Yet another NES LTER research in the books! This time Rickie and Pierre were grateful for extra lab member sailors Alex, Frankie, and Nick because sailing on the R/V Armstrong provides more space for scientists than the R/V Endeavor (our usual ship). Though some of the sailors fretted that they would miss the fall colors in RI, it turns out they were back just in time for peak autumn. The photo shows the Menden-Deuer sailors and their close collaborators, members from the Dr. Tatiana Rynearson lab.