TROPICS (Tropical River-Ocean Processes In Coastal Settings)

1999-2000 RESEARCH CRUISES SCHEDULE

RV Franklin and/or RV Southern Surveyor

Leg 9 TROPICS: Chemical and Biological Oceanography of the Bismarck Sea.

Chief Scientist Dr. Denis Mackey (CSIRO Marine Research)

Collaborators
Kathy Burns (Australian Institute of Marine Science)
Ron Szymczak (ANSTO)

Leg 10 Biogeochemistry, Benthos, and Sedimentation in the Gulf of Papua.

Chief Scientist Dr. Gregg Brunskill (AIMS)

Collaborators
Bob Aller (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
Charles Nittrouer (University of Washington, Seattle)
John Milliman (Virginia Institute of Marine Science)
Richard Sternberg (University of Washington, Seattle)

Leg 11 Chemical and Biological Oceanography.

Chief Scientist Mr. Ron Szymczak

Collaborators
Ed Sholkovitz (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
Kathy Burns and Tenshi Ayukai (Australian Institute of Marine Science)
Candace Martin (Australian National University)

Leg 12 TROPICS II: Chemical and Biological Oceanography of the Bismarck Sea.

Chief Scientist Dr. Denis Mackey

Collaborators
Kathy Burns and Tenshi Ayukai (Australian Institute of Marine Science)

RV Harry Messel

Leg 13 RV Hercules Coral drilling - Sepik River Estuary and Bismarck Sea

Chief Scientist Dr. Peter Isdale

Collaborators
Michael Gagan (ANU)

Leg 14 Gulf of Papua estuaries for salinity gradient studies.

Chief Scientist Dr. Gregg Brunskill

Collaborators
Ron Szymczak (ANSTO)
Peter Davies Southern Cross University)

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