{"id":6488,"date":"2012-10-09T15:36:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T23:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2020-10-21T17:51:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T00:51:58","slug":"a-day-on-the-bay-biological-oceanography-style-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2012\/10\/09\/a-day-on-the-bay-biological-oceanography-style-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day on the Bay, Biological Oceanography Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-6488\"  class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-6488-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-6488-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-6488-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>By Heather Fulton-Bennett, Biological Oceanography Lab<\/h3>\n<p>The term cruise generally brings to mind tropical weather and luxurious surroundings, but scientific research cruises are much more about long hours of work and only a few brief moments to enjoy the view. As a new student in the Biological Oceanography Laboratory, I was simply excited to get out on the water.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6464\" style=\"width: 559px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2012\/10\/dsc_5354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6464\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2012\/10\/dsc_5354.jpg\" alt=\"View of San Francisco Bay\" width=\"559\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2012\/10\/dsc_5354.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2012\/10\/dsc_5354-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2012\/10\/dsc_5354-768x417.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our view of the San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate Bridge as we approached our anchorage for the afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Biological Oceanography Lab is part of a testing program for ballast water sterilization systems and utilizes the training vessel TS Golden Bear as a semi-mobile research station. With increasing concerns about the spread of invasive species through boating traffic, researchers are trying to minimize the potential for the viable organism to be transported in the ballast water of ships. State regulations focus on minimizing the number of live organisms present following treatment, and our lab is responsible for determining if treatment systems are effective by providing organism counts. Live organism counts are done by microscope on both the untreated and treated ballast water to compare the number of live organisms before and after the treatment. Current regulations require very low numbers of live organisms to be present in the water, so it is crucial to make sure the systems are effective.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2012\/10\/09\/a-day-on-the-bay-biological-oceanography-style-2\/#more-6488\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Heather Fulton-Bennett, Biological Oceanography Lab The term cruise generally brings to mind tropical weather and luxurious surroundings, but scientific research cruises are much more about long hours of work and only a few brief moments to enjoy the view. 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