During March 12, 2008 a bio-optical sampling in Mayagüez Bay was carried out as a teaching experience of the graduate course CMOF 8446 (Oceanographic Remote Sensing II), given by Dr. Roy Armstrong in the Department of Marine Sciences. The students had the opportunity to deploy the bio-optical rosette, make measurements with the GER-1500 spectroradiometer, and collect water samples for Chlorophyll-a, suspended sediments, and CDOM analyses. The sampling also provided data of the dry season conditions in the Bay that will be incorporated in the long-term database that has been analyzed as part of the NOAA-CREST project of Dr. Fernando Gilbes. In addition, the cruise allowed to collect samples of the bottom sediments at different sites of the Bay as part of the project performed by Natlee Hernandez, an undergraduate student of the Department of Geology and working under supervision of Dr. Gilbes.
