A5013363667- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
- Marine and fisheries research
- Geological formations and processes
- Marine and environmental studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Geological Studies and Exploration
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Marine animal studies overview
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
2016-2024
United States Geological Survey
2014-2024
Entertainment Industries Council
2017
Florida State University
2017
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2017
University of North Carolina Wilmington
2017
Cherokee Nation
2014
Temple University
2014
Haverford College
2014
Pennsylvania State University
2014
The Macondo oil spill released massive quantities of and gas from a depth 1500 meters. Although buoyant plume carried hydrocarbons to the sea surface, as much half stayed in water column that deep sea. After reached weathering processes, burning, use dispersant caused hydrocarbon-rich marine snow sink into As result, this had greater potential affect deep-sea communities than any previous spill. Here, we review literature on impacts blowout provide additional data sediment hydrocarbon loads...
Coral reefs are iconic ecosystems that support diverse, productive communities in both shallow and deep waters. However, our incomplete knowledge of cold-water coral (CWC) niche space limits understanding their distribution precludes a complete accounting the ecosystem services they provide. Here, we present results recent surveys CWC mound province on Blake Plateau off U.S. east coast, an area intense human activity including fisheries naval operations, potentially energy mineral...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was an unprecedented event, releasing approximately 3.2 million barrels of into the deep Gulf Mexico (GOM) resulting injury to over 770 square miles benthic ecosystems, including sea corals and soft-sediment habitats. Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group selected four projects help address these resources. One projects, Mesophotic Deep Benthic Communities Habitat Assessment Evaluation project, will critical information gaps our understanding how...
Anthropogenic disturbances are drastically affecting marine biodiversity across diverse ecosystems, including the deep sea. However, relative inaccessibility of sea poses difficulties in assessing vulnerable habitats such as chemosynthetic environments. Chemosynthetic cold seeps host distinct macrofaunal communities adapted to living harsh environmental conditions and contribute significantly productivity nutrient cycling barren seafloor. Traditionally, deep-sea macrofauna has been assessed...
Cold-water coral (CWC) environments provide a suite of ecosystem and ecological services analogous to their tropical counterparts. They create complex habitats that serve as home nursery grounds for variety species play key roles in carbon cycling sequestration. CWC depend on the flux photosynthetic production transported via rapid currents energy essential nutrients. However, temporal spatial patterns trophodynamics flow within among ecosystems remain poorly known. Given predicted changes...
Deep-sea corals can create a highly complex, three-dimensional structure that facilitates sediment accumulation and influences adjacent environments through altered hydrodynamic regimes. Infaunal communities to different coral types, including reef-building scleractinian individual colonies of octocorals, are known exhibit higher macrofaunal densities distinct community when compared non-coral soft-sediment communities. However, the types have morphologies, which may modify in discrete ways....
First posted June 2, 2021 For additional information, contact: Program Coordinator, Coastal and Marine Hazards Resources U.S. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192Contact Pubs Warehouse On 24, 2019, Congressman Raul Grijalva of Arizona, Chair the House Committee on Natural Resources, sent a letter to directors Fish Wildlife Service Survey request their assistance in answering questions regarding coastal sediment resource management within Barrier System as defined by...
First posted December 11, 2017 For additional information, contact: Director, Wetland and Aquatic Research CenterU.S. Geological Survey7920 NW 71st St.Gainesville, FL 32653 The deep sea is a rich environment composed of diverse habitat types. While deep-sea coral habitats have been discovered within each ocean basin, knowledge about the ecology these associated inhabitants continues to grow. This report presents information results from Lophelia II project that examined in Gulf Mexico....
The deep sea is the largest biome on earth, but one of least studied despite its critical role in global carbon cycling and climate buffering. Deep-sea organisms largely rely particulate organic matter from surface ocean for energy – these turn play roles transport, transformation, storage, sequestration carbon. Within sea, submarine canyons are amongst most complex dynamic environments our oceans, where varied morphology, powerful currents, variable nutrient conditions influence...
The first multidisciplinary characterisation of Bowditch Seamount in the Sargasso Sea was conducted to provide new baseline knowledge biodiversity, geomorphology, oceanography and glacial history this seamount. A dropframe camera transect 1,483–1,562 m deep on seamount documented 77 megafaunal taxa including Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem indicator such as sponges, cold-water corals, stalked crinoids. Seabed terrain analysis multibeam echosounder data showed species varied significantly along...
Mangrove restoration efforts have increased in order to help combat their decline globally. While often focus on planting seedlings, underlying chronic issues, including disrupted hydrological regimes, can hinder success. improving hydrology may be more cost-effective and higher success rates than seedlings alone, this form is poorly understood. Restoration assessments employ a functional equivalency approach, comparing areas over time with natural, reference forests quantify the relative...