Cruise in the Baltic Sea: study of the effects of hypoxia

From the 18th of June to the 5th of July, Prof. Lei Chou, Nathalie Roevros, Audrey Plante and Hailong Zhang participated to an oceanographic cruise on board of the R.V. BELGICA in the Baltic Sea near Gotland Island. This was organised in collaboration with Prof. Martine Leermakers from the Department of Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

The deep waters of this area are often hypoxic which have a great influence on the biogeochemical conditions of the water column and sediments.

The objectives are to understand benthic nutrient and trace metal cycling, benthic‐pelagic coupling, diagenetic pathways and the impact of hypoxia on these processes.