BOTTOM SAMPLING

Bottom samples were taken by a OCEANIC 60cm diameter box-corer. Some samples were washed and sieved on board. On 4 stations a 1.2T, 6m pipe, gravity corer was used. Table 5 shows the positioning data of the stations. The sediment recovered by the box-corer was subsampled using 4 to 6 plastic liners (80mm and 40mm diameter), that were sealed and put in refrigerator at +5 and deep-frozen at -20. Some levels were sampled on the exposed sediment column (surface, mid depth and bottom) and stored in sealed plastic bags. Photographs in Fig. 5 and following show some of the operations.

Table 5: Stations positions. Lat/lon data expressed as DDMM.xxxx (WGS84). B=Box-corer,C=gravity core. Recovery in m.

LON	LAT	STATION	SAMPLE	DATE	TIME	WHERE	RECOVERY
1915.335	4145.331	01	B-01	22-04-2009	13:12:54	S-Bojana	0.25
1917.398	4147.618	02	B-02	22-04-2009	14:25.25	S-Bojana	0.29
1917.403	4147.624	03	C-02	22-04-2009	14:49:03	S-Bojana	2.20
1918.880	4149.372	04	B-03	22-04-2009	17:15:53	S-Bojana	0.30
1918.880	4149.370	05	C-03	22-04-2009	17:25:59	S-Bojana	2.70
1858.336	4155.657	06	B-04	23-04-2009	11:27:54	SE-Bar	0.30
1858.340	4155.651	07	C-04	23-04-2009	11:38:38	SE-Bar	1.20
1901.909	4158.075	08	B-05	23-04-2009	12:36:46	SE-Bar	0.30
1904.642	4200.085	09	B-06	23-04-2009	13:21:25	SE-Bar	0.30
1904.636	4200.084	10	C-06	23-04-2009	13:25:46	SE-Bar	2.15
1851.839	4201.553	11	B-07	23-04-2009	16:15:30	SW-Bar	0.17
1852.542	4201.564	12	B-08	23-04-2009	17:11:43	SW-Bar	0.29

**Figure 5:** Cruise MNG01_09. ISMAR's OCEANIC box-corer, 1T weight and 1.2 6m gravity corer.
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