2018 Shelfwide Cruise
July 23 – July 30
Cruise Dedication
The 2018 shelf-wide cruise to determine the extent of low oxygen bottom waters on the Louisiana-Texas continental shelf is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Wesley J. Tunnell, Jr. who passed away on Saturday, July 14, 2018, after a long successful and not successful battle with cancer.
Principal Investigators
Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Chief Scientist, Louisiana State University (LSU), Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Gene Turner, Principal Investigator, LSU
Additional Investigators
Wendy Morrison, co-chief scientist, LUMCON
Andrea Price, post-doctoral research associate, LSU
Trevor Meckley (NOAA, NCCOS), NOAA representative
Mike Scaboo, graduate student, pCO2 and pH re hypoxia, Univ Delaware
Andy Montgomery, graduate student, nitrification/denitrification, Univ Georgia
Gina Woods, Research Assistant, LUMCON
Richard Grady, USM student, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program intern
Kathleen Doering, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program intern
Technical Assistance
Leslie Smith, Data Manager, Your Ocean Consulting, LLC (onshore)
Marshall Kormanec, Marine Tech, LUMCON
Adam Songy, Marine Tech, Coastal Mapping & Sciences LLC
Off the bow
Off the bow
Science is So Fun
Science is So Fun
Running Chlorophylls
Running Chlorophylls
Ready to Go
Ready to Go
Once More Into the Depths My Friends
Once More Into the Depths My Friends
Nighttime Workout
Nighttime Workout
Nighttime Processing
Nighttime Processing
More Nighttime Filtration
More Nighttime Filtration
Marshall and Skyler Awesome
Marshall and Skyler Awesome
IMG-4270
The Rosette
IMG-4260
The Wetlab
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IMG_0431
Dirk and Marshall Awesome
Dirk and Marshall Awesome
Bottom Water Collection
Bottom Water Collection
YSI6820
YSI6820
Winkler set-up
Winkler set-up
Trevor and Andy on CTD
Trevor and Andy on CTD
Trevor & bottom Niskin
Trevor & bottom Niskin
Sampling from bottom Niskin
Sampling from bottom Niskin
Samples from surface bucket
Samples from surface bucket
Prepping Pelican
Prepping Pelican
Prepping CTD & YSI O2 probes
Prepping CTD & YSI O2 probes
Nancy & Trevor
Nancy & Trevor
Lightning strike trans A’
Lightning strike trans A'
Incoming storm
Incoming storm
Finding right salinity in Southwest Pass
Finding right salinity in Southwest Pass
Collecting Winkler sample
Collecting Winkler sample
