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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... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-07_NCRMP1_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-05-31"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This cruise is to establish the FGBNMS as the final of three sentinel climate and ocean acidification monitoring sites of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program?s... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-19-E_and_W_RESPONSE.nc - 29.34N, 94.72W - 2016-10-05"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Complete reef wide Long Term Mean (LTM) fish and random transects at WFGB and conduct additional monitoring at EFGB and Stetson Bank to document the fate of the... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-20-BLEACHING_RESPONSE.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-10-18"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Mark and photograph repetitive photo stations, conduct fish surveys, and photograph random transects at WFGB. Install repetitive transect markers around EFGB in the... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-07-MOORING_INSTALL.nc - 29.15N, 94.59W - 2017-06-26"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Inspect, photograph, and tag all U-Bolts at EFGB, WFGB, and Stetson Bank. Mooring buoy assemblies will be inspected, cleaned, repaired, or replaced at EFGB, WFGB, and... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-07-HI_389_A.nc - 27.9N, 93.58W - 2016-06-01"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Pre-removal bioacoustic surveys of HI-A-389-A and EFGB per the requirements of the BSEE / FGBNMS Interagency Agreement -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-15-WFGB_LTM.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-08-10"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at West Flower Garden Bank for the 2016 long-term monitoring field effort. Operations will include photographing long-term photostations,... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_3.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-24"
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-15-13_ROV-HIA389A_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-07-27"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA and Remotely Operated Vessel (ROV) operations on HI-A-389-A in accordance with interagency agreement / cooperative study with BSEE -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-20-ROV_RESTORE_MT17.nc - 29.03N, 94.49W - 2017-10-10"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
We will use the R/V MANTA and the Remotely Operated Vessel (ROV) Mohawk for 5 days at sea to localize and sample coral specimens from mesophotic habitats in the... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-17-DFH_30_ROV.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-09-03"
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-17-15-WFGB_LTM_WQ.nc - 29.33N, 94.69W - 2017-08-21"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at West Flower Garden Bank for the 2017 long-term monitoring field effort. Operations will include study site setup, photographing repetitive... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-29_Dimarco_Glider_Recovery_1.nc - 29.26N, 94.65W - 2015-11-10"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
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... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-13-FGB_RR.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-07-24"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
To conduct oceanographic research in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 28 July ? 2 August 2016, to estimate oceanographic properties in the vicinity of Flower Garden... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-15_Coral_Spawn_and_Mooring_Inspection_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-08-06"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations to document and study the annual coral spawning event, including placement of tiles at East and West Flower Garden Banks to study coral... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-18-CIOERT.nc - 29.19N, 94.59W - 2016-09-26"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This cruise will continue CIOERT, NOAA, and FGBNMS objectives in the NW Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to characterize morphological, physiological, and molecular differences... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-09_Stetson_Bank_Long_Term_Monitoring_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.79W - 2015-06-22"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at Stetson Bank to continue the long term monitoring effort. Operations will include photographing long term photo-stations and conducting... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-17-DFH_31_ROV.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-09-11"
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-15-06_UTIG_2.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-05-24"
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...