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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 |