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"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-18_Lionfish_Derby_2.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-08-23"
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_4.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-25"
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-18_Lionfish_Derby_1.nc - 28.17N, 94.3W - 2015-08-18"
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-XX_NRL_1.nc - 29.32N, 94.68W - 2015-12-08"
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. -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_5.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-26"
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_7.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-28"
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_8.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-29"
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-16_Long_Term_Monitoring_1_1.nc - 29.31N,...
Conduct SCUBA operations at East Flower Garden Bank and West Flower Garden Bank for the 2015 long-term monitoring field effort. Operations will include photographing long-term... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-09_Stetson_Bank_Long_Term_Monitoring_1.nc -...
Conduct SCUBA operations at Stetson Bank to continue the long term monitoring effort. Operations will include photographing long term photo-stations and conducting randomized... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-29_Dimarco_Glider_Recovery_1.nc - 29.26N,...
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-03_Lionfish_Removal_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W -...
The main focus of this cruise was monitor abundance and size of lionfish and remove as many as possible of this invasive species -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-02-Feb_WQ_I-B_2.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-02-28"
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,... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-14-FGB_Mortality_Response_1.nc - 29.31N,...
Conduct SCUBA operations at East Flower Garden Bank to document coral mortality. Operations will include photographing randomized benthic transects, fish surveys, and sample... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_3.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-24"
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-02-Feb_WQ_I-B_1.nc - 29.28N, 94.8W - 2016-02-24"
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,... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-14_ROV-FGBNMS_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-07-19"
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at multiple banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico currently undergoing review for potential sanctuary expansion. Capture HD video... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_9.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-29"
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... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-23-SB_WQ.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-11-08"
Conduct SCUBA operations at Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and scout/mark site to relocate seabird. -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-17-NRL.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-09-20"
Recover "Lander" instrument system off the seafloor. If the primary and secondary recovery systems on board the lander have not yet/cannot be freed from their current fouled... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-13-DiMARCO_WTX02.nc - 29.3N, 94.7W - 2017-08-08"
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,...