OBSERVATIONS at SHIPBOARD STATIONS

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Our work is organized around five stations on our vessel. Each station is designed to collect and analyze a particular type of oceanographic data.

1) Secchi Disk Station: Water clarity and color (relates to the types of plankton present and their abundance)

2) Plankton Station: Phytoplankton and zooplankton living in the euphotic zone

3) Seawater Properties Station: Oxygen content, salinity, pH, and temperature sampled at 10-meter intervals from the surface down to 40 or 50 meters

4) Benthic Station: Study of organisms living on the seabed

5) Fish Station: Classification of bottom-dwelling fish species

This figure shows the location of each station on the Sea Explorer (©Ocean Institute).

Modified from pages developed by John Turbeville.