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"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-18_Lionfish_Derby_2.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-08-23"
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 occurring. Both... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-27_UTIG_2_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-10-08"
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 in... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-17-DFH_30_ROV.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-09-03"
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at multiple banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico currently undergoing review for potential sanctuary expansion. Capture HD video... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-19-ROV_DFH33.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-09-29"
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at multiple banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico currently undergoing review for potential sanctuary expansion. Capture HD video... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-17-DFH_31_ROV.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-09-11"
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at Stetson Bank to initialize long term monitoring studies of the mesophotic coral ecosystems at Stetson Bank. Operations will... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-03-CIOERT_Tech_Diving.nc - 29.11N, 94.52W - 2016-05-03"
This cruise will continue CIOERT, NOAA, and FGBNMS objectives in the NW Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to characterize morphological, physiological, and molecular differences between... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-10-STETSON_BANK_LTM.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-07-18"
Conduct SCUBA ops at Stetson Bank to continue the long term monitoring effort. Operations will include photographing long term photo-stations, conducting randomized transects... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-01-DiMarco_Glider_Recovery.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-01-20"
Deployment of glider at West Flower Garden Bank and recovery of glider 130 nm SE of Galveston, TX. -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-18-CIOERT.nc - 29.19N, 94.59W - 2016-09-26"
This cruise will continue CIOERT, NOAA, and FGBNMS objectives in the NW Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to characterize morphological, physiological, and molecular differences between... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-15-WFGB_LTM_WQ.nc - 29.33N, 94.69W - 2017-08-21"
Conduct SCUBA operations at West Flower Garden Bank for the 2017 long-term monitoring field effort. Operations will include study site setup, photographing repetitive... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-26_Get_Into_Your_Sanctuary_Day_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-06-27"
Release as many as 10 rehabilitated sea turtles, in partnership with NOAA?s Southeast Fisheries Science Center, in the waters offshore of Galveston, TX -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-05-23"
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 use a... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-17_DiMarco_Harvey_Response_Glider_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-09-08"
Deployment of Liquid Robotics Glider 25 nm off the Texas Coast. Deployment site near TABS Buoy B. -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-12_ROV-Stetson_Bank_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-07-12"
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at Stetson Bank to initialize long term monitoring studies of the mesophotic coral ecosystems at Stetson Bank. Operations will... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-11-LTM_DEEP_STATIONS.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-07-25"
Conduct SCUBA operations to install new deep repetitive photostations at EFGB and WFGB in accordance with the Long Term Mean (LTM) interagency agreement. -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-17-NRL.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-09-20"
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 fouled... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-11_ROV-CIOERT_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-07-06"
This cruise will continue CIOERT, NOAA, and FGBNMS objectives in the NW Gulf of Mexico (GOM) to characterize benthic habitat and associated fish communities on sites in and near... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-05-UBolt_Install.nc - 29.23N, 94.61W - 2017-05-31"
NOAA FGBNMS dive team will be instructed in the safe operation practices of Hydraulic Drilling and U-Bolt Installation. Training will be conducted by Hank Becker and will be in... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-03-WQ2.nc - 27.91N, 93.6W - 2017-05-08"
Conduct SCUBA operations at Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and to install mooring buoys, as necessary. -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-06-DiMarco_WTX01.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-06-11"
To conduct oceanographic research in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 12-16 June 2017, to estimate the areal extent and vertical distribution of dissolved oxygen concentration,...
