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Fish and Plankton Gear

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Institution & Contact Info

Name: Lake Guardian
Captain: Robert Christensen
Length: 180 feet
Beam: 40 feet
Draft: 12 feet
Speed: 13 knots
Displacement: 850 (net light) tons
Hull: steel / twin-screw Oceanographic
Year: 1981
Comments:
Certified Ocean Service by USCG- Research vessel under 300 gross tons, ice class converted from an offshore supply vessel with North Sea type exhaust stacks and class of Maltese cross A-1. Call Sign: WAO 9082.
For more information go to: LAKE GUARDIAN Homepage

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Crew Size ( inc. Captain ):	12
Number of Scientists Vessel can Accommodate:	27
Field Season:	April to November
Operation Days / Year:	100 (approx.)
Schedule Finalized in:	February

- No, does not contain option. - Yes, contains option.
Science Officer in Crew?:
Crew Provides Onboard Science Support?:
Payment In Kind? Time on Another Ship?
Fuel as a type of "Payment in Kind"?
Needed Equipment as a type of "Payment In Kind"?
"Piggyback" Research Permitted When Possible?
Encourage Crosstraining other Agencies with Vessel and Crew?
Vessel made available to outside Researchers?

Outside Research Payment:	Yes, dependent on work required

Electrical Power:	110/220/800- 6000 W UPS
Water Supplies:	Superstill, Barnstead water purification systems
Refrigerators / Freezers:	Yes
Incubators / Water Baths:	2 incubators
Vacuum Pumps:	Y (lab)
P.H. Meters:	Accument Benchtop
D.O. Meters:	Seabird and/ or titration
Conductivity:	Y.S.I. Model 35
Lab Space:	1340 (6 labs)
Other:	Turbidity

Radar:	(2) Furono FR2130 (10cm); Furuno FR1510MkII (3 cm)
GPS:	Northstar 800 Loran, Furuno LC90 Loran, Trimble NT200D GPS, Furuno GP500 GPS
Radio:	HFSSB- Raytheon-SSB- 152, VHF- Icom M127,
Depth Sounders:	Furuno FE 881- MK2
Other:	Call Sign: WAO9082 Compasses- Gyro, Magnetic- 405mhz E.P.I.R.B., weatherfax receiver, computer plot and logging. Note: NMEA 0183 Nav/Met data distributed through-out vessel.

Winches / Cranes:	Sea-Mac (1400lb), Sea-Mac (1000lb), Tulsa (30,000lb),
CTD`s BT`s:	Rosette 12- bottle; SEACAT SBE 16CTD; SBE 19CTD;
Niskin Bottles:	2.8, 8 and 30-liter
Corers:	12
Grabs:	Ponar
Other:	2 starboard A-frames (5,000lb); stern A-frame (30,000lb)

Wind Speed / Direction:	Young 05106 Wind Monitor ?MA (NMEA-0183 output), Electric Speed Indicator, Model F420C ?WS4ROWA (analog)
Thermometer:	Young 41342VC/VF Platinum Temperature Probe (NMEA-0183 output), RMS Tech, Inc. NA83RAC00095
Barometer:	Chelsea aneroid, Belfort Instrument Co. recording barograph, Young 61201 Barometric Pressure Sensor (NMEA-0183 output)
Other:	Solar Radiation, Rel. Hum., Dew Point

Institution Required Certification:
Certification Captain:	3000 Tonn
Certification Crew:	Mate
Certification Engineer:	Chief/Limited ? Ocean?s M/V Any Horse

Home Port:	Bay City, Michigan
Home Port Lake:	Lake Huron
Institution:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes National Program Office
Contact Name:	George Ison / Project Officer
Address:	77 W. Jackson Blvd.
City:	Chicago
State / Province:	IL
Country:	United States
Postal / Zip Code:	60604
Phone:	(312) 353 - 1669
Fax:	(312) 353 - 2018
Email:	Ison.George@epa.gov

Trawl Nets:	no
Plankton Nets:	153u; 64u; 10u
Other:

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