News from the Pelagia
Where is the Pelagia?
The RV Pelagia is the NIOZ flag ship. She is built in 1991 and overhauled in 2010. With an overall length of 66 m, this versatile and stable vessel is suited for research on both coastal seas and open oceans (except for the polar regions).
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NIOZ@SEA blogs
Follow the news from our researchers on board.
Monday 28 June 2021
NIOZ@SEA | IceAGE_KR Kolbeinsey Ridge expedition to hydrothermal vents near Iceland
The marine environment around Iceland with its submarine ridges provides an area perfectly suited for investigating evolution, ecological resilience, and the impact of climate change. The hydrothermal vent fields along the ridges are biologically and…
Friday 18 June 2021
NIOZ@SEA | Survey “Deep-sea prey community and hunting whales” 64PE488
A team of 5 scientists (led by PI Dr Fleur Visser (NIOZ, UvA)) embarked on R.V. Pelagia for 6 days and 5 nights off the island of Terceira in the Azores to further extend our knowledge of deep-sea prey, hunted by deep-sea specialist whale predators…
Thursday 04 March 2021
NIOZ@SEA | North Sea Expedition 1-12 March 2021 'Sandeels & Seals'
Voor de derde keer vaart expeditieleider Rob Witbaard (NIOZ) uit om de relatie tussen het bodemleven (benthos) en de veranderingen in de visserij te onderzoeken. Tijdens de eerdere expedities is gebruik gemaakt van het NIOZ schip RV Pelagia, deze…
Friday 19 February 2021
NIOZ@SEA | RV Pelagia Stratiphyt-21 cruise
The ocean is teeming with life – but what many do not realize, it is mainly microscopic life! More than 70% of the living biomass in our seas and oceans is microbial. In contrast to land-life, ocean ‘plants’ (primary producers) are best to float to…
Tuesday 05 January 2021
NIOZ@SEA | Audioblogs door Threes Anna vanaf RV Pelagia op de Noordzee
Threes Anna maakte een audioreportage in 4 delen van onderzoek op de Noordzee met marien ecoloog Kees Camphuysen. Een gesprek vanaf het dak van de brug van de RV Pelagia, waar ze 10 dagen van zonsopkomst tot zonsondergang waarnemingen vastleggen over…
Wednesday 09 December 2020
NIOZ@SEA | North Sea Expedition 7-15 December 2020 'Sandeels & Seals'
Onderzoekers van het NIOZ en Wageningen Marine Research brengen aan boord van de RV Pelagia de bodemgemeenschappen ten noorden van de Waddeneilanden en de Noord-Hollandse kust in kaart.
Wednesday 11 November 2020
NIOZ@SEA | Cruise 64PE480: In search of Atlantic Nanoplastic
The overall goal of the cruise is to determine the total amount of plastic (macro, micro and nano) along a transect from the Azores through the N-Atlantic subtropical gyre and then towards the European shelf, English Channel and S-North Sea. The…
Monday 26 October 2020
NIOZ@SEA | Testing Ultra Clean Near Bottom Sampler for Metalgate
Metals are often regarded as toxic contaminants, but they also are essential nutrients. Trace metals such as iron or zinc are required for the growth of all organisms, including phytoplankton that form the base of the marine food web. Given that…
Wednesday 07 October 2020
NIOZ@SEA | Assembling a 3D high-precision temperature array
Follow NIOZ scientist Hans van Haren and a team of technicians while assembling an impressive 3D high-precision temperature array in the harbour of La Seyne sur Mer, near Toulon. The deployment consists of a 70 m diameter large ring, containing 3000…
Thursday 03 September 2020
ReViFES fieldwork 2020 | Investigating North Sea reefs services
Biogenic reefs are hard structures built by living organisms which form complex ecosystems and are accountable for several important ecological functions. In the North Sea, the most common bio-constructors include bivalves, such as oysters and…
