R/V Oceanus, Voyage #448 (OC448) 9 June 2008 – 13 June 2008 Woods Hole, MA – Woods Hole, MA The research objective is Soutar box coring, CTDs, and mulitcoring. The planned activities include collecting live benthic foraminifera for laboratory culture studies at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Scientific personnel: Dr. Daniel McCorkle, Chief Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Joan Bernhard, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ms. Ellen Roosen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Ricardo De Pol Holz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ms. Fern Gibbons, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Mr. Zackary Bailey, Indiana State University Ms. Kathryn Richwine, Eckerd College Ms. Clare Williams, University of South Florida Mr. Pradeep Ranasinghage, Kent State University Ms. Sarah Fackler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Mr. Alexander Dorsk, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution