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  Plankton patches  -  2015  -  Endeavor  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Phytoplankton patchiness and productivity: implications for our understanding of marine food web function and anticipated changes in a changing ocean Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Susanne Menden-Deuer, URI_GSO Project Institution: URI_GSO
Project ID: 104794 Version #: 1
Date Submitted: 3/10/2015 11:59:00 AM Created By: Susanne Menden-Deuer
Date Last Modified: 3/10/2015 2:43:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: INST/URI/GSO - NONE - Funded
Summary of Field Work: In this project, we propose to use ship time on the R/V Endeavor to test hypotheses about the importance of phytoplankton distribution to zooplankton predation and overall primary productivity, particularly in light of temperature, a major climate change variable.
Phytoplankton are responsible for > 50% of total, annual primary productivity and predation by heterotrophic protists (i.e. microzooplankton) remove on average 65% of this productivity (Calbet & Landry 2004). As we have recently shown in the north east Pacific, patchy phytoplankton distributions are preyed upon at 2-3-fold higher rates than equally abundant but homogeneously distributed phytoplankton (Menden-Deuer & Fredrickson, 2010). Primary productions rates are similarly enhanced within phytoplankton patches (Menden-Deuer 2012). Patch focused grazing alters, immediately the net growth of phytoplankton and ultimately the structure and productivity of marine food webs. The abundance, distribution and production of phytoplankton are projected to change as a function of increasing ocean temperatures. The request for ship time made here aims to quantify the effects of temperature and distribution on food web structure, function and primary production in the highly productive waters of coastal NE waters and Georges Bank.
We propose a cruise covering a transect from Narragansett Bay out to the productive Georges Bank area. Stations are targeted to examine differences between phytoplankton distributions and grazing rates along a transect, including near coastal and further offshore areas (Figure 1). The targeted area encompasses an environmental gradient from highly productive estuarine and coastal waters to deeper shelf waters and back onto the productive Georges Bank, that will help reveal the importance of environmental context for the rate measurements proposed. The research proposed will address important questions regarding the role of temperature in driving primary and export production of plankton and what might be anticipated with respect to changing temperature regimes in the global ocean. These data will be instrumental in seeking funding from federal research agencies, as well as contributing to training students and understanding local RI waters.
Summary of Facility Requirements: 6 days shiptime on Endeavor
Summary of other requirements and comments:  
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1007675 Created By: Susanne Menden-Deuer
Date Last Modified: 3/10/2015 11:59:00 AM Date Submitted: 3/10/2015 11:59:00 AM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2015 Ship/Facility: Endeavor
Optimum Start Date: 3/14/2015 Dates to Avoid:  
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 3/14/2015 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 3/21/2015 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
6 2 0 0 8
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:
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
 
Description of Op Area:
Op Area Size/Dia.:  
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
41.45° N / 71.45° W map
152 map
NA06 map
Ending
41.45° N / 71.45° W map
152 map
NA06 map
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Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? No Coastal States:
 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
None 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: Susanne Menden-Deuer, URI_GSO
# in Science Party 16 # 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
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.

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