Dive 543

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Comments - Dive R543

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SubSmps

FrGrb#

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Tasks: Recover osmos, deploy and recover bactraps, suction samples, gtb's, deploy MTR's, larval tubes and bactrps. Vents to visit: Mrk-33, Cloud, Nascent and Mkr-N41.

Bottom time: JD186(7/4) 0506-1455

0311 - Ropos in the water, elevator attached to bottom of cage.

03:41:02 Jul 04 '00

363

341

423845

5087099

0343 - The purse full of MTRs is opening and closing with descent - looks like we lost two MTRs so far.

04:06:34 Jul 04 '00

738

349

423844

5087095

0424 - Just lost the larval traps - the milk crate broke.

04:55:50 Jul 04 '00

1438

318

423827

5087077

0459 - Ropos coming out of cage, nearing bottom.

05:04:00 Jul 04 '00

1497

87

423843

5087088

0505 - Bottom in sight, time lapse camera in view at Mkr-33.

05:06:40 Jul 04 '00

1515

74

423846

5087105

0508 - Looking around for a good site to place the elevator.

05:10:02 Jul 04 '00

1509

103

423846

5087105

0513 - Elevator on the bottom near Mkr-33 (a few m at bearing of 140 deg from Mkr 33).

05:11:34 Jul 04 '00

1519

287

423853

5087095

0537 - Tons of limpets, mat, a few scale worms...don't see any tube worms yet. Zooming in on osmos and crack. Still vigorous shimmering flow.

05:12:12 Jul 04 '00

1518

118

423848

5087110

elevator. time 5:15 depth 1520 (a couple of meters from Mkr-33)

R543-001

05:14:02 Jul 04 '00

1519

119

423844

5087108

0517 - At elevator, preparing to take out milk crate with 2 larval traps.

05:16:32 Jul 04 '00

1519

4

423845

5087055

0520 - Elevator position near Mkr-33: x=423847 y=5087102 z=1520.

05:22:12 Jul 04 '00

1520

300

423855

5087106

Elevator with larval traps 05:23 1519 meters.

R543-002

05:25:22 Jul 04 '00

1520

145

423847

5087065

0527 - Milk crate out of elevator with larval traps #1&2. Moving it to Mkr-33.

05:30:02 Jul 04 '00

1521

98

423851

5087103

0530 - Milk crate placed on seafloor right below elevator - traps will be deployed later.

05:31:32 Jul 04 '00

1521

50

423837

5087055

05:32 - osmoanalyzers at Mkr-33

R543-003

05:31:42 Jul 04 '00

1521

57

423837

5087055

0532 - Video of crack with time lapse camera, osmos, bact. traps, right at the Marker.

05:31:42 Jul 04 '00

1521

57

423837

5087055

05:33 - osmos, tlc, and bactraps at Mkr-33

R543-004

05:32:02 Jul 04 '00

1520

47

423839

5087051

05:33 - osmos, tlc, and bactraps at Mkr-33

R543-005

05:34:32 Jul 04 '00

1517

242

423842

5087054

Mkr-33

R543-006

05:35:24 Jul 04 '00

1520

312

423853

5087095

osmos in the crack

R543-007

05:35:54 Jul 04 '00

1522

252

423846

5087060

shimmery flow at Mkr-33

R543-008

05:38:24 Jul 04 '00

1524

245

423844

5087057

osmos at Mkr-33

R543-009

05:38:34 Jul 04 '00

1523

247

423844

5087057

0539 - Betacam highlights on. Palm worms, now we see some baby tubeworms, tons of limpets covering everything.

05:38:44 Jul 04 '00

1523

247

423844

5087057

osmos at Mkr-33

R543-010

05:40:24 Jul 04 '00

1524

236

423838

5087030

0540 - Close up of tubeworms, scale worms, palm worms, tons of limpets - directly in crack by osmos. Tubeworms only appear to be 10-20 cm long.

05:40:35 Jul 04 '00

1524

236

423856

5087076

tube worms at Mkr-33

R543-011

05:42:04 Jul 04 '00

1524

236

423850

5087101

Time-lapse camera covered in stuff.

R543-012

05:42:54 Jul 04 '00

1523

281

423843

5087053

0545 - Positioning to move the TLC out of the way - it is covered with filamentous bacteria. Position: 423850, 5087101 at Mkr 33.

