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2003 Aquarius Schedule

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mission & project info : 2003 aquarius schedule
Staff Saturation Mission — Staff training and system checks
Mission: March 24 - April 2
Staff Saturation Mission — Staff training and system checks
Mission: April 21-30
Mission 1 — A Study of Population Dynamics of Scleractinians on Conch Reef: A Demographic and Population Genetics Approach.
Principal Investigator: Mary Alice Coffroth, SUNY-Buffalo
Training: May 12-16
Mission: May 19-28
Mission 2 — Space Simulation and Training Project: NEEMO V.
Principal Investigator: Bill Todd, NASA/United Space Alliance
Training: June 9-13
Mission: June 16-29
Mission 3 — Flow Modulated Metabolism: Connection with Coral Bleaching and Reef Oxygen Crises?
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Patterson, College of William and Mary
Training: July 7-11
Mission: July 14-23
Mission 4 — Responses of benthic macroalgae to high frequency upwelling on the Florida reef tract.
Principal Investigator: Dr. James Leichter, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Training: August 4-8
Mission: August 11-20
Mission 5 — Biogeochemical control on the stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of marine sponges along natural environmental gradients.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Martens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Training: September 8-12
Mission: September 15-24
Mission 7 — Herbivore resistance to seaweed defenses and the effects on reef community structure.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Hay, Georgia Institute of Technology
Training: November 3-7
Mission: November 10-19
Mission 8 — US Navy development saturation mission.
Principal Investigator: Mr. Craig Cooper
Training: December 1-4
Mission: December 6-10