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OCS Study

BOEM 2014-651

Investigations of Chemosynthetic

Communities on the Lower Continental

Slope of the Gulf of Mexico

Volume II: Appendices

U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
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OCS Study

BOEM 2014-651

Investigations of Chemosynthetic 

Communities on the Lower Continental 

Slope of the Gulf of Mexico

Volume II: Appendices

Authors

James M. Brooks 

Charles Fisher 

Erik Cordes

Harry Roberts 

Bernie Bernard 

Ian MacDonald 

Robert Carney 

Samantha Joye 

Gary Wolff

Elizabeth Goehring 

Peter Girguis 

Monika Bright

Prepared under MMS Contract 

M05PC00018 (1435-01-05-CT-39187) 

by

TDI-Brooks International Inc.

1902 Pinon Drive

College Station, TX 77845

 Published by

U.S. Department of the Interior 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

New Orleans

July 2014
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DISCLAIMER

This report was prepared under contract between the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) and TDI-Brooks International Inc (TDI-BI). This report has been technically reviewed 

and it has been approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily 

reflect the views and policies of BOEM, nor does mention of trade names or commercial 

products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. It is, however, exempt from review 

and compliance with BOEM editorial standards.

REPORT AVAILABILITY 

To download a PDF file of this Environmental Studies Program report, go to the US Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program Information 

System website at http://www.boem.gov/Environmental-Stewardship/Environmental-StudiesProgram-Information-System.aspx and search on OCS Study BOEM 2014-651.

CITATION

Brooks, J.M., C. Fisher, H. Roberts, B. Bernard, I. McDonald, R. Carney, S. Joye, E. Cordes, G.

Wolff, E. Goehring. 2014. Investigations of chemosynthetic communities on the lower 

continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico: Volume II: Appendices. U.S. Dept. of the 

Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New 

Orleans, LA. OCS Study BOEM 2014-651. 442 pp.

COVER ART

Photographs from chemosynthetic communities visited during the program.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page

Appendix 1. Samples Collected During ATLANTIS / ALVIN Dives...............................App-1

Appendix 2. ISMS Collection Sites ....................................................................................App-29

Appendix 3. Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) ...................................................App-35

Appendix 3-A. Instrument Settings, Survey Configuration, and Equipment Descriptions App-37

Appendix 3-B. Project Personnel, Daily Progress Reports, and Survey Logs....................App-51

Appendix 3-C. Water Column Sound Velocity Profiles......................................................App-89

Appendix 3-D. Tide Curves.............................................................................................. App-95

Appendix 3-E. AUV Maps....................................................................................................App-99

Appendix 4. ALVIN Pre-dive Plans....................................................................................App-126

Appendix 5. ALVIN Dive Activities ...................................................................................App-173

Appendix 6. JASON II Event Log ......................................................................................App-189

Appendix 7. Gorgonian Sites..............................................................................................App-311

Appendix 8. Seep Carbonates ............................................................................................App-331

Appendix 8-A. Hydrocarbon Seep-related Rocks from the Deep Gulf of Mexico ...............App-332

Appendix 8-B. Thin Sections......................................................................................................... App-335

Appendix 8-C. Scanning Electron Microscope Photos.........................................................App-336

Appendix 8-D. X-Ray Diffraction Analyses.........................................................................App-375

Appendix 8-E. Carbon-14 Dating, Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes and Uranium-Thorium Dating

...............................................................................................................................................App-383

Appendix 9. Cold Seep Community Cards .......................................................................App-407

Appendix 10. Workshop Agendas, Evaluations, Objectives............................................App-411
App-1

 

APPENDIX 1. SAMPLES COLLECTED DURING ATLANTIS/ALVIN DIVES
App-2

Appendix 1. Samples Collected During ATLANTIS / ALVIN Dives.

Dive Site Lab Sample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot

A

mussel pot

D

mussel pot

B

4173 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

genetics x

4173 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes x

4173 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

morphology x

4173 AT 340 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts x

4173 AT 340 PSU mussel 

genetics x

4173 AT 340 PSU mussel stable 

isotopes x

4173 AT 340 PSU mussel 

morphology x
App-3

4173 AT 340 MPI Bremen mussel 

symbionts x

4173 AT 340 PSU clam genetics

4173 AT 340 PSU clam stable 

isotopes

4173 AT 340 PSU clam 

morphology

4173 AT 340 MPI Bremen clam 

symbionts

4173 AT 340 PSU macrofauna 

genetics

4173 AT 340 PSU macrofauna 

stable isotopes
App

-4

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4173 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

x

4173 AT 340 U. Austriameiofauna

4174 GC 600 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4174 GC 600 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4174 GC 600 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4174 GC 600 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

x

4174 GC 600 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4174 GC 600 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4174 GC 600 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4174 GC 600 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4174 GC 600 PSU clam genetics

