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Cocco-Mix - SUBMITTED  
UNOLS Project ID: 105219 URI Serial #: None
Date Submitted: 2/15/2016 1:44:00 PM Last Modified: 7/15/2016 12:27:00 PM
Status: Submitted Version #: 2
Principal Investigator (PI) Contact Information
William M. Balch
 Bigelow 		(207) 315-2567x301
 (207) 315-2329 (fax)
 bbalch*%*%*bigelow^%^%^org
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) & other collaborators Contact Information
NONE
Project Information (Proposal, Grant, Project, Contract, Program)
Project Title: Coccolithophore Mixotrophy
Program Name:  
Scientific Discipline: Biological Oceanography  
Project Status: New Proposal
Project Funding Agencies:
Agency/Division/Program Grant or Project Number Funding Status
NSF/OCE/BIO 1635748 Funded
Other Agency or Program Description:
Project Institution: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Institution Project #:
Project Start Date: 8/1/2016
End Date: 7/31/2019
Proposal Deadline
(proposal date):		 2/16/2016
Total Project Budget: $669,755
Project Description and Facility Requirements
Project Web Page:
Summary of Field Work: A 12-d cruise is planned, crossing the Gulf of Maine on the line between Portland, ME towards Yarmouth, NS then turning SSE and steaming to Bermuda. We will be sampling water for coccolithophores and performing isotope incubations with various dissolved organic carbon compounds and fluorescently labeled bacteria. We will use a flow cytometer to separate the coccolithophores from the rest of the phytoplankton and examine their ability to take up take up this DOC as well as bacterial-sized particles in a mixotrophic fashion.
Summary of Facility Requirements: We will need a CTD/rosette system plus sufficient space on deck for a radioisotope van plus the Bigelow Laboratory flow-cytometer van (8'x8'x20' container).
Summary of other requirements or comments: We will plan on visiting 7 stations enroute to Bermuda, occupying each for about 1d. The total steaming time would be slightly less than 5d.
List of Ship, Aircraft and Facility Requests
 YearShipTotal DaysCost EstimateStart Date (optimum)RepeatMulti-shipAreaClearanceStatus
View 2018 Endeavor 17 $432,344 Jun 15, 2018 No No NW Atlantic Yes Submitted

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