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JR177 Discovery 2010 Summer Cruise

JR177 Discovery 2010 Summer Cruise. JR177. 48 days for core science (46 when taking mob/demob into account) (this includes 3 days for DIMES). Core box time (+ calibration) is split out into an additional cruise = JR185. JR185 will be done before Xmas, JR177 after Xmas. Big Ideas.

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JR177 Discovery 2010 Summer Cruise

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  1. JR177Discovery 2010 Summer Cruise

  2. JR177 • 48 days for core science (46 when taking mob/demob into account) • (this includes 3 days for DIMES) • Core box time (+ calibration) is split out into an additional cruise • = JR185 • JR185 will be done before Xmas, JR177 after Xmas

  3. Big Ideas • To classify pelagic communities and foodwebs within different • environments and across seasons within the Scotia Sea • To collect body condition indices and other parameters to examine • life-cycle flexibility across the Scotia Sea • To examine physical variability as a forcing factor in • pelagic community variability

  4. Core objectives of JR177 1 • To carry out a core sampling strategy that:- • Allows comparison across the range of Scotia Sea environments • Allows comparisons across seasons • Linkage between different trophic levels (primary, secondary, higher) To determine different scales of variability in physical and biological parameters (large scale - water masses, mesoscale - around stations, small scale – krill swarms) 2 3 • To characterise the main drivers of variability • Physical characterisation of core transect – calibrated against satellite data • Macro- and micro-nutrient characterisation (including iron) 4 Determine flux within the context of pelagic food web processes

  5. ERS altimeter tracks over Scotia Sea

  6. JR161 – track achieved SEAWifS

  7. JR177 – external requests Full AFI • Ezio Rosato (Leicester – Full AFI) – 1 berth AFI - CGS • Iron work (NOC – AFI CGS) – 2 berths • Dorothee Bakker (UEA) – 1 berth FAASIS • Nina Bednarsek – 1– pteropods and acidification

  8. JR177 Personnel (almost final) Nutrients, phytoplankton , iron Korb, Whitehouse, Gordon, Neilsdottir, Hinz Biochemistry Pond Mesozooplantkon Ward, Hirst, Shreeve, Tarling Macrozooplantkon/krill Fielding, Watkins, Atkinson, Bednarsek Nekton Collins, Stowasser, Xavier Oceanography Venables, Jones, AN Other Data management Cunningham Moorings and sampling gear Enderlein Higher predators/whalesBlack, Dunn Krill AFI Gaten Total 25 personnel (to fit into 11 single cabins; 4 double cabins, 1-2 PSO cabin)

  9. Proposed JR177 track CTD Core station + mooring Core station Area of a responsive station

  10. Core station (+ moorings) Mesoscale survey Mooring deployment Mooring recovery

  11. Core station (+ moorings) Mesoscale survey Mooring deployment Mooring recovery

  12. Responsive station Small scale survey

  13. Where will everyone fit in the lab.?

  14. The cold room

  15. The cold room 3.8 m 3.6 m

  16. Important dates in the near future • Any electrical stuff to Rm 262 for PAT testing by 10th August • Chemicals to stores by 17th August (with correct paperwork) • Packing of container on 29th August 14:00 (all stuff must be ready to go) • Personal risk assessments and COSHH forms to GT by 31st August

  17. Logistics as they stand • Depart UK on 27th Dec 2007 • Sail on 30th Dec 2007 • Return to Stanley on 16th Feb 2008 Note that commercial flight is most probable So baggage allowance is 40 kg

  18. Those responsible for externals • Please check if they have received their CRUISE PACKS • That they have 6 months left on their passports • Appropriate visas if not EU citizens • That they are aware of the requirements for RAs, COSHH • They have a sea survival certificate and must bring it with them • They have yellow fever certificate and must bring it with them

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