CORAMM Project gallery.

Thumbnail gallery of CORAMM project images. Please click a picture to be taken to a higher resolution image:-

September 2007 Tisler Reef campaign

Stranded jellyfish, Tjarno 2007 Strong winds bring many jellyfish toward shore, Sept 2007 Flow meter awaiting deployment. Heavy hydroid biofouling on in-situ pump, following 4 month deployment. Jacobs University crawler prepared for Tjarno tests.
New Technology Trap Array (NTTA) trap on way to Tisler Reef testing Coral fragment used in laboratory experiment Hydro-Bios trap at surface following successful recovery Lophelia pertusa in the Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory aquaria - see main page for link to webcam One of several ferries passing directly above the Tisler Reef.
Work area at Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory. Sediment trap landers awaiting deployment at the Tisler Reef, 2007 Two sediment traps awaiting deployment    
         
All images in this group taken by Jacobs University.

Norwegian coral reefs

Boxcore from Rost Reef. June 2007 Van Veen grab from Traena Reef. June 2007 Skin lesion in Lophelia pertusa following stress. Lophelia pertusa sampled from 'valley' between two coral ridges. Rost Reef, 2007 Fauna sampled with the Jago submersible. Rost reef, 2007
Measuring oxygen concentration across the Rost reef with the Jago submersible Sessile fauna on dropstone. Rost reef, 2007 Sessile fauna on dropstone. Rost reef, 2007 Various fauna collected on a Jago submersible dive. Rost reef, 2007 Lophelia pertusa covered in places by a yellow sponge. Rost reef, 2007.
Anenome. Sampled at Traena reef, 2007. Crustacean sampled by box core. Rost reef, 2007 Fauna sampled from Rost reef by Jago. June 2007. Lophelia pertusa covered by sediment in on-board experiment. Polarstern PS70, 2007 Box Core from region of shelf with no corals present. Dropstones. Norway, 2007
All images in this group were taken by members of the scientific onboard party of Polarstern cruise PS 70 - ARK XXII/1a.

Researchers and equipment images

CTD primed for use. Rost reef, 2007 Polarstern helicopter landing Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) used in Jago submersible deployment Jago being lowered toward the ocean Jago on the surface
Box core on return to surface FS Polarstern, 2007 CORAMM scientist Birgit Lessmann climbs aboard the Jago submersible View from within Jago, on return to surface FS Polarstern, 2007
Benthic lander under construction by CORAMM personnel. Photo: Autun Purser, International University, Bremen Benthic lander under construction by CORAMM personnel. Photo: Autun Purser, International University, Bremen Echosounder. Nereus survey Vessel. TMBL. Plankton trawl net deployed from Nereus.
Time lapse camera installation. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Time lapse camera installation. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory
Images from the Rost reef and the Norwegian margin in this group were taken by members of the scientific onboard party of Polarstern cruise PS 70 - ARK XXII/1a.
All underwater images from Tisler reef in this group credited to T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory.

Lophelia pertusa and coral community images - Tisler Reef

Crab on reef fragments. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Crab on Reef Fragments. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Cold water coral reef community. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Lophelia pertusa being overgrown by sponge. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Anenome. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory
Lophelia pertusa being overgrown by a spongs. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Cold water coral reef community. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Living and dead coral fragments. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Lophelia pertusa and a number of associated species. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory Lophelia pertusa and a number of associated species. Photo: T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory
All underwater images credited to T. Lundalv, Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory. Other images credited to Jacobs University.

Research institute and survey region images

Polarstern view, Norway, June 2007 Killer whales seen frequently from cruise, June 2007 Fjord entrance Approach to Tromso Polarstern view, Norway, June 2007
Polarstern view, Norway, June 2007 View from Jago, Rost reef, 2007 Polarstern view, Norway, June 2007 Polarstern view, Norway, June 2007 Polarstern view, Norway, June 2007
Tjarno aquarium, at night. Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory. Tjarno waterfront. Tjarno. Swedish coastal islands in Tjarno region.
All images in this group are credited to the onboard scientific party of Polarstern ARK XXII/1a,
or Jacobs University (for the Sweden / Norway images).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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