05:44:24 Jul 04 '00

1524

184

423858

5087085

0546 - Highlights off. TLC being moved out of the way, placed by the elevator at 0550.

05:48:54 Jul 04 '00

1521

176

423863

5087120

0550 - From Ropos the heading from the TLC to the elevator is 240, just a few meters from elevator.

05:51:14 Jul 04 '00

1514

49

423820

5087143

0553 - Juniper and Tunnicliffe svhs tapes off while moving osmos from Mkr-33 to elevator.

05:53:45 Jul 04 '00

1524

227

423856

5087066

0555 - In process of recovering an osmo, we aren't sure which it is: the osmo or the gas-osmo. The osmos appear covered with limpets.

05:56:24 Jul 04 '00

1523

225

423844

5087055

Osmo- @ Mkr-33 05:59

R543-013

05:59:44 Jul 04 '00

1524

24

423851

5087076

0601 Picked up osmo with green tape, heading to the elevator to deposit it.

06:00:45 Jul 04 '00

1521

112

423840

5087054

0605 Putting osmo with green tape into elevator. Probably the "gas-osmo". Mkr-33 x=423850 y=5087101 z==1520m

R543-OSMO-0001

Moyer for Wheat

06:05:57 Jul 04 '00

1519

280

423846

5087055

0608 - Trying to get the dangling hose of the osmosampler into the elevator.

06:11:07 Jul 04 '00

1520

264

423864

5087092

0612 - Finished putting osmo with green tape in elevator.

06:11:57 Jul 04 '00

1521

236

423864

5087092

0613 - Heading back to Mkr-33 to pick up a second osmo.

06:19:27 Jul 04 '00

1524

54

423840

5087053

0619 - Picked up the second osmo, it has only one cylinder pump with black tape. Moving it to the elevator. Moyer thinks the first osmo with green tape was the "gas-osmo" and this one is the "bio" osmo.

06:22:06 Jul 04 '00

1520

340

423863

5087082

0628 - Second osmo placed in elevator. The "bio" osmo. (Mkr-33)

R543-OSMO-0002

Moyer for Wheat

06:33:09 Jul 04 '00

1521

316

423833

5087149

0634 - Heading back to vent to pick up the 3rd and last osmo.

06:36:59 Jul 04 '00

1517

138

423838

5087061

osmo at Mkr-33

R543-014

06:39:19 Jul 04 '00

1523

220

423854

5087108

bac trap 41(?) at Mkr-33

R543-015

06:39:39 Jul 04 '00

1524

222

423854

5087108

bactraps at Mkr-33

R543-016

06:39:49 Jul 04 '00

1524

223

423854

5087108

Sitting at the marker taking frame grabs of the 3rd osmo and the bact. traps. Again, they are just covered with limpets. Tunnicliffe tape turned back on at 0641.

06:41:49 Jul 04 '00

1524

222

423831

5087099

osmo in a box at Mkr-33

R543-017

06:43:09 Jul 04 '00

1524

223

423841

5087054

0644 - Highlights off.

06:44:19 Jul 04 '00

1524

223

423846

5087096

0645 - Trying to pick up the 3rd osmo, the "bio-osmo".

06:45:09 Jul 04 '00

1524

224

423840

5087054

0646 - Tunnicliffe tape off.

06:46:59 Jul 04 '00

1524

32

423853

5087076

0650 - we have the osmoanalyzer in the arm and are moving to the elevator.

06:51:29 Jul 04 '00

1520

155

423844

5087063

Setting osmoanalyzer in elevator 06:52

R543-018

06:51:39 Jul 04 '00

1520

158

423844

5087063

Put osmoanalyzer into elevator time is 0653 (Mkr-33)

R543-OSMO-0003

Moyer for Wheat

06:52:49 Jul 04 '00

1520

302

423847

5087054

0655 - Considering pulling the bungees over the side of the elevator with the osmos, but first we need to move one of the osmos.

06:57:11 Jul 04 '00

1520

36

423855

5087104

0658 - Repositioning osmo in elevator

06:58:41 Jul 04 '00

1520

276

423857

5087119

0700 - Done repositioning osmos in elevator, preparing to pull bungee over them

07:04:41 Jul 04 '00

1521

276

423857

5087111

0706 - Fiddling with bungees

07:07:51 Jul 04 '00

1524

188

423847

5087061

0710 - pulled one bungee over

07:09:41 Jul 04 '00

1521

234

423846

5087064

0712 - done with the bungees and the elevator. back to Mkr-33.

