Cruise Report W-41 : scientific activities undertaken aboard R/V Westward, Woods Hole - Bermuda - Lunenberg - Boston, July 26 - September 6, 1978

Abstract

This report documents the scientific education and research programs undertaken on the 41st cruise of the R/V Westward under direction of Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Mass. Primary among our purposes on this six week cruise was to give its twenty-three students a multidisciplinary exposure to oceanographic concepts and research techniques, drawing on the various backgrounds of the staff and the sampling equipment on board. To this end, students were offered a wide range of relevant lecture material and on watch instruction; they were required to participate as assistants in staff directed research, as well as accomplish a personal research project of their own design. This program thus comprises Boston University Course NS CLX 225, Introduction to Marine Science Laboratory.