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Expeditions

Over the past 20 years, our team has led and taken part in more than 25 research expeditions to cold-water coral sites around the world. We have used remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to explore and map these unique deep-sea ecosystems in detail.

To better understand how these coral reefs have evolved over time, we have also collected hundreds of metres of sediment cores from coral mounds, using gravity and piston corers and the MeBo seafloor drilling rig (e.g., at sites off the coast of Mauritania, in the Gulf of Cádiz, and in the western Mediterranean Sea).

Year

Cruise (giant equipment)

Area

Chief Scientist

Participants

tba Meteor ARGURU (ROV SQUID)

SW Atlantic (Uruguay, Argentinien)

Wienberg (MARUM) Hebbeln, Titschack
2025 Sonne SO309 CoralNewZ (ROV SQUID) SW Pacific (New Zealand) Freiwald (SAM) Hebbeln, Wienberg, Titschack, Okuma
2024

Sonne SO306 COWIO (ROV SQUID)

West Indian Ocean (East Africa) Hebbeln (MARUM) Wienberg, Greiffenhagen, Corbera
2024 Maria S. Merian MSM127 MAURIBO (MeBo70) East Atlantic (Mauritania) Bickert (MARUM) Titschack, Portilho
2019 Pelagia 64PE450 SE Atlantic (Namibia) Lavaleye (NIOZ) Titschack, Portilho
2018 Meteor M151 ATHENA (ROV SQUID) NE Atlantic (Azores) Frank (IUP) Hebbeln, Wienberg
2016 Meteor M122 ANNA (ROV SQUID) SE Atlantic (Angola, Namibia) Hebbeln (MARUM)

Wienberg, Titschack, Tamborrino

2014 Maria S. Merian MSM36 (MeBo70) Gulf of Cadiz/Mediterranean Hebbeln (MARUM) Wienberg
2013 Marion Dufresne MD194 Gulf of Cadiz/Mediterranean Van Rooij (UGhent) Hebbeln, Wienberg
2013 Aegaeo KRSE2013 (ROV) Red Sea Titschack
2012 Maria S. Merian MSM20-4 (ROV Cherokee) NW Atlantic (Gulf of Mexico) Hebbeln (MARUM) Wienberg, Matos
2011 Minibex (Comex) (ROV/Remora) Mediterranean Hebbeln (MARUM) Hebbeln
2011 Meteor M84-5 Bay of Biscay Flögel (GEOMAR) Matos
2010 Maria S. Merian MSM16-3 (ROV Wally) East Atlantic (Mauritania) Westphal (ZMT) Wienberg
2010 Poseidon P400 (ROV Cherokee) NE Atlantic (Ireland) Wienberg (MARUM) Eisele
2009 Poseidon P385 (ROV Cherokee) Mediterranean Hebbeln (MARUM) Wienberg
2009 Minibex (Comex) (ROV/Remora) Mediterranean Hebbeln (MARUM) Hebbeln
2008 Celtic Explorer CE0810 (MeBo70) NE Atlantic (Ireland) Wheeler (UCC) Wienberg
2008 Pelagia 64PE284 (ROV Cherokee) Gulf of Cádiz Hebbeln (MARUM) Wienberg
2008 Prof. Logachev TTR17 Mediterranean Comas (UGranada) Fink
2007 Poseidon P346 East Atlantic (Mauritania) Westphal (MARUM) Eisele
2007 Meteor M70-1 (ROV QUEST) Mediterranean Freiwald (UErlangen) Hebbeln, Wienberg, Fink
2007 Maria S. Merian MSM2-3 (Jago) North Atlantic (Svalbard) Freiwald (UErlangen) Hebbeln, Eisele
2007 Maria S. Merian MSM1-3b Gulf of Cádiz Pfannkuche (GEOMAR) Wienberg
2005 Pelagia 64PE237 Gulf of Cádiz de Haas (NIOZ) Wienberg
2004 Meteor M61-3 (ROV QUEST) NE Atlantic (Ireland) Hebbeln (MARUM) Wienberg
2003 Sonne SO175 Gulf of Cádiz Kopf (MARUM) Hebbeln, Dorschel