• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-17T00:00:00.000+00:00

The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a broad spatial snapshot for reef condition (i.e., fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and coral density/size/condition) to...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

SCUBA operations will be conducted to finish water quality tasks. Repetitive photographs will be taken at Stetson Bank to document seasonal change in algal cover. In addition, winter pelagic...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

We will use the R/V MANTA and the Remotely Operated Vessel (ROV) Mohawk for 5 days at sea to localize and sample coral specimens from mesophotic habitats in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Conduct SCUBA operations at East and West Flower Garden Banks to support the assessment of fish and benthic communities in areas where lionfish removal is not occurring. Both fish community...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

To conduct a recovery of Teledyne Webb Slocum G2 glider (S/N 541, aka, Sverdrup). The recovery is scheduled to take about 2 hours. The operation may require the use of the R/V Manta RHIB (subject...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

To conduct oceanographic research in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 12-16 June 2017, to estimate the areal extent and vertical distribution of dissolved oxygen concentration, nitrate stable...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

Deployment of glider at West Flower Garden Bank and recovery of glider 130 nm SE of Galveston, TX.

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Conduct SCUBA operations at East Flower Garden Bank to document coral mortality. Operations will include photographing randomized benthic transects, fish surveys, and sample collections. Water...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Mark and photograph repetitive photo stations, conduct fish surveys, and photograph random transects at WFGB. Install repetitive transect markers around EFGB in the zone of concentrated mortality...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) staff and volunteer scientists will conduct surveys on SCUBA at the HI-A-389-A platform in accordance with Interagency Agreement #...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Glider Test Cruise ? testing two new 1000-m gliders. A three-day cruise is planned between Nov 17 and Nov 19, 2015. The cruise dates may be changed due to rough seas.

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Marine geology and geophysics field class. Data collection will include a small MCS airgun/streamer system, chirp acoustic reflection, and gravity coring. We may also use a portable multibeam system

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Marine geology and geophysics field class. Data collection will include a small MCS airgun/streamer system, chirp acoustic reflection, and gravity coring. We may also use a portable multibeam system

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

This cruise will continue CIOERT, NOAA, and FGBNMS objectives in the NW Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to characterize morphological, physiological, and molecular differences between shallow and mesophotic...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

This cruise is to establish the FGBNMS as the final of three sentinel climate and ocean acidification monitoring sites of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program?s National Coral Reef Monitoring...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

FGB Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (FGB_MBON_001) This is the first annual cruise to the FGBNMS in the framework of the MBON project. During this cruise the team will collect the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

SCUBA operations will be conducted to retrieve and exchange Sea-Bird CTDs and Onset HOBO temp loggers for data download. Water column samples and profiles will be taken via Sea-Bird Carousel for...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

A key question in the marine and energy geosciences is how sand is transported from the river mouth across continental shelves and slopes to eventually be accumulated in significant volumes within...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

Conduct SCUBA operations at EFGB, WFGB, and Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and to collect photographs at RQ stations for ongoing coral bleaching study. Collect quarterly water...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2019-10-16T00:00:00.000+00:00

Complete reef wide Long Term Mean (LTM) fish and random transects at WFGB and conduct additional monitoring at EFGB and Stetson Bank to document the fate of the benthic community after the July...

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