RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen left port from Port Gentil in Gabon on the evening of the 24th of May, heading south to Congo and Angola for a 25 day cruise along the coast of these three countries. The cruise ends in Luanda, Angola.
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Gabon is most known by its forest, but it also holds more than 900 km of coast mainly composed by virgin never ending sandy beaches, big estuaries and coastal lagoons. Its waters are also peculiar, since the Equator divides the country, two big oceanographic systems converge, the warmer Guinea current, from the north, and the Benguela current from the south. This singular feature creates two main ecosystems north and south of cape Lopez, each one holding different oceanographic characteristics and species.
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New results show that there are two sub-species of salmon lice. This fact may be vital to the development of new lice treatments for salmon, since different sub-species don’t necessarily react in the same way to medications.
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The European lobster has been found from the Mediterranean Sea to Northern Norway and west to the Shetland Island and western Ireland. It is usually found in shallow waters less than 40 m deep, where it is night active and shelter in burrows during daytime.
Their preferred habitat is moderately exposed areas with a complex bottom substrate of a mixture of sand and rocks. The lobster has a wide diet, hunting live prey and scavenging on dead organisms.
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