First PATOMAC Cruise, July 1 - 3, 2003


Many thanks to our photographers: Laura Toops, Keith Martin, and Mike Feeley for sharing their photos with us. Note: click on the photos for an enlargement.



Our first participants, from left to right:

Walberto Troncoso Olivo (INVEMAR),
Blanca Posada Posada (INVEMAR),
Patricia Urdiales (ESPOL),
and Carlos Torres Agudelo (INVEMAR)




Lina Barrazueta Quevedo (ESPOL)
and Nadiezhda Aguilar (INVEMAR)




Kevin Leaman and some of the PATOMAC participants.




Laura Toops and Peter Vertes.




Getting the drifters ready to launch..




And away they go..




Find out what happened to the drifters.




Time to cast the nets.




Note that there are two different sizes for different samples.




Wow.. look at this!




CTD and water sampling at night.




Deploying the MOCNESS.




Neat view from the microscope.