Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping 2012 Expeditions

Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping Expeditions 2012
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Mission Overview

Between February and August 2012, a team of NOAA and external partners conducted a mapping ‘blitz’ focused on deepwater canyons off the northeastern seaboard. During this this series of five Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping Expeditions, scientists on three NOAA ships gathered baseline information, mapping priority frontier areas along the continental shelf and slope along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, from Virginia to Rhode Island.

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Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping Expeditions Project Summary

What began as informal dialogue among NOAA and external colleagues early this year quickly evolved into a major field campaign focused on surveying the deepwater canyons along the break of the continental shelf between Virginia and New England. Between February and August 2012, we completed all five component cruises of the Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping Expeditions (ACUMEN) project.

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Brittlestars
Rxpedition 4: Deep-sea Coral Survey Aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow
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Greeneye fish
Expedition 3: Coastal Ocean Mapping Aboard the NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler
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Control room
Expedition 2: Ocean Floor Mapping from the Perspective of an Intern and an Interview with a Marine Ecologist
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