Cruise Report: MDBC Expedition NOAA Ship Pisces, June 29–July 30, 2022

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• Personal Author:
  Harter, Stacey ; David, Andy ; Taylor, J. Christopher ; Shukla, Asmita
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ; United States. National Ocean Service ; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) ; Consolidated Safety Services-Dynamac
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; ORR (Office of Response and Restoration) ; NCCOS (National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) ; DWH (Deepwater Horizon)
• Description:
  Two mesophotic expedition legs were completed June 29–July 30, 2022, on the NOAA Ship Pisces. Operations consisted of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives, multibeam surveys, autonomous operated vehicle (AUV) dives, and conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) profiler operations at known impacted and reference mesophotic sites (depths of 50–150 m) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Project objectives from Mapping, Ground-truthing, and Predictive Habitat Modeling (MGM) and Habitat Assessment and Evaluation (HAE) were addressed on this mission. Habitat characterization and analysis of biological samples collected with the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Underwater Vehicles Program (UNCW-UVP) Mohawk ROV will fill critical data gaps on the biology and ecology at impacted and reference sites, assess potential ongoing impacts from threats, refine predictive habitat models, help target locations for direct restoration and protection, and determine a baseline for health and condition. Multibeam echosounder (MBES) data from the ship’s EM2040 system and seafloor reflectivity data from a synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) equipped on Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’s (WHOI) Remus 600 AUV will help document the broad-scale abundance and distribution of MDBC, characterize benthic habitats, and provide information that will help guide future ROV surveys.
• Content Notes:
  New series name establishe previous series name DWH MDBC cruise report ; CR-23-01
• Series:
  DWH MDBC Cruise Report ; 2023-01
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/wdgd-bz66
• Format:
  PDF
• Document Type:
  Cruise Report
• Corporate as Subject:
  NOAA Ship Pisces ; NOAA Ship Pisces
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/50339/noaa_50339_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.53 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Ocean Service (NOS) ; National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) ; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Restoration (DWH)
• Main Document Checksum:
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