ESP Deployment

 The Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) was recently deployed off of Portsmouth, NH for early season detection of red tide cells. Real-time, in-situ DNA analysis benefits shellfish managers who cannot see what’s happening off of the coast. The 45 day WHOI deployment by Scientist Bruce Keafer and his team began the deployment in May. The ESP continues
McLane profilers were featured in a NBC educational video presented at the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference in Montreal.  The conference included a presentation by Rick Krishfield of WHOI on the Ice Tethered Profiler Polar program. Krishfield and the ITP Polar deployments were recently the focus of an NBC video  from the National Earth Science Teachers Association program ‘Windows

May 16 Stellwagen Program

Wednesday May 16 from 4-7 PM, MOTN, MTS/NE and USGS are hosting a program on current research efforts and technology used at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. The program, which will be held in Fall River, MA marks 20 years since Stellwagen Sanctuary was established. McLane’s steel flotation has been used in research buoys within

Dr. Chip Brier at McLane

Many thanks to Dr. Chip Brier from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who gave a talk at McLane on his work on mineral composition of hydrothermal plume particulates. Dr. Brier also spoke about his instrumentation and the challenges of sampling the particulates and water of from vent orifices using ROVs. His work with biologists on the interplay
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