Description
This expedition represents the culmination of ongoing
collaboration between National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology-
Ocean Biotechnology Center and Repository and University of New Hampshire
explorers that use technical diving to characterize deep reef communities and to
assess the organisms for their biotechnology potential. Marc Slattery and
company have experience working in the twilight zone of the Bahamas and Cayman
Islands, and preliminary data from these studies indicate that the deep reef
sponges are significantly more bioactive and biodiverse than the surrounding
shallow reefs. To date, the Indo-Pacific deep reefs have been relatively
unexplored despite the fact that this region encompasses far more biodiversity
than the Caribbean.
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 |
| Web Page | HTML | mapsOE.htm | Open resource |
Tags
- aquatic ecosystems
- bioassessment
- biosphere
- coastal processes
- coral reef ecosystems
- coral reefs
- deep reef communities
- deep reef sponges
- deep sea corals
- deep sea habitats
- ecological dynamics
- expedition
- exploration
- explorer
- indo-pacific
- indo-pacific deep reefs
- marine education
- marine habitat
- mesophotic coral reefs
- noaa
- north pacific
- ocean
- ocean discovery
- ocean education
- ocean exploration
- ocean exploration and research
- ocean literacy
- ocean research
- oceans
- oer
- palau
- peleliu
- reef habitat
- science
- scientific mission
- scientific research
- sea
- species/population interactions
- stewardship
- systematic exploration
- technical diving
- technology
- transformational research
- twilight zone
- ulong
- undersea
- underwater