Breadcrumb Home ASPIRE Workshop Agenda Track Agenda (pdf) White Pages Title Author Affiliation Seamounts, Abyssal Plains, The Deep Pelagic, Ridges and Hydrothermal Vent Fields Diva Amon Natural History Museum, London, UK Exploration of deep-seafloor communities along the Researcher Ridge seamounts Steve Auscavitch et al. Temple University Shipwreck of the US Revenue Cutter BEAR Bradley Barr et al. ONMS Maritime Heritage Program Azores submarine Plateau Christoph Beier et al. GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Exploring interactions between deep scattering layers and large-scale bathymetric features; Contnental Slopes, Canyons, and MAR Kevin Boswell Florida International University The SPAR offset at 69°N, Kolbeinsey Ridge Bryndis Brandsdottir et al. Institute of Earth Sciences, Science Institute, University of Iceland Shipwrecks of the Slave Trade Michael Brennan et al. SEARCH, inc. Potentially Polluting Shpwrecks (PPW) Michael Brennan et al. SEARCH, inc. Outer Limits of Blake-Bahama Ridge Richard Brennan NOAA/OCS, Chief, Hydrographic Surveys Branch Northern margin of the Little Bahama Bank: deep coral reefs and canyons Sandra Brooke Florida State University Coastal and Marine Lab Atlantic Margin Cold Seeps Kelley Brumley et al. Fugro Exploring pristine deep-sea walls to reveal hidden deep-sea biodiversity in the Azores Marina Carreiro-Silva IMAR, Okeanus, University of the Azores Submarine landslides, tsunami hazards and associated habitats from North Atlantic Continental Margins, oceanic islands and seamounts Jason Chaytor et al. USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Proposal for an ASPIRE mission to the FAMOUS segment and Sarda seamount on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ana Colaço et al. IMAR and MARE, University of Azores Blake Plateau and South Atlantic Slope and Shelf Edge Chip Collier et al. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Deepwater Atlantic Habitats II: Continued Atlantic Research and Exploration in Deepwater Ecosystems with Focus on Coral, Canyon and Seep Communities Erik Cordes Temple University Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, 52°-53°N Marie-Helene Cormier University of Rhode Island Saint Andre Paulo Costa Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociencias, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa RMS Titanic James Delgado et al. SEARCH, inc. New England Seamounts and Mid-Atlantic Ridge, ASMWG Pilot Area Mapping Jennifer Dijkstra et al. University of New Hampshire Broad-scale benthic habitat characterization of the ‘Million Mound’ province in the Southeast United States using submersibles, remotely operated vehicles, and AUVs Peter Etnoyer et al. NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Soundscapes and lifescapes of areas where anthropogenic noise (commercial shipping principally) and marine life interact continually or during key migratory periods VADM Paul Gaffney et al. Monmouth University Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone Aggeliki Georgiopoulou et al. University College Dublin Missing Venting of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 35°-39°N Christopher German Woods Hole Oceangraphic Institution Deepwater approaches to the ports of Baltimore and New York Jack Irion BOEM Exploration of the mesopelagic community using nets, acoustics, optics, and DNA Mike Jech NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Exploration of Western North Atlantic Shelf-Break Ecoregions and the Laurentian Fan Larry Mayer et al. Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, UNH (1) Canadian Continental Slope (Eastern Canyons and Laurentian Fan cold seeps); (2) Mid Atlantic Ridge (inactive hydrothermal vents) (all, at depths >> 200 m) Anna Metaxas Dalhousie University Porcupine Seabight / Porcupine Abyssal Plain. Biomass estimation concepts also apply generally. Rosanna Milligan Nova Southeastern University Main Features/Areas of Interest: Exploration for sites and features that have maritime heritage significance andbiological phenomena associated with deep-sea cultural and natural resources Calvin Mires Bridgewater State University Altair seamount Tina Molodtsova P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS (Moscow, Russia) Anti-altair seamount Tina Molodtsova P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS (Moscow, Russia) Portuguese Coastline. Alexandre Monteiro Instituto de Arqueologia e Paleociências Exploring pristine Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem along the MAR in the Azores Telmo Morato et al. IMAR and OKEANUS, University of the Azores Main Feature(s)/Area(s) of Interest: (1) The Atlantic Equatorial Belt: Cold seep/chemosynthetic communities at the Barbados accretion prism, (2) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and the West African Seeps, (3) The Coral Circle: Deep-sea coral habitats on the Angolan margin and Orenoque Cheryl Morrison USGS, Leetown Science Center Baseline exploration of biological interests between Norfolk Canyon and the Georgia-Florida border Mark Mueller et al. BOEM Canyons, Seamounts, Seeps, Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Habitats/Northeast Channel, Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument Martha Nizinski NOAA/NMFS National Systematics Lab Mid Atlantic Ridge and areas of submarine volcanism and hydrothermal activity Joseph Resing University of Washington Open Ocean - General David Richardson NOAA - NMFS Hydrothermal vents, cold-water coral and sponge grounds, submarine canyon ecosystems, deep-sea mining areas, transatlantic cold-water coral genetic connectivity J. Murray Roberts ATLAS coordinator, University of Edinburgh Enhancing the value of ROV Deep Discoverer video data through application of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) Adam Skarke et al. Mississippi State University Labrador Sea - Global "hotspot" for climate change and carbon/heat export, production & deep water corals Paul Snelgrove Memorial University of Newfoundland Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Vema Fracture Zone Michael Vecchione NOAA National Systematics Lab, National Museum of Natural History Coral Gardens in the Gulf of Maine: Gulf of Maine (200m+ depth) – e.g. Schoodic Ridges, Northeast Channel, Western Jordan Basin. Rhian Waller University of Maine Charleston Bump, a deepwater (2,300 feet with over 400 feet of vertical relief) bottom feature located 80 to 100 miles southeast of Charleston, SC Scott White University of South Carolina Continental shelf/slope; sponge grounds; benthic habitats Frederick Whoriskey et al. Ocean Tracking Network, Dalhousie University (Canada) Azores EEZ - oceanic islands slopes; seamounts; Mid-Atlantic-Ridge (MAR); benthic habitats (particularly sponge grounds) Joana Xavier et al. CIIMAR & KG Jebsen Centre