Deployment: OC374

Deployment: 
OC374
Chief Scientist: 
Dr Brian Binder (University of Georgia, UGA)
Synonyms: 
Platform:
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2002-03-01
End Date: 
2002-03-14
Location: 
32N 64W, Sargasso Sea, Vicinity of BATS
Description

Cruise Objective:
Examine the relationships between growth rate, grazing
mortality, and relative abundance for two pico-phytoplankton
groups (Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus) over the
well-defined seasonal cycle these two groups experience
in surface waters of the Sargasso Sea.

Science Activities:
- CTD
- Drogue Deployments

Operations Area:
- 32N 64W
- Vicinity of BATS
- 0-200m, occasional deep casts to 3km

Cruise information and original data are available from the NSF R2R data catalog.