Field Activity 2022-327-FA

Identifier 2022-327-FA -- CANCELED
Alternate names MDBC Foster Cruise 2022
Purpose To collect samples as part of the MDBC Habitat Assessment Project: coral tissues, settling plate biofilms, and sediments for microbiome analyses
Location Gulf of Mexico
Info derived 16S rRNA amplicon surveys, cultured isolates, presence of antibiotic resistance genes
Comments Reserved the Ford F250 for August 12–Sept 2 for a trip to and from the port of Pascagoula, MS; will need to drive liquid nitrogen to port at the start of the cruise and retrieve it at the end of cruise, however, James Evans will only be onboard for second leg, August 20-Sept 1 (will fly to port to join ship at crew change).
Projects
Platform
Nancy Foster
Length 187 feet; beam 40 feet; draft 12.8 feet.
Vehicles
Unknown
Itinerary
Start Pascagoula, Mississippi 2022-08-10
End Pascagoula, Mississippi 2022-09-01

Personnel

Organization
USGS, Leetown Science Center
Kearneysville, WV
Organization
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)
Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Christina A Kellogg
Crew members
James S Evans
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Julie J. Voelschow
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Biology

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity