2501RL

Cruise Summary

Summary:

CalCOFI 2501RL will sail on NOAA FSV Reuben Lasker on 3 Jan 2025 from 10th Avenue Marine Terminal, San Diego. 116 science stations are scheduled to be occupied. CTD casts and various net tows will be completed at each science station. Underway science will be conducted while under transit, including visual observations of avifauna and marine mammals, continuous pCO2/pH, and meteorological measurements. The cruise will end on 30 Jan 2025 in San Francisco (Pier TBD).

Cruise Dates:

03 – 30 January  2025 (Fri – Thurs; 28 DAS)

Loading:

16 – 18 Dec 2024

Offloading:

31 Jan 2025

Ship:

NOAA FSV Reuben Lasker

Contacts:

Noelle Bowlin and Nico Concha Saiz, Chief Scientists, NOAA

Cruise Map:

Station Data Collected:

CTD Sensors:

  • Temperature
  • Conductivity/Salinity
  • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Fluorescence
  • Transmittance
  • PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation)
  • Nitrate (SUNA)
  • Altimetry

Bottle Samples:

  • Salinity
  • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Nutrients
  • Chlorophyll-a & Phaeopigments
  • Primary Productivity
  • Phytoplankton
  • HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography)
  • DIC (Dissolved Inorganic Carbon)
  • DNA/RNA

Nets:

  • Bongo
  • Manta
  • Pairovet
  • PRPOOS

Underway Data Collected:

  • Surface & Meteorological Measurements
  • Marine Mammal Visual & Acoustic Observations
  • Seabird Visual Observations
  • CUFES (Continuous Underway Fish Egg Sampler)
  • ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)
  • pCO2 (partial pressure of carbon dioxide)
  • ALF (Advanced Laser Fluorometer)
  • Fisheries Acoustic Observations (EK60)