Census of Marine Zooplankton

Exploring the Deep Sargasso Sea

April 10-30, 2006  

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CMarZ Steering Group Members
Peter Wiebe - Chief Scientist.  Sr. Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (WHOI), USA
Russ Hopcroft - Associate Professor, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
Larry Madin - Sr. Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (WHOI), USA
Francesc Pagès - Research Scientist, Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Spain
Colomban de Vargas - Researcher 1 - CNRS, Roscoff Marine Station, France

CMarZ Participants
Dicky Allison - Research Assistant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (WHOI), USA
Martin Angel - National Oceanography Centre, Southampton , UK
Nancy Copley- Research Associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (WHOI), USA
Astrid Cornils - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany 
Lalithambika Devi - Consultant, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India
Erich Horgan- Research Associate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (WHOI), USA
Rob Jennings - Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA
Mikiko Kuriyama - Plankton Laboratory,Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
Chaolun Li - Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Dhugal Lindsay - Research Scientist, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, JAPAN
Hiroyuki Matsuura - Plankton Laboratory,Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
Saramma Panampunnayil - Sr. Scientist, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India
Tracey Sutton - Director, Fish and Plankton Ecology Dept., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, USA
Yurika Ujiie - University of Geneva, Switzerland
Silvia Watanabe - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Students
Leo Blanco Bercial - Dpto. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas-Zoología Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Barbara Costas - Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA
Hege Øverbø Hansen - Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
Brian Ortman - Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA
Hui Liu - Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers Univ., USA
Paola Batta Lona - Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA
Ebru Unal - Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA

ARMADA Teacher-at-sea
Joe Catron - Billings West High School in Billings, Montana

Location of proposed stations for CMarZ cruise

mollusc
A baby octopus

Peter Wiebe, Ph.D. -  pwiebe-at-whoi.edu

Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., USA
CMarZ Steering Group member, Peter's research interests are the quantitative population ecology of zooplankton with emphasis on zooplankton small-scale distribution and abundance; organic matter transport into the deep-sea; the biology of Gulf Stream Rings; zooplankton associated with deep-sea hydrothermal vents; acoustical determination of zooplankton biomass, abundance, and size; ecosystem dynamics on Georges Bank/Gulf of Maine and the Western Antarctic Continental Shelf.  Peter's taxonomic specialty is the euphausiids, or krill.  He is also a pro at running the MOCNESS systems which he invented.

Russ Hopcroft, Ph.D.  - hopcroft-at-ims.uaf.edu

Associate Professor, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
CMarZ Steering Group member. The focus of Russ' graduate research was on plankton ecology in the tropical waters surrounding Jamaica, West Indies. From 1997 to 1999, Dr, Hopcroft was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). At MBARI he became heavily involved in the use of ROVs, as well as traditional oceanographic surveys, to study the oceans. Since 2000, his research has concentrated on the Arctic and subarctic waters surrounding Alaska. He is increasing recognized for his images of zooplankton, as well as his taxonomic expertise on larvaceans (a group of pelagic tunicates). Visit his web site.

Larry Madin, Ph.D.  -  lmadin-at-whoi.edu

Sr. Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (WHOI), USA 
CMarZ Steering Group member. is interested in gelatinous zooplankton, especially the Thaliacaea, commonly known as salps.

Francesc Pagès, Ph.D. -  fpages-at-icm.csic.es

Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC); CMarZ Steering Group member. 
Francesc received his doctoral degree Biology (Ecology) from the University of Barcelona (1991). Subsequently, he had postdoctoral appointments at the Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar Biology in Bremerhaven; Germany and the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Kyoto, Japan. He is currently a Regular Scientist at the Institute of Marine Sciences in Barcelona, Spain. Francesc is a world-renowned expert on the ecology and taxonomy of gelatinous mesozooplankton, especially siphonophores, ctenophores and medusae, in shallow and deep-water environments. He has extensive sea-going research experience in the Benguela Current off Western Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Humboldt Current of Peru, and the Weddell Sea of the Southern Ocean. His interests include: spatio-temporal distributions of gelatinous fauna in relation to water masses and physical factors; trophodynamics and predatory impact of planktonic cnidarians on other zooplankton populations; and symbiotic associations involving gelatinous zooplankton. He is looking forward to catching jellies from depths greater than 1000m on this cruise.

Colomban de Vargas, Ph.D.  - vargas-at-sb-roscoff.fr, vargas-at-marine.rutgers.edu

Roscoff Marine Station, CEDEX in France.
CMarZ Steering Group member,  is an expert on planktonic foramifera.

Dicky Allison - mallison-at-whoi.edu

Research Assistant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (WHOI), USA is our data manager on the cruise.  She makes sure all information having to do with the sampling is recorded and will be responsible for getting it served on the internet for general use.  If she could, she would do a Vulcan mind-meld with every  scientist on board in order to learn about absolutely everything.

Joe Catron - catronj-at-billings.k12.mt.us

Nancy Copley -  ncopley-at-whoi.edu

Research Associate at Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.  Nancy is interested in zooplankton taxonomy, especially Calanoid copepods and euphausiids.  She also does the web updates for the Census of Marine Zooplankton and is the contact person for outreach and education.

Astrid Cornils, Ph.D. - acornils-at-awi-bremerhaven.de

Post-doctorate at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Bremerhaven, Germany
CMarZ-Europe Post-doctorate.  Astrid is studying calanoid copepods.

Lalithambika Devi, Ph.D. - cbldevi-at-yahoo.com 

Consultant at the National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India.
Lalitha is an expert on fish larvae.

