Islands in the Stream 2002 (Collection)

Islands in the Stream 2002 [electronic resource] : exploring underwater oases, July 27 - September 1, 2002 / [U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration].

Scale not given (W 80--W 76/N 34--N 27).

Silver Spring, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration, 2002-

Title from Expedition's home page HTML header (viewed Apr. 24, 2003).

Collection of Web sites, digital videos, digital images, digital maps and pdf documents (cruise reports) available online.

Accompanied by 95 mini DVs (digital videos) of ca. 93 hours of annotated digital video footage generated from 100+ dives by submersible, Johnson Sea-Link II.

Three digital video clips highlight the investigations of the Expedition. Each video ca. 13 min. (Streaming videos; RealPlayer required for viewing).

Three digital image collections include 47 total still images from three missions of the Expedition in JPG and TIFF formats.

Data also available online at: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/accession/1612

Cruise reports of three missions also available online in PDF format via NOAA Ocean Explorer/Expeditions at: http://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/logs/summar y/summary.html.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

"Islands in the Stream 2002: Exploring Underwater Oases, July 27 - September 1, 2002" consisted of four scientific investigations to study the continental shelf break and slope from the eastern coast of Florida to North Carolina, an area known as the South Atlantic Bight. The mission took place in three "legs" (missions) and focused on the characterization of deep-reef habitats, with particular emphasis on the discovery, exploration and description of reef fish spawning sites; exploration of the unique outer shelf and slope habitats off the Carolinas; discovery of new resources with pharmaceutical potential; and exploration of vision and bioluminescence in the deep-sea benthos. Each project (mission) was conducted by groups of interdisciplinary investigators led by scientists from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve, and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI). They used the R/V Seward Johnson and the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible for direct access to this rarely seen underwater world.

Mission 1. July 27-August 5, 2002 (Dr. George R. Sedberry, Principal Investigator, Deep Water Spawning Habitats Project) -- Mission 2. August 5-15, 2002 (Dr. Steve W. Ross, Principal Investigator, Outer Shelf and Slope Project) Mission 3. August 16-31, 2002 (Dr. Shirley A. Pomponi, Principal Investigator, New Pharmacological Resources Project).

SILVER SPRING: NODC accession: 1612.

SILVER SPRING: Collection partially analyzed.

Seward Johnson (Ship)

Scientific expeditions South Atlantic Bight.

Underwater exploration South Atlantic Bight.

Oceanography South Atlantic Bight.

Continental slopes South Atlantic Bight.

Coral reefs and islands South Atlantic Bight.

Coral reef ecology South Atlantic Bight.

Coral reef fishes South Atlantic Bight.

Marine fishes South Atlantic Bight.

Marine animals South Atlantic Bight.

Digital video South Atlantic Bight.

Digital images South Atlantic Bight.

South Atlantic Bight Discovery and exploration.

Science films. lcgft

Internet videos. lcgft

Sedberry, George R., 1950-, originator.

Ross, Steve W., 1951-, originator.

Pomponi, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1949-, originator.

NOAA Ocean Exploration Program (U.S.), sponsor.

United States. Office of Ocean Exploration sponsor.