IS010
Into the Deep: New insights into integrated ocean mapping and habitat characterizations of the North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins

Session ID#: 85804

Session Description:
Although oceans cover 70% of the Earth'€™s surface, more than 80% are unmapped and unexplored, especially the deep sea's (>200 m) diverse submarine canyons, ridges and seamounts, extensive deep-sea coral habitats, methane seeps, and potential geohazards. New data can inform stock assessments, offshore energy development, and earlier warnings of costly natural disasters, and improve our knowledge of underwater hazards, biogeography, and the impacts of geological and oceanographic processes.

 

But our understanding remains limited due to cost, distance, and time. Collaborations across agencies, academia, and industry are key to increasing ocean data using a variety of remote sensing technologies. Since 2016, two regional campaigns have formed to address these challenges: the Atlantic Seafloor Partnership for Integrated Research and Exploration (ASPIRE) and the West Coast EXpanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems (EXPRESS). This session will share ongoing research, new discoveries, and emerging technologies that provide insights into the habitats, geological history, and connectivity of these ocean basins, including results from ASPIRE and EXPRESS. Presentations will describe partnerships in integrated ocean mapping and exploration that have resulted in new thinking and findings, as well as lessons learned from which we can all benefit.

Index Terms:

4262 Ocean observing systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4594 Instruments and techniques [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL]

Primary Chair:  Ashley Chappell, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Co-chairs:  Caitlin Adams1, Jeremy Potter2 and Kasey Lynn Cantwell1, (1)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States(2)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ashley Chappell, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States
 
Windows to the Deep: new discoveries from two years of exploration offshore the Southeastern US (636280)
Kasey Lynn Cantwell, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via CNSP, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Cheryl Morrison, USGS Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV, United States, Alexis M Weinnig, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Michael White, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Durham, NH, United States, Amy J Wagner, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States, Stephanie Farrington, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, FAU, FL, United States and Windows to the Deep 2018 & 2019 Science Teams
 
Classifying Interrelationships Between Deep-Sea Coral and Local Geomorphology on a Blake Escarpment Intraslope Terrace, Southeast U.S. Continental Margin (636929)
Hayley Caitlin Drennon, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
What's Associated with Deep-sea Corals and Sponges? (639407)
Laura Anthony, United States, Heather M Coleman, NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Thomas F. Hourigan, NOAA Fisheries Service, Deep Sea Coral Research & Technology Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Mashkoor Malik, NOAA, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
 
Drivers of Lophelia pertusa Distribution on the mid-US Atlantic Margin Revealed by Habitat Suitability Modeling at Multiple Scales (639819)
Ryan Gasbarro1, Jay J Lunden2 and Erik E Cordes1, (1)Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)Haverford College, Haverford, PA, United States
 
Applications of High Resolution AUV-based Side Scan Sonar Data for Benthic Habitat Mapping (640077)
Rosemary Burkhalter-Castro, Eckerd College, Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States; NOAA, Hydrographic Systems and Technologies Branch, Washington, DC, United States
 
Deepy Creepy: Distribution and Ecology of Deep Water Crabs Observed by ROV on the US Eastern Continental Slope and Canyons (and a Case of Mistaken Identity) (640838)
Bradley G Stevens, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Natural Sciences, Princess Anne, MD, United States
 
Origins of pockmarks offshore Big Sur, California (640906)
Charles K Paull1, Eve M Lundsten1, David W Caress1, Roberto Gwiazda1, Guy R Cochrane2, Maureen A L Walton2, Mary McGann3, Thomas D Lorenson2, Linda Kuhnz1, Lonny Lundsten1, Lisa Gilbane4, Colin White5 and Stephen Cole Dobbs5, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (2)USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (4)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (5)Stanford University, Earth Sciences, Stanford, CA, United States
 
Mapping Benthic Habitat on the West Florida Shelf Using Multibeam Acoustics and Towed Underwater Video to Improve Fisheries Science and Management (641575)
Alexander Ross Ilich1, Jennifer L Brizzolara2, Sarah Grasty1, John W Gray2, Matthew Hommeyer1, Chad Lembke1, Stanley D Locker1, Alex Silverman1, Theodore Switzer3, Abigail Vivlamore1 and Steven A Murawski1, (1)University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St Petersburg, FL, United States, (2)The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), MS, United States, (3)Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St Petersburg, FL, United States
 
Geologic characterization of Northeast Atlantic Submarine Canyons and Seamounts using observations from the NOAA Deep Connections 2019 Expedition (642346)
Jeffrey Obelcz, NRC Postdoctoral Investigator, US Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis, MS, United States, Meagan Putts, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, Daniel Wagner, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, via Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Charleston, SC, United States and Michael White, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Durham, NH, United States
 
