The anchored R/V Chapman as seen from the top of Isla
Magueyes
(home of the Department of Marine Sciences, UPRM), La
Parguera, Puerto Rico, May 2004. (Photo by Nick Schizas)
The research team a few hours before the cruise
From left to right, Jeanne Serb (UC Santa Barbara), Iara del Mar Perez (U
Puerto Rico Mayaguez),
Todd Oakley (UCSB),
Hernan Torres Pratts (UPRM), Shigetaka Yamaguchi (UCSB),
Kevin Roe
(Delaware Museum of Natural History), Nikolaos Schizas (UPRM). (Photo
by Hernan Torres Pratts)
Hernan repairing the plankton net for the cruise.
(Photo by Nick Schizas)
The legendary Higgins dredge, collecting sediments from Alaska to the
Caribbean. (Photo by Nick Schizas)
Another small dredge used in the cruise. (Photo
by Nick Schizas)
... and our star benthic dredge, "godzilla" with the
resident iguana, outside of the lab. (Photo by Nick Schizas)
From left to right, Shige, Todd and Nick posing next to
"godzilla". (Photo by Kevin Roe)
Getting ready for rough seas ...(Photo by Nick
Schizas)
Washing down the plankton net.(Photo by Shige Yamaguchi)
Early in the morning after sampling all night.
(Photo by Nick Schizas)
Deploying the "godzilla" dredge.
(Photo by Shige Yamaguchi)
Shige, Kevin and Jeanne sieving sediment collecting from
900m. (Photo by Nick Schizas)
Todd Oakley looking at freshly collected ostracods from
La Parguera. (Photo by Nick Schizas)
Iara observing on R/V Chapman. (Photo by Nick
Schizas)
Contemplating on the deck of R/V Chapman. (Photo
by Kevin Roe)