ 2140 NMI - Profils acoustiques (IEO)	-	CARRERA Pablo
H09	Water bottle stations Rosette (IEO)	21 stations	CARRERA Pablo
H10	CTD stations CTD (IEO)	157 stations	CARRERA Pablo

Summary of measurements

-60 acoustic profiles taken from the coast out to the continental shelf.
-50 fishing stations.
-157 CTD and plankton stations. 157.
-Continuous underway recording of salinity, temperature, fluoride and surface eggs.

Bibliography

Publications

Santos M. Begoña, Gonzalez-Quiros Rafael, Riveiro Isabel, Cabanas Jose M., Porteiro Carmela, Pierce Graham J. (2012). Cycles, trends, and residual variation in the Iberian sardine (Sardina pilchardus) recruitment series and their relationship with the environment. Ices Journal Of Marine Science, 69(5), 739-750. Publisher's official version : https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsr186 , Open Access version : https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00240/35128/

References of Articles published in other Periodicals or Scientific Works acclaimed in the Field

Bode A, Alvarez-Ossorio Mt, Carrera P, Lorenzo J (2004). Reconstruction of trophic pathways between plankton and the North Iberian sardine (Sardina pilchardus) using stable isotopes. Scientia Marina, 68(1), 165-178.