Expedition St. Peter and St. Paul’s Archipelago ​2018, September

2019, October

The expedition to ASPSP that occurred between September 16 and 30, the team was composed by Larissa (UFAL), Thayna (ICMBio), Caio (UFES) and Moysés (UFF). The arrival happened on the night of 16/9 after 100 hours of sea. Some problems due to weather conditions prevented the actions of the PELD in the last two days, however, the expedition was completed positive balance and a relevant number of samples collected and monitoring images. A total of 80 dives were performed to improve the sampling. The ASPSP monitoring included 40 visual fish censuses, 33 plots videos of three different depths, 9 fixed benthic transects, G. grapsus census, algae collections, dinoflagellates and 20 BRUVs. The fixed transects were changed and the thermometers of the different depths were also changed. This expedition was supported by Guilherme Longo and Zélia Brito.

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