Summer cruise Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
Completed
Planned route: 6 segments · ~4 hours steaming · 5 stations
Operating area: Off San Diego
›2 legs· San Diego (California) - United States → San Diego (California) - United States
- 1San Diego (California) - United States→San Diego (California) - United StatesJul 22 – Jul 23, 2023 · 1 d
- 2San Diego (California) - United States→San Diego (California) - United StatesJul 23 – Jul 24, 2023 · 1 d
Project aboard
We propose two 1 day cruises on the RV Robert Gordon Sproul to introduce students to different aspects of oceanographic research and to provide samples for laboratory study during shore-based part of the course. The cruises need to be on the same weekend with the following elements (1) Plankton (bongo net) haul; (2) Otter trawl near the Coronado bank ~ 400 meters, (depth switched each day); (3) Multicore near Coronado Banks at ~700 meters, (depth switched each day); (4) Midwater trawl.; (5) Van Veen grab/s on Coronado Bank at 450-500 m.
People aboard
- Greg Rouse · Principal investigator
Party size: 10
Estimated vacant berths: 2
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
- Stern A-Frame
- Underway Seawater System
- Meteorological Data
- Echosounder, 12kHz
- Echosounder, 3.5kHz CHIRP
Pooled / portable
- Grab Sampler
- Other Seafloor Sampling Equipment
- Isaacs Kidd Midwater Trawl (IKMT)
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SP2317 & SP2318 Rous · MFP reference 22/2569 · synced Sep 24, 2026