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RV Lone Ranger LR-7-12

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Lone Ranger (CILR)
Cruise identifierLR-7-12
Cruise period2012-01-30 — 2012-02-13
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHamilton, Bermuda
Port of returnFreeport, Bahamas
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThere were two scientific projects conducted at Station #1 off Bermuda as part of a larger study of three additional stations along a southwestern transect across the Sargasso Sea.

1. Pelagic Sargassum communities as indicators of surface ocean warming and increasing acidity: The Sargassum community was sampled to determine the species composition, abundance and biomass of mobile fauna and attached epibionts for comparison with previous records in the same region of the Sargasso Sea 30 to 35 years ago.
2. Genetic connectivity of fauna associated with pelagic Sargassum: Dominant species of the Sargassum community were sampled to determine their genetic connectivity between populations at four other collection sites along a transect between Bermuda and the Bahamas.
Chief scientistKenneth L Smith (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
Cruise reportRV Lone Ranger LR-7-12 cruise report loneranger_12-7.pdf (0.07 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
SpecificSargasso Sea