07:11:51 Jul 04 '00

1521

350

423852

5087097

Bact traps - 0715

R543-019

07:12:41 Jul 04 '00

1519

289

423858

5087095

0716 - Settling down at Mkr-33. Turning on thermistor in slurp intake - temperatures are 4 degrees C low. Preparing to suck into bottle #6 for fluid sample.

07:16:41 Jul 04 '00

1524

238

423846

5087088

slow suction sample on bottle #6 (7:20) Tunnicliffe tapes went on at 0720.

R543-020

07:16:41 Jul 04 '00

1524

238

423846

5087088

0721 - Beginning slow suction on bottle #6 (202 um) at Mkr-33. Temperature is around 10 or 11 C. we're at the big crack pumping for FLUID. (Mkr-33)

R543-SS-J6-0004

Huber/Mehta

07:21:41 Jul 04 '00

1524

238

423844

5087087

07:22 - tubeworms & limpets

R543-0251

07:22:21 Jul 04 '00

1524

238

423851

5087079

Bob thinks the flow isn't quite as fast/direct as last year.

07:22:51 Jul 04 '00

1524

238

423836

5087039

0723 - Stopped suctioning. Max temp around 14 C

07:25:13 Jul 04 '00

1524

237

423838

5087045

0726 - Preparing to remove bacterial traps from biobox.

07:25:43 Jul 04 '00

1524

237

423845

5087089

0727 - Picking up one of bacterial traps #42 and moving it out of the way

07:27:23 Jul 04 '00

1524

236

423841

5087056

0729 - Moving bacterial trap #41

07:28:03 Jul 04 '00

1524

236

423822

5087147

Preparing to suction sample where the bacterial traps were.

07:30:33 Jul 04 '00

1524

233

423839

5087040

0733 - Sucking into Bottle #5 (202 um). BIO sample. Sucking in the crack where there are lots of limpets, mat, worms, etc. (Mkr-33).

R543-SS-J5-0005

Moyer

Marcus

07:32:03 Jul 04 '00

1524

221

423843

5087086

0735 - So we were beginning to suck when the ship jerked, and we got pulled so we are going back to the elevator to make sure the cable is okay.

07:33:33 Jul 04 '00

1524

219

423851

5087071

0736 - Going back to Mkr-33 to do the suction sample in jar #5

07:33:53 Jul 04 '00

1524

220

423851

5087071

bact traps (moved out of crack) (07:37)

R543-022

07:36:43 Jul 04 '00

1524

240

423845

5087055

0738 - Sucking off the wall at Mkr-33 for mat. Mostly limpets, but some mat there too.

07:39:13 Jul 04 '00

1524

233

423836

5087041

0741 - Beginning to slurp again for mat. Getting some worms

07:40:33 Jul 04 '00

1524

209

423836

5087039

0742 - Flow is definitely not as vigorous as last year.

07:42:53 Jul 04 '00

1524

207

423836

5087050

0745 - Looking at Jar #5- looks good so we're done suctioning. Temperature didn't move at all- stayed ambient.

07:43:43 Jul 04 '00

1524

208

423836

5087050

0746 - Positioning ourselves to deploy new bacterial traps and MTR from biobox.

07:46:03 Jul 04 '00

1524

246

423838

5087054

0748 - Taking #44 from port side of biobox.

07:47:43 Jul 04 '00

1524

246

423840

5087052

DEPLOYING bact trap # 44 07:49

R543-023

07:48:13 Jul 04 '00

1524

246

423837

5087048

0749 - Bacterial trap #44 deployed. Getting another one #46 from the port side of biobox.

07:49:55 Jul 04 '00

1524

246

423834

5087027

0751 - DEPLOYING bacterial trap #46 next to #44 at crack in Mkr-33.

07:51:55 Jul 04 '00

1525

246

423837

5087047

0753 - Nudging bacterial traps around

07:52:05 Jul 04 '00

1525

246

423836

5087045

Pulling out MTR 3292 to deploy in crack at Mkr-33.

