Extended survey of the Labrador Sea physical environment and ecosystem. Full-depth CTD and LADCP profiles; five high-resolution (1 km spacing between profiles or less) transects on the Greenland and Labrador margins and in the central part of the sea with the MVP system; extensive XBT profiling deploying about 200 of T5 and T7 XBT probes; collected phytoplankton and zooplankton samples; nutrient and dissolved gas concentration across the water column.

Cruise report available at: https://www.nafo.int/Portals/0/PDFs/sc/2020/scr20-037%20.pdf

US East coast: Canyons, methane seeps and coral communities between Virginia and Georgia.

The primary goals of this cruise are as follows:

  1. Exploration of new sites and new areas within known sites
  2. Sampling of corals and associated fauna for biodiversity and biogeography
  3. Community sampling at seep and coral habitats
  4. Sediment sampling at soft sediment sites for biogeochemistry and diversity
  5. Collections of corals for live coral experiments
  6. Water sampling for water chemistry and microbial diversity
  7. Sediment, water, and faunal samples for eDNA work
  8. Geological observations and sampling for geomorphology9.Lander deployments10.Outreach through NOAA Ocean Explorer web site

Cruise report available at: https://zenodo.org/record/3550917/files/Cruise%20Report%20RB1903-20June2019.pdf