4174 GC 600 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4174 GC 600 PSU cl

am morphology

4174 GC 600 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4174 GC 600 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

4174 GC 600 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes
App

-5

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4174 GC 600 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

x

4174 GC 600 U. Austriameiofaunax

4175WR 269 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4175WR 269 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4175WR 269 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4175WR 269 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

x

4175WR 269 PSU

mussel 

genetics

4175WR 269 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

4175WR 269 PSU

mussel morphology

4175WR 269 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4175WR 269 PSU clam genetics

4175WR 269 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4175WR 269 PSU cl

am morphology

4175WR 269 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4175WR 269 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

4175WR 269 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

x
App

-6

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4175WR 269 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

x

4175WR 269 U. Austriameiofauna

4176 KC 243 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

4176 KC 243 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

4176 KC 243 PSU tubeworm morphology

4176 KC 243 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4176 KC 243 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4176 KC 243 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4176 KC 243 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4176 KC 243 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4176 KC 243 PSU clam genetics

4176 KC 243 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4176 KC 243 PSU cl

am morphology

4176 KC 243 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4176 KC 243 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

x

4176 KC 243 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

x
App

-7

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4176 KC 243 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xx

4176 KC 243 U. Austriameiofaunax

4178 MC 853 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

4178 MC 853 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

4178 MC 853 PSU tubeworm morphology

4178 MC 853 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4178 MC 853 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4178 MC 853 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4178 MC 853 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4178 MC 853 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4178 MC 853 PSU clam genetics

4178 MC 853 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

x

4178 MC 853 PSU cl

am morphology

x

4178 MC 853 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

x

4178 MC 853 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxxx

4178 MC 853 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxxxx
App

-8

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4178 MC 853 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxxxx

4178 MC 853 U. Austriameiofaunax

4179 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4179 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4179 AT 340 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4179 AT 340 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4179 AT 340 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4179 AT 340 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4179 AT 340 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4179 AT 340 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4179 AT 340 PSU clam genetics

4179 AT 340 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4179 AT 340 PSU cl

am morphology

4179 AT 340 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4179 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxx

4179 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xx
App

-9

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4179 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4179 AT 340 U. Austriameiofaunaxx

4180 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4180 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4180 AT 340 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4180 AT 340 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4180 AT 340 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4180 AT 340 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4180 AT 340 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4180 AT 340 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4180 AT 340 PSU clam genetics

4180 AT 340 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4180 AT 340 PSU cl

am morphology

4180 AT 340 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4180 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xx

4180 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xx
App

-10

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4180 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xx

4180 AT 340 U. Austriameiofaunaxx

4181 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

4181 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

4181 AT 340 PSU tubeworm morphology

4181 AT 340 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4181 AT 340 PSU

mussel 

genetics

xxx

4181 AT 340 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

xxx

4181 AT 340 PSU

mussel morphology

xxx

4181 AT 340 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4181 AT 340 PSU clam genetics

4181 AT 340 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4181 AT 340 PSU cl

am morphology

4181 AT 340 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4181 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxx

4181 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxx
App

-11

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4181 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4181 AT 340 U. Austriameiofaunaxxx

4182 MC 640 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

4182 MC 640 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

4182 MC 640 PSU tubeworm morphology

4182 MC 640 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4182 MC 640 PSU

mussel 

genetics

xxx

4182 MC 640 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

xxx

4182 MC 640 PSU

mussel morphology

xxx

4182 MC 640 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4182 MC 640 PSU clam genetics

4182 MC 640 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4182 MC 640 PSU cl

am morphology

4182 MC 640 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4182 MC 640 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxx

4182 MC 640 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxx
App

-12

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4182 MC 640 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxxxx

4182 MC 640 U. Austriameiofaunaxxx

4183 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4183 AT 340 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4183 AT 340 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4183 AT 340 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4183 AT 340 PSU

mussel 

genetics

4183 AT 340 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

4183 AT 340 PSU

mussel morphology

4183 AT 340 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4183 AT 340 PSU clam genetics

4183 AT 340 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4183 AT 340 PSU cl

am morphology

4183 AT 340 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4183 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xx

4183 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxx
App

-13

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4183 AT 340 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxxxx

4183 AT 340 U. Austriameiofaunaxxx

4184 GC600 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

4184 GC600 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

4184 GC600 PSU tubeworm morphology

4184 GC600 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4184 GC600 PSU

mussel 

genetics

4184 GC600 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

4184 GC600 PSU

mussel morphology

4184 GC600 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4184 GC600 PSU clam geneticsx

4184 GC600 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

x

4184 GC600 PSU cl

am morphology

x

4184 GC600 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4184 GC600 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xx

