Sediment Trap Cruise. Updates from the JellyFarm Work Package 1.

On 19th August the JellyFarm team Dr Andrew Sweetman (Heriot Watt University, Scotland), Dr Catherine Lalande (Laval University,  Quebec City), Dr Kathy Dunlop, Dr Wenting Chan (NIVA, Norway) and RV Solvik skipper Leon Pedersen set out to continue the work on JellyFarm Work Package 1.

Successful sediment trap retrievals were made in Lurefjorden and Masfjorden where the traps have been collecting falling detrital samples since Aug 2015.  Traps were redeployed in Hardangerfjorden where they will collect data for a further year to quantify fluxes of jellyfish POC.

RV Solvik in Hardangerfjorden loaded with sediment trap equipment

Dr Catherine Lalande (University of Quebec, Canada) and Dr Andrew Sweetman (Heriot Watt University, Scotland) ready to deploy the sediment trap