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Principal Investigator: Wade H. Jeffrey, PhD Support Agency: Florida Institute of Oceanography Location of Study: Northern Gulf of Mexico |
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Principal Investigator: Wade H. Jeffrey, PhD Support Agency: Florida Institute of Oceanography Location of Study: Northern Gulf of Mexico |
This project provides funding and support for three days of
oceanographic shiptime aboard the RV BELLOWS to be used for teaching
and training our undergraduate and graduate students. The cruise
proposed herein is to be used strictly as a teaching experience
for students enrolled in our Experimental Oceanography
course. The University of West Florida offers a degree program
in Marine Biology which requires upper level course work in marine
electives. In recent years new courses have been designed to increase
student exposure to the marine sciences.
An integral part of our courses is an understanding of how oceanographic
research is conducted and how samples are collected and analyzed.
The proposed cruise will provide an overview of general biological
sampling methodologies. Demonstrations of both water column and
benthic sampling procedures will be made and water column samples
will be collected during an onshore to offshore transect.