4184 GC600 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxx
App

-14

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4184 GC600 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4184 GC600 U. Austriameiofaunax

4185 GC 852 PSU tubeworm

genetics

4185 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

4185 GC 852 PSU tubeworm morphology

4185 GC 852 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4185 GC 852 PSU

mussel 

genetics

4185 GC 852 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

4185 GC 852 PSU

mussel morphology

4185 GC 852 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4185 GC 852 PSU clam genetics

4185 GC 852 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4185 GC 852 PSU cl

am morphology

4185 GC 852 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4185 GC 852 PSU coral 

preserved

x

4185 GC 852 PSU coral stable 

isotope

x

4185 GC 852 USGS coral geneticsx
App

-15

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4185 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

x

4185 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxx

4185 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4185 GC 852 U. Austriameiofauna

4186 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4186 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4186 GC 852 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4186 GC 852 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4186 GC 852 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4186 GC 852 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4186 GC 852 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4186 GC 852 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4186 GC 852 PSU clam genetics

4186 GC 852 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4186 GC 852 PSU cl

am morphology

4186 GC 852 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts
App

-16

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4186 GC 852 PSU coral 

preserved

4186 GC 852 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4186 GC 852 USGS coral genetics

4186 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxx

4186 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xx

4186 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4186 GC 852 U. Austriameiofaunaxx

4187 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4187 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4187 GC 852 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4187 GC 852 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4187 GC 852 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4187 GC 852 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4187 GC 852 PSU

mussel morphology

xx

4187 GC 852 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4187 GC 852 PSU clam genetics
App

-17

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4187 GC 852 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4187 GC 852 PSU cl

am morphology

4187 GC 852 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4187 GC 852 PSU coral 

preserved

4187 GC 852 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4187 GC 852 USGS coral genetics

4187 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxxx

4187 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxx

4187 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxxx

4187 GC 852 U. Austriameiofaunaxx

4188

4189 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

4189 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

4189 GC 852 PSU tubeworm morphology

4189 GC 852 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4189 GC 852 PSU

mussel 

genetics
App

-18

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4189 GC 852 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

4189 GC 852 PSU

mussel morphology

4189 GC 852 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4189 GC 852 PSU clam genetics

4189 GC 852 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4189 GC 852 PSU cl

am morphology

4189 GC 852 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4189 GC 852 PSU coral 

preserved

x

4189 GC 852 PSU coral stable 

isotope

x

4189 GC 852 USGS coral geneticsx

4189 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

x

4189 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

x

4189 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

x

4189 GC 852 U. Austriameiofaunax

4190 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

4190 GC 852 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes
App

-19

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4190 GC 852 PSU tubeworm morphology

4190 GC 852 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4190 GC 852 PSU

mussel 

genetics

4190 GC 852 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

4190 GC 852 PSU

mussel morphology

4190 GC 852 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4190 GC 852 PSU clam genetics

4190 GC 852 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4190 GC 852 PSU cl

am morphology

4190 GC 852 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4190 GC 852 PSU coral 

preserved

x

4190 GC 852 PSU coral stable 

isotope

x

4190 GC 852 USGS coral geneticsx

4190 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

x

4190 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

x

4190 GC 852 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

x

4190 GC 852 U. Austriameiofaunax
App

-20

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4191WR 269 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

xx

4191WR 269 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

xx

4191WR 269 PSU tubeworm morphologyxx

4191WR 269 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

x

4191WR 269 PSU

mussel 

genetics

xx

4191WR 269 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4191WR 269 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4191WR 269 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4191WR 269 PSU clam genetics

4191WR 269 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4191WR 269 PSU cl

am morphology

4191WR 269 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4191WR 269 PSU coral 

preserved

4191WR 269 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4191WR 269 USGS coral genetics

4191WR 269 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxxx
App

-21

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4191WR 269 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxxx

4191WR 269 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxxx

4191WR 269 U. Austriameiofaunaxx

4192 AC 818 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4192 AC 818 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4192 AC 818 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4192 AC 818 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

x

4192 AC 818 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4192 AC 818 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4192 AC 818 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4192 AC 818 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4192 AC 818 PSU clam genetics

4192 AC 818 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4192 AC 818 PSU cl

am morphology

4192 AC 818 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4192 AC 818 PSU coral 

preserved
App

-22

Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4192 AC 818 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4192 AC 818 USGS coral genetics

