2016

  • Ajemian, M. J., Wetz, J. J., Brewton, R. A., Streich, M. K., Downey, C.H., and G.W. Stunz. (2016), Relative Value of Rigs-to-Reefs Habitats to Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) Stock Building in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Oral Presentation, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Portland, ME, USA.

  • Aleman, M., Subramaniam, A., and Hay, I. (2016). Characterizing the Phytoplankton Community of the South China Sea. Poster Presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • Anderson, R., Reveillaud, J., Eren, A.M., McDermott, J., Seewald, J., Stepanauskas, R., and J.A. Huber. (2016). Strain-level variation of subseafloor microbial populations from venting fluids at the Mid-Cayman Rise. Oral Presentation, International Society for Microbial Ecology General Meeting, Montreal, CAN.

  • Baker, E., Walker, S., Resing, J., Chadwick, W., Merle, S., and Anderson, M. (2016). Hydrothermal Plume Surveys of the Mariana Backarc (12.7°-18.3°N) by Surface-Ship and AUV Find an Unexpectedly High Spatial Frequency of Vent Sites, Oral Presentation, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • CAPSTONE: 2015 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaiʻi
    Bathymetry and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) dive locations from four NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer cruises

    Map created by NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). Background data Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS User Community.

  • Carruth, M., and Sautter, L. (2016). Geomorphology of the Kroenke Canyon on the Ontong Java Plateau, Poster Presentation at the Canadian Hydrographic Conference, Halifax, NS, CAN.

  • Chaytor, J.D., Geist, E.L., Paull, C.K., Caress, D.W., Gwiazda, R., Fucugauchi, J.U., and Vieyra, M.R. 2016. Source Characterization and Tsunami Modeling of Submarine Landslides Along the Yucatán Shelf/Campeche Escarpment, Southern Gulf of Mexico, Pure and Applied Geophysics, pp. 1–16, doi: 10.1007/s00024-016-1363-3.

  • Chu, J. (2016). Influence of Seasonally Variable Hypoxia on Epibenthic Communities in a coastal Ecosystem. PhD Thesis, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CAN.

  • Chu, J. (2016). Influence of Seasonally Variable Hypoxia on Epibenthic Communities. Oral Presentation at Saanich Inlet Symposium, Victoria, BC, CAN.

  • Clague, D., Paduan, J., Moyer, C., Glazer, B., Caress, D., Yoerger, D., and Kaiser, C., (2016). Structure and Evolution of Hawaii’s Loihi Seamount from High-resolution mapping, Oral presentation, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • Cooper, Caroline and Sautter, Leslie. (2016). Geomorphic Analysis of Deep Coral Habitat in the Kaiwi Channel, Hawaiian IslandsPoster Presentation, Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.

  • Crenshaw, G., and Sautter, L.. (2016). Geomorphology of the Sumatra Subduction Zone: Expressions of Tectonic and Seismic Activity, Poster Presentation, Canadian Hydrographic Conference, Halifax, NS, CAN.

  • Cruise Executive Final Report: Mixing Up the Tropical Pacific

  • Cruise Report: Ecosystem Dynamics of Hydrothermal Vent Communities 

  • Cruise Report: Mixing up the Tropical Pacific 

  • Cruise Report: Timor Sea Reef Connections

  • Final Cruise Report: Searching for Life in the Mariana Back-arc

  • Fitzgerald, R. (2016). The Mariana Trough, Physics Today, 69(8), 76 (2016); doi: 10.1063/PT.3.3278. [This publication is available as OPEN ACCESS].

  • Fortunao, Carolina and Julie Huber (2016). Coupled RNA-SIP and Metatranscriptomics of Active Chemolithoautotrophic Communities at a Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent, The ISME Journal, pp 1-14. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2015.258 [This publication is OPEN ACCESS.]

  • Fortunato, C.F., Butterfield, D.A., Larson, B., Algar, C.K, Vallino, J.J., and J.A. Huber. (2016). Microbial Metabolic Potential and Gene Expression Patterns across Geochemical Gradients in the Deep Ocean. Oral Presentation, International Society for Microbial Ecology Meeting, Montreal, CAN.

  • Foxworth, Lance and Sautter, Leslie. (2016).  Deep Coral Habitat Characterization of the North End of Raita Bank, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Poster Presentation, Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.

  • Freeman, E., et. al. (2016), ICOADS Release 3.0: A Major Update to the Historical Marine Climate Record. International Journal of Climatology. doi:10.1002/joc.4775 [This publication is OPEN ACCESS via a Creative Commons License.]

    The most recent release of the complete marine climate database, which is used worldwide for research applications and numerical modeling, contains data collected by R/V Falkor. 

  • Georgian, S., DeLeo, D., Durkin, A., Gomez, C., Kurmann, M., Lunden, J., Cordes, E. (2016). Oceanographic Patterns and Carbonate Chemistry in the Vicinity of Cold–water Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Resilience in a Changing Ocean. Limnol Oceanog 61: 648-665. doi:10.1002/lno.10242.

  • Girard, F., Fu, B., and C. R. Fisher. (2016). Mutualistic symbiosis with ophiuroids limited the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea octocorals. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 549: 89-98. doi:10.3354/meps11697 [This publication is OPEN ACCESS distributed under the terms of Creative Commons]. 

  • Girard, F., Fu, B., Boyer, T., Curtis, C., and Fisher, C. (2016). Using image-based long-term monitoring to understand the biology and recovery of deep-sea coral communities after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Oral Presentation, 6th International Symposium on Deep-sea Corals, Boston, MA, USA.

