Cruises
Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico
RECONNAISSANCE CRUISE
11 - 25 March 2006
The Reconnaissance Cruise was conducted on the TDI-Brooks research vessel R/V GYRE from
11 to 25 March 2006 and was the initial cruise conducted for this contract. The cruise was completed in two week-long legs with an interim port call in Venice , LA. Leg I (11-18 March) was dedicated to drift camera work to survey the sea-bed at selected sites. Leg II (19-25 March) involved both drift camera and trawling/box core work efforts. The figure below shows the
cruise track for Legs 1 (thick red line) and 2 (thin green line).
A full cruise report (3 Mb .pdf) was submitted.
Deep Chemosynthetic Community Characterization Cruise
7 May – 2 June 2006
The Deep Chemosynthetic Community Characterization Cruise was conducted on the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) research vessel R/V ATLANTIS and the ALVIN Deep Submergence Vehicle (DSV) from 7 May – 2 June 2006. The figure below shows the
site locations of ALVIN dives. A full cruise report (5Mb .pdf) was submitted.
Deep Chemosynthetic Community Characterization Cruise 3
4 June - 6 July 2007
Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico. 
