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Description:
Title:
Discovery of new resources with pharmaceutical potential (pharmaceutical discovery)
Alternate Title:
Exploration of vision and bioluminescence in deep-sea benthos (vision and bioluminescence)
Islands in the Stream 2002
Mission three, summary, August 16-August 31, 2002
Mission 3, summary, August 16-August 31, 2002
Author(s):
Pomponi, Shirley A. (Shirley Ann), 1949-
Reed, John
Frank, Tamara, 1957-
Widder, Edith
Russell, Craig W., 1974-
United States, Office of Ocean Exploration,
United States, National Ocean Service
NOAA Ocean Exploration Program (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
South Carolina, Department of Natural Resources,
Corporate Name:
United States, Office of Ocean Exploration,
United States, National Ocean Service
NOAA Ocean Exploration Program (U.S.)
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
South Carolina, Department of Natural Resources,
Dates of Publication:
2002
Abstract:
The science party for this leg of the expedition consisted of two groups of scientists from the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. The first group searched for previously undiscovered compounds in marine organisms that may be able to study, treat, or diagnose human diseases. The samples collected primarily consisted of sponges and octocorals. The second project focused on enhancing our understanding of how bottom-dwelling organisms visualize their environment, particularly with regard to bioluminescence"--Mission summary home page.
Keywords:
Benthic animals
Benthos
Bioluminescence
Coral reef ecology
Coral reef fishes
Coral reef organisms
Coral reefs and islands
Corals
Deep sea corals
Deep-sea biology
Deep-sea ecology
Habitat
Hexactinellida
Jellyfishes
Lophelia
Lophelia pertusa
Marine biology
Marine pharmacology
Marine plankton
Microbiology
Oceanographic instruments
Research
Scorpionfishes
Sponges
Starfishes
Submarine geology
Underwater exploration
Place Keywords:
South Atlantic Bight
Atlantic Ocean
Photographs
United States
Local Corporate Name:
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
OER (Ocean Exploration and Research)
NOS (National Ocean Service)
Ocean Exploration Program
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Professional Paper
Note:
The science party for this leg of the expedition consisted of two groups of scientists from the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. The first group searched for previously undiscovered compounds in marine organisms that may be able to study, treat, or diagnose human diseases. The samples collected primarily consisted of sponges and octocorals. The second project focused on enhancing our understanding of how bottom-dwelling organisms visualize their environment, particularly with regard to bioluminescence"--Mission summary home page.
2002
OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
OER (Ocean Exploration and Research)
NOS (National Ocean Service)
Ocean Exploration Program
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
Public Domain
1858
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