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Deepwater Atlantic Habitats II: Continued Atlantic Research and Exploration in Deepwater Ecosystems with Focus on Coral, Canyon and Seep Communities (NF1909)

Vessel: NOAA Ship Nancy Foster; Expedition Dates: October 22, 2019 to October 30, 2019; Ports: Charleston, South Carolina to Charleston, South Carolina

Project Principals: Jay Lunden¹

Co-Project Principals: Gary Wolff²

PI Institution(s): ¹Temple University, ²TDI Brooks

Partnerships: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), US Geological Survey (USGS), TDI Brooks, Temple University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

Grant #: NOPP-M17PC00009; Award Period: 2017-2022

Deepwater Atlantic Habitats II: Continued Atlantic Research and Exploration in Deepwater Ecosystems with Focus on Coral, Canyon and Seep Communities (NF1909) Overview Map

The NF-19-09 expedition on board the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster was part of the multi-year Deep SEARCH project. This cruise occurred from October 21 to October 30, 2019. The cruise will focus on several seep sites, canyons, and hard bottom features located less than 100 nm offshore. This is the third research expedition associated with the Deep SEARCH project focused on exploring and characterizing seeps, corals, and canyon environments along the Atlantic margin. This project is a collaboration among three federal agencies: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), NOAA Ocean Exploration, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). TDI Brooks with academic partners has been selected to serve as BOEM contractor for this study. Data gathered during this mission and past cruises for this project will help inform multiple management issues concerning this region. The goal of this expedition was to recover benthic lander deployments, conduct mid-water trawling of the deep-scattering layer, collect water samples for christry and microbial diversity analyses, perform multibeam mapping at specific targeted areas, and collect sediment, water, and faunal samples for eDNA work.

Project Datasets

Multibeam [EM710] Open
ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) Open
CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) Open
Data Spreadsheets Open
Lander Data ALBEX Long Open
Log Templates Open
Videos Open
Images Open
PODs (Plans of the Day) Open
SCS (Scientific Computing System) Open
TSG (Thermosalinograph) Open

Additional Resources

OSF Project Data Page Open
Cordes Lab DeepSEARCH Page Open
Expedition Metadata Open

Publications

Cruise Report Open
Cordes, E.E., Demopoulos, A.W.J., Davies, A.J. et al. Expanding our view of the cold-water coral niche and accounting of the ecosystem services of the reef habitat. Sci Rep 13, 19482 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45559-5 Open

Data Citation

Lunden, Jay (2022). Environmental data and products from NOAA Ocean Exploration Grant Award NOPP- DEEPSEARCH Project: Deepwater Atlantic Habitats II: Continued Atlantic Research and Exploration in Deepwater Ecosystems with Focus on Coral, Canyon and Seep Communities (NF1909). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Project Datasets. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/waf/ocean-exploration-nofo/DEEPSEARCH-NF1909/deepsearch-nf1909_cruise_landing_page.html Accessed [date].