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.
The Panarea jetty with Stromboli volcano on the horizon.
Stefano sets the experiment in the
crater.
Fiorella attaching corals.
Pelagia nocticula...
...the most poisonous jellyfish of the Mediterranean...
...so, watch out, Fiorella! ;-)
The crater.
CO2
bubbles.
Transplants in the crater.
Fiorella in the wet lab.
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.
Panarea jetty.
Stromboli (the volcano) and Basiluzzo (the rock).
Iditella.
Panarea city.
Bottaro, where the experiment is set.
Heading back to Panarea from Bottaro.
An
Octopus guarding the experiment while we are on land.
Erik and Fiorella in the wet lab.
Stefano and Fiorella processing the samples.
Scientific gear, especially the washing machine :-)
Stefano.
Fiorella.
Beheaded Erik, Stefano, Fiorella, and Bartolo "The Bandit", owner of the
boat.
Stefano, Fiorella and Erik at Bottaro.
Fiorella performing the transect with
the multiparametric probe to characterize the enviromental conditions
along the experiment.
Lobster.
Leptopsammia pruvoti.
Astroides calycularis.
Balanophyllia europaea.
Panarea landscapes.
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