Student Groups

Plankton and food webs
Bruce Titus
Andrea Kunkle
AJ Lefevre
Cathy Ekblad
Liana Singh
Claire Landowski

Circulation and Chemical Tracers
Matthew Chien-Hom
Wendy Guo
Chet Harrison
Shane Hollrah
Rachel Moffitt

Sediment and benthos
Erica Cooper
Aaron Dufault
Adam Fleischer
Deni Malouf
Sean Walters
Chantell Wetzel
Brittany Kimball

This year’s group project is:

• planning of a research cruise on your assigned topic,
• collection of data
• data digitization and interpretation
• group writing of a manuscript describing the efforts. 

See the class web page for due dates for each component of the project.

You have some freedom within the boundaries of the assigned topic.  You also have all the tools aboard the R/V Thompson and within the academic equipment of the Oceanography department.  Let your imagination freely explore things you’d like to study on the cruise.

The manuscript should be a blending of background information and scientific exploration.  Think of it as a version of a Scientific American or National Geographic article.  Photos are okay.  Your audience is a college-educated adult, or a science-minded highschooler.

In addition to writing your manuscript, you will review the manuscripts of the other groups.  Assignments will be made later on in the quarter.

Finally, during the last week of class, your group will present a 10-minute overview of your manuscript and your group experiences.