CONPART Cruise, RV García del Cid

Connectivity of particle-attached prokaryotes across continental margins and their potential use as particle source and organic carbon degradation proxies (CONPART).This campaign is part of the study of the connectivity of microbial communities associated with suspended particles on continental margins along a vertical gradient in the water column and horizontally along a submarine canyon to evaluate their potential use. as tracers of the origin and level of degradation of organic particles. The objective of the CONPART project is to improve our understanding of the interactions between the dynamics of particles and the microbial diversity associated with them and also to know their functionality to see if they are functionally diverse, and can adapt to the environmental changes that occur during the particulate matter transport