Deepwater Program: Exploration and Research of Northern Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Natural and Artificial Hard Bottom Habitats with Emphasis on Coral Communities: Reefs, Rigs and Wrecks

• Main Authors: Brooks, James, Fisher, Chuck, Roberts, Harry, Warren, Dan, Church, Robert, MacDonald, Ian, Cordes, Erik, German, Chris, Shank, Timothy M, Goehring, Liz
• Other Authors: TDI-BROOKS INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE STATION TX
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; *CORAL REEFS; *DEEP WATER; *HABITATS; *OCEAN BOTTOM; ALKALINITY; ARCHEOLOGY; BACTERIOLOGY; BATHYMETRY; COMPOSITION(PROPERTY); DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GENETICS; MEXICO GULF; PH FACTOR; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GOM(GULF OF MEXICO); HARD BOTTOM HABITATS; LOPHELIA PERTUSA; NORTHERN GOM; SHIPWRECKS; SCLERACTINIAN CORAL; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA624715; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA624715

A primary goal of this study is to obtain a robust predictive capability for the occurrence of rich cnidarian (primarily scleractinian coral) hard ground communities in the deep Gulf of Mexico (GoM). To achieve this long-term goal, this study will accomplish three interrelated and interdependent objectives. Prepared in collaboration with the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, CSI-LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, C&C Technologies, Inc, Lafayette, LA, TAMUCC, Corpus Christi, TX, 313 Biology-Life Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, NEON, Inc., Boulder, CO and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.