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Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-14-EFGB_LTM_WQ.nc - 29.32N, 94.68W - 2017-08-14"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations to complete EFGB long-term monitoring tasks. Operations will include study site setup, photographing repetitive photostations, conducting... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-05-23"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-10-STETSON_BANK_LTM.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-07-18"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA ops at Stetson Bank to continue the long term monitoring effort. Operations will include photographing long term photo-stations, conducting randomized... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-17_NCRMP2_1.nc - 28.17N, 94.3W - 2015-08-18"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) is a broad spatial snapshot for reef condition (i.e., fish species composition/density/size, benthic cover, and... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_4.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-25"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-12_ROV-Stetson_Bank_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-07-12"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at Stetson Bank to initialize long term monitoring studies of the mesophotic coral ecosystems at Stetson Bank. Operations... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-18_Lionfish_Derby_1.nc - 28.17N, 94.3W - 2015-08-18"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-17-NRL.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-09-20"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-05_CIOERT_Tech_Dive_1.nc - 2917.57N, -9439.92W - 2015-10-28"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
FGBNMS-15-05 CIOERT Tech Dive. Texas A&M University/ Department of Ocecanography data from a local source. -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-14_ROV-FGBNMS_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-07-19"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at multiple banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico currently undergoing review for potential sanctuary expansion.... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-22-Nov_WQ.nc - 29.31N, 94.67W - 2017-10-30"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at EFGB, WFGB, and Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and conduct photo transects and fish surveys in the mortality zone.... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-01-DiMarco_Glider_Recovery.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-01-20"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Deployment of glider at West Flower Garden Bank and recovery of glider 130 nm SE of Galveston, TX. -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-26_Get_Into_Your_Sanctuary_Day_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-06-27"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Release as many as 10 rehabilitated sea turtles, in partnership with NOAA?s Southeast Fisheries Science Center, in the waters offshore of Galveston, TX -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_8.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-29"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-16-Harvey_Response_Survey.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-09-01"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Single side band survey work in the Houston and Galveston Ship Channel as part of NOAA, USACE, and USCG survey efforts to reopen the Ports of Houston and Galveston. -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-28_Nov_WQ_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-11-03"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
SCUBA operations will be conducted to retrieve and exchange Sea-Bird SBE 37 CTDs and Onset HOBO temp loggers for data download. Water column samples and profiles will... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-18_Lionfish_Derby_2.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-08-23"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-09-HIA_389_A.nc - 29.32N, 94.68W - 2017-07-12"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) staff and volunteer scientists will conduct surveys on SCUBA at the HI-A-389-A platform in accordance... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-27_UTIG_2_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-10-08"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A key question in the marine and energy geosciences is how sand is transported from the river mouth across continental shelves and slopes to eventually be accumulated... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-02-JAN_WQ_BLEACHING.nc - 29.34N, 94.75W - 2017-01-31"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at EFGB, WFGB, and Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and to collect photographs at RQ stations for ongoing coral bleaching...