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Zc_eDNA

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Hugh R. Sharp

Hugh R. Sharp

University of Delaware · USA

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PortPlanned routeStation

Planned route: 3 segments · ~35 hours steaming · 2 stations

Operating area: Continental shelf break area due east of Cape Hatteras, NC. Location is ~40 nm east of Cape Hatteras at the shelf break and just seaward of it by ~10 nm.

Route: Lewes (Delaware) - United States → Lewes (Delaware) - United States

May 1 – May 7, 20266 days at sea

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Project aboard

We have an ONR project using eDNA to compare the prey fields of goose-beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris). We are comparing eDNA between and among three different populations of Ziphius: western Atlantic, Azores, and Ligurian Sea

People aboard

  • Douglas Nowacek · Principal investigator

Party size: 4

Estimated vacant berths: 10

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Echosounder, 12kHz

Pooled / portable

  • CTD

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code 25 DN · MFP reference 24/5198 · synced Sep 24, 2026