Note the difference in the eye size (white arrows) of the pelagic species Systellaspis (above) that lives between 500-700 m depth, and Glyphocrangon (below) that lives between 700-1500 m depth. Click image for larger view.
Information
For more information regarding this exploration, please contact:
Leg 1:
Dr. George R. Sedberry
Chief Scientist on Leg 1 of the cruise
Marine Resources Research Institute, SCDNR
P.O. Box 12559
217 Ft. Johnson Road
Charleston SC 29412
Phone: 843-762-5045
FAX: 843-762-5110
sedberryg@mrd.dnr.state.sc.us
Leg 2:
Karen Kemp, Public Relations DirectorNorth Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
11 W. Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: (919) 733-7450 x304
http://www.naturalsciences.org
http://www.dinoheart.org
Leg 3:
Press Releses:http://www.hboi.edu/news/press_releases.html
Electronic and print media requests:
Geoff Oldfather, HBOI Director of Public Relations
Office Phone: (772) 465-2400 x206
Cell Phone: (772) 216-1458
Email: oldfather@hboi.edu
Mission web site, mission photos and video clips:
Mary Clark, HBOI Media Lab
Phone: (772) 465-2400 x403
Email: mclark@hboi.edu
Overall Mission:
Discovery of New Pharmaceutical Resources:
Dr. Shirley A. Pomponi, HBOI Vice President and Director of Research
Phone: (772) 465-2400 x449
Email: pomponi@hboi.edu
Exploration of Vision and Bioluminescence:
Dr. Tamara Frank, HBOI Principal Investigator,
Visual Ecology Department of Marine Science
Phone: (772) 465-2400 x311
Email: frank@hboi.edu
