CSMI Erie 2024

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The CSMI Erie cruise started in Cleveland, Ohio

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Susie, Lyuba, and Nik in Cleveland, Ohio

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Susie, Lyuba, Sasha, and Nik practice wearing gumby immersion suits before the cruise

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Susie, Lyuba, and Nik get ready for a sample station

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Getting ready to launch the Benthic Imaging System (BIS)

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The Benthic Imaging System (BIS) takes underwater videography of the benthos in several different camera views. This can be used to estimate the number of dreissenid mussels or round gobies, or view benthoscapes.

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Nik and Susie with the BIS

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Ponar grab sample

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Ponar sample with dreissenid mussel shells

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Ponar sample without dreissenid mussel shells

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Nik and Susie at the elutriator

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Nik and Susie at the elutriator

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Sasha at the elutriator

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Lyuba recording station details

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Picking a sample

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Oligochaete worms (Spirosperma ferox) and Chironomid larvae

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The rosette water sampler

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The sediment corer

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Bringing a sediment core inside the lab

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Preparing to collect sediment samples from the core using a sediment core extruder

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Collecting sediment samples from the core using a sediment core extruder

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Susie and a crew member stand by the ponar winch

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Sasha, Nik, Susie, and Lyuba

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CSMI crew

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Full moon over Lake Erie

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sea gull

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Returning to Cleveland, Ohio at the end of the cruise