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Changing Oceans                                           RRS James Cook 073


  What is the Changing Oceans                                                                       Activities at Sea
           Expedition?                                             • Cold-water coral, sponge, invertebrate and
                                                                      microbial sampling.
On the 17th May 2012, the RRS James Cook
                                                                   • Benthic time-series sampling by box core
will set sail from Glasgow headed to the
shallow cold-water coral reefs of Mingulay, a                      • Sediment profile imaging of adjacent
deeper coral carbonate mound province, and                           communities
a series of coral reefs on Rockall Bank. The                       • Examine temporal variation in O2 exchange
international scientific crew aim to develop                         using eddy correlation system
their understanding of the functional ecology                      • Feeding experiments with Lophelia pertusa
of cold-water coral ecosystems, now, in the                        • Carbonate flux measurements of water
past, and into the future.                                           column using stand-alone pumps
                                                                   • Acoustic survey, CTD profiles and
                                                                     moving-vessel profiler transects to collect
                                                                     3D profile data of the water column
                                                                   • Multibeam echosounder to characterise
                                                                     benthic habitats and small-scale habitat
                                                                     variability
                                                                   • Gravity core samples from Lophelia reef
                                                                     and coral carbonate mound sites




                                                                           Ship-board experiments




     Ship-board experiments                                                                   Outreach Activities
We will conduct short-term ocean acidification                    The Changing Oceans cruise will be featured
experiments on corals (L. pertusa &                               on the new BBC Scotland ‘Hebrides’ series and
Desmophyllum dianthus), sponges, sediment                         the ‘One Show’, with a team of journalists
and other invertebrates. The synergistic effect                   visiting the ship at Mingulay. At the same
of warming and food availability on corals will                   time, schoolchildren from the isle of Benbecula
also be examined.                                                 will see the Mingulay coral reefs with their
Responses measured include:                                       own eyes, and become ambassadors for their
    • Respiration                                                 environment to children across Scotland, via
    • Growth and calcification                                    Our Dynamic Earth (ODE) in Edinburgh.
    • Proteins expressed
    • Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMS/P)                        UK institutions involved: Heriot-Watt University, University of Aberdeen, University of
                                                                Glasgow, Plymouth Marine Lab., CEFAS, University of Hull, National Oceanography Centre
      emission                                                  (Southampton).
    • Microbial communities                                     International collaborators: University of Southern Denmark, USFWS, IFM Geomar,
                                                                Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Irish Marine Institute.
                                                                For further information, contact PI, Murray Roberts, J.M.Roberts@hw.ac.uk, and see
                                                                www.changingoceans2012.blogspot.com




                                                  UK Ocean Acidification
                                                  Research Programme

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  • 1. Changing Oceans RRS James Cook 073 What is the Changing Oceans Activities at Sea Expedition? • Cold-water coral, sponge, invertebrate and microbial sampling. On the 17th May 2012, the RRS James Cook • Benthic time-series sampling by box core will set sail from Glasgow headed to the shallow cold-water coral reefs of Mingulay, a • Sediment profile imaging of adjacent deeper coral carbonate mound province, and communities a series of coral reefs on Rockall Bank. The • Examine temporal variation in O2 exchange international scientific crew aim to develop using eddy correlation system their understanding of the functional ecology • Feeding experiments with Lophelia pertusa of cold-water coral ecosystems, now, in the • Carbonate flux measurements of water past, and into the future. column using stand-alone pumps • Acoustic survey, CTD profiles and moving-vessel profiler transects to collect 3D profile data of the water column • Multibeam echosounder to characterise benthic habitats and small-scale habitat variability • Gravity core samples from Lophelia reef and coral carbonate mound sites Ship-board experiments Ship-board experiments Outreach Activities We will conduct short-term ocean acidification The Changing Oceans cruise will be featured experiments on corals (L. pertusa & on the new BBC Scotland ‘Hebrides’ series and Desmophyllum dianthus), sponges, sediment the ‘One Show’, with a team of journalists and other invertebrates. The synergistic effect visiting the ship at Mingulay. At the same of warming and food availability on corals will time, schoolchildren from the isle of Benbecula also be examined. will see the Mingulay coral reefs with their Responses measured include: own eyes, and become ambassadors for their • Respiration environment to children across Scotland, via • Growth and calcification Our Dynamic Earth (ODE) in Edinburgh. • Proteins expressed • Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMS/P) UK institutions involved: Heriot-Watt University, University of Aberdeen, University of Glasgow, Plymouth Marine Lab., CEFAS, University of Hull, National Oceanography Centre emission (Southampton). • Microbial communities International collaborators: University of Southern Denmark, USFWS, IFM Geomar, Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Irish Marine Institute. For further information, contact PI, Murray Roberts, J.M.Roberts@hw.ac.uk, and see www.changingoceans2012.blogspot.com UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme