AtlantECO's flagship and third party expeditions
A comprehensive programme to generate new observations about microbiomes, plastics and the plastisphere.
FLAGSHIP CRUISES
SV Eugen Seibold
Geographic coverage: 65°N - 15°N in the NorthWest Atlantic
Temporal coverage: Mission 1 (June 2020 - September 2021); Mission 2 (March 2022 - December 2022)
Lead collaboration Institution: Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Contacts: Ralf Schiebel (ralf.schiebel@mpic.de) & Isabella Hrabe (i.hrabe@mpic.de)
SV Tara
Geographic coverage: 15°N - 45°S in the South Atlantic (East & West), Southern Ocean & the Weddell Sea
Temporal coverage: Mission Microbiomes AtlantECO (August 2021 - September 2022)
Lead AtlantECO Institution: Fondation Tara Ocean, Paris, France
Contacts: Daniele Iudicone (iudicone@szn.it) & Stéphane Pesant (pesant@ebi.ac.uk)
SV Veleiro ECO
Geographic coverage: 0°N - 30°S in the SouthEast Atlantic along the coast and main rivers of Brazil
Temporal coverage: Mission AtlantECO (April 2022 & February - September 2023)
Lead AtlantECO Institution: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Contacts: Andrea Freire (freireandreas@gmail.com) & Andrea Green (andreagreenk@gmail.com)
RV Alpha Crucis
Geographic coverage: 12°S - 30°S in the SouthEast Atlantic off the coast of Brazil
Temporal coverage: Mission 1 (July-August 2022); Mission 2 (dates tbd in 2023)
Lead AtlantECO Institution: University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Contacts: Rubens Lopes (rubens@usp.br) & Gleice Souza Santos (santoss.gleice@gmail.com)
RV S.A. Agulhas II
Geographic coverage: 33°S - 58°S in the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean
Temporal coverage: Mission 1 (July-August 2022); Mission 2 (dates tbd in 2023)
Lead AtlantECO Institution: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Contacts: Thulani Makhalanyane (thulani.makhalanyane@up.ac.za) & Girish Nair (mail2rgn06@gmail.com)
RRS Discovery
Geographic coverage: 45°N - 45°S in the North & South Atlantic
Temporal coverage: Mission 1 (16th February - 1st April 2023); Mission 2 (dates tbd in 2023)
Lead AtlantECO Institution: National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom
Contacts: Andy Rees (APRE@pml.ac.uk) & Karen Tait (KTAIT@pml.ac.uk)
THIRD-PARTY CRUISES
RV Houssay
Geographic coverage: 35°S - 45°S in the SouthWest Atlantic on the Patagonian Shelf
Temporal coverage: Mission Gayoso (October-November 2021)
Lead collaborating institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Contacts: Federico Ibarbaltz (fedeibarbalz@gmail.com)
RV Algoa
Geographic coverage: 32°S St Helena Bay time serie transect
Temporal coverage: St Helena Bay time serie transect (2022, 23, 24)
Lead collaborating institution: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Contacts: Emma Rocke (erocke@gmail.com)
RV Antea
Geographic coverage: 4°N - 1°S
Temporal coverage: Mission AMAZOMIX (September 2021)
Lead collaborating institution: Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, Sète, France
Contacts: Arnaud Bertrand (arnaud.bertrand@ird.fr)
RV Hesperides
Geographic coverage: 54°S - 71°S
Temporal coverage: Mission DRACC2022 (January-February 2022)
Lead collaborating institution: Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Contacts: Silvia Acinas (sacinas@icm.csic.es)
RV Polarstern
Geographic coverage: 33°S - 58°S in the South Atlantic, Southern Ocean and Weddell Sea
Temporal coverage: Mission HAFOS PS129 (October-November 2021)
Lead collaborating institution: Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Contacts: Jan Tebben (jan.tebben@awi.de)
