SOUTH ATLANTIC MPAS AND OCULINA HAPC: CHARACTERIZATION OF BENTHIC HABITAT AND BIOTA. NOAA SHIP PISCES CRUISE 15-02. NOAA CIOERT CRUISE REPORT.

Authors

Stacey Harter, NMFS/Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
John K. Reed, Florida Atlantic University
Stephanie Farrington, Florida Atlantic University
Andrew David, NMFS/Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University

Author Type

Faculty

Document Type

Report

Abstract

A 12 day research cruise was conducted June 18 to 29, 2015 by NOAA National Marine Fisheries on the NOAA Ship Pisces with the UNCW Mohawk ROV. Other collaborators involved include: the Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology (CIOERT) at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University (HBOI-FAU), University of North Carolina at Wilmington, College of Charleston, University of Miami, and Boston University.

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) established eight deepwater Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) along the outer continental shelf off the southeastern U.S in February 2009 and the Oculina Habitat Area of Particular Concern (OHPAC) in 1984. This cruise was the first cruise of a 3-year grant to document and characterize the benthic habitats, benthic biota, and fish populations within and adjacent to the protected areas within the jurisdiction of the SAFMC.

Publication Date

2016

Comments

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Technical Report Number 168.

Recommended Citation

Harter, Stacey; Reed, John K.; Farrington, Stephanie; David, Andrew; and Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, "SOUTH ATLANTIC MPAS AND OCULINA HAPC: CHARACTERIZATION OF BENTHIC HABITAT AND BIOTA. NOAA SHIP PISCES CRUISE 15-02. NOAA CIOERT CRUISE REPORT." (2016). Faculty Scholarship. 92.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/faculty_papers/92