4192 AC 818 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxx

4192 AC 818 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxx

4192 AC 818 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4192 AC 818 U. Austriameiofaunax

4193 AC601 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4193 AC601 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4193 AC601 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4193 AC601 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4193 AC601 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4193 AC601 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4193 AC601 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4193 AC601 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4193 AC601 PSU clam genetics

4193 AC601 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes
App

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Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4193 AC601 PSU cl

am morphology

4193 AC601 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4193 AC601 PSU coral 

preserved

4193 AC601 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4193 AC601 USGS coral genetics

4193 AC601 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xx

4193 AC601 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

x

4193 AC601 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4193 AC601 U. Austriameiofauna

4194 AC 645 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4194 AC 645 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4194 AC 645 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4194 AC 645 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4194 AC 645 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4194 AC 645 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4194 AC 645 PSU

mussel morphology

x
App

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Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4194 AC 645 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4194 AC 645 PSU clam genetics

4194 AC 645 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4194 AC 645 PSU cl

am morphology

4194 AC 645 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4194 AC 645 PSU coral 

preserved

4194 AC 645 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4194 AC 645 USGS coral genetics

4194 AC 645 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxxx

4194 AC 645 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxxx

4194 AC 645 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxxx

4194 AC 645 U. Austriameiofaunaxx

4195 AC 818 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4195 AC 818 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4195 AC 818 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4195 AC 818 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts
App

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Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4195 AC 818 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4195 AC 818 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4195 AC 818 PSU

mussel morphology

x

4195 AC 818 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

x

4195 AC 818 PSU clam genetics

4195 AC 818 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4195 AC 818 PSU cl

am morphology

4195 AC 818 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4195 AC 818 PSU coral 

preserved

4195 AC 818 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4195 AC 818 USGS coral genetics

4195 AC 818 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxx

4195 AC 818 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xxx

4195 AC 818 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4195 AC 818 U. Austriameiofaunax

4196 AC 601 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x
App

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Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4196 AC 601 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4196 AC 601 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4196 AC 601 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4196 AC 601 PSU

mussel 

genetics

x

4196 AC 601 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

x

4196 AC 601 PSU

mussel morphology

4196 AC 601 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

4196 AC 601 PSU clam genetics

4196 AC 601 PSU cl

am

stable 

isotopes

4196 AC 601 PSU cl

am morphology

4196 AC 601 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4196 AC 601 PSU coral 

preserved

4196 AC 601 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4196 AC 601 USGS coral genetics

4196 AC 601 PSU

macrofauna 

genetics

xxx

4196 AC 601 PSU

macrofauna 

stable isotopes

xx
App

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Dive Site LabSample Type

tubeworm grabmussel scoopmussel scoop2bioboxrock grabslurpmussel pot 1mussel pot 2bushmastercore R4core Y4core R1clam scoopcrab grabcoral grabpush coresmussel pot Amussel pot Dmussel pot B

4196 AC 601 PSU

macrofauna 

preserved

xxx

4196 AC 601 U. Austriameiofaunax

4197 AC 645 PSU tubeworm 

genetics

x

4197 AC 645 PSU tubeworm 

stable isotopes

x

4197 AC 645 PSU tubeworm morphologyx

4197 AC 645 U. Austria tubeworm 

symbionts

4197 AC 645 PSU

mussel 

genetics

xxx

4197 AC 645 PSU

mussel stable 

isotopes

xxx

4197 AC 645 PSU

mussel morphology

xxx

4197 AC 645 MPIBremen

mussel 

symbionts

xx

4197 AC 645 PSU clam genetics

4197 AC 645 PSU cl

amstable 

isotopes

4197 AC 645 PSU cl

am morphology

4197 AC 645 MPIBremen cl

am 

symbionts

4197 AC 645 PSU coral

preserved

4197 AC 645 PSU coral stable 

isotope

4197 AC 645 USGS coral genetics
App-28

meiofaunamacrofauna preservedmacrofauna stable isotopesmacrofauna geneticsSample Type

tubeworm 

grab

xxx

mussel scoop

mussel scoop

2

biobox

x

rock grab

slurp

mussel pot 1

mussel pot 2

bushmaster

core R4

core Y4

core R1

clam scoop

crab grab

coral grab

push cores

xxxx

mussel pot A

mussel pot D

xxxx

mussel pot B
App-29

APPENDIX 2. ISMS COLLECTION SITES
App-30

ISMS Collection Sites

All values from virtual van (lat/long, temp, etc) are from "start" event

-->> Significant signal, solid quantification

-->>Significant signal, BINARY quantification

-->> oil contamination, questionable sulfide data

-->> white cells are good quantifiable data, but may not have alkane or sulfide hits. See notes