07:52:35 Jul 04 '00

1525

246

423837

5087046

MTR # 3292 DEPLOYED near bacterial trap #46 7:55

R543-024

07:52:45 Jul 04 '00

1525

246

423850

5087079

MTR 3292 was deployed right next to bacterial trap #46 in the crack at Mkr-33.

07:53:45 Jul 04 '00

1525

246

423838

5087049

0756 - Finished positioning bacterial traps. Now we are going around to the other side to pick up the two previous bacterial traps we moved there.

07:54:05 Jul 04 '00

1525

246

423845

5087091

old and new bacterial traps 7: 57

R543-025

07:57:25 Jul 04 '00

1525

78

423853

5087071

0759 - Picking up Bacterial Trap #41 and putting into port side of biobox. (Mkr-33).

R543-BT41-0006

Moyer

Marcus/ Juniper

07:58:55 Jul 04 '00

1525

76

423838

5087045

0800 - Placing Bacterial Trap #42 into port side of biobox. (Mkr-33).

R543-BT42-0007

Moyer

Marcus/ Juniper

08:01:45 Jul 04 '00

1524

56

423853

5087068

0803 - We are moving about to suction worms, limpets, etc into Jar #3.

08:03:35 Jul 04 '00

1525

253

423839

5087052

0806 - Sucking into Jar #3 (225 um). BIO: worms, limpets, etc

R543-SS-J3-0008

Marcus

08:06:15 Jul 04 '00

1525

247

423835

5087048

suction bottle # 3 8:07

R543-026

08:06:25 Jul 04 '00

1525

246

423835

5087048

0807 - Starting suction sample into Bottle #3. Temperature is jumping around between 3 and 8 C. (Mkr-33)

08:09:05 Jul 04 '00

1524

233

423850

5087073

0810 - Still sucking into Jar #3

08:09:35 Jul 04 '00

1524

234

423850

5087073

0811 - See pycnogonids- sea spiders. They are new.

08:10:45 Jul 04 '00

1525

248

423837

5087048

0812 - Looking at Jar #3- pretty clogged with worms and stuff. Done with the sample.

08:11:15 Jul 04 '00

1525

243

423837

5087048

0813 - Suction sample into Jar #1 (200 um) for more critters-BIO. (Mkr-33)

R543-SS-01-0009

Juniper

08:13:35 Jul 04 '00

1525

240

423839

5087051

0816 - Positioning and sucking into Jar #1

08:17:25 Jul 04 '00

1525

230

423837

5087050

0818 - Trying to suck up the new scale worm.

08:17:45 Jul 04 '00

1525

225

423836

5087044

08:19 - suction sampler at Jar #1

R543-027

08:18:27 Jul 04 '00

1525

229

423854

5087077

0820 - Sample in Jar #1 is complete. Flushing now.

08:19:27 Jul 04 '00

1525

225

423836

5087046

0821 - Determining where to deploy a MTR where the worm suction samples took place.

08:21:17 Jul 04 '00

1525

222

423837

5087046

08:23 - Jar #1

R543-028

08:24:27 Jul 04 '00

1525

216

423837

5087047

0822 - We DEPLOYED MTR 3300 at same crack where tubeworms were taken. Mkr-33 423850, 5087101

08:24:47 Jul 04 '00

1525

216

423837

5087047

0825 - Triggered port side gas tight (#2) in same area where worms were taken and MTR places (Mkr-33)

R543-GTB-0010

Evans

Butterfield/ Lilley

08:26:17 Jul 04 '00

1525

213

423829

5087100

0829 - Going back to the elevator to get the portable bioboxes out.

08:32:07 Jul 04 '00

1521

99

423857

5087083

0833 - Taking bioboxes out of elevator and placing (dropping) on seafloor.

08:33:47 Jul 04 '00

1521

61

423840

5087043

0836 - Placing second biobox on seafloor and checking on the first one we dropped there.

08:33:47 Jul 04 '00

1521

61

423840

5087043

08:35 - biobox from elevator.

R543-029

08:34:57 Jul 04 '00

1521

67

423850

5087104

0837 - Going back to the elevator for the third portable biobox that we will take with us to Mkr-33.

08:41:57 Jul 04 '00

1521

248

423844

5087055

0843 - Still trying to get portable biobox #3 out of elevator- having trouble grabbing it.

