Life on the Edge Photo captions
For content information: Dr. Steve W. Ross, UNC-W (910) 395-3905; NOAA's Office
of Ocean Exploration 301-713-9444
Note: scientific names should be italicized, including Lophelia.
RVSJ_docked_schwartz_hires.jpg
Credit: Bob Schwartz
Research Vessel R/V SEWARD JOHNSON docked at the State Port in Morehead City, NC
JSL_Deploy_portbow_hires.jpg
Credit: Dr. Steve Ross
Johnson-Sea-Link Submersible being deployed off the stern of the R/V SEWARD
JOHNSON
neuston_net_Ross_hires.jpg
Credit: Dr. Steve Ross
Neuston net deployed off the starboard side of the ship.  This small-mesh net
samples the upper two meters of the water column.
samples_schwartz_hires.jpg
Credit: Bob Schwartz
Members of the science team look through a sample collected via Neuston net.
L to R: Tara Casazza, Jennifer McClain, Tim Birdsong
Tara_scope_schwartz_hires.jpg
Credit: Bob Schwartz
Tara Casazza identifying a specimen of eel larvae collected via Neuston net.
JSL_2005_4894_bowexternal_
framegrab.jpg
Credit: Ross, et al./NOAA OE/HBOI
Frame grab from external bow video camera: dense coral development of mostly
live Lophelia, illustrating the complex habitat that supports diverse fish and
invertebrate communities.
Cheryl_lab_schwartz_hires.jpg
Credit: Bob Schwartz
Cheryl Morrison photographs a sample of Lophelia coral collected during a
submersible dive.
galatheid_schwartz_hires.jpg
Credit: Bob Schwartz
Eumunida picta A specimen of galatheid crab collected during a submersible dive,
common on the deep coral banks.
chaindogfish_schwartz_hires.jpg
Credit: Bob Schwartz
Scyliorhinus retifer A specimen of chain dogfish
collected during a submersible dive.
hermit_tube_howard_hires.jpg
Credit: Art Howard
A species of hermit crab residing in a worm tube.  Hermit crabs will live in any
available space.
fisheye_bow_howard_hires.jpg
Credit Art Howard
The JSL submersible offers a panoramic view of the underwater world.  This is a
view of dense coral development off North Carolina in about 400 meters.
fisheye_trap_howard_hires.jpg
Credit: Art Howard
The submersible's manipulator arm collecting a crab
trap containing five galatheid crabs.  This is an eel trap that has been
modified to better catch deep sea fauna.
pencilurchin_howard_hires.jpg
Credit: Art Howard
Cidaris sp.  A common sea urchin member of the deep coral community, usually
referred to as a pencil urchin.
echinus_howard_hires.jpg
Credit: Art Howard
Echinus tylodes.  This sea urchin is a common member of the deep coral
community.  It often occurs sitting on the coral branches or on coral
rubble around the mounds.
chaunax_top_howard_hires.jpg
Credit: Art Howard
Chaunax sp.  This is a species of the fish family known as gapers.  These
relatives of anglerfishes are commonly seen around some coral banks.
These ambush predators sit on the bottom waiting for prey to swim by.
chaunax_eye_howard_hires.jpg
Credit: Art Howard
A close-up view of Chaunax sp.
group_schwartz_hires.jpg
Credit: Jim Sullivan
Life on the Edge 2005 Science Team:
First Row: Rene Green, Cheryl Morrison
Second Row: Bob Schwartz, Art Howard, Martha Nisinski, Barb Lubinski, Jennifer
McClain, Andrea Quattrini
Third Row: Tim Birdsong, Liz Baird, J. Murray
Roberts, Melissa Partyka, Tara Casazza
Fourth Row: Steve Ross