Date Position Page(s) in

Original Log

Spectra Starting

Time (GMT) Virtual Van Event(s) Latitude Longitude Temp (C) Depth (m) pH Conduct. Excel file name Workup Nature of Data Quick Explanation (if

needed) Comments

June 4-10 5-6

Beginning of Gernot's 

data. Setup and 

calibration of mass spec

June 11 N/A 6-7 22:27:23 starts ~7347 28 29.661 N 88 52.772 W 5.369 924.22 3.415 June_11_Dive.xlsx Done Raw Very flat and consistent 

readings

(Gernot) 21:20 on the way down, power up

MS. 21:22 power up turbo @ 42k RPM ~

300ma... 22:40 on bottom, the 55-58 peaks 

are slowly going away. 22:55 turbo ~ 250ma,

23:20 shut down MS & turbo

June 12 N/A 7-9 4:04:25 starts ~8223, note 

events 8424, 8464 28 29.683 N 88 52.894 W 5.240 968.12 3.405 June_12_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

Strong methane and 

butane peaks (near 

methane hydrate) at 

event 8464, otherwise 

relatively consistent

(Gernot) Power up MS... CO2 peak slowly 

going down...5:46 15 peak going up sitting 

above hydrate, 5:52 high methane and 

propane peaks... 6:20 CH4 signal gone, 

propane/butane signal still there. (Virtual

Van) 8464 EVT Mspec start methane seems 

to be going off

June 13 N/A 10 0:45:24 starts ~9355 27 31.705 N 90 59.789 W 5.152 979.86 3.399 June_13_Dive_A.xlsx Done Raw

Some variation but no 

strong spikes. One 

propane/ethane spike 

around 2:30

(Gernot) There is a difference in response. 

N2 and O2 peaks are larger than yesterday.

15 peak slowly going down. Other 

background peaks slowly going down. 

Surveying several meters off the bottom, 

doing occasional scan

"" N/A 10 8:11:55 starts ~10307, note 

events 10336, 10361 27 32.430 N 90 59.274 W 4.913 1032.23 3.380 June_13_Dive_BC.xlsx Done Raw

very strong spike of CH4, 

H2S, and several other 

gasses of interest (event

10336). Reference gasses

also appear to be 

unstable... Otherwise, 

relatively consistent

readings.

(Virtual Van) 10336 EVT MSpec start ignore 

earlier mass spec start. (Scott) Reading 

inside corehole through hydrate?

June 14-15 11-12 Mass spec repairs +

calibration, pH calibration

June 16 N/A 12-13 5:17:10 only logged as of 15705 

(06:08:29 GMT) 27 17.018 N 92 6.711 W 4.459 1274.45 3.351 June_16_Dive.xls Done Raw

relatively flat, 

uninteresting. Consistent 

issues with mass spec 

during the course of the 

day

(Gernot) Lost communication with turbo but 

appears to be running ok... 06:10 reach 

bottom mass 15 ~ 2.3x10-9... 06:28 mass 15

2.1x10-9...

June 17-22 14-20

Beginning of Pete's 

data. Mass spec repairs, 

rewiring, and calibration

June 23 N/A 21-22 6:17:24 only logged as of 29033 

(07:00:27 GMT) 27 6.086 N 91 10.200 W 4.285 1388.59 3.342 June_23_Dive_A.xlsx Done Raw

Begins with descent of 

mass spec, then readings 

from stable position at 

bottom. Very flat

readings.

(Pete) 628 (Scan 25) @ 191 meters... 629 

(scan 30) @ 266.4 meters, etc

June 23 N/A None 8:31:02 starts ~29230 27 6.602 N 91 9.967 W 4.277 1397.38 3.340 June_23_Dive_B.xlsx Done Raw Flat None

June 23 N/A None 11:20:41 starts ~29592 27 6.611 N 91 9.982 W 4.276 1398.35 3.341 June_23_Dive_C.xlsx Done Raw " "

June 23 1 22 13:40:15 29719 27 6.655 N 91 9.925 W 4.273 1405.34 3.341 June_23_Dive_DE.xlsx Done Background Scans "

June 23 2 22-23 13:47:37 29737 27 6.655 N 91 9.925 W 4.274 1405.89 3.341 June_23_Dive_DE.xlsx Done Background Subtraction

(Pete) Small group of 5 mussels... not very 

active, at navigation marker #2. Intermittent 

methane hits

June 23 3 23 13:54:54 29755 27 6.656 N 91 9.926 W 4.275 1405.93 3.341 June_23_Dive_DE.xlsx Done Background Subtraction

(Pete) Sampling the same crappy mussel 

patch for chemistry. Scan ~20, intermittent 

CH4 hits @ ca. 1e-8 / 5e-9

June 23 4 23 14:12:33 29795 27 6.660 N 91 9.917 W 4.266 1406.76 3.340 June_23_Dive_DE.xlsx Done Background Subtraction (Pete) Wand in nice batch of mussels

