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Rittinghouse, Matthew, Scott Harris, Peter Etnoyer. 2014. Habitat characterization for deep-sea coral reef communities in Roatan, Honduras. Poster Presentation for Benthic Ecology Meeting 19-22 March 2014.
Education: PhD, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (2009) Master of Environmental Management, Duke University (2001) Bachelor of Arts, English, Duke University (1988) Research Interests I am a deep-sea biologist and project lead for the new Deep-Sea Coral Ecology Laboratory at NOAA’s National Center for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) in Charleston, SC. My primary research interest is … Continued
Sometimes the Moment of Discovery does not occur in a flash. Sometimes it takes several moments, hours, or even days to recognize. We had to invoke a little patience with respect to the discovery of our first new plume here in the Mariana Back-Arc, and it will take a little longer before we have enough … Continued
Transforming Seagoing Science with Robotic Platforms, Innovative Software Engineering, and Data Analytics On August 25th and 26th, 2015 Schmidt Ocean Institute convened an international group of 27 collaborating experts including young researchers and those with decades of experience in ocean sciences, marine operations, and technology research and development from Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, … Continued
After a first week of dodging a typhoon, hanging on during rough seas, and ironing out minor equipment problems, we are now reaching our stride and have made our first hydrothermal discovery in the Mariana Back-Arc. After leaving Guam, we have been proceeding roughly from south to north. To organize our search, we have divided … Continued
The first week in Guam was full of challenges, ranging from a Typhoon weather delay to trouble-shooting the Sentry Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. However, the Hydrothermal Hunt is on at full steam. Chief Scientist Joe Resing, Co-Chief Bill Chadwick, and Lead Marine Technician Colleen Peter give insight to the process of beginning a world-class research cruise … Continued
Fellow students and newcomers: Congratulations – you have made the excellent choice of studying oceanography, marine geology, or biology! This means you may have the chance to go to sea to do your research. What can you expect? Will this be the greatest experience of your life? (probably) Below is a rundown of the top … Continued
Opening Google Earth and looking at the seafloor graphics, it is easy to get the impression that we know what the entire ocean bottom looks like. You can see underwater mountains (seamounts), deep valleys (trenches) and the general lay of the “land.” The majority of the data on the ocean floor is actually derived from … Continued
Being an Englishman, my knowledge of Thanksgiving is limited to the following: you eat a lot of food, catch up with family, there are yams (though I’m not sure what they are) and a turkey gets pardoned by the President of the USA. So I’m obviously extremely excited to hear I’ll be experiencing my first … Continued
There are a number of ways to present or visualize oceanographic data. When an instrument like the CTD is lowered to the bottom, it provides an instantaneous picture of all the water properties at the drop site. Similarly, when we lower the turbulence probe (TurboMAP) it provides a picture of ocean turbulence properties over depth … Continued
