Sampling sponges in the Norwegian fjords

by Martina Milanese on September 9, 2016 with No Comments

SponGES teams get together again for field work operations, as researchers from the Natural History Museum in London and from Uppsala University join staff at Bergen University. This deep-sea sponge sampling campaign, in the Norwegian fjords, is on September 8-9 2016.

Sunny morning in Norway, SponGES researchers ready to sail & sample Porifera in the deep-sea — Sunny morning before sailing, SponGES researchers ready to sample Porifera in the deep-sea

SponGES researchers ready to go sampling deep-sea North Atlantic Porifera — SponGES group picture & ready to go!

Researchers setting up the lab before sampling deep-sea Porifera for the SponGES EU project — Preparing the SponGES lab in the Norwegian fjords

A deep-sea sponge lab, ready for use by the SponGES EU project — Pipettes, tubes and vials – all in order for deep-sea Porifera

Deep-sea sponges of the North Atlantic — First deep-sea sponge samples arrive on board

Washing deep-sea Porifera during a short cruise in Norwegian fjords — Getting rid of sediments is the first step for SponGES researchers

Deep-sea sponges from Norwegian fjords sampled by the EU project SponGES — One large deep-sea sponge just taken aboard for the SponGES EU project

Deep-sea sponges from Norwegian fjords sampled by the EU project SponGES — Tagging deep-sea sponge samples as they come aboard

Deep-sea sponges from Norwegian fjords sampled by the EU project SponGES — Buckets with different deep-sea sponge samples await for processing

Deep-sea sponges from Norwegian fjords sampled by the EU project SponGES — SponGES researchers ready to process samples of deep-sea Porifera

Lab work on the cruise in Norwegian fjords for the EU project SponGES — Researchers from the EU project SponGES process deep-sea samples

Norwegian sunset after sampling deep-sea Porifera for the EU project SponGES — Sunset on Norwegian fjords after a day of work