Cruise Report for ‘Deep-Sea Coral Gardens’ Expedition 2019 : R/V Shearwater SW-19-06
This 2019 expedition was a continuation of the ‘Patterns in Deep-Sea Corals’ expeditions from 2015-2017 (Caldow et al., 2015; Etnoyer et al., 2016). The research team embarked from Santa Barbara, CA in June of 2019 aboard NOAA Research Vessel (R/V) Shearw...
Photographic catalog of deep-sea corals collected from the US West Atlantic margin by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer in years 2017- 2019
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. Thi...
A characterization of the deep-sea coral and sponge community along the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts using a remotely operated vehicle on the EXPRESS 2019 expedition
NOAA’s Deep-Sea Coral Research Technology Program (DSCRTP) began a 4-year funding initiative for the U.S. West Coast in 2018. The goals of the West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative were to: 1) gather baseline information on DSCS in areas subject to fishing...