Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Christina Kellogg
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Christina Kellogg
Data Type(s): Visual Identification: Ground Truthing
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect live coral samples for microbiological analysis
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Freeport, TX
End Port/Location: Pensacola, FL
Start Date: 2012-07-12
End Date: 2012-07-24
Equipment Used: Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Kraken 2
Information to be Derived: Bacterial cultures, microbial community DNA
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sampling Lophelia pertusa on oil rigs
Staff: Christina Kellogg
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Platform: R/V Brooks McCall Equipment: ROV Kraken
Location:
Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 33.55158834 | South: 22.52866032 | West: -96.9861 | East: -81.08765483 |
Platform(s):
Demopoulos, A.W.J., Ross, S.W., Kellogg, C.A., Morrison, C.L., Nizinski, M.S., Prouty, N.G., Bourque, J.R., Galkiewicz, J.P., Gray, M.A., Springmann, M.J., Coykendall, D.K., Miller, A., Rhode, M., Quattrini, A., Ames, C.L., Brooke, S.D., McClain Counts, J., Roark, E.B., Buster, N.A., Phillips, R.M., and Frometa, J., 2017, Deepwater Program: Lophelia II, continuing ecological research on deep-sea corals and deep-reef habitats in the Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1139, 287 p.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Kraken 2 | --- | Experiments (biological) Surveys (biological) Photo Video Biology Geology Single Beam Ground Truthing Species ID |
