Hello, everyone!  Heather J. here and wanted to share what we’ve been up to since arriving to our home for the next two weeks, the R/V Pt. Sur docked in Gulfport, MS.  Yesterday was a flurry of activity as the team loaded gear, put equipment together and made sure we had everything ready to head out by midnight.

Another DEEPEND Cruise is fast approaching! Gear is being gathered and packed for the drive up to Gulfport, MS and scientists are preparing for the trek out to the Gulf for 12 days at sea.

Hi everyone!  Heather J here to share that the DEEPEND team has made it to their homes today-  we spent some time breaking down the lab, nets, and acoustics Tuesday and Wednesday, loading the truck and helped packed the last samples this morning at 3:30 am. Whew!

Hello, deep-sea enthusiasts! It is Pedro A. Peres again with one more post on the blog. Today, I will talk more about metabarcoding environmental DNA (a long and fancy name for eDNA) being used to answer questions about the deep sea.