2023 Shelfwide Cruise
July 22 – July 28
Principal Investigators
Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Chief Scientist, Louisiana State University (LSU), Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)
Dr. Cassandra Glaspie, Co-Chief Scientist, LSU
Additional Investigators
Gina Woods, Shift Lead Night Shift, LSU, Research Associate, LSU
Jill Tipitza, Lab Manager Night Shift, Ph.D. Student, LSU
Emily Savoie, Lab Manager Day Shift, Research Associate, LSU
Ariel Petchel, Science Crew, Masters Student, LSU
Abigail Roche, Science Crew, B.S. Student, LSU
Brock Maddux, Science Crew, B.S. Student, LSU
Tori Lambert, Science Crew, Masters Student, MTSO
Kristen Mccash, Science Crew, Ph.D. Student, UGA
Technical Assistance
Adam Songy, Marine Tech, Coastal Mapping & Sciences, LLC
MacKenzie (Mack) Smith, Marine Tech
Wendy Morrison, Data Manager, LUMCON (onshore)
Leslie Smith, Data Manager, Your Ocean Consulting, LLC (onshore)
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team effort to collect water for Kristen
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mud core by Brock and Jill
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box core sample sifting
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Marsh cows near the river stations!
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Secchi disk measurements in action
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Kristen and Tori collecting surface samples
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Kristen and Jill pulling cores from the box core
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Dr. Glaspie recording YSI readings
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a look inside the box core
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surface bucket with surface nutrients + surface chlorophyll sample bottles
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Emily setting up the chlorophyll filtering rig
