{"id":166,"date":"2014-01-21T12:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T12:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/?p=166"},"modified":"2014-05-07T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T12:09:15","slug":"setting-up-the-mesocosms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/2014\/01\/21\/setting-up-the-mesocosms\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up the mesocosms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because there was too little space onboard POSEIDON, three mesocosms had to be dismantled and brought to Gran Canaria in a container. Ralf Schwarz and Mario Deckelnick from GEOMAR&#8217;s Technology and Logistics Centre flew in a couple of days ago to put them together again and attach ropes and weights. They were glad about the cloudy weather while the locals complained about the unpleasantly cool temperatures &#8211; of about 18 degrees celsius.<\/p>\n<!-- Rendered by FancyBox WITH labels BEGIN -->\n\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t#gallery-0 {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t#gallery-0 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\t\twidth: 32%;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t#gallery-0 img {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t#gallery-0 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n$(document).ready(function() {\n\t\/*\n\t *  Simple image gallery. 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Photo by Ralf Schwarz, GEOMAR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/01\/20140120_Mesos-2_RalfSchwarz-135x135.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Mesocosm at the pier of Taliarte. Photo by Ralf Schwarz, GEOMAR<\/dd><\/dl>\n\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\"><dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/01\/20140120_Mesos-4_RalfSchwarz.jpg\" title=\"Greetings from the TLZ team. Photo by Ralf Schwarz, GEOMAR\" rel=\"gallery-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"Greetings from the TLZ team. Photo by Ralf Schwarz, GEOMAR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/01\/20140120_Mesos-4_RalfSchwarz-135x135.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Greetings from the TLZ team. 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Photo by Ralf Schwarz, GEOMAR<\/dd><\/dl>\n\n<dl class=\"gallery-item\"><dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/01\/20140121_Mesos-3_RalfSchwarz.jpg\" title=\"The bags are ready to be attached. Photo by Ralf Schwarz, GEOMAR\" rel=\"gallery-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail\" alt=\"The bags are ready to be attached. Photo by Ralf Schwarz, GEOMAR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/kosmos2014gc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/01\/20140121_Mesos-3_RalfSchwarz-135x135.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">The bags are ready to be attached. 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