Transplant experiment at Panarea - 27 April/5 May 2012

Stefano Goffredo, Erik Caroselli and Fiorella Prada (University of Bologna) went to Panarea to check the coral transplant experiment along a pH gradient inside an underwater volcano crater, for studying the effects of ocean acidification on Mediterranean corals. 

The video of the experiment.

 

Other videos of the mission.

 

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The Panarea jetty with Stromboli volcano on the horizon.

 

Stefano sets the experiment in the crater.
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Fiorella attaching corals.

 

Pelagia nocticula...
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...the most poisonous jellyfish of the Mediterranean...

 

...so, watch out, Fiorella! ;-) The crater.
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CO2 bubbles.

 

Transplants in the crater. Fiorella in the wet lab.
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Fiorella at her first experience as captain. Stefano at his first experience as worshipper :-)

 

@Pietra Nave. Erik checking the weather with sophisticated weather predicting sunglasses and suit.
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Panarea jetty.

 

Stromboli (the volcano) and Basiluzzo (the rock). Iditella.
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Panarea city.

 

Bottaro, where the experiment is set. Heading back to Panarea from Bottaro.
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An Octopus guarding the experiment while we are on land.

 

Erik and Fiorella in the wet lab. Stefano and Fiorella processing the samples.
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Scientific gear, especially the washing machine :-)

 

Stefano. Fiorella.
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Beheaded Erik, Stefano, Fiorella, and Bartolo "The Bandit", owner of the boat.

 

Stefano, Fiorella and Erik at Bottaro.
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Fiorella performing the transect with the multiparametric probe to characterize the enviromental conditions along the experiment.

 

Lobster.
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Leptopsammia pruvoti.

 

Astroides calycularis.
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Balanophyllia europaea.

 

Panarea landscapes.
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Stefano and Fiorella after the last dive of the mission.

 

Bartolo "The Bandit", Giovanni, Fiorella, Erik, Giuseppe and Stefano. Same guys, different order: Fiorella, Erik, Giovanni, Bartolo "The Bandit", Stefano and Giuseppe
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Game over.