June 23 5 23-24 14:20:31 29797 27 6.656 N 91 9.920 W 4.267 1406.75 3.340 June_23_Dive_DE.xlsx Done Background Subtraction

(Pete) In small mussel patch seeing 

intermittent CH4 on scan 31... scan 36... 

getting CH4 + propane hits on scan 2-4

June 23 6 24 14:32:23 29804 27 6.646 N 91 9.934 W 4.265 1406.76 3.340 June_23_Dive_F.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) Again seeing intermittent CH4 but no

H2S through scan 23

June 23 7 24 14:42:15 29807 27 6.659 N 91 9.918 W 4.272 1406.76 3.341 June_23_Dive_F.xlsx Done Background Scans (Pete) Background scans in H20

June 23 8 24 15:00:42 29832 27 6.663 N 91 9.917 W 4.268 1406.18 3.340 June_23_Dive_F.xlsx Done Background Subtraction (Pete) Still not seeing lots of sulfide

June 23 9 24-25 15:18:13 29871 27 6.663 N 91 9.920 W 4.267 1406.16 3.341 June_23_Dive_F.xlsx Done Background Subtraction

(Pete) Taking more samples near sulfide 

mussels... seeing ethane, maybe sulfide hits 

around scan 15-19
App-31

ISMS Collection Sites

All values from virtual van (lat/long, temp, etc) are from "start" event

-->> Significant signal, solid quantification

-->>Significant signal, BINARY quantification

-->> oil contamination, questionable sulfide data

-->> white cells are good quantifiable data, but may not have alkane or sulfide hits. See notes

Date Position Page(s) in

Original Log

Spectra Starting

Time (GMT) Virtual Van Event(s) Latitude Longitude Temp (C) Depth (m) pH Conduct. Excel file name Workup Nature of Data Quick Explanation (if

needed) Comments

June 23 10 25 15:35:05 29906 27 6.686 N 91 9.914 W 4.270 1406.14 3.341 June_23_Dive_F.xlsx Done Background Subtraction (Pete) microbial mat... check out scan 5 for 

sulfide, scan 11 for methane?

June 23 11 25 15:45:44 29930 27 6.660 N 91 9.923 W 4.273 1406.14 3.341 June_23_Dive_F.xlsx Done Background Subtraction (Pete) Moved to a juicy mussel clump.... 

Resetting to collect a good mussel pot

June 23 N/A None 15:57:21 starts ~29956 27 6.654 N 91 9.922 W 4.272 1406.14 3.341 June_23_Dive_G.xlsx Done Background Subtraction and

Background Scans

Misc. Data (transiting?), 

seems flat

June 23 12 25 17:11:10 30104 27 6.670 N 91 9.918 W 4.308 1406.61 3.344 June_23_Dive_H.xlsx Done Background Scans (Pete) Changed the baseline bigtime, going 

to do more background scans

June 23 13 25-26 17:20:23 30112 27 6.691 N 91 9.900 W 4.271 1406.61 3.341 June_23_Dive_H.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) in the top of a mussel clump

June 23 14 26 17:37:23 30116 27 6.697 N 91 9.890 W 4.278 1406.61 3.342 June_23_Dive_H.xlsx Done Background Scans that are 

also subtraction (???)

very strange readings 

(see difference graph in 

Excel file). Seems flawed

(Pete) This is a background sea H2O scan

June 23 15 26 17:40:10 30118 27 6.670 N 91 9.887 W 4.270 1406.61 3.341 June_23_Dive_H.xlsx Done Background Subtraction

very strange readings 

(see difference graph in e 

Excel file). Seems flawed

te) inside of mussels... not the top of Me mus

June 23 16 26 17:52:47 30122 27 6.734 N 91 9.856 W 4.271 1406.59 3.341 June_23_Dive_H.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) we have positioned the probe tip in 

the midst of mussels... no white

June 23 17 26-27 18:08:18 30136 27 6.751 N 91 9.845 W 4.269 1406.62 3.341 June_23_Dive_H.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) moved wand to another point in the 

clump... seeing both CH4 and H2S in these 

H2O samples... both B. Brooki and childressi 

are here...

June 23 18 27 18:34:54 30140 27 6.790 N 91 9.829 W 4.269 1406.61 3.340 June_23_Dive_H.xlsx Done Background Scans (Pete) seawater control

June 23 N/A None 18:35:58 starts ~30142 27 6.687 N 91 9.904 W 4.274 1406.61 3.342 June_23_Dive_I.xlsx Done Raw Transit data. Flat.

