Dataset: dive log - CROCKS-II
Deployment: AT15-59

Alvin dive log from off Costa Rica January 2010
Chief Scientist: 
Lisa A. Levin (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)
Co-Chief Scientist: 
Victoria J. Orphan (California Institute of Technology, Caltech)
Anthony E Rathburn (Indiana State University, ISU)
Gregory Rouse (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)
BCO-DMO Data Manager: 
Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Project: 
Version Date: 
2012-01-19
Description

Atlantis/Alvin cruise off Costa Rica

The primary goal of the cruise was to recover biological experiments deployed at active and inactive seep areas during Feb./March 2009. We successfully recovered 23/24 experimental units deployed on Mound 12, Costa Rica. One was simply missing on the sea floor. By using a gear elevator each day to maximize sample collection (and reserve ALVIN basket space for experiments) we were able to recover our experiments rapidly. This left us time for exploration of unusual biological communities at Jaco Scar.

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