tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040968162329516371.post336853119486057021..comments2023-10-07T04:59:29.224-07:00Comments on Studying Climate Change from Beneath the Ocean: Starting a long transit....WHOI Expeditionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733099813322963367noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040968162329516371.post-83930055600850711372010-07-19T21:46:05.969-07:002010-07-19T21:46:05.969-07:00I finally figured out how to comment on my own blo...I finally figured out how to comment on my own blog! I'm so glad the reference point was useful! <br /><br />The "DSDP" is the Deep Sea Drilling Project which, amusingly enough, has been on a pedestal in my mind since I first learned of it either in Earth Science with Mr. Vaughn. By the time I was in college it had been reincarnated into the "ODP" (Ocean Drilling Project) and today it's the IODP, which I hear so much about at NSF in the OCE division. Someone once described the repositories of the cores from this project as "warehouses of PhDs waiting to happen" - I just loved that! <br />The drilling projects do drilling and coring -and they have contributed to some of the most fundamental breakthroughs that have contributed to the theory of plate tectonics. So amazing!!<br />As far as the plankton goes, I've learned that you can actually do a plankton tow at any time of day but there are specific species of zooplankton (primary / secondary consumers) that come to the surface at night to feed on phytoplankton (primary producers) and other zooplankton.Heather Pachecohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400284422544582631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040968162329516371.post-71129309477531321912010-07-16T05:00:17.328-07:002010-07-16T05:00:17.328-07:00It is so helpful to have the site 606 reference po...It is so helpful to have the site 606 reference point to understand where you are. Help me understand - is this a map of oil drilling sites or something different?<br /><br />So, why tow for plankton at night?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16730872888757125937noreply@blogger.com