Comparison of Ridge Scarp Edge Geomorphology and Associated Benthic Habitats on the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin (643450)
Elizabeth Bieri, College of Charleston, Department of Biology, Charleston, SC, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Comparison of Individual Deep-Sea Coral Mounds at Three Sites in Relation to Proximity to the Gulf Stream (643452)
Hannah Berkimer, College of Charleston, Biology, Charleston, SC, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Comparing Seabed Geomorphology at Several Methane Seeps Found Along the North Carolina – Virginia Margin (643456)
Noah Katz, College of Charleston, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Characterizing Geomorphology of Connected Coral Mounds by Gulf Stream Influence on the Lower Stetson Mesa off the Southeast U.S. Coast. (643463)
Aidan Gibson, Elon, NC , United States; College of Charleston, Department of Biology, Charleston, SC, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Geomorphologic Characterization of Seabed Features in the Central Region of the Blake Plateau, Southeast U.S. Continental Margin (643470)
Mary Elizabeth Kule, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Comparison of Geomorphology and Benthic Habitat Type Along Two Ridge Scarps on the Central and Outer Blake Plateau, Southeast US Continental Margin (643480)
Tanner Maharrey, College of Charleston, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Prioritizing Areas for Future Seafloor Mapping, Research, and Exploration Offshore of California, Oregon, and Washington (646354)
Bethany Williams1,2, Bryan Costa3, Mathew S. Kendall1, Ken Buja1 and Jennifer Kraus1, (1)NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)CSS Inc., Farifax, VA, United States, (3)NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
 
Spatio-Temporal Oceanographic Variability at Deep-Sea Coral Sites along the U.S. Atlantic Margin (646543)
Jay J Lunden1, Furu Mienis2, Ryan Gasbarro1, Adam Hallaj1, Abby Keller1 and Erik E Cordes1, (1)Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)NIOZ, Den Burg, Netherlands
 
Water Column Characterization and Deep-sea Coral Trophodynamics on the U.S. West Coast Region (648174)
Nancy Prouty, USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, Meredith Everett, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, M. Elizabeth Clarke, NOAA NWFSC, Seattle, WA, United States, Amanda W Demopoulos, US Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, FL, United States, Carina Fish, University of California Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Davis, CA, United States, Nissa Kreidler, Humboldt State University, United States, Chelsey Souza, UC Davis, United States, Diana Watters, NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, CA, United States and Tom Laidig, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
 
Recent exploration efforts on of the Southeastern US continental margin reveal extensive connected and isolated cold-water coral mounds in areas beyond predictive models (649439)
Alexis M Weinnig1, Ryan Gasbarro1, Erik E Cordes1, Kasey Lynn Cantwell2 and Amy J Wagner3, (1)Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, (2)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (3)California State University, Sacramento, Geology, Sacramento, CA, United States
 
Finding Biogeographic Boundaries in the Deep Sea: Alaska, Hawaii, and the Emperor Seamount Chain (650037)
Les Watling1, Amy Baco-Taylor2, Sarah Bingo3, Glenn S Carter4, Henrietta Dulai5, Scott France6, Becca Lensing1, Nicole Morgan7, E Brendan Roark8, John R Smith Jr9 and Natalie Summers1, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)Florida State University, Earth, Ocean, Atmospheric Sciences, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, (4)University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, (6)University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States, (7)Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (8)Texas A&M University, College Station, CA, United States, (9)Univ Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
 
Seafloor Mapping for Predicting Deep-Sea Coral Habitat, Southeast U.S. Continental Margin (651908)
Mikayla Drost and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
The Coastal And Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS): Transforming Seafloor Geomorphic Data Into Useful Habitat Information (652164)
Kathryn Rose1,2 and Kirsten Larsen1, (1)NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)Northern Gulf Institute- Mississippi State University, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
 
Characterization of Deep-Sea Octopod Habitat from ROV Videos in the Western North Atlantic (653307)
Abigail Pratt, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Biology, Lafayette, LA, United States, Scott France, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States and Michael Vecchione, NOAA NMFS National Systematics Lab, DC, United States
 
The unknown and the unexplored: Using recent ROV data to derive insights into the Pacific Deep-Sea (653774)
Randi Rotjan1, Kasey Lynn Cantwell2 and Brian RC Kennedy2, (1)Boston University, Boston, United States, (2)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
 
