Habitats

Expedition to Find “Oases of Life” on Mid-Cayman Rise

[mappress] Follow a new expedition to discover, document and dive on the Mid-Cayman Spreading Center. The R/V Cape Hatteras left port here at Duke Marine…

Conservation & Environment Environmental Sciences Geology New Research Organisms Paleobiology Scientist! Seamount Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Biogeography of the Deep Sea

Dr. M September 22, 2009 abyss biogeography canyon deep sea geography landscape diversity Mosely Organisms range size Seamount seeps Trench vents volcanic

“There is absolutely nothing to restrict the geographical ranges of animals in the deep sea. Dr. Wallich, the pioneer of deep-sea research, eighteen years ago…

Carnivals & Link Love Education Fish Gadgets & Gear New Research Organisms Reviews Scientist! Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Vessels and Equipment

Video Feed Live From 30 Meters

Dr. M September 15, 2009 Adrian Glover cabled observatory Darwin Center David Attenborough live feed Lonndon Natural History Museum Prince William Thomas Dahlgren underwater observatory video

It has been a long year waiting to announce this. Last year Dr. Adrian Glover, long time DSN fan from the Natural History Museum in…

Expeditions Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

NE Pacific Expedition Day 5

Kevin Zelnio August 31, 2009 Basalt Juan de Fuca lava Octopus Opisthoteuthidae ROV DOc Ricketts Talus Slope

A report from Dr. M while he is at sea in the northeast Pacific. You can follow the expedition here. Our first day in the…

Expeditions Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Vessels and Equipment

NE Pacific Expedition Day 3&4

Kevin Zelnio August 30, 2009 Chris Mah Juan de Fuca Lemon Nudibranch Log from the Sea of Cortez MBARI Oregon Ricketts Rogue Brewery Steinbeck Succession Western Flyer

A report from Dr. M while he is at sea in the northeast Pacific. You can follow the expedition here. photo credit: zlatkarp I began…

Conservation & Environment Industry & Government Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

New Hydrothermal Vent Sanctuary

Dr. M August 20, 2009 deep sea East Pacific Rise Felipe Calderon Guaymas Basin Hydrothermal Vent marine sanctuary Mexico

President Felipe Calderón announced the creation of three new marine protected areas including Mexico’s first deep sea marine protected area, the Guaymas Basin and Eastern…

New Research New Species Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Shrimp Tails: Describing a New Species

Kevin Zelnio August 20, 2009 Alvinocarididae Alvinocaris Alvinocaris komaii Back-Arc Basin Best of Zelnio COI Eastern Lau Spreading Center ELSC fiji Genetics Hydrothermal Vent Lau Basin Morphology Shrimp Systematics taxonomy Tomoyuki Komai

Dr. M was kind enough to mention and congratulate me on my first publication several months back. I just had two more papers published in…

Expeditions Geology Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

The Creation of a New Deep-Sea Feature

Dr. M August 18, 2009 AGU California EOS Geology hydrate Hydrothermal Vent landslide methane minerals New Hampshire NOAA Okeanos Explorer plume

A recent oceanographic survey on the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer led by James V. Gardner, a marine geologist at the University of New Hampshire, discovered…

Seamount

Northeast Pacific Seamount Map: a Gift that Keeps Giving

Peter Etnoyer August 13, 2009 cartography Seamount

If there was a mountain in your backyard with no name, how long do you think it would stay that way? Not very long. Some…

Expeditions Geology Seamount Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

2009 Pacific Northwest Expedition

Dr. M August 5, 2009 Expedition lava Pacific Northwest Pacific Ocean ridge Seamount Volcano

Myself and Chris Mah (from Echinoblog) will particpating in Leg 5 of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s expedition ot the northern Pacific. Leg 5…

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