DISCOVRE Research Expeditions
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The DISCOVRE program involves expeditions around the world to collect the necessary data to better understand deep-sea ecosystems.
DEEP SEARCH: The Final Leg
October 21 - 30, 2019
DEEP SEARCH departs from Charleston, South Carolina, aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster for the project's final research cruise. The primary objectives of this cruise are chemistry and water column community profiling from environmental DNA sampled with CTD casts, retrieving benthic landers at deep-sea coral sites, mid-water trawling, and collecting additional multibeam data to fill in gaps in seafloor mapping. Representing the USGS DISCOVRE team are Cheryl Morrison and Veronica Salamone from the Leetown Science Center and Jonathan Quigley from the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center.
Surveying Deep-Sea Corals, Sponges, and Fish Habitat off of the U.S. West Coast
October 7 - November 7, 2019
DEEP SEARCH (DEEP Sea Exploration to Advance Research on Coral/Canyon/Cold seep Habitats)
September 11 - 22, 2018
Windows to the Deep
May 22 - July 2, 2018
IMMeRSS (Interagency Mission for Methane Research on Seafloor Seeps)
May 3 - 11, 2017
Exploring Deepwater Canyons off the Coast of North Carolina
August 28 - September 8, 2017
Exploring Carolina Canyons
August 24 - September 9, 2016
Deepwater Canyons: Pathways to the Abyss
April 30 - May 27, 2013
Deepwater Canyons: Benthic Lander Recovery
August 21 - 28, 2013
Northeast U.S. Canyons Exploration
July 8 - August 17, 2013
Lophelia II: Deepwater Platform Corals
July 12 - 23, 2012
Deepwater Canyons: Pathways to the Abyss
August 21 - 28, 2012
Deepwater Mid-Atlantic Canyons
June 4 - 11, 2011
Lophelia II: Oil Seeps and Deep Reefs
October 14 - November 4, 2010
Lophelia II: Deepwater Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks
August 19 - September 12, 2009