CE19014 - Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats - Leg 2 (MoCha_Scan II) North East Atlantic Ocean 2019

The main objective of this survey is to retrieve 8 lander systems that have been deployed in the PBC during CE19008 (MoCha_Scan Leg 1). These landers have been deployed for a period of approx. 2.5 months within a range of coral habitats throughout the PBC. They have been sampling particulates continuously and binned into 2.7 day bins.

Current speed and direction have been measured in 20 m profiles from the lander for a period of 2 minutes every 10 minutes. Data recorded via landers from each habitat will allow to determine the controls on habitat variability and process thresholds. Furthermore, this data can be used as a baseline to which later deployments at this site will be used to compare against.

Data will feed into a number of projects including: the H2020 project “Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time” (iATLANTIC) and the SFI-, GSI- and MI-funded “Mapping, Modelling and Monitoring Key Processes and Controls on Cold Water Coral Habitats in Submarine Canyons” (MMMonKey_Pro) programme. The main objective of this survey was to retrieve 8 lander systems that have been deployed in the during CE19008 (MoCha_Scan Leg 1).