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Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-10-STETSON_BANK_LTM.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-07-18"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA ops at Stetson Bank to continue the long term monitoring effort. Operations will include photographing long term photo-stations, conducting randomized... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-16_Long_Term_Monitoring_1_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-09-07"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at East Flower Garden Bank and West Flower Garden Bank for the 2015 long-term monitoring field effort. Operations will include photographing... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-03-WQ2.nc - 27.91N, 93.6W - 2017-05-08"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and to install mooring buoys, as necessary. -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-01-DiMarco_Glider_Recovery.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-01-20"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Deployment of glider at West Flower Garden Bank and recovery of glider 130 nm SE of Galveston, TX. -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-15_Coral_Spawn_and_Mooring_Inspection_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-08-06"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations to document and study the annual coral spawning event, including placement of tiles at East and West Flower Garden Banks to study coral... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-28_Nov_WQ_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-11-03"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
SCUBA operations will be conducted to retrieve and exchange Sea-Bird SBE 37 CTDs and Onset HOBO temp loggers for data download. Water column samples and profiles will... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-19-ROV_DFH33.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-09-29"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at multiple banks in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico currently undergoing review for potential sanctuary expansion.... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-14-EFGB_LTM_WQ.nc - 29.32N, 94.68W - 2017-08-14"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations to complete EFGB long-term monitoring tasks. Operations will include study site setup, photographing repetitive photostations, conducting... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-13_ROV-HIA389A_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-07-27"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA and Remotely Operated Vessel (ROV) operations on HI-A-389-A in accordance with interagency agreement / cooperative study with BSEE -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-22-Nov_WQ.nc - 29.31N, 94.67W - 2017-10-30"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at EFGB, WFGB, and Stetson Bank to exchange water quality instruments and conduct photo transects and fish surveys in the mortality zone.... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-07_NCRMP1_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-05-31"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
This cruise is to establish the FGBNMS as the final of three sentinel climate and ocean acidification monitoring sites of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program?s... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-14-FGB_Mortality_Response_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-08-04"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at East Flower Garden Bank to document coral mortality. Operations will include photographing randomized benthic transects, fish surveys, and... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_3.nc - 28.95N, 95.34W - 2015-05-24"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Marine geology and geophysics field class. Data collection will include a small MCS airgun/streamer system, chirp acoustic reflection, and gravity coring. We may also... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-08-OA_MOORING_BUOYS.nc - 29.34N, 94.74W - 2017-07-06"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Recover TAMU Slowey OA instrument package, obtain diver-collected water samples, and exchange tilt meters at EFGB Long Term Mean (LTM) RR Wheel. Verify appropriate... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-04-SCRIPPS.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2017-05-15"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Acoustic monitoring equipment recovery, service, and deployment throughout the Gulf of Mexico by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-09_Stetson_Bank_Long_Term_Monitoring_1.nc - 29.31N, 94.79W - 2015-06-22"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct SCUBA operations at Stetson Bank to continue the long term monitoring effort. Operations will include photographing long term photo-stations and conducting... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-17-21-ROV_DFH34.nc - 29.02N, 94.68W - 2017-10-14"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Conduct Remotely Operated Vehicle operations at Stetson Bank to continue long term monitoring studies of the mesophotic coral ecosystems at Stetson Bank. Operations... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-XX_NRL_1.nc - 29.32N, 94.68W - 2015-12-08"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Glider Test Cruise ? testing two new 1000-m gliders. A three-day cruise is planned between Nov 17 and Nov 19, 2015. The cruise dates may be changed due to rough seas. -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-15-06_UTIG_2.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2015-05-24"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Marine geology and geophysics field class. Data collection will include a small MCS airgun/streamer system, chirp acoustic reflection, and gravity coring. We may also... -
Federal
"RV Manta - FGBNMS - FGBNMS-16-16-Coral_Spawn_MBON.nc - 29.31N, 94.82W - 2016-08-25"
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
FGB Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (FGB_MBON_001) This is the first annual cruise to the FGBNMS in the framework of the MBON project. During this cruise the...