Assistant Professor of Coastal Biology at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette
By: Stacy Calhoun, PhD Student (UL Lafayette) March 25, 2018 This cruise was a series of firsts for me. It was my first ever research cruise, my first field work as a PhD student at UL Lafayette, and my first time spending more than just a day out on the Gulf. The experience has been … More A Series of Science Firsts
By Kelly Robinson & Beth Stauffer March 19, 2018 NSF RAPID Cruise #3 is underway with the full investigator team! The start of our final expedition was a bit stilted, but field work is all about adapting and (hopefully being prepared) for the unexpected. The ship was 12=hour late getting to Galveston and so we … More RAPID 3: Chasing sleep & wee beasties
By Dr. Simon Geist (Dept. Life Sciences, Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi) January 11, 2018 We are already at the last full sampling day of our second NSF RAPID Plankton cruise in the Gulf of Mexico waters off Galveston. Time is going by fast, especially since we got on board Sunday afternoon, so we … More Can’t be tired!: Catching and picking those fish larvae
The RAPID Plankton team is out at sea again! Led by Chief Scientist Dr. Beth Stauffer, the plankton researchers from the Robinson and Stauffer Lab’s at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette departed from the LUMCON dock at Cocodrie, LA yesterday afternoon on the R/V Pelican. … More Back on the boat! RAPID Plankton 2 Departs
