Research Vessel Cruises

Field work under the Deep-C project requires intensive use of research vessels. Sampling activities will be concentrated in spring and fall cruises. Below is the Deep-C cruise schedule for 2013.

2013 Cruise Schedule

Cruise Dates	Ship - Cruise ID	Purpose	Deep-C Point of Contact
February 5-14*	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1310	Microbial Ecology - in conjunction with C-IMAGE (K. Daly) cruise	Markus Huettel
March 15	RV Apalachee	Sail Buoy Deployment	Nico Wienders
April 2-12 POSTPONED TBD	RV Apalachee	Fisheries	Dean Grubbs
April 3-10	RV Bellows - BE-1317	Shelf Sampling	Richard Snyder
April 13-30* POSTPONED until Aug	RV Weatherbird II	Core Sampling - in conjunction with C-IMAGE	David Hollander
May 15	RV Apalachee	SailBouy Retrieval	Nico Wienders
May 18-22	RV Pelican	Physical Oceanography	Kevin Speer
May 31-June 4	RV Bellows - BE-1322	Shelf Sampling	Richard Snyder
June 8-12	RV Bellows - BE-1323	Microbial Ecology	Markus Huettel
June 23 - July 3	RV Weatherbird II	Geomorphology (Shallow)	Stan Locker
July 18-29	RV Apalachee	Fisheries	Dean Grubbs
August 15-31 (previously in April)	RV Weatherbird II	Core Sampling - in conjunction with C-IMAGE	David Hollander
September 5-7	RV Bellows	Shelf Sampling	Richard Snyder
September 23-October 5	RV Weatherbird II	Benthic Ecology Sampling	Ian MacDonald
October 14-25	RV Apalachee	Fisheries	Dean Grubbs

* Partially funded by Deep-C

2012 Cruise Schedule

Cruise Dates	Ship - Cruise ID	Purpose	Deep-C Point of Contact
February 15-24*	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1212	Microbial Ecology - in conjunction with C-IMAGE	Markus Huettel
April 1-17	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1215	Fisheries	Dean Grubbs
May 5-8*	RV Bellows - BE-1212	Microbial Loop/Shallow Shelf	Richard Snyder
May 10-15	RV Pelican - PE1226	Physical Oceanography (Buoy and Mooring Deployments)	Kevin Speer
May 19-24*	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1218	FSU/FAMU FIO Cruise	Jeff Chanton
June 28-July 7	St. Andrews Bay - SAB-1201	Demersal Fishes	Dean Grubbs
July 6-10	RV Bellows - BE-1301	Microbial Loop/Shallow Shelf	Richard Snyder
July 12-20	RV Bellows - BE-1302	Geomorphology (Shallow Shelf)	Stan Locker
August 4-10*	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1303	Microbial Ecology - in conjunction with C-IMAGE	Markus Huettel
August 15-31*	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1304	Multi-coring - in conjunction with C-IMAGE	David Hollander
September 22-30	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1305	Benthic Ecology Sampling	Ian MacDonald
October 2-7	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1306	Benthic Ecology Sampling	Joel Kostka
October 7-17	RV Weatherbird II - WB-1307	Fisheries/Ecology	Dean Grubbs
October 10-12	RV Bellows - BE-1307	Microbial Loop/Shallow Shelf	Richard Snyder
December 8-12	RV Bellows - BE-1311	Microbial Loop/Shallow Shelf	Richard Snyder

* Partially funded by Deep-C