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  ANACONDAS  -  2010  -  Atlantis  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Collaborative Research: ETBC: Amazon iNfluence on the Atlantic: CarbOn export from Nitrogen fixation by DiAtom Symbioses (ANACONDAS) Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Patricia L. Yager, Georgia Project Institution: Georgia
Project ID: 101948 Version #: 3
Date Submitted: 2/17/2009 5:08:00 PM Created By: Patricia L. Yager
Date Last Modified: 8/6/2009 9:24:00 AM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NSF/OCE/BIO - 0934095 - Funded
NSF/BIO - NONE - Funded
Summary of Field Work: We request two one-month (30 day) research expeditions to the offshore Amazon River plume (0-15N, 40-60W), one during late-spring/early summer (May-June) and another during late summer/early fall (September/October). Best case would be June 2010 and September 2011, but we are flexible. Our preferred port of call would be Barbados. These cruises will allow us to survey waters in and around the Amazon plume to characterize the diversity and activity of N2-fixing organisms and their impact on C and N export to the deep sea. We will collect water samples for analysis and experimentation using a CTD/rosette and will carry out an extensive suite of experiments to measure the rates of N2-fixation in these waters. We will collect zooplankton with a mocness system and bottom samples with a multicorer. We will deploy floating sediment traps to 200 m for up to 7 days.
Summary of Facility Requirements: We request principle use of a large (global-class) ship capable of deploying a CTD/rosette to 5000 m, a multicorer off the fantail with a winch to 5000 m, vertical and diagonal zooplankton nets, and floating sediment traps to 200 m. We will also need a cold van and a radiation safety van onboard. We need to image the seafloor using 12KHz or better sonar system. Support for ~30 scientists onboard. We need a CTD/rosette, a meter mocness system, a hydrowire for deploying nets, a multicorer, and provision for deploying hand nets from the fantail. We also need deck space for flowing seawater incubators and lab space for filtrations, nutrient chemistry, microscopy, core-processing and other lab analyses.
Summary of other requirements and comments: If funded, we would request that any deadhead legs be made available to an REU or Graduate student training cruise. If possible, then we would apply for supplemental (REU or other) funds for support.
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1002845 Created By: Patricia L. Yager
Date Last Modified: 7/2/2009 1:21:00 PM Date Submitted: 2/17/2009 5:08:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2010 Ship/Facility: Atlantis
Optimum Start Date: 5/15/2010 Dates to Avoid: Capone and Berelson have a cruise near Peru in February. They will have with them much of the equipment needed for this project.
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 5/1/2010 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 6/1/2010 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
31 2 1 2 36
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year)
No Interval:   # of Cruises:  

Description of Repeating cruise requirements:
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations:
We need a global class vessel to accomplish the various operations over abyssal depths, particularly the coring. Our timing choices reflect that we are trying to capture the maximum flood stage of the river, which occurs during May or June each year, and the maximum reach of the plume, which occurs in Sept-Oct each year. Our choice of putting the May-June cruise in 2010 and the Sept-Oct cruise in 2011 gives us more time to complete sample processing before the second cruise. Much less optimal, but possible, would be to do the May-June cruise in 2011 with the Sept-Oct cruise in 2010.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
Amazon plume
Description of Op Area: Western tropical North Atlantic (defined to the west by South America and the windward islands of the Caribbean, ~61°W, to the south by the equator, and to the north, ~15ºN, and west, ~39ºW)
Op Area Size/Dia.: Half of (1200 x 780 nm)
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
13° N / 60° W map
43 map
NA09 map
Ending
13° N / 60° W map
43 map
NA09 map
  Show Degrees Minutes    
Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? Yes Coastal States:

Brazil, Barbados, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
 Important Info on Foreign Research Clearances  

Are you or any member in your science party bringing in any science equipment items which are regulated for export by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)?
No If yes, have you applied for the necessary permits through your export control office? No
 Questions about ITAR/EAR regulations?

Comments about foreign clearance requirements or
description of any other special permitting requirements
(e.g., MMPA, ESA, IHA, Marine Sanctuaries, etc.)
Port Calls
Requested Start Port Intermediate Port(s) Requested End Port
Bridgetown, Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados Bridgetown, Barbados
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
Barbados has easy airport access from US, shipping is relatively easy, liquid nitrogen is available. Intermediate port-of-call would be used for swapping science personnel, shipping home time-sensitive or storage-sensitive samples, refreshing perishable supplies like liquid N2 or dry ice stores.

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Patricia L. Yager, Georgia
# in Science Party 30 # of different science teams 7 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
2
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements We will have 7 teams of 3-4 persons each working together to cover all the components of the project. We request two CTD technicians onboard to allow 24/7 deployment and recovery operations.
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Selected Dynamic PositioningUnselected ADCPSelected MultibeamUnselected Seismic
Selected Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl WireUnselected Stern A-frameUnselected Fiber Optic (.681)Unselected 0.680 Coax Wire
Unselected SCUBA DivingSelected Radioisotope use - briefly describeUnselected NO Radioisotope use/Natural level workSelected Other Operator Provided Inst. - Describe
3 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe Unselected MOCNESS  
Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling.

CTD/Rosette with fluorometer, transmissometer and 24 10-L Niskin bottles
12 KHz sonar for bottom sounding
Multicorer to 5000 m
Hydrowinch for vertical and diagonal net tows
Meter mocness system
Radioisotope van for 14C and 3H to measure phytoplankton and bacterial production.
Cold van (2°C) for handling deep sea sediment cores
Cargo storage van (for deck equipment; not critical)

Major Ancillary Facilities (that require coordination of schedules with ship schedule)
Aircraft
Unselected Helicopter Ops (USCG)Unselected Twin OtterUnselected Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) 
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
Unselected Other AUVUnselected Sentry  
Coring Facility
Unselected Jumbo Piston CoringUnselected Large Gravity Core Unselected MC800 multicorer w/ MISO camera/telemetryUnselected OSU Coring Facility (MARSSAM)
Unselected Other Large Coring FacilityUnselected WHOI Long Core  
Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV)
Unselected AlvinUnselected Clelia (HBOI)Unselected JSL I & II (HBOI)Unselected Other HOV
Other Facility
Unselected MISO Facility - deep-sea imagingUnselected Other FacilityUnselected Potential Fields Pool Equipment 
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
Unselected JasonUnselected Other ROV  
Seismic Facility
Unselected Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Center (OBSIC)Unselected Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Pool (OBSIP)Unselected Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Program (UTIG)Unselected Other Seismic/OBS Facility
Unselected PASSCALUnselected Portable MCS groupUnselected Portable MCS/SCS groupUnselected U.S. Geological Survey Ocean Bottom Seismometer Facility (USGS at WHOI)
Towed Underwater Vehicle
Unselected ARGO IIUnselected Hawaii MR1 (HMRG)Unselected IMI12 (HMRG)Unselected IMI120 (HMRG - formerly DSL 120A)
Unselected IMI30 (HMRG)Unselected Other Towed Underwater VehicleUnselected Towfish 
UNOLS Van Pool
Unselected AUV Lab Van #1Unselected Clean Lab VanUnselected Cold Lab VanUnselected General Purpose Lab Van
Unselected Radioisotope Lab VanUnselected Wet Lab Van  
UNOLS Winch Pool
Unselected Mooring SpoolerUnselected Portable WinchUnselected Turn Table 
Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems.

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