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Deployment: GRIFFON_2016046-001-008

Deployment: 
GRIFFON_2016046-001-008
Chief Scientist: 
Dr Sue Watson (Environmental and Climate Change Canada)
Platform:
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2016-02-15
End Date: 
2016-02-19
Location: 
Lake Erie
Description

PURPOSE:
Characterize the spatial and vertical distribution in Lake Erie of
i) benthic seed populations
ii) physico-chemical parameters (temperature, conductivity etc.) and major nutrients in water column
iii) primary productivity, carbon processing and bacterial activity
iv) algal nutrient and physiological status; toxins
v) phytoplankton, picoplankton and algal taxa; samples for DNA barcoding and metagenomic analyses