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Deployment: KM1312

Deployment: 
KM1312
Chief Scientist: 
Zackary I. Johnson (Duke University)
Co-Chief Scientist: 
Erik Zinser (University of Tennessee Knoxville, UTK)
Contact: 
Zackary I. Johnson (Duke University)
Synonyms: 
POWOW3
Platform:
 R/V Kilo Moana
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2013-07-01
End Date: 
2013-07-28
Location: 
Eastern North Pacific Ocean
Deployment Report URL: 
http://dmoserv3.whoi.edu/data_docs/POWOW/POWOW3-cruise_report.pdf
Description

From the cruise report:
The POWOW#3 cruise was the third in a series of cruises to study the influence of temperature and other environmental variables on Prochlorococcus, its viruses and other members of the microbial community in the Northern Pacific Ocean. The primary goal of this cruise was to measure the abundance, diversity and activity of Prochlorococcus and associated bacterial and viral communities across temperature (and other environmental) gradients to understand how climate change may impact ocean ecology and biogeochemistry. There are many additional scientific and broader impact goals including characterizing oxidative stress and investigating nitrogen uptake/utilization molecular diversity. The official title of the project is "Collaborative Research: Seasonal and decadal changes in temperature drive Prochlorococcus
ecotype distribution patterns" and it is part of NSF #1031064 (Duke) and 1030518 (UTK).

Cruise information and original data are available from the NSF R2R data catalog.