Introduction
May 1st, 2008 by aaubry
In the second expedition of a four-year project funded by the National Science Foundation, Illinois Wesleyan Associate Professor of Biology Will Jaeckle and biology student Craig Brauer ‘08 will collect and study the invertebrate larvae of deep-sea species.
They will be spending 2 weeks aboard the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution’s R/V Seward Johnson and will be using a Johnson-Sea-Link submersible to collect adult sea urchins and sea stars from depths of 500 to 1,000 meters.The collected adults will be induced to spawn and their embryos and larvae will be used for experiments designed to learn how they get sufficient nourishment to survive and develop.
The grant project is a joint endeavor between Jaeckle and Drs. Craig Young, Michelle Wood and Richard Emlet from the University of Oregon. Learn more.
Below is the planned path of the research vessel.