08:43:19 Jul 04 '00

1521

244

423846

5087061

0845 - Got the third portable biobox out of the elevator

08:45:59 Jul 04 '00

1520

236

423845

5087061

0848 - Going back to Mkr-33 with the portable biobox to do a tubeworm grab.

08:47:49 Jul 04 '00

1519

118

423842

5087057

08:50 - biobox A

R543-030

08:48:39 Jul 04 '00

1522

226

423845

5087100

0851 - Putting the biobox down near the crack at Mkr-33.

08:53:39 Jul 04 '00

1525

228

423836

5087038

08:55 - biobox A

R543-031

08:54:09 Jul 04 '00

1525

227

423851

5087094

0855 - Trying to open the portable biobox

08:55:09 Jul 04 '00

1525

228

423841

5087052

0856 - opened the biobox

08:55:49 Jul 04 '00

1525

230

423839

5087046

0857 - Tube worm grab into portable biobox A from Mkr-33.

R543-TWG-0011

Marcus

08:56:09 Jul 04 '00

1525

233

423839

5087046

08:57 - tube worm grab for biobox A

R543-032

08:56:49 Jul 04 '00

1525

233

423839

5087046

0858 - Going back for another grab of tube worms- bigger than we thought they were.

08:58:09 Jul 04 '00

1525

234

423848

5087095

08:59 - tube worms into biobox A

R543-033

08:58:59 Jul 04 '00

1525

233

423839

5087047

0859 - Grab #3

08:59:19 Jul 04 '00

1525

230

423852

5087083

0901 - Trying for Grab #4

09:00:19 Jul 04 '00

1525

227

423849

5087093

0902 - Stopping the squishing of the tubeworms.

09:00:59 Jul 04 '00

1525

227

423853

5087076

09:02 - area for grab tube worms. Mkr-33

R543-034

09:02:09 Jul 04 '00

1525

229

423841

5087055

0905 - trying to pick out another MTR to deploy here at Mkr-33-3289

09:03:09 Jul 04 '00

1525

226

423837

5087043

0906 - Deploying MTR 3289 in flow at Mkr-33.

09:04:49 Jul 04 '00

1525

226

423840

5087055

0908 - DEPLOYED MTR 3289 in hole at Mkr-33

09:04:49 Jul 04 '00

1525

226

423840

5087055

0908 - Closing lid of portable biobox

09:10:49 Jul 04 '00

1525

227

423839

5087047

0912 - Still trying to close the portable biobox

09:11:51 Jul 04 '00

1525

227

423851

5087079

0913 - Closed the lid of the portable biobox

09:13:41 Jul 04 '00

1525

228

423853

5087075

09:13 - end for biobox A

R543-035

09:14:01 Jul 04 '00

1525

228

423840

5087051

0915 - Putting portable biobox back into elevator.

09:16:21 Jul 04 '00

1524

298

423839

5087049

0918 - Placing portable biobox A into elevator.

09:17:01 Jul 04 '00

1520

46

423843

5087055

0918 - Now we're going to go position the larval traps

09:18:21 Jul 04 '00

1520

304

423847

5087061

0920 - Joystick (as in the one on land, not the vent) popped an o-ring or something- we're fixing that.

09:20:31 Jul 04 '00

1525

304

423837

5087039

0922 - Joystick is fixed, thus we can continue our quest with the larval tubes.

09:20:51 Jul 04 '00

1525

292

423837

5087039

09:21 - larval tubes

R543-036

09:25:11 Jul 04 '00

1525

310

423837

5087033

0926 - Taking larval traps 1,2 in the milk crate to the opposite side of Mkr-33 from where we've been sampling.

09:30:01 Jul 04 '00

1524

237

423857

5087082

0932 - DEPLOYING the larval tubes approximately 3 METERS NW OF MKR-33. We need to remove the lids and put them in place now.

09:31:21 Jul 04 '00

1525

240

423848

5087079

0933 - Pulled out little key to release bungee

09:32:51 Jul 04 '00

1525

239

423836

5087052

0935 - Grabbing larval tube #2

09:35:31 Jul 04 '00

1525

239

423838

5087090

09:34 - grabbing larval tube #2 (N of Mkr-33)

R543-037

09:36:31 Jul 04 '00

1525

239

423848

5087079

0937 - Successfully removed larval tube #2 from milk crate

09:38:23 Jul 04 '00

1525

239

423844