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Deep Sea Research on RV MARIA S. MERIAN

The focus of the cruise MSM126 on the Research Vessel Maria S. Merian lies on the pelagic deep sea, which belongs to the least explored ecosystems on earth. We will work in the area off Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean. Research aims include the documentation of biodiversity, food web relations, and the role of pelagic fauna in transferring carbon to the seafloor. A particular knowledge gap concerns the biodiversity and functional role of gelatinous macrozooplankton (the “jelly web”) in pelagic oceanic food webs. Our work aims to address the current knowledge gaps via biodiversity exploration and dedicated sampling of representatives of all trophic levels of the food web for food web tracer analyses. The cruise will be embedded in ongoing work to unravel the biodiversity and food webs in the Macaronesian Island region, with a focus on gelatinous macrozooplankton. We will use a wide range of established and novel in-situ observation and sampling technology, coupled to state-of-the-art analyses, including metagenomics approaches, focusing on Madeira as the least explored of the Macaronesian Islands. The intense measurements and observations as well as sampling efforts (and subsequent laboratory analyses) focusing on a small area have the potential to lead to major advances in the functional understanding of the deep-sea systems, including the role of the jelly web, of Madeira. JellyWeb Madeira February 9 - March 4, 2024 Chief scientist: Dr. Jan Dierking Captain: Klaus Bergmann A movie by Submaris 2024 Camera, Edit, Grading: Uli Kunz