Cruise Report W-49 : scientific activities undertaken aboard R/V Westward, St. Thomas - Key West, November 28, 1979 - January 9, 1980

St. Thomas - Key West, FL, November 28, 1979 - January 9, 1980This cruise report outlines the scientific activities for the forty-ninth cruise of the R/V Westward. These activities fall into two categories: a traditional academic program offered purely and directly for the students' scholastic benefit; and, a program of research and student projects in which the students' skill and drive and curiosity determined the scope and benefit of their participation. Emphasis was on study and investigation uniquely available aboard a sailing oceanographic research vessel. The scientific method was emphasized