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This summer, an interdisciplinary scientific team spent 9 days
aboard the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's research vessel Atlantis II
and used the deep-sea manned submersible Alvin to explore three volcanic
seamounts in the New England Seamount chain (Bear, Kelvin, and Manning
seamounts). This diverse group of explorers included a scientific complement of
ichthyologists, geneticists, reproductive biologists, oceanographers, and a
hydrographer, along with educators, program managers, two journalists, several
graduate students, and even a scientific illustrator. Because of their
isolation, seamounts act as an oasis in an otherwise barren landscape, and are
known to harbor species found nowhere else. Since most seamounts in the New
England chain have never been explored scientifically, there was great potential
for new discoveries during this expedition.
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| Title | Mountains in the Sea - Exploring the New England Seamount Chain on RV Atlantis in North Atlantic Ocean between 20030711 and 20030719 |
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| Description | This summer, an interdisciplinary scientific team spent 9 days aboard the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's research vessel Atlantis II and used the deep-sea manned submersible Alvin to explore three volcanic seamounts in the New England Seamount chain (Bear, Kelvin, and Manning seamounts). This diverse group of explorers included a scientific complement of ichthyologists, geneticists, reproductive biologists, oceanographers, and a hydrographer, along with educators, program managers, two journalists, several graduate students, and even a scientific illustrator. Because of their isolation, seamounts act as an oasis in an otherwise barren landscape, and are known to harbor species found nowhere else. Since most seamounts in the New England chain have never been explored scientifically, there was great potential for new discoveries during this expedition. |
| Modified | 2025-11-14T14:36:49.304Z |
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| Keywords | OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > BATHYMETRY , OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC SCATTERING , MBES > Multibeam Mapping System , CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth , XBT > Expendable Bathythermograph , ECHO SOUNDERS , expedition , exploration , explorer , marine education , noaa , ocean , ocean discovery , ocean education , ocean exploration , ocean exploration and research , OER , ocean literacy , ocean research , science , scientific mission , scientific research , sea , stewardship , systematic exploration , technology , transformational research , undersea , underwater , North Atlantic Ocean , Underwater Exploration , Research , Biodiversity , Seamounts , Corals , Octocorals , coral reproduction , coral colonization dynamics , reproduction , colonization , genetics , trawling , multibeam , bathymetry , oceans |
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