Seward Line LTOP, 2005-2017
The four Principal Investigators of the Seward Line Long Term Observational Program were described at the time as follows:
- Russ Hopcroft oversees the current sampling program and has acted a Chief Scientist on all but one NPRB-funded cruise. During days his team collects the fine-meshed zooplankton samples and conducts experimental work on zooplankton growth and reproduction rates.
- Tom Weingartner (retired) is responsible for measuring the Physical Oceanography during cruises. He acted as Chief Scientist on numerous cruises during the NSF-funded GLOBEC cruises, although his technicians now conduct most CTD operations.
- Jeremy Mathis’s team is responsible for carbonate (a.k.a. Ocean Acidification) and nutrient chemistry during the cruises. While nutrients have been measured since the program began, Ocean Acidification studies commenced in 2008.
- Ken Coyle has yet to miss a Seward Line cruise in the past 16 years. He supervises the night shift and collects the larger zooplankton and micronekton using the obliquely towed multinet system
In addition, there have been many participants in activities at the Seward Line over the years. Here is a
partial list of participants of previous sampling efforts in the Gulf of Alaska:
Marine Ecosystem Monitoring in the Northern Gulf of Alaska
| Name | GLOBEC | NPRB | Discipline | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Adams | x | Zooplankton | Graduate Student | |
| Mikhail Blikshteyn | x | Fisheries | Graduate Student | |
| Jennifer Boldt | x | Fisheries | Graduate Student | |
| Amanda Byrd | x | Zooplankton | Graduate Student | |
| Cheryl Clarke | x | x | Zooplankton | Staff |
| Amy Ruehs Childers | x | Nutrients/Phytoplankton | Graduate Student | |
| Ken Coyle | x | x | Zooplankton | Principal Investigator |
| Seth Danielson | x | x | Physics | Staff |
| Carla Delfino | x | Zooplankton | Staff | |
| Leandra DeSousa | x | Zooplankton/Seabirds | Graduate Student | |
| Mike Foy | x | Microzooplankton | Staff | |
| Lew Haldorson | x | Fisheries | Principal Investigator | |
| Russell Hopcroft | x | x | Zooplankton | Principal Investigator |
| Markus Janout | x | x | Physics | Graduate Student |
| Jeremy Kasper | x | Physics | Graduate Student | |
| Tom Kline | x | x | Zooplankton | Principal Investigator |
| Evelyn Lessard | x | Mircozooplankton | Principal Investigator | |
| Sang Heon Lee | x | Nutrients | Postdoctoral Researcher | |
| David Leech | x | x | Physics | Staff |
| Hui Liu | x | x | Zooplankton | Graduate Student / Postdoc |
| Stephanie Moreland | x | Nutrients/Phytoplankton | Staff | |
| A. J. Paul | x | Fisheries | Principal Investigator | |
| Jack Piccolo | x | Fisheries | Post-doctoral researcher | |
| Alexei Pinchuk | x | x | Zooplankton | Staff / Graduate Student |
| TaeKeun Rho | x | Nutrients | Postdoctoral researcher | |
| Melanie Rohr | x | Nutrients/Phytoplankton | Staff | |
| Tom Royer | x | Physics | Principal Investigator | |
| Nandita Sarkar | x | Physics | Graduate Student | |
| Isaac Schroeder | x | Physics | Graduate Student | |
| Laura Slater | x | Zooplankton | Graduate Student | |
| Christopher Stark | x | x | Zooplankton | Staff |
| Elizabeth Stockmar | x | x | Zooplankton | Staff |
| Dean Stockwell | x | Phytoplankton | Principal Investigator | |
| Sarah Thornton | x | x | Nutrients/Chlorophyll | Staff |
| Mary Tinnin | x | Nutrients | Staff | |
| Xian Wang | x | Zooplankton | Graduate Student | |
| Tom Weingartner | x | x | Physics | Principal Investigator |
| Terry Whitledge | x | x | Nutrients/Phytoplankton | Principal Investigator |
| William Williams | x | Physics | Graduate Student | |
| Megan Wolfe | x | Physics | Undergraduate Student |