June 23 20 27-28 20:03:29 30414 27 6.668 N 91 9.920 W 4.272 1406.70 3.341 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) The basement under the mussels... 

scan 11 shows signs of higher hydrocarbons 

as well as CH4 at mass 12... scans 22-23 

shows higher hydrocarbons, some CH4 + a 

little sulfide...

June 23 21 28 20:20:00 30450 27 6.669 N 91 9.920 W 4.266 1406.66 3.340 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) [sampling] near basement of 

carbonate where mussels were collected... 

VERY NICE hydrocarbons + methane + 

sulfide. AWESOME

June 23 22 28 21:07:33 30536 27 6.651 N 91 9.922 W 4.265 1405.51 3.340 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw (?) Brown mussels, base of rock near sedimen

June 23 23 28 21:22:04 30538 27 6.651 N 91 9.922 W 4.269 1405.51 3.340 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) [some] H2S, maybe alkanes; not a lot of C

June 23 24 28-29 21:37:11 30540 27 6.651 N 91 9.922 W 4.267 1405.50 3.340 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) same mussel clump, just off to the 

side; seems far more seawater-like... getting 

minor whifs of sulfide... no apparent CH4

June 23 25 29 21:54:57 30542 27 6.651 N 91 9.922 W 4.268 1405.49 3.340 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) Positioned top near tubeworm... 

getting more minor sulfide hits; no signs of 

hydrocarbons... still getting small sulfide hits. 

This is a good looking site, small but healthy. I

think moderate sulfide...

June 23 26 29 22:44:04 30584 27 6.652 N 91 9.919 W 4.265 1405.71 3.341 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) Positioning probe on mussel flange; 

very young mussels... starting sucking on 

mussel beds... no obvious methane

June 23 27 29-30 23:04:13 30627 27 6.652 N 91 9.919 W 4.267 1405.69 3.340 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) Trying to get under mussel beds... 

WOW position 27 was awesome... CH4, 

H2S, alkanes

June 23 28 30 23:27:13 30675 27 6.652 N 91 9.919 W 4.271 1405.68 3.341 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) probe near baby mussels on upper 

right hand side pumping to flush now

June 23 29 30 23:48:25 30720 27 6.652 N 91 9.919 W 4.268 1405.72 3.340 June_23_Dive_J.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) setting up on far right side of the 

flange... not so good on the gasses

June 24 N/A None 0:51:22 30854 27 6.652 N 91 9.919 W 4.266 1405.70 3.340 June_24_Dive_A.xlsx Done Raw Transit data

June 24 30 30 1:14:35 30901 27 6.658 N 91 9.921 W 4.267 1405.85 3.340 June_24_Dive_A.xlsx Done Background Scans (Pete) seawater control

June 24 31 30 1:29:21 30919 27 6.658 N 91 9.921 W 4.265 1405.87 3.340 June_24_Dive_A.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) sampling underneath black mussels...

June 24 32 31 1:44:43 30934 27 6.658 N 91 9.921 W 4.265 1405.88 3.340 June_24_Dive_A.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) sampling seawater now...

June 24 33 31 2:03:01 30960 27 6.658 N 91 9.921 W 4.264 1405.89 3.340 June_24_Dive_A.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) sampling under mussels... getting 

sulfide hits here; maybe some CH4? But not 

really high...

June 24 34 31 2:20:29 30971 27 6.659 N 91 9.921 W 4.277 1405.93 3.342 June_24_Dive_A.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) B. Childressi (?) mussels; small clump

June 24 35 31-32 12:28:52 32238 27 6.369 N 91 9.953 W 4.267 1409.34 3.340 June_24_Dive_B.xlsx Done Background Scans (Pete) Background seawater
App-32

ISMS Collection Sites

All values from virtual van (lat/long, temp, etc) are from "start" event

-->> Significant signal, solid quantification

-->>Significant signal, BINARY quantification

-->> oil contamination, questionable sulfide data

-->> white cells are good quantifiable data, but may not have alkane or sulfide hits. See notes

Date Position Page(s) in

Original Log

Spectra Starting

Time (GMT) Virtual Van Event(s) Latitude Longitude Temp (C) Depth (m) pH Conduct. Excel file name Workup Nature of Data Quick Explanation (if

needed) Comments

June 24 36 32 12:46:15 32274 27 6.370 N 91 9.953 W 4.277 1409.20 3.341 June_24_Dive_B.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) this position is H2O being sampled 

from inside a blue stained tubeworm tube!

Very cool... so far no difference from 

background no sulfide even from within the 

tube... but a little less O2

June 24 37 32 13:00:49 32306 27 6.370 N 91 9.953 W 4.272 1409.23 3.341 June_24_Dive_B.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) taking waters from the base of the 

tubeworms, underneath the carbonate... 

