2000 Aquarius Mission Calendar

Mission 1 - Jason XI: Going to Extremes
February 19 - 23 Training
February 26 - March 11 Saturation

Mission 2 - Staff Training Mission #1
April 4-7

Mission 3 - Staff Training Mission #2
April 11-14

Mission 4 - Ecology of deep-water coral reef sponges.
(Principal Investigator: Dr. Joe Pawlik, University of North Carolina at Wilmington)
May 8 - 12 Training
May 15 - 24 Saturation

Mission 5 - Input of nutrients to reefs in the Florida Keys by upwelling.
(Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim Leichter, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
June 5 - 9 Training
June 12 - 21 Saturation

Mission 6 - Effects of water flow and prey behavior on coral feeding.
(Principal Investigator: Dr. Ken Sebens, University of Maryland)
July 5 - 9 Training
July 12 - 20 Saturation

Mission 7 - Coral Reef Rapid Assessment and Monitoring
August 7 - 10 Training
August 14 - 23 Saturation

Mission 8 - The ecological significance of growth and reproduction by an important sediment producing green seaweed.
(Principal Investigator: Dr. Celia Smith, University of Hawaii)
September 5 - 9
September 11 - 20

Mission 9 - Special Access
October 2 - 6
October 9 - 18

Mission 10 - Measuring water motion around corals and its relationship to nutrient transfer. How water movement affects coral reef organisms.
(Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Finelli, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium)
October 30 - November 3
November 6 - 15