IFOP participates in CIMAR 29 Fjords Cruise
April 2nd, 2024
Marine Scientific Research Cruise in Remote Areas (CIMAR) is being carried out aboard the AGS-61 “Cabo de Hornos” ship of the Chilean Navy, covering this year the area located between Chacao Channel in Los Lagos Region and Cape Horn in Magallanes region and Chilean Antarctica.
IFOP is present with “Diversity, abundance and distribution of harmful microalgae (mobile cells and cysts) on south-austral continental shelf between Chacao Channel and Cape Horn associ’s workers who are on board carrying out the activities on the ground are: Roberto Raimapo, Pablo Salgado, César Alarcón, from the Aquaculture Research Division and the Center for Harmful Algae Studies (CREAN) from IFOP’s Magallanes group”.
The project led by Dr. Pablo Salgado, will study Harmful Algal Blooms in the oceanic part of Los Lagos, Aysén and Magallanes,regions with the main objective of “Contributing to diversity, abundance and distribution microalgae assemblages knowledge, both in their planktonic and benthic forms (cysts), with emphasis on FAN species and their toxins, on continental shelf between Chacao Channel and Cape Horn and their relationship with environmental conditions.
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