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  Larv-sym interaction  -  2020  -  Thomas G. Thompson  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Collaborative Research: The impact of symbiont-larval interactions on species distributions across southwestern Pacific hydrothermal vents Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Roxanne Beinart, URI_GSO Project Institution: URI_GSO
Project ID: 105623 Version #: 4
Date Submitted: 2/14/2017 11:10:00 AM Created By: Roxanne Beinart
Date Last Modified: 4/21/2020 3:35:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NSF/OCE/BIO - 1736932 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: Investigation of interactions between snail larvae and their bacterial symbionts, as well as investigation of the free-living symbiont populations, at six hydrothermal vent fields in the Lau back-arc basin (Tonga). The work will consist of ROV dives to collect snails, deploy and recover high-volume McLane pumps for larval collections, deploy and recover symbiont and larval collection devices, to collect microbial populations from the water column with an in situ filtration device, and collect substrata to analyze microbial populations. In addition, this project will also utilize the AUV Sentry outfitted with the larval collection device SYPRID to make larval collections in the water column.
Summary of Facility Requirements: We request a global class ship (Thompson or Atlantis) that can accommodate both the deep submergence assets ROV Jason and AUV Sentry (plus the SYPRID sampler, an NDSF instrument for use with Sentry). We also request elevators for use with Jason.
Summary of other requirements and comments:  
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1009198 Created By: Roxanne Beinart
Date Last Modified: 4/21/2020 3:35:00 PM Date Submitted: 2/14/2017 11:10:00 AM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2020 Ship/Facility: Thomas G. Thompson
Optimum Start Date: 4/1/2020 Dates to Avoid: Cyclone season is November 1 - April 30 with peak January-March, and so we'd like to avoid this time period. Requesting April-May or September because of previous information about timing of reproduction in our target organisms.
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 2/1/2019 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 5/31/2020 Other Ship(s): NA

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
26 2 2 4 34
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year)
No Interval:   # of Cruises:  

Description of Repeating cruise requirements: NA
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations:
NA
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
Lau basin
Description of Op Area: Series of 6 hydrothermal vents along ~400km north-south spreading centers. Well studied series of vent fields that was a Ridge 2000 Integrated study site.
Op Area Size/Dia.: 400 km
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
20.05° S / 176.13° W map
389 map
SP01 map
Ending
20.05° S / 176.13° W map
389 map
SP01 map
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Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? Yes Coastal States:

Tonga
 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.)
Vent fields are found in Tongan waters, permit from them is required.
Port Calls
Requested Start Port Intermediate Port(s) Requested End Port
Suva Harbor, Fiji Islands None, Suva Harbor, Fiji Islands
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
Historically best port for mobilization and demobilization due to direct flights from mainland US, and only 2 day transit to most northern site.

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Roxanne Beinart, URI_GSO
# in Science Party 36 # of different science teams 3 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
2
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements PI Beinart's team - 6
coPI Arellano's team - 6
coPI Young's team - 6
ROV Jason's crew - 10
AUV Sentry's crew - 6
Marine techs - 2
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Selected 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.

We require dynamic positioning for ROV Jason and AUV Sentry operations.

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 AUVSelected 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)
Selected 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.
Elevators for use with Jason.

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