{"id":1079,"date":"2019-07-17T19:45:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T19:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregoncoaststem\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2019-07-29T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T22:16:09","slug":"day-two-on-the-r-v-atlantis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregoncoaststem\/2019\/07\/17\/day-two-on-the-r-v-atlantis\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Two on the R\/V Atlantis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Calan Taylor is a high school teacher participating in the Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program on board the R\/V Atlantis. See other posts in this series using the navigation tools at right.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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DAY TWO: July 15, 2019 <\/strong>
By Calan Taylor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Stayed up too late reading. It\u2019s easy to lose track of time on a big ship with few portholes and lots of fluorescent lights. I spoke with Melissa during breakfast. Until last year, she was a teacher and Athletic Director at Waldport High School (In the Sunset League with Bandon) and is now working on her Post Bach\/Masters at Portland State. The breadth of representation onboard is impressive. The 21 folks on the science team (of which Andy and I are included) represent 5 academic institutions (UO, OSU, Portland State, Humboldt State, and UW) along with two NOAA labs, an artist from Sitka, the head of the Hatfield Marine Science Center, and the chief editor from the Newport News Times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day has been filled with safety\/conduct meetings in the\nmorning and scientific briefings in the afternoon. Highlights of the morning\nincluded abandon ship drills, emergency protocols, shipboard procedures and\nexpectations, and various other general info. It was interesting to watch 20\npeople in various stages of sea sickness\/scopolamine stupor-struggle into\nsurvival suits on a moving vessel. I felt fortunate for having had so much\npractice on F\/V Chasina<\/em> in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon we learned about the overarching goals of\nthe research, which are to compare trophic webs in two locations. The first\ntransect will be off of Trinity Head in Northern California where upwelling\nconditions are prevalent throughout the year. The second is off of Newport\nOregon where upwelling conditions are seasonal, occurring mostly in the summer\nmonths. By sampling in winter and summer, they hope to address questions of how\ntrophic relationships and spatial distributions of phytoplankton, zooplankton,\nand mesoplankton are affected by wind\/upwelling conditions in the two locations.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the things that is most impressive is the amount of\nresources that are going into the project. To begin, it costs around $55,000\nper day to operate the ship. This does not include the HOV ALVIN which is\naboard, but not a part of this research. Second, each piece of equipment is a\nstate of the art, one off, that must be handled with precision and care in\npotentially challenging ocean conditions. A good example is the MOCNESS (Multiple\nOpening and Closing Net Environmental Sampling System) which is basically a\nmid-water trawl similar to what you\u2019d see in commercial fishing, but modified\nto catch organisms in the 100 micron range. It opens and closes five separate\nnets at discrete depth intervals of 20 meters, ranging from the surface to 100\nmeters deep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"MOCNESS\"
MOCNESS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Plankton\"
Plankton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"MOCNESS
MOCNESS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We will work round the clock in two teams 12 hours on and 12 hours off.  I have been assigned the 3am-3pm shift and we will begin tomorrow morning. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how this whole operation functions. First though, I\u2019m going to head up to the weight room and get a workout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calan Taylor teaches Physics, Chemistry, and Physical Science at Bandon High School and is part of the Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program on the R\/V Atlantis<\/a> cruise taking place July 13-27, 2019. Where is the R\/V Atlantis now?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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