Can Large-Scale Oceanographic Climatologies Contribute to Understanding Deep-Sea Coral and Distributions (654674)
Matt Dornback, NOAA, Northern Gulf Institute, National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Robert McGuinn, JHT Incorporated, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Marine Spatial Ecology Division, Charleston, SC, United States and Thomas F. Hourigan, NOAA Fisheries Service, Deep Sea Coral Research & Technology Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States
 
Participatory Processes Effectively Launch Seafloor Mapping and Characterization Initiatives: A Framework for Collaboration (654707)
Chris Caldow1, Bryan Costa2, Ryan Freedman1, Jeremy Potter3, Richard Brennan4, Tim Battista5 and Ashley Chappell6, (1)NOAA National Ocean Service, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (3)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States, (4)NOAA, Office of Coast Survey, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (5)NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (6)NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States
 
Depth-related Barriers to Genetic Connectivity Among Northwestern Atlantic Lophelia pertusa Populations (654744)
Cheryl Morrison1, Aaron Aunins1, Jay J Lunden2, Sandra Brooke3 and Steve W Ross4, (1)USGS Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, WV, United States, (2)Haverford College, Haverford, PA, United States, (3)Florida State University, Coastal and Marine Lab, St Teresa, FL, United States, (4)University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Center for Marine Science, Wilmington, NC, United States
 
Characterizing the Geomorphology of Richardson ‘Jellyfish’ Scarp on the Blake Plateau, Southeast U.S. Continental Margin (655118)
Jason Mueller, College of Charleston, Charleston, United States and Leslie Sautter, College of Charleston, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Deep-sea community diversity on the U.S. West Coast: eDNA profiles of deep-sea coral and sponge community diversity from the EXPRESS program (655312)
Meredith Everett, Lynker Technologies LLC/NWFSC, Seattle, WA, United States, M. Elizabeth Clarke, NOAA NWFSC, Seattle, WA, United States, Tom Laidig, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Linda Park, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, Nancy Prouty, USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States and Diana Watters, NOAA, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, CA, United States
 
Identifying Gaps in Bathymetric Coverage in U.S. Deep Waters (655325)
Jesse D Varner, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, CO, United States, Meredith Westington, NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of Coast Survey, Boulder, CO, United States, Mashkoor Malik, NOAA, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Rachel Medley, NOAA Office of Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, United States, Jennifer Jencks, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Boulder, CO, United States and Meme Lobecker, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research via Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Durham, NH, United States
 
Tracking the Health of Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges: Results from the West Coast Expanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems (EXPRESS) Field Campaign (655858)
M. Elizabeth Clarke, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, Abigail Powell, Lynker - Under Contract to NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, Jeffrey Anderson, Nature Imagery, OR, United States, Erica Fruh, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Newport, OR, United States, Melanie Johnson, Lynker - Under Contract to NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Newport, OR, United States and Curt Whitmire, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA, United States
 
Integrating Predictions of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Habitat with Ocean Mapping and Exploration Offshore the US West Coast – An Example from the EXPRESS Campaign (656370)
Matthew D Poti1,2, Curt Whitmire3, Laurie Bauer1,2, Joseph J Bizzarro4,5, M. Elizabeth Clarke6, Michael Coyne1,2, Meredith Everett6,7, Lisa Gilbane8, Thomas F. Hourigan9, Tom Laidig4, Abigail Powell6,7, Arliss J Winship1,2 and Mary Yoklavich4, (1)NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)CSS, Inc., Fairfax, VA, United States, (3)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Monterey, CA, United States, (4)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (5)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, (6)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, (7)Lynker Technologies LLC/NWFSC, Seattle, WA, United States, (8)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (9)NOAA Fisheries Service, Deep Sea Coral Research & Technology Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States
 
Discovery and characterization of two methane seep fields with unique fluid discharge features on the US Atlantic continental margin (656640)
Adam D Skarke and Maleen Wijeratna Kidiwela, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States
 
Diversity and Abundance of Deep Sea Corals and Sponges in the Steep Bathyal Terrain of West Florida Escarpment (657112)
Morgan Will, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL, United States and Peter John Etnoyer, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Marine Spatial Ecology Division, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Multifaceted Approach to Protecting Deep-Sea Corals in the U.S. South Atlantic (657364)
Chip Collier, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Charleston, SC, United States, Matthew D Poti, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Heather M Coleman, NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States
 
How will future climate changes influence deep sea coral life histories? (658260)
Sandra Brooke, Florida State University, Coastal and Marine Lab, St Teresa, FL, United States and Anthony Sogluizzo, Florida State University, Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Tallahassee, FL, United States
See more of: Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies
<< Previous Session Proposal | Next Session Proposal >>