D341: Porcupine Abyssal Plain cruise 2009
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Meet the team
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Richard Sanders (Principle Scientist)Research area: biological oceanographer Work on D341: Co-ordinating the science and liasing with the crew |
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John AllenResearch area: Upper ocean mesoscale processes and physical oceanography data collection Work on D341: Deployment of towed instrument platnform called SeaSoar, data procesing of CTD, ADCP and turbulence probe |
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Terence EdwardsResearch area: Instrumentation and morings Work on D341: Engineering support for instrument deployed overboard, including CTD, mmorings and SAPs. |
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Thanos GkritzlaisReserch area: sensor engineer Work on D341: Deployment of sensors to gain real-time measurements of disolved organic matter and zooplankton sampler. Setup of sediment traps. |
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Ross HollandResearch area: Marine microbiology Work on D341: Identification of microbial communities using flow cytometry |
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Chris MarsayResearch area; Trace metal chemistry Work on D341: PELAGRA and in-situ pump (SAPs) deplyments for the study of iron and other trace metals in particulate material. |
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Charlotte MarcinkoResearch area: Surface ocean bioluminescence produced by single-celled rganisms called dinoflagellates Work on D341: Conducting measurements of surface biolouminescence using the Glowtracka instrument., filtration of water for DNA extraction. Processing and calibration of physical oceanography measurements. |
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Adrian MartinResearch area: Ecological modelling Work ob D341: Procesing and calibration of physical oceanography measurements and deplyment of the turbulence probe. |
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Frederic Le MoigneResearch area: Ocean biogeochemistry and carbon fluxes Work on D341: SAPS deplyment and 234-Thorium measurements to determine the export of sinking particles fron the surface of the ocean. |
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Stuart PainterResearch area: Biophysical interactions Work on D341: Processing and colibration of physical oceanography measurements and measurements of supporting biogeochemical parameters. |
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Jennifer RileyResearch area: Ocean acidification and the sinking velocity of marine particles produced by the biological carbon pump in the upper ocean. Work on D341: Conducting settling rate experiments on marine particles caught in the upper ocean water column and relating that to their composition and the ambient water conditions. |
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Nina RotheResearch area: Deep-sea biology Work on D341: Megacoring to collect shallow sediment samples from the deep ocean abyssal plain |
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Kevin SawResearch area: mechanical engineering Work on D341: Engineering support for PELAGRA trap deplyoment, sediment traps and mid-water incubator. |
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Peter StathamResearch area: Ocean biogeochemistry and carbon and iron fluxes through the water column Work on D341: Deployment of SAPS, PELAGRA and the measurement of water column nutrients and ammonia |
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Sam WardResearch area: mechanical engineer Work on D341: Deplyment and support of PELAGRA |
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Mike ZubkovResearch area: Microbial ecology Work on D341: Deployment of nets to sample microplankton from the water column and measurements of microbial activiries including bacterial respiration rates. |
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Ian BrownResearch area: Niritifcation Work on D341: Meauring the rates of oxygen uptake |
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Mehdi BoutrifResearch area: high pressure microbiology Work on D341: Measurements of microbial activity at high pressures and sinking particle simulation experiments. |
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Dominique Le FevreResearch area: Biological oxygen dynamics Work on D341: Determining changes in oxygen using chemical and instrumental data |
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Anne RobertsResearch area: Biological oxygen dynamics Work on D341: Determining changesi n oxygen using chemical and instrumental data |
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Christian TamboriniResearch area: Meso and bahypelagic microbial ecology Work on D341: Measurements of microbial activity at high pressures and sinking particle simulation experiments |
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Kostas KiriakoulakisResearch area: Organic biogeochemistry Work on D341: Deplyment of SAPS, assistance with coring and filtering, and sampling for planktonic communities |
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Maria VillaResearch area: Environmental radioactivity and carbon flux Work on D341: SAPS deplyments and measurements of 210-polomium/210-lead to determine the export of sinking particles from the surface ocean. |
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Sarah GieringResearch area: Carbon demand of mesozooplankton Work on D341: Processing ARIES samples, conducting feeding and egg production experiments with different zooplanktonic species. |
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Jim HunterResearch area: Engineering Work on D341: Deployment and recovery of Automated Recorded Instrumented Environmetal Samples (ARIES) |