Cruise Dates: Leg I: 28 Mar (Fri) - 15 Apr (Tue) 2014
Leg II: 17 Apr (Thu) - 26 Apr (Sat) 2014
Loading: San Diego, B St Cruise Terminal Pier, 26 - 27 Mar 2014 (Wed-Thu, 25 Mar truck pre-load at MarFac & SIO)
Offloading: Leg I: San Diego, Wed 16 Apr 2014; Leg II: San Francisco, Sat 26 Apr 2014
Ship: RV Ocean Starr
Station plan: Leg I: 75 Standard (66 CalCOFI + 9 SCCOOS); Leg II - southern lines, out to station 80 (see map)
Cruise Plan: CalCOFI 1404OS Final Cruise Instructions PDF
Cruise Map: StationMap75Medium
   
Contacts: Amy Hays, NMFS (Cruise Leader)
  James Wilkinson, IOD (Technical Coordinator)

 

 

Participants: Hays, Amy (Cruise Leader) Fishery Biologist, SWFSC I & II
  Breese, Dawn Bird Observer, FIAER I
  Colley, Heather Volunteer I & II
  Debich, Amanda Marine Mammal Observer, SIO I & II
  Ekern, Lindsey Nutrient Chemist, SRA, SIO I
  Faber, David N. Staff Research Associate, SIO I
  Gardner, Emily Fishery Biologist, SWFSC I & II
  Manion, Sue Fishery Biologist, SWFSC I & II
  Mau, Scott Fishery Acoustician, SWFSC II
  Murfin, David Fishery Acoustician, SWFSC I
  Overcash, Bryan Fishery Biologist, SWFSC I & II
  Reed, Erin Fishery Biologist, SWFSC I & II
  Roadman, Megan Staff Research Associate, SIO I
  Rodgers-Wolgast, Jennifer Staff Research Associate, SIO I
  Weber, Ed Fishery Biologist, SWFSC I & II
  Whitaker, Katherine Marine Mammal Observer, SIO I
  Wilkinson, James R. Programmer Analyst, SIO I
  Wolgast, David M. Staff Research Associate, SIO I
     
Proposed station work: Seabird CTD / 24 bottle rosette cast (515m depth permitting)
  CTD Sensors: Bottle Samples:
  Temperature Salinity
  Conductivity Oxygen
  Oxygen Nutrients
  Fluorescence Primary Productivity
  Transmissometer Chlorophyll-a
  PAR Phaeopigments
  pH HPLC
  ISUS Nitrate DIC
  Altimeter LTER ancillary
   
Nets: CalBOBL(Bongo) net, 210m - all stations
  MANTA neuston net, all stations
  PRPOOS vertical net, lines 80 & 90, 86.7 & 83.3 coastal only
  Pairovet vertical net, 100m (coastal stations only ( to 70)
   
Supplementary Data: CUFES, continuous underway fish egg sampler
  ADCP, Dr. Teresa K. Chereskin
  TSG, underway continuous surface measurements
  Primary Productivity, Daily C14-uptake incubations
  Ancillary LTER , Plankton abundance, biomass, Chl a size fractionations, POC, DOC
  Fisheries Acoustics, NMFS
  DIC, 13 stations: 93.3-30, 90-90, 90-60, 90-53, 90-30, 86.7-35, 81.8-46.9, 80-55 (CCE2),
       80-60, 80-70, 80-80 (CCE1), 80-90, 80-100
  pCO2-pH, surface sample: 93-28,90-120,90-45,90-37,90-28,87-33,83-42,83-40.6,80-51
  Seabirds , Visual Observations
  Cetaceans, Visual and Acoustic Surveys