Maria S. Merian, the research vessel used during the CUSCO
expeditionin Peruvian waters during December 2018 and January 2019,
Photo: Toralf Heene (IOW)

PhD Student Leila Kitu and CUSCO PostDoc Mar Fernández Méndez spiking the samples to measure nitrogen and carbon fixation in Peruvian waters, Photo: Allanah Paul (GEOMAR)

CTD Rosette coming in bringing fresh water samples from different
water depths, Photo: Mar Fernández-Méndez (GEOMAR)

Preparing incubation bottles to measure primary productivity,
Photo: Allanah Paul (GEOMAR)

Red squat lobsters of the species Pleuroncodes monodon
dominate the zooplankton biomass at some stations,
Photo: Mar Fernández-Méndez (GEOMAR)

Sampling a massive but patchy red tide with a bucket,
Photo: Allanah Paul (GEOMAR)

Scientific team on board of the Maria S. Merian during the MSM80 expedition of the CUSCO Project (Panama to Chile from beginning of December 2018 to the end of January 2019), Photo: Silke Janssen (University Hamburg)