2025 Shelfwide Cruise
July 20 – July 29
Full report with all maps of East and West of the Mississippi River at LSU Press Release button below
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/ Diver, Research Associate, LSU
Emily Savoie, Shift Lead Day Shift/ Diver, Research Associate, LSU
Yuanheng Xiong, Science Crew, Postdoc, USM
Chisom Emeghiebo, Science Crew, Ph.D. Student, ULL
Tessa Rock, Science Crew, M.S. Student, ULL
Lily Tubbs, Science Crew, M.S. Student, Texas A&M University
Abigail Roche, Science Crew, M.S. Student, LSU
Brendan LeBlanc, Science Crew, B.S. Student, LSU
Lucille Yoes, Science Crew, B.S. Student, LSU
Jorddy Gonzales, Science Crew/ Diver, B.S. Student, LSU
Jack Bourgeois, Science Crew, B.S. Student, LSU
Technical Assistance
Maggie Gaspar, Marine Tech, LUMCON
Athena Abrahamsen, Marine Tech, UNOLS
Adam Songy, Maps Manager, Coastal Mapping & Sciences LLC (onshore)
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on station work
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CTD going down
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Jorddy sending the single niskin overboard
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Remote sensing by Chisom
Jorddy and Dr. Glaspie guiding the CTD overboard
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Dinoflagellates found by Tessa and Chisom
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Dr. Glaspie and Jorddy collect bottom water samples
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Tessa and Skyler (R/V Pelican engineer) investigate the gravid crabs
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night crew soaking up the sunset
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Optical package deployed by the crane as surface bucket is collected by Lucy and Jorddy
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Dr. Glaspie celebrates The Old Bird!
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The Old Bird (R/V Pelican) made 40 years and so did this research cruise!
abby and athena collect cores
Abby and Athena collect cores
abby and lucy collect cores
Abby and Lucy collect cores
cave drawings
cave drawings
filtration station boys
Jack and Brendan filtration station boys
worm city!
worm city!
investigating the sieve
investigating the sieve
night crew
Night Crew! <3
cave drawings
cave drawings
baby dolphin!
baby dolphin!
game time!
game time!
jorddy and lucy collect bucket sample
Jorddy and Lucy collect bucket sample
