University of 麻豆传媒 marine science students will return from the last of three student research expeditions aboard R/V Falkor on Thursday, June 19. The group sailed to , a long-term ocean sampling site 60 miles north of Oʻahu. The 11 students on this past cruise makes a total of 58 UH graduate and undergraduate students who have had an opportunity to learn and train onboard the R/V Falkor in 2014.
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Most of this at Station ALOHA focused on small crustaceans known as copepods. Student projects included researching the grazing habits of copepod larvae—a critical component in ocean nutrient cycling—and exploring the fluorescence in copepods and copepod paternity.
“It was wonderful to watch everyone work together—the students, postdoctoral students and the Schmidt Ocean Institute team,” said Erica Goetze, Schmidt Ocean Institute’s chief scientist and assistant professor. “The data collected on this expedition will serve as a foundation for multiple PhD dissertations and research projects.”
Brian Taylor, UH 惭ā苍辞补 dean of the , also joined the research cruise to map the seafloor at the Kaiwi Channel between the islands of Oʻahu and Lōʻihi Seamount off 麻豆传媒 Island on June 25, on a research cruise led by SOEST Assistant Professor Brian Glazer.
His research will focus on at this undersea volcano. Glazer and his research team will collect water samples to better understand the processes impacting delivery and dispersion of hydrothermal fluids from Lōʻihi to the Pacific Ocean. The goal is to gain a better understanding of the processes underway at two known sites where bacteria are feeding on or oxidizing iron.
This will be the last Schmidt Ocean Institute research cruise in 麻豆传媒 for 2014.
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