Cuba’s Mesophotic Coral Reefs
Cuba’s Mesophotic Coral Reefs is a collaboration between Cuban and USA scientists’ research on the deep mesophotic coral reefs and fish communities of Cuba. This US-Cuba Collaboration of Cuba’s Mesophotic Coral Reefs [...]
Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems
Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems Great white sharks seen on the 2019 MPA Cruise- courtesy of UNCW-UVP. CIOERT conducts research on mesophotic reef ecosystems in the southeastern United States, the [...]
Pulley Ridge
Pulley Ridge is the deepest known photosynthetic coral reef in continental U.S. waters. Pulley Ridge lies in the Gulf of Mexico, 100 miles west of the Dry Tortugas at the far end of the [...]
Florida Shelf Edge
The Florida Shelf Edge Exploration (FLoSEE) I expedition assessed and recorded baseline water column and seafloor data along Florida's shelf edge. This cruise was part of NOAA’s response to the Deep-water Horizon oil spill [...]
Extreme Corals
The Extreme Corals cruises explored and characterized deep coral ecosystems from the West Florida Shelf to the northern Florida east coast. The 14-day cruise, May 7-20, 2015 was conducted using University of Miami’s R/V Walton Smith [...]
Battle of the Atlantic
The 2011 Battle of the Atlantic Expedition is all about discovery! Join NOAA's Monitor National Marine Sanctuary as we explore the seafloor off of North Carolina's Outer Banks, search for undiscovered shipwrecks, and investigate [...]