OCEANLAB CRUISE ASSISTED BY OSIL MULTIPLE CORER - OSIL The 60th research cruise of the RSS James Cook completed recently, having spent 5 weeks in the North East Atlantic in rough seas and high winds, collecting samples from the Darwin Mounds and Rockall Bank (North-West of Scotland) for Oceanlab researchers Dr. Evina Gontikaki & Neils Jobsvogt. The overall aim of the cruise was to investigate the different biotopes and faunal communities in the area, assess the extent of human impact on these habitats and the effects of protection measures in marine protected areas. The first part of the Oceanlab project was a laboratory based experiment aimed at further understanding the degradation of organic matter at bathyal depths, and particularly the effect of introducing fresh organic matter from

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