Prof. Dr. Sabine Alshuth

RV SEWARD JOHNSON

Dr. Alshuth participated in a deep-sea research expedition to the Bahamas Archipelago on board the RV SEWARD JOHNSON of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Ft. Pierce, Florida - studying benthic organisms living far beyond the shallow continental shelf in a permanent cold and dark environment in 1993. Stationed aboard the SEWARD JOHNSON is the Johnson-Sea-Link II (JSL), a sophisticated and highly maneuverable, manned submersible, capable to dive in depths up to 3,000 feet. Equipped with a suction sampler and a detrital sampler - the JSL is designed to collect many of the unique and fragile organisms found only in the deep ocean. At position 24º53' northern latitude and 77º32' western longitude Dr. Alshuth dives aboard the JSL into permanent darkness while recording scientific data. Sparkling life surrounds the JSL - bioluminescent ocean creatures, high densities of floating plankton, shrimp and small fish - endless live in the darkness of the deep ocean. This expedition was part of a three-year study of reproduction and recruitment of tropical benthic deep sea invertebrates, funded by the National Science Foundation. Goal of the expedition was to explore the deep-sea benthos near New Providence Island in the Bahamas: 3,000 feet below the sea surface. Publications featuring this oceanographic expedition include:

Note: Peer-reviewed publications are listed in associated marine research laboratories section.

Alshuth, S. 1995. Deep sea research in the Bahamas Archipelago. Caribbean expedition of RV SEWARD JOHNSON. (German – Text and Photography). Köhlers Flottenkalender 1996, 97 - 107.

Alshuth, S. 1994. Deep sea research in the Bahama-Archipelago. (German – Text and Photography). Schiffahrt international, (4), 28-30.

Alshuth, S. 1994. Deep sea research with JOHNSON-SEA-LINK I. (German – Text and Photography). Marine Forum (6), 207-208.

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