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"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-15-07_NCRMP1_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-05-31"
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 National... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-07-MOORING_INSTALL.nc - 29.15N, 94.59W - 2017-06-26"
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 Stetson... -
"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-16-08-SB_LTM_1.nc - 29.19N, 94.64W - 2016-06-07"
Conduct SCUBA operations at Stetson Bank to continue the long term monitoring effort. Operations will include photographing long term photo-stations, conducting randomized... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-28_Nov_WQ_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-11-03"
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 be taken... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-15-WFGB_LTM.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-08-10"
Conduct SCUBA operations at West Flower Garden Bank for the 2016 long-term monitoring field effort. Operations will include photographing long-term photostations, conducting... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-17_NCRMP2_1.nc - 28.17N, 94.3W - 2015-08-18"
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 coral... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_7.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-28"
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-17-14-EFGB_LTM_WQ.nc - 29.32N, 94.68W - 2017-08-14"
Conduct SCUBA operations to complete EFGB long-term monitoring tasks. Operations will include study site setup, photographing repetitive photostations, conducting randomized... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_9.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-29"
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-16-02-Feb_WQ_I-B_1.nc - 29.28N, 94.8W - 2016-02-24"
SCUBA operations will be conducted to finish water quality tasks. Repetitive photographs will be taken at Stetson Bank to document seasonal change in algal cover. In addition,... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-02-JAN_WQ_BLEACHING.nc - 29.34N, 94.75W - 2017-01-31"
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 study.... -
"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-16-02-Feb_WQ_I-B_2.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-02-28"
SCUBA operations will be conducted to finish water quality tasks. Repetitive photographs will be taken at Stetson Bank to document seasonal change in algal cover. In addition,... -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-03_Lionfish_Removal_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-06-08"
The main focus of this cruise was monitor abundance and size of lionfish and remove as many as possible of this invasive species -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-23-SB_WQ.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-11-08"
Conduct SCUBA operations at Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and scout/mark site to relocate seabird. -
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-05_CIOERT_Tech_Dive_1.nc - 2917.57N, -9439.92W - 2015-10-28"
FGBNMS-15-05 CIOERT Tech Dive. Texas A&M University/ Department of Ocecanography data from a local source. -
"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-15-15_Coral_Spawn_and_Mooring_Inspection_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-08-06"
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 recruitment....