Description
This summer, an interdisciplinary scientific team spent 9 days
aboard the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's research vessel Atlantis II
and used the deep-sea manned submersible Alvin to explore three volcanic
seamounts in the New England Seamount chain (Bear, Kelvin, and Manning
seamounts). This diverse group of explorers included a scientific complement of
ichthyologists, geneticists, reproductive biologists, oceanographers, and a
hydrographer, along with educators, program managers, two journalists, several
graduate students, and even a scientific illustrator. Because of their
isolation, seamounts act as an oasis in an otherwise barren landscape, and are
known to harbor species found nowhere else. Since most seamounts in the New
England chain have never been explored scientifically, there was great potential
for new discoveries during this expedition.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Web Page | HTML | mapsOE.htm | Open resource |
| Web Page | HTML | mapsOE.htm | Open resource |
Tags
- acoustic scattering
- bathymetry
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- biodiversity
- colonization
- conductivity
- coral colonization dynamics
- coral reproduction
- corals
- ctd
- depth
- echo sounders
- expedition
- expendable bathythermograph
- exploration
- explorer
- genetics
- marine education
- mbes
- multibeam
- multibeam mapping system
- noaa
- north atlantic ocean
- ocean
- ocean acoustics
- ocean discovery
- ocean education
- ocean exploration
- ocean exploration and research
- ocean literacy
- ocean research
- oceans
- octocorals
- oer
- reproduction
- research
- science
- scientific mission
- scientific research
- sea
- seamounts
- stewardship
- systematic exploration
- technology
- temperature
- transformational research
- trawling
- undersea
- underwater
- underwater exploration
- xbt