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  Seep Connectivity  -  2011  -  Regional  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Collaborative Research: Connectivity in western Atlantic seep populations:
Oceanographic and life-history processes underlying genetic structure
Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Cindy L. Van Dover, DUML Project Institution: DUML
Project ID: 102368 Version #: 1
Date Submitted: 2/10/2010 1:28:00 PM Created By: Cindy L. Van Dover
Date Last Modified: 12/16/2012 2:11:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NSF/OCE/BIO - 1031050 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: This study couples oceanographic, life history, and genetic components to explore oceanographic transport processes with concurrent studies of dispersal and connectivity at seep sites (Barbados, Blake Ridge, Alaminos Canyon, Brine Pool, Florida Escarpment) of the Intra-American Sea.

There were 4 mooring/MOCNESS cruises (deployment or recovery) and 3 deep-submergence sampling programs (with MOCNESS) planned during a 3+ year field window.
Summary of Facility Requirements: COMPLETED WORK
May 2011: Barbados mooring deployment/MOCNESS
Jun 2012: Barbados JASON sampling cruise with MOCNESS
Aug 2012: Blake Ridge SENTRY
Oct 2012: Blake Ridge mooring deployment

REMAINING WORK
Sampling Cruises: First quarter 2014: Leg 1: Blake Ridge Jason sampling; Leg 2: Gulf of Mexico seep sampling

Moorings: The schedule for these needs to be negotiated among the PIs and NSF/UNOLS. The NSF award ends 2014; recovery of moorings in 2015 as suggested in the simplest approach outlined below is thus problematic and does not meet all of our needs.

Mooring recovery: Blake Ridge (coincident with 2014 sampling cruise?)
Mooring deployments: GoM (coincident with 2014 sampling cruise?)
Mooring recoveries: GoM regional class vessel ( first quarter 2015?)

We would like to add SENTRY to our Gulf of Mexico work (especially Florida Escarpment) and telepresence through the Inner Space Center at URI. These activities are under consideration by the science party and operators before proposing to NSF.
Summary of other requirements and comments: We had indicated in this space that sampling cruises needed to be complete before 2014, since the award runs out at the end of 2014 and shore-based sample processing and manuscript preparation will take up to 2 years or more post cruise. Because all of the sample analyses are dependent on having samples from each location, we can already see that there will not be adequate time to complete the work before the award runs out, even with a 1-yr no-cost extension.

We would like to add SENTRY to our Gulf of Mexico work (especially Florida Escarpment) and telepresence through the Inner Space Center at URI. The potential to undertake these activities are under consideration by the science party and operators.
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1003595 Created By: Cindy L. Van Dover
Date Last Modified: 2/10/2010 1:28:00 PM Date Submitted: 2/10/2010 1:28:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2011 Ship/Facility: Regional
Optimum Start Date: 1/1/2011 Dates to Avoid: should be timed for 1 year mooring deployment with recovery by the upgraded ALVIN in early 2012
 
 
Earliest Start Date:   Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date:   Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
3 0 0 1 4
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 require a vessel capable of deploying a seafloor mooring equipped with larval/sediment traps and a current meter. We also require a 1-m MOCNESS system with 153 micron mesh nets.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
Barbados Seeps
Description of Op Area: El Pilar: 11 14'N, 59 20.8W; 1300 m
Orenoque A: 10 19.66N, 58 53.35W; 1700 m
Orenoque B: 1019.9N, 58 37.4W; 1950 m
Op Area Size/Dia.:  
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
NA09 map
Ending
NA09 map
Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? Yes Coastal States:

Barbados
 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 None None
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
 

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Craig M. Young, OIMB
# in Science Party 9 # of different science teams 1 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
1
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements The science party of 9 is required to process MOCNESS samples as they come on board for live and best larval condition.
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Unselected Dynamic PositioningUnselected ADCPUnselected MultibeamUnselected Seismic
Unselected Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl WireUnselected Stern A-frameUnselected Fiber Optic (.681)Unselected 0.680 Coax Wire
Unselected SCUBA DivingUnselected Radioisotope use - briefly describeUnselected NO Radioisotope use/Natural level workUnselected Other Operator Provided Inst. - Describe
0 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe Unselected MOCNESS  
Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling.

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.
1-m MOCNESS, 153 micron mesh nets; provider TBD

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