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expedition 2018

1

Seafloor Ecology Expedition 2018

29 Nov 2018

November 30 to December 5, 2018 – The Benthic biology and ecology group is heading out to study deep-sea communities in three different environments.

2

Midwater Ecology Expedition 2018

08 Nov 2018

November 9-17, 2018 – The Midwater Ecology Group is measuring oxygen consumption rates of select deep-sea animals using a custom-designed tool, the Midwater Respirometry System (MRS).

3

DEEPC Hawai’i Expedition 2018

08 Nov 2018

November 1-12, 2018 – The Zooplankton biodiversity group is working to answer questions about the biochemical, physiological, and genetic adaptations that ctenophores have evolved to help them survive and diversify in the deep sea.

4

Exploring Davidson Seamount aboard the E/V Nautilus

22 Oct 2018

October 21-31, 2018 – MBARI Postdoctoral Fellow Amanda Kahn is aboard the E/V Nautilus, exploring the Davidson Seamount with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

5

Station M Instrument Servicing Expedition 2018

18 Oct 2018

October 17-25, 2018 – The Pelagic-Benthic Coupling Group traveled out to Station M to service autonomous instruments that have been down at 4,000 meters for the past year.

6

Seafloor Fault Expedition 2018

13 Sep 2018

September 14 to October 2, 2018 – MBARI’s Geological Changes group is studying submarine channels and seafloor faults offshore of Southern California.

7

Deep-Sea Respiration Expedition 2018

09 Aug 2018

August 8-16, 2018 – The Midwater Ecology Group is measuring oxygen consumption rates of select deep-sea animals using a custom-designed tool, the Midwater Respirometry System (MRS).

8

Exploring deep-sea coral and sponge communities at Sur Ridge

23 Jul 2018

July 12-16, 2018 – MBARI bilogists recently completed a research cruise to study the ecology of deep-sea corals and sponges at Sur Ridge, off the Big Sur coast.

9

Bioinspiration 2018 Expedition

21 Jun 2018

June 21-26, 2018 – This research cruise is the first expedition of the Bioinspiration Lab on the R/V Western Flyer to study midwater organisms for bioinspired engineering design.

10

Chasing ocean ecosystem hotspots

12 Jun 2018

June 5-11, 2018 – Large, multi-institution, CANON field experiment employs a wide range of technology to follow hotspots of biological activity.

11

Studying the biological pump

29 May 2018

May 17-19, 2018 – During a recent research cruise MBARI’s Marine Microbial Ecology Group and their colleagues retrieved experiments from the seafloor to learn about carbon cycling in the deep sea.

12

Pelagic-Benthic Coupling 2018 Expedition

11 Apr 2018

April 18-25, 2018
MBARI’s Pelagic-Benthic Coupling Group, led by Chief Scientist Ken Smith, return to their study site at Station M, located 200 kilometers off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, to understand how the supply of carbon affects deep-sea communities on the seafloor.

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Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The need to understand the ocean in all its complexity and variability drives MBARI's research and development efforts.


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