Monday, May 27, 2019 – Incubation Site #1 PUPCYCLE 2019 – Express Yourself, Bacteria! Bacteria were the first forms of life on Earth, dating back to 3.8 billion years ago during the Archaean Eon. These single-celled prokaryotes (containing no nucleus) have thrived in some of the harshest conditions and...
PUPCYCLE I
PUPCYCLE Day 3 – The Phytoplankton Players
Sunday, May 26, 2019 – Incubation Site #1 PUPCYCLE 2019 – The Phytoplankton Players The Roaring 40s of the Southern Hemisphere appeared to have moved northward this weekend, tossing the R/V Oceanus over 10+feet waves as the location for Incubation Site #1 held us captive near a Low Pressure...
PUPCYCLE Day 2 -Phytoplankton Chillin’ with the UCBC!
Saturday, May 25, 2019 PUPCYCLE 2019 – Phytoplankton Chillin’ with the UCBC! The R/V Oceanus continued to face heavy seas as we steamed toward our first Incubation Site along the California Upwelling Zone (CUZ). The CUZ is concentrated along the California coastline as noted in Figure 4. As winds...
PUPCYCLE Log – Departure Day
The PUPCYCLE Log is also available for download as two pdfs: PUPCYCLE Log – Days 1-8 PUPCYCLE Log – Days 9-14 Friday, May 24, 2019 – Newport, Oregon Heading to the California Upwelling Zone (CUZ that’s where the plankton are!) Welcome to the PUPCYCLE! (Phytoplankton UPwelling Cycle) Join...