Hello everyone! My name is Zachary Strebeck and I am a graduate student in Dr Tammy Frank’s deep-sea crustacean lab. I have spent a large amount of time identifying different deep-sea shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico down to species level!

Photo:  Zach; Photo credit: Savannah Strebeck

Hi Everyone, Zan here to share the workhorse of our operations....

What do we do when a storm heads our way?  We head east! 

We have arrived to our next super station, Desoto Canyon, and are currently conducting acoustic transects before we do our next MOCNESS tows.  We have gotten word that due to the deteriorating weather conditions, we will not be dropping nets in the water today and after the acoustic transects are completed (later tonight), we will be tucking into Pensacola, FL for a night or two to let the weather pass before we head back out here.

Hey everyone! My name is Sidney Trimble, and I am a masters student in Dr. Zan Milligan’s lab where I am also the lab manager. My thesis is estimating the carbon flux of a Hatchetfish called Argyropelecus aculeatus. These little guys eat a large amount of prey and exhibit diel vertical migration (DVM) so they may play a large role within the biological carbon pump (BCP).