Ship Charter 



Falkowski, P.G. 



$320,000 



Brookhaven National Laboratory 



Department of Applied Science 



C: 516-282-2961; F: 666-2961 



Research vessels are required for multi-disciplinary studies of coastal oceanography by DOE contractors in the 

 Northeast for a start of the Shelf Edge Exchange Processes (SEEP) II Program experiment in FY '88 to '89. This re- 

 search includes projects on primary productivity, food chain dynamics, and coastal transport and diffusion. Vessel 

 requirements are based on the nature, location, and timing of the scientific work to be conducted. The well- 

 equipped major vessels of the University National Oceanography Laboratory System (UNOLS) meet these re- 

 quirements and have been effectively utilized. In addition, cooperative use of National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration (NOAA) vessels has proven feasible and advantageous to both agencies. The ship charter budget 

 has been used for the Northeast collaborative SEEP-I experiment with the deployment of current meters and sedi- 

 ment trap arrays, collection of hydrography data, and geochemical sampling on two cruises. In addition, a biologi- 

 cal cruise was undertaken to deploy floating sediment traps and fecal pellet collectors, and to collect water samples 

 for primary productivity and microbiological activity. The principal biological field data collection of SEEP-I from 

 February to April and a turnaround of the current-meter deployments and geochemical sampling were ac- 

 complished during the spring of 1984. In FY '85, focus was on retrieving the physical and sediment trap moorings 

 and collecting box cores and hydrographic measurements. FY '86 to '89 focus is on the SEEP-II field program. 



Coastal Ocean Margins Program A5 December 1988 



