Proteus Cruise 21 - Baja California
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During the summer of 1969, the 100-foot Proteus was used by student and faculty scientists tto explore the coastal waters near La Paz, Mexico.
Chief Scientist
Ellsworth H. Wheeler, Jr.
Junior Scientists
Bruce W. Belman
Mathews O. Bradley
Leonard J.V. Copangno
James L. Cox
Nancy Hall
Calvin R. Dunlap
W. M. Hamner
Daniel K. Hartline
George A. Knauer
Thomas C. Malone
Margaret S. McFadien
Bruce H. Robinson
Marsh J. Youngbluth
Locations 6/6/1969 to 8/13/1969
- 6/6/69 Cedros Trench
- 6/24/69 La Paz Basin
- 6/26/69 Isla La Parfida
- 7/3/69 Isla La Parfida/La Paz
- 7/7/69 near Farallon Basin
- 7/8/69 Bahia de Concepcion
- 7/10/69 Concepcion
- 7/22/69 near Cabrillo Seamount
- 7/23/69 between Mazatlan and tip of Baja
- 7/29/69 near Cerralvo Seamount
- 7/30/69 Pescadero Trough
- 8/5/69 near Guaymas
- 8/7/69 Bahia de Concepcion
- 8/7/69 near Bahia de los Angeles
- 8/9/69 near Isla Smith
- 8/11/69 near Delfin Basin
- 8/12/69 near Isla Smith
- 8/13/69 Bahia de Concepcion
RESEARCH REPORTS
1. Belman, B. The feeding behavior of Tomopterids (annelida,Polychaeta)
2. Bradley, Mathews O. Arginase Development in Elasmobranchs
3. Compagno, L. J. V. Shark Collecting in the Gulf of California
4. Cox, James L. Efficiency of Continuous Flow Centrifugation in Removal of Particulate Chlorophyll.
5. Cox, James L. Summary of Phytoplankton Sampling for DDT Analysis.
6. Dunlop, C.R. Deep Scattering Layers in the Gulf of California. Part II.
7. Hamner, W. M. Medusae Studies in the Gulf of California.
8. Hartline, D.K. A Comparative Study of Decapod Cardiac Ganglia.
9. Knauer, G. Inshore-Offshore Variations of Diurnal Periodicity in Productivity.
10. Malone, Thomas C. The Relative Primary Productivity and Standing Crop of Nannoplankton and Netplankton.
11. McFadien, Margaret S. Northern Ecological Parameters for Seven Panamic-Californian Scaphopod Species and Improved Scaphopod Collecting Techniques.
12. Robison, Bruce Midwater Fish Collections from the Gulf of California.
13. Youngbluth, Marsh J. Vertical transport of organic matter by diurnal migrations of mesopelagic macro zooplankton.