Pre-Expedition

Februrary-May 2022 Spring 2022

Cruise Plan, Prep, and Training

Students processing and sub-sampling sediment cores.

Students looking for foraminifera and radiolarians in plankton tow samples with USGS collaborators Julie Richey and Caitlin Reynolds.

Students training at USF College of Marine Science for long-line fishing prior to the research cruise with collaborators Steve Murawski, as well as Sherryl Gilbert (EC grad) and Kaylee Rullo.

Students load the research ship with equipment, receive a tour of the boat before the cruise, and practice equipping cores to a multicorer.