  • Hirsh, H., Chadwick, Jr., W., Fryer, P., Villagomez, A., Beauregard, L., Cabrera, I., and Peterka, L. (2016).  Exploring and Protecting the Marvelous Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Poster Presentation, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, Honolulu, HI, USA.

  • Huber, J.A. (2016). Life beneath the seafloor. Oral Presentation, Microbial Sciences Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

  • Huber, J.A. (2016). Microbes, fluids, and rocks: Life beneath the seafloor. Invited Lecturer, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

  • Kelly, S. (2016). The Moon, Climate, and Ocean Turbulence, Guest Lecturer, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, USA.

  • Kelly, S. (2016). The Moon, Climate, and Ocean Turbulence, Guest Lecturer, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, USA.

  • Kelly, S. (2016). The Moon, Climate, and Ocean Turbulence, Guest Lecturer, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA.

  • Kelly, S. (2016). The Moon, Climate, and Ocean Turbulence, Guest Lecturer, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN, USA.

  • Kelly, S. (2016). The Moon, Climate, and Ocean Turbulence, Guest Lecturer, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, USA.

  • Kelly, S., et. al. (2016). Uncertainties of Internal Tide Generation and Energy Flux in the Tasman Sea, Poster Presentation at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, New Orleans, LA, USA.

  • Kleindienst, S., Grim, S., Sogin, M., Crespo-Medina, M., and S.B. Joye. (2016). The Response of Diverse Low-abundance Bacteria to a Deep-sea Hydrocarbon Plume. The ISME Journal, 10, 400-415. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.121. [This publication is OPEN ACCESS.]

  • Klymak, J., Simmons, H., Braznikov, D., Kelly, S., MacKinnon, J., Alford, M., et. al. (2016). Reflection of Linear Internal Tides from Realistic Topography: The Tasman Continental Slope. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(11), 3321-3337, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0061.1.

  • Lan, Y., Sun, J., Bartlett, D., Rouse, G., Tabata, H., and Qian, P-Y. (2016). The deepest mitochondrial genome sequenced from Mariana Trench Hirondella gigas (Amphipoda). Mitochonridal DNA Part B, 1(1), doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1214549. [This article has been published as OPEN ACCESS].

  • Linley, T.D., Gerringer, M.E., Yancey, P.H., Drazen, J.C., Weinstock, C.L., Jamieson, A.J., (2016). Fishes of the hadal zone including new species, in situ observations and depth records of hadal snailfishes. Deep Sea Research,114, 99-110. DOI:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.05.003. [This publication is available as OPEN ACCESS].

  • Lowe, R. (2016).  Oceanic Drivers of a Remote Atoll Reef System: Browsing Scott Reef. Oral Presentation, Shell EMI Seminars, Perth, AUS.

  • Maticka, S. (2016).  Hydrodynamics and Thermal Regime of a Shallower Reef-Atoll Rim. Oral Presentation, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, New Orleans, LA, USA.

  • McBee, J., Mitchell, G., Brumley, K., Gharib, J., and Paull, C., (2016). New Insights into the Campeche Escarpment Post-Chicxulub Impact Using Multibeam Echo Sounder (MBES) Bathymetry and Backscatter Data, Poster Presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • McCulloch, M., Holcomb, M., D’Olivo Cordero, J., Falter, J., Montagna, P., Taviani, M., and Trotter, J. (2016). How Corals Control Calcification in a High CO2 World, Oral Presentation, International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, HI, USA.

  • Meyers, H. and Sautter, L. (2016). Submarine Channel Association with Seamount Chain Alignment on the Ontong Java PlateauPoster Presentation, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, New Orleans, LA, USA.

  • Miller, J., Puotinen, M., Thumbs, M., Radford, B., and Heyward, A. (2016).  Innovation in Spatial Analysis Using Examples from Scott Reef and the Kimberly’s.  Oral Presentation, Woodside Science Seminar Series, Perth, AUS.

  • Moore, C., Heyward, A., and Radford, B. (2016).  Comprehensive and Accessible Information Promoting the Biodiversity, Heritage and Value of our North West Marine Region.  Guest Lecturer, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, AUS.

  • Moore, C., Heyward, A., and Radford, B. (2016).  Comprehensive and Accessible Information Promoting the Biodiversity, Heritage and Value of our North West Marine Region.  Oral Presentation, Guest Atlas of Living Australia Workshop, Perth, AUS.

  • Moore, C., Heyward, A., and Radford, B. (2016).  Comprehensive and Accessible Information Promoting the Biodiversity, Heritage and Value of our North West Marine Region.  Oral Presentation, PTTEP Australia Science Seminar, Perth, AUS.

  • Ocean Exploration Accomplishments of Vessels Falkor and Okeanos Explorer in the Marianas Region: High Resolution Bathymetry Mapping and ROV Dives

  • Pinkel, R., et. al. (2016).  The Tasman Tidal Dissipation Experiment: Tidal Mixing, Scattering, and Reflection on the East Tasman Slope, Oral Presentation, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016, New Orleans, LA, USA.

  • Rayson, M., Bluteau, C., Ivey, G. and Jones, N. (2016). Observations of high-frequency internal waves and strong turbulent mixing in a channel flow between two coral atolls, Conference Proceedings, Proceedings 8th International Symposium on Stratified Flows, San Diego, California, USA.