Publications

The purpose of this cruise (project number NF-19-01) in particular was to collect multibeam sonar bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, remotely operated vehicle optical validation, and fishery acoustics within coastal waters of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Scientists collected high-resolution multibeam and fishery acoustic data in mid-water depths approximately 11 to 3066 meters, in order to continue characterizing seafloor habitats within all U.S. States, Territories, and Commonwealths.

This photo-identification collection is intended to provide a visual reference to commonly observed deep-sea corals in the Southeast United States, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean, as a consensus aid for taxonomic identification of these organisms. This document also aims to provide an effectual representation of the diversity of coral fauna encountered in the deep-sea of this greater U.S. Southeast region (defined here as > 200 m deep) by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, using remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer in years 2017-2019.

The objective of this photo identification guide is to provide documentation of Alcyonacean specimens collected and/or photographed from the Pinnacle Trend, using in-situ and ex-situ photography, with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.

This Science Plan presents the objectives, proposed work-plan, and anticipated outcomes for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative under the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program. The four-year Initiative (FY 2018-2021) is designed to work with partners to discover, map, characterize, explore, and conduct research on deepwater coral and sponge habitats in support of natural resource management off California, Oregon and Washington. The Science Plan was developed by a cross-NOAA steering committee with input from numerous partners and stakeholders.

NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation (OHC) in the National Marine Fisheries Service is participating in an Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group studying marine life in the Gulf of Mexico and the impact of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill on that life. The NOAA Central Library was consulted to create this annotated bibliography to provide OHC with literature on the mesophotic and deep sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico. In particular this bibliography covers the impacts of the DWH oil spill, mapping and restoration techniques for those coral communities. 

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program’s convened a 2-day science priorities workshop on April 16-17, 2018 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The purpose of the workshop was to build partnerships and set research priorities for the Program’s 4-year West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative (WCDSCI; 2018-2021).

This publication is the eighth consecutive supplement on ocean exploration to accompany Oceanography. These booklets provide details about the innovative technologies deployed to investigate the seafloor and water column and explain how telepresence can both convey the excitement of ocean exploration to global audiences and allow scientists as well as the public on shore to participate in expeditions in real time. 

benthic animals; multibeam mapping; oceanography; research

The objectives of the expedition were to survey, sample, and map deep-sea coral ecosystems in
the eastern Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Bight between ~200⁠–1000 m depths, focusing on
priority areas identified by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council.

This report describes the 2016 and 2017 research activities partially or fully funded by the Program to meet NOAA’s mandate to identify, study, and monitor deep-sea coral areas.

The Mountains in the Deep Expedition (EX1705), conducted from April 27, 2017, to May 19, 2017, onboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, collected valuable new information to support management and science needs throughout the Central Pacific Basin. Operations were conducted in American Samoa and the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa, the Cook Islands’ Marae Moana marine park, and in the Jarvis Island and Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef Units of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM as part of the Campaign to Address Pacific monument Science, Technology, and Ocean NEeds (CAPSTONE).