SSV Corwith Cramer C245
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | SSV Corwith Cramer (33CC) |
| Cruise identifier | C245 |
| Cruise period | 2013-02-15 — 2015-03-25 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Key West, United States |
| Port of return | Key West, United States |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The primary purpose of the scientific research is to teach oceanography and oceanographic sampling techniques to college undergraduate students. Each student must design a research project ashore and carry out that research project during the cruise. In addition, some data is collected for long-term research projects carried out by staff scientists at the Sea Education Association. These projects include studies of the abundance and distribution of plankton, floating tar and plastic, the biology of thermal fronts, the geology of carbonate banks and islands and the comparative ecology of shallow productive banks.
C245 was a passage from Key West, Florida to Roatan, Honduras and returning to Key West. Aspects of the southwestern North Atlantic and western Caribbean recorded on C245 including currents, temperature, salinity, chlorophyll. During the six week voyage we collected samples or data at 52 discrete oceanographic stations and 38 surface stations. |
| Chief scientist | Charles Lea (Sea Education Association) |
| Cruise report |  (5.76 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico |
| Specific | Southwestern North Atlantic and western Caribbean. |
| Track charts | (0.20 MB) |
