Office of Marine Programs
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay Campus
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197
Phone: 401-874-6211
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Email: OMP@gso.uri.edu
Examination of Phytoplankton Biodiversity
R/V Endeavor Cruise
3/26/07
2000
37o18” latitude
Hello everyone!
We enjoyed clear skies with air temperature of 13.8oC at 0735. The sun is brilliant.
We steamed from 0200 hours to our present position-- lat 35o11”. This was an “interesting ride.” Because of the ship’s motion, on advice from some of the veterans, I rolled a towel to form a long tube. Then the tube was placed under the mattress of my bunk so that when we reclined, the mattress was slightly higher on the open side. That way, it would help prevent my being tossed out of the bunk! We also packed all our laptops for the night and secured anything that could be bounced around. We’ve been traveling through seas having swells of approximately 7-9 feet. The boat is really rocking and rolling. I’m the only one working at a computer right now; others tried but started to get sick due to the motion. Walking from one end of the ship to the other is really fun.
This track brought us to about 450 miles from Bermuda. |
Now we’re heading back. |
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Air temp @ 11:00 is 13.4; water is at 19.2. It’s getting colder.
1700: Dolphins off the port stern quarter. This was a small pod; perhaps 8 individuals. They were only visible for a couple of minutes.
Roast pork or shrimp stir fry for dinner.
The plan for the day is to head for home, input data, and take some confirming samples along the way. This is the goal for all teams.
Did some microscope work for a couple of hours this afternoon. As I mentioned earlier, not too many of us were able to do so. Saw some great diatoms and dinoflaggelates, phytoplankton that can be autotrophic or heterotrophic as the need may be. Fascinating little creatures. and dinoflaggelates, phytoplankton that can be autotrophic or heterotrophic as the need may be. Fascinating little creatures. After supper, we had a science meeting to go over our goals. When this ended, I shared the PowerPoint presentation I have been preparing about this cruise. It was well received.