Erich Horgan - ehorgan-at-whoi.edu

Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Research Associate.
Erich's research interests include the biology of oceanic zooplankton; distribution, morphological adaptation, and ecology of mesopelagic communities; sampling techniques/systems for zooplankton research; laboratory culture of marine invertebrates for research purposes.  Erich knows the taxonomy of many zooplankton groups and is also a MOCNESS expert.

Rob Jennings, Ph.D. - robert.jennings-at-uconn.edu

 Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA.  Rob is the CMarZ-N. American post-doctorate and  is 'team DNA' leader.  He is leading the charge on at-sea genetic sequencing, something never before accomplished.  His research interests include population genetics of marine zooplankton, especially euphausiids, and environmentally driven evolution of Meganyctiphanes norvegica, a large krill species.  His past work involved phylogeography of northwest Atlantic benthic polychaetes (worms).

Mikiko Kuriyama, Ph.D. - kuriyama-at-ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp

 - Plankton Laboratory,Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
Mikiko is an expert on the copepod family Scolecithridae and is interested in their ecology.

Chaolun Li, Ph.D. - lcl-at-ms.qdio.ac.cn

 - Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.  Feeding ecology of copepods in the China Sea, is looking forward to learning about many more groups of zooplankton.

Dhugal Lindsay, Ph.D. - dhugal-at-jamstec.go.jp

Research Scientist, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, JAPAN.  Dhugal knows lots about gelatinous zooplankton and has special affection for the ctenophores, or comb jellies.

Hiroyuki Matsuura, Ph.D. - matsuura-at-ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp

 - Plankton Laboratory,Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
Matsuura is an expert on the copepod family Augaptilidae.  He is interested in the ecology deep-sea forms.

Saramma Panampunnayil, Ph.D. - spanampunnayil-at-yahoo.co.in

 - Sr. Scientist, National Institute of Oceanography, Kochi, India
Sara is our expert on mysids, a crustacean

Silvia Watanabe, Ph.D. - swatanabe-at-macn.gov.ar

 - Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Silvia is working on the foraminfera.

Martin Angel, Ph.D. - mva-at-noc.soton.ac.uk

 - National Oceanography Centre, Southampton , UK
Research Interests
The general ecology of oceanic plankton with special emphasis on the ecology, taxonomy and zoogeography of halocyprid ostracods - particularly the abyssal and benthopelgic species.  Martin is one of four remaining experts on ostracods and would love to pass on his knowledge to interested students.

Tracey Sutton, Ph.D. - TSutton-at-HBOI.edu

 - Director, Fish and Plankton Ecology Dept., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, USA
Tracey's research interests include pelagic biodiversity, biocomplexity, and ecology, with emphasis on biophysical coupling across multiple trophic levels; Fish community and population ecology, with emphasis on trophic interactions, systematics, phylogenetics and zoogeography; Zooplankton/phytoplankton interactions; Zooplankton ecology, with emphasis on small-scale community structural dynamics; In situ biological sampling instrumentation, with emphasis on multi-mode exploration of poorly known deep-sea habitats.

Yurika Ujie, Ph.D. - Yurika.Ujiie-at-zoo.unige.ch 

 - University of Geneva , Switzerland.  Yurika is looking at the foraminifera.  Her background is in paleo-oceanography but is now working on the biogeography of living forms using both morphologic and molecular techniques.

Leo Blanco Bercial - leocadio_blanco-at-hotmail.com

Leo is a graduate student at the Universidad de Oviedo, Spain. His specialty is calanoid copepods.  He is interested in both their taxonomy and the population dynamics of Clausocalanus using both morphology and genetic methods .   

Barbara Costas - barbara.costas-at-uconn.edu

Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA
Barbara is a Ph. D. student at the Univeristy of Connecticut studying microzooplankton, especially tintinnids and other ciliates, their ecology and biodiversity via morphologic and genetic methods.  She is also experienced with the CTD and is in charge of this aspect of the cruise.

Hege Øverbø Hansen - hege.oeverboe.hansen-at-imr.no

Brian Ortman - brian.ortman-at-uconn.edu

Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA
Team DNA member.  Brian is a Ph.D. student at the University of Connecticut under the direction of Dr. Ann Bucklin. Brian received his Bachelor of Science degree (Marine Biology) in 2000 and a Master of Science (Biological Sciences) in 2003 from the University of Southern Mississippi. Currently his research pursuits are two-fold. First, he is looking for molecular characters that can be used to identify gelatinous zooplankton at the species level. Secondly, he plans to apply population genetic techniques to study interrelationships between gelatinous zooplankton populations in order to determine the causes and consequences of episodic blooms of these fauna.

Hui Liu - liu-at-imcs.rutgers.edu

Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers Univ., USA.  Hui is working on her Ph. D. on foraminifera.

Paola Batta Lona - paola.batta_lona-at-uconn.edu

Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA
Paola is a member of 'Team DNA'.  She is also interested in the population genetics of krill in the Southern Ocean.  Her previous work involved phytoplankton.

Ebru Unal - ebru.unal-at-uconn.edu
Univ. of Connecticut - Avery Point, USA
Ebru is a PhD student in Department of Marine Sciences in University of Connecticut under the supervision of Prof. Ann Bucklin. Her research interests include the population genetic diversity and structure of Calanus finmarchicus (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the North Atlantic in both temporal and spatial scales. She is currently working on developing population genetic markers that would resolve the basin-scale distribution of C. finmarchicus, as well as to assess the possible temporal genetic variation in response to regime and climate changes.  She is a member of 'Team DNA' and is interested in furthering her knowledge of copepod taxonomy.