{"id":5089,"date":"2023-09-09T20:22:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T00:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/?page_id=5089"},"modified":"2023-11-04T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T15:52:32","slug":"projects-aleutians-alvin-ac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/about\/oeci-projects-main-page\/projects-aleutians-alvin-ac\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects &#8211; Aleutians Alvin A&amp;C"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-5218\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1967\/alvin-1280x853.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Aleutians Alvin A&amp;C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Andy Bowen (WHOI)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/what-we-do\/explore\/underwater-vehicles\/hov-alvin\/\">WHOI<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We propose a tightly coordinated and resource-leveraged research expedition along the Aleutian Arc using research vessel <em>Atlantis <\/em>and human-occupied vehicle <em>Alvin <\/em>to address multiple compelling objectives: (1) explore and ground truth newly mapped features in the Central and Western Aleutians (e.g., submarine volcanoes, pinnacles, scarps), including possible hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, critical mineral systems, seafloor hazards and sensitive benthic ecosystems; (2) apply \u2018Omics technologies (e.g., eDNA, microbiome characterization, sequencing) to characterize communities, identify ecosystem resources and describe genetic connectivity of habitats and select fauna; and (3) describe biodiversity and community ecology of associated fishes and invertebrate communities, including age structure and reproductive traits of select deep-sea corals and sponges. This work includes characterization of water masses, distribution and food-web ecology of associated fishes and invertebrate communities, and cultivation of microbes as potential sources of novel natural products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/oeci-projects-main-page\/\" title=\"\">return to projects directory<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:28%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image by WHOI Overview We propose a tightly coordinated and resource-leveraged research expedition along the Aleutian Arc using research vessel Atlantis and human-occupied vehicle Alvin to address multiple compelling objectives: (1) explore and ground truth newly mapped features in the Central and Western Aleutians (e.g., submarine volcanoes, pinnacles, scarps), including possible hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4819,"featured_media":0,"parent":4328,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5089","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5219,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5089\/revisions\/5219"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/oeci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}