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  Schedule Information  
Ship: Atlantis Schedule Status: Final Schedule ID: 13069
Schedule Year: 2016 Schedule Name: Version 12
Notes: 11/8: Medical Transfer on 11/8 @ 0900L Acapulco, MX.
10/28: Vsl arrives Manz., MX 1 day early d/t good wx & early completion of science objectives
10/7: Dever transit split out (NSF-OOI = 3 days/ 1 NSF-ISP
10/4: Changed transit/ Arrival to Newport 2 days earlier & 1 day earlier back into Newport on Dever (Day count is the same)
8/10: Changed end port for Cheadle to ARICA Chile.
7/13/16: 1) Corrected and added 1 operational / demob day for Grieve 7/16. (2) Shifted Donnelly back to Aug 13 start date and end date Aug 24. (3) Changed Donnelly end port to Montego Bay Jamaica. (4) Changed deadhead transit Montego Bay to Newport OR. Aug 26 to Sept 15.
7/5/16: 1) Changed Grieve's mid port port call to St. John's, CA 2) Shifted Donnelly departure to Aug 15th, end cruise Aug. 25th in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. 3) Changed transit, Discovery Bay to Newport, OR. 4) Added Donnelly de-mobe day Sept. 16th in Newport, OR.
5/2/16: (1) Added Reykjavik port call into Greive cruise, the start and end dates from WHOI remain the same. (2) Shifted Donnelly earlier to Aug 13. (3) Added transit from Kingston to Newport Or. (4) Added E. Dever OOI cruise Sept 19 - Oct 4. (5) Changed start port for Ding/Scott to Newport and start date to Oct 8. (6) Shifted Gregg 7 days later to start Nov 3. (7) Shifted Teske 8 days later to start Dec 9. (8) Mobilization ROV JASON 30. (9) Depart for Easter Island Jan 31.
4/4/16: 1) Adjusted Kurz ETA to April 2. (2) Cancelled M.Joye cruise in August. (3) Shifted Van Dover cruise to end at WHOI. (4) Changed Donnelly start port to WHOI Sept 13.
3/21: (1) Shortened M. Kurz cruise to April 3. Change Kurz end port to Charleston SC for thruster repairs (2) Altered El Faro cruise to April 18 - May 5. (3) Move Gregg, Teske and Transit one day earlier.
3/4: Added Cindy Van Dover early career scientist cruise July 28 - Aug 7, WHOI to Morehead City. (2) Changed Gulf Extremes/Joye transit to 6 days from MHC to Gulfport MS.
2/11: Added NTSB cruise with Sentry, April 15 - May 5.
2/26: Added Early Career Sci Cruise - Ch. Sci Cindy Van Dover. July 30 - Aug 14. Adds 8 days to sched. 281 total.
2/11: Added NTSB cruise with Sentry, April 15 - May 5.
12/10/16: Added NTSB Sentry cruise from Barbados to WHOI.
12/8/15: 1) Changed Kurz start port to Barbados. 2) Changed ETD Charleston for transit Feb 28. 3) Reduced S.Joye's by 4 op days to 29. New op day count 259.
10/15: Published Ver 1.0
  Cruise Information  
Ship Request Information
Operator Cruise ID:
Chief Scientist: William E. Seyfried, UMTC
Activity Type: At Sea for Science
Created By: Kerry Strom
Compare Request:
Project Short Title: C fix'n by Riftia
Requested Year: 2015
Requested Ship: Atlantis  
Request Type: Collaborative  
Created By: Kathleen Scott  
Load Non-charge Days: 0
Load Charge Days: 2   Load Date: 10/6/2016
Activity Days: 7 Adjustment Days Start Date: 10/8/2016
Transit Days: 13 0 End Date: 10/27/2016
Unload Charge Days: 3   Unload Date: 10/30/2016
Unload Non-charge Days: 0
Mob Days: 0  
Science Days: 2 Optimum Start Date: 8/1/2015
Transit Estimate: 0 Earliest Start Date: 8/1/2015
Demob Days: 0 Latest Start Date: 12/31/2015
Repeating Cruise: No Dates To Avoid:
Number of Repeating Cruises: 0 Repeating Interval:
Repeating Cruise Comments:
Justification/Comments: We are requesting two research cruises (2014 and 2015) to the 9° North Integrated Study Site to collect Riftia pachyptila tubeworms for shipboard experiments to elucidate the pathway of carbon fixation by their chemolithoautotrophic symbionts.

We will need approximately 10 collections of Riftia per cruise, with temperature data collected with the specima.

Cruise duration: In order to undertake the shipboard analyses of these 10 collections (respirometry and symbiont incubations) it would be best for each cruise to last 3 weeks.

DSRV preference: Due to the necessity for careful habitat characterization before specima collection, the necessity to prevent injury to Riftia during collection, and the necessity for sample retrieval as soon as possible after Riftia collection, we feel it best for ALVIN to be used for these collections.
PI   Project/Purpose   Agency   Funding Status   Op Days
Kang Ding, UMTC   Chemical sensor   NSF/OCE/OTIC   Funded   23
Kathleen Scott, USF_Tampa   C fix'n by Riftia   NSF/BIO/IOS   Funded   2
  ALVIN   OTHER   Funded   0
  Start Port: Newport, OR, USA
  End Port: Manzanillo, Mexico
Requested Start Port: Manzanillo, Mexico
Intermediate Port(s): None
Requested End Port: Manzanillo, Mexico
Port Comments: Manzanillo is near our study site and minimizes our transit times.
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
9.8° N / 104.3° W map
11 map
NP13 map
Ending
9.8° N / 104.3° W map
11 map
NP13 map
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Op Area Description: EPR
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
9° N / 104° W map
11 map
NP13 map
Ending
9° N / 104° W map
11 map
NP13 map
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Op Area Description:
Coastal States Requiring Clearance: NONE(T)
Foreign Clearance Required: No
Foreign Clearance Comments:
Ancil Facilities:
Instrumentation Requested: Radioisotope use - briefly describe
Instrumentation Comments: 14C-bicarbonate would be used in on-board, sealed incubations to track carbon fixation by bacterial endosymbionts from Riftia tubeworms. The PI has extensive experience with conducting these experiments at sea.
Ancil Facilities Requested: Alvin
Radioisotope Lab Van
Ancil Facility Comments: We would like to use ALVIN for this work.

Due to the necessity for careful habitat characterization before specima collection, the necessity to prevent injury to Riftia during collection, and the necessity for sample retrieval as soon as possible after Riftia collection, we feel it best for ALVIN to be used for these collections.

We will also be doing some 14C incubations critical for the work and the radioisotope van would facilitate this.
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Cruise Notes: Ding 6 dives
Scott 2 dives

Newport to EPR = 2,425nm = 10 day
EPR to Manzanillo = 3 days.