McLane will build a new instrument, the Imaging FlowCytobot a sampler developed by WHOI biologists Robert Olson and Heidi Sosik. The FlowCytobot detects, photographs, and collects data on phytoplankton and zooplankton 24 hours a day, up to 6 months at a time. Data is transmitted back to a surface ship or land-based lab. See the
Dr. Mats Granskog and Dr. Agneta Fransson, researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute, visited McLane in June for training on their Remote Access Sampler (RAS). The NPI team will be deploying two samplers in the Arctic off the coast of Greenland deployment in the Fram Strait (79 degrees N) in Aug 2012 to measure freshwater outflow from
The Ocean Observatories Initiatives (OOI) announces that it successfully completed a sea equipment test, which included a McLane Moored Profiler (MMP). Click here for video from the recovery cruise.  The OOI Team in September deployed three test moorings at two sites on the continental slope south of Cape Cod. That shelf break is at 39°

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
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