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Underwater Robots Help Scientists Understand How Fish Use Shipwrecks ...
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The ROV is outfitted with several high-resolution video cameras that provide information on the number and species of fish living among the ...
A Fantastic Journey: From the Seafloor to the Museum Collection
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Descending to a depth of 278 feet, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Mohawk arrives at a brilliant reef. Butterflyfish, wrasses, and grouper weave ...
Characterization of the mesophotic benthic habitat and fish assemblages ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/characterization-mesophotic-benthic-habitat-fish-assemblages-rov-dives-pulley-ridge-2015-rv-walton-smith-cruise/
In 2015, a total of 21 ROV dives surveyed 25 random blocks (Figure 1), and covered 33.64 km at depths from 54.4 to 110.1 m. A total of 58 hours of ROV ...
Characterization of mesophotic coral/sponge habitats and fish ...
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This report summarizes the ROV data that were collected within 68 1-km2 random Blocks that were surveyed over all 4 years at the Pulley Ridge (PR) ...
Rolling in the Deep: NOAA Expeditions to Assess and Restore Gulf of ...
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AUV’s are autonomous underwater vehicles, and ROV’s are remotely operated vehicles. Both of these types of vehicles allow us to zoom in on seafloor ...
[PDF] MEMORANDUM FOR: The Record - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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The ROV for the mesophotic cruises will be a Mohawk 18 ROV operated by the University of North Carolina Undersea Vehicles Program and owned by the ...
Expedition Marks Twelve Years of Discovery in the Caribbean
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Exploration with the ROV on these Caribbean reefs helps locate fish and build an understanding of the habitat preferences of different species. Key ...
Scientific Cruises Set Sail to Help Restore Open Ocean Communities
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Pictured here is the Mohawk ROV at East Flower Garden Bank. Photo: FGBNMS/Schmahl. Mesophotic and deep benthic communities are complex ecosystems ...
Benthic Characterization of Deep-Water Habitat in the Newly Expanded ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/benthic-characterization-of-deep-water-habitat-in-the-newly-expanded-areas-of-cordell-bank-and-greater-farallones-national-marine-sanctuaries/
The goals of the ROV surveys were to characterize deep-water benthic habitats, ground truth predicted habitat classifications, ground truth predictive ...
Characterization of the Mesophotic Benthic Habitat and Fish Assemblages ...
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This 2014 Cruise Report provides a detailed SEADESC II characterization of the benthic habitat, benthic macrobiota, and fish populations for each ROV ...
Exploring Puerto Rican Reef Habitats from NOAA Ship
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High-definition ROV photos of Swiftia exserta, seen here in the white polyp morphotype.Credit: NOAA. A scientific mission on the NOAA Ship Nancy ...
Seafloor Mapping Mission Supports Better Characterization of Florida ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/seabed-mapping-of-florida-keys-coral-ecosystem-from-the-noaa-ship-nancy-foster-filled-gaps-and-improved-resolution/
The ROV dives targeted features on the seabed, such as ledges and ridges mapped the previous night, with the multibeam echosounder. The ledges emerged ...
Research Suggests Predators Prefer Artificial over Natural Reefs ...
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The second study, completed using remotely operated vehicle (ROV) surveys of large sharks and reef fish on historic shipwrecks, found that the ...
Models of habitat suitability, size, and age-class structure for the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/models-of-habitat-suitability-size-and-age-class-structure-for-the-deep-sea-black-coral-leiopathes-glaberrima-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
A large number of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) surveys have been conducted in the Gulf of Mexico deep sea since 2008, including telepresence ...
Successful Survivorship of Mesophotic Corals at Hollings Marine ...
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Kassidy Lange (NCCOS) at sea on the R/V Point Sur with ROV Mohawk (UNCW), the ROV that collected the corals for the growth study. The National Oceanic ...
Diving into Deep Coral Propagation - NCCOS - National Centers for ...
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The ROV arm places corals in the collection box. Credit: NOAA, Pelagic Research Services, Florida Institute of Oceanography. The scientists onboard ...
Characterization of the mesophotic benthic habitat and fish assemblages ...
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Scientists Conduct Baseline Assessment of Fish and Benthic Communities ...
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The ROV data is supplemental to data being collected using scuba techniques at shallow portions of the sanctuary to provide a comprehensive baseline ...
NCCOS and Partners Map Unexplored Seafloor of CINMS
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-collaboration-channel-islands-national-marine-sanctuary-explores-previously-unmapped-seafloor-habitats/
The presence of abundant deep-sea octocorals and rockfish was then verified by ROV dives over these newly identified complex hardbottom habitats. By ...
Characterization of mesophotic coral/sponge ecosystem habitats in the ...
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