ISMS reads a little higher CO2 in 

porewater... higher O2 than the tubeworm 

tube

June 24 38 32 14:11:58 32442 27 6.380 N 91 9.953 W 4.258 1407.95 3.340 June_24_Dive_B.xlsx Done Raw (Pete) underneath mussel clump... so far 

looks like seawater

June 24 39 33 14:23:40 32450 27 6.379 N 91 9.953 W 4.259 1407.93 3.340 June_24_Dive_B.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) moved tip two mussels over; just 

seawater-like... pretty damn sure it's just 

seawater

June 24 40 33 14:30:51 32462 27 6.380 N 91 9.953 W 4.258 1407.94 3.340 June_24_Dive_B.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) good insertion between mussels... 

getting a little sniff of sulfide.... See hits @ 

mass 33 + slight increases @ mass 34 

around scan 5-6.... Still seeing very minor 

sulfide hits @ mass 33 (see scan 25)

June 24 41 33 14:45:08 32465 27 6.380 N 91 9.953 W 4.274 1407.93 3.341 June_24_Dive_B.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) another sniff of mussels... again little 

whiffs of H2S (mass 33; scan 7-9), little tiny 

methane hit @ 15 (scan 10); sulfide (scan

15); scan 23

June 25 42 34 15:19:40 33420 27 11.153 N 92 7.508 W 4.385 1257.93 3.344 June_25_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) this position is within the mussels; not 

so sure about the spectra... did have ^ CH4, 

some alkanes

June 25 43 34 15:44:09 33472 27 11.152 N 92 7.510 W 4.437 1257.92 3.347 June_25_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) within mussel patch... methane 

dropping off, seems lower methane @ this 

point.

June 25 44 35 15:58:27 33504 27 11.152 N 92 7.510 W 4.446 1257.87 3.348 June_25_Dive.xlsx Done Raw Also increase in H2 gas.

(Pete) still within big mussel field... small 

methane hits @ this site; small increases in 

CO2; no obvious H2S hits on ISMS... 

methane hits increasing

June 25 45 35 16:16:41 33542 27 11.155 N 92 7.508 W 4.424 1257.84 3.347 June_25_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) more mussel scanning; the probe is 

inserted into mussel bed; CH4 hits, no 

obvious sulfide

June 25 46 35 16:30:53 33572 27 11.155 N 92 7.509 W 4.418 1257.82 3.347 June_25_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Pete) small increases in CH4 @ mass 15; 

sulfide hits @ 36. This head appears to be 

less reactive than the previous head

June 26-27 37

Beginning of Suni's 

data. Mass spec filament

repairs.

June 28 47 37 21:30:17 38007 26 21.254 N 94 29.830 W 4.270 2190.83 3.374 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) Test of MS away from anything... 7.0 

meters above bottom

June 29 48 38 1:04:34 38465 26 21.257 N 94 29.834 W 4.272 2195.89 3.374 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) site of white worm... sniffer end ~1 cm above

June 29 49 38 1:24:30 38508 26 21.278 N 94 29.847 W 4.271 2195.92 3.374 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) no H2S? or mass 15 (CH4)

June 29 50 38 1:45:29 38552 26 21.296 N 94 29.853 W 4.268 2195.93 3.374 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) Black 23 WS

June 29 51 38 2:07:15 38597 26 21.334 N 94 29.849 W 4.267 2195.93 3.374 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) pushed sniffer in closer to edge of 

clump & straight down so that we can 

estimate where sediment is.

June 29 52 38 2:26:00 38637 26 21.349 N 94 29.851 W 4.267 2195.96 3.374 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) near tube #3, below tube ends, near sedim

June 29 53 39 3:01:00 38711 26 21.365 N 94 29.859 W 4.267 2195.99 3.374 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) close to opening of Red 47 (near marker

June 29 54 39 3:20:06 38751 26 21.365 N 94 29.858 W 4.268 2195.97 3.374 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) close to base of tubeworms

June 29 55 39 4:11:44 39091 26 21.249 N 94 29.836 W 4.268 2193.27 3.373 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) white 4 [?], close to marker A

June 29 56 39 4:33:43 39137 26 21.248 N 94 29.836 W 4.267 2193.34 3.373 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) tip of red worm near marker A

June 29 57 39 4:50:52 39174 26 21.251 N 94 29.836 W 4.268 2193.32 3.373 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) base of the two previous worms

June 29 58 39 6:05:03 39336 26 21.252 N 94 29.833 W 4.268 2194.33 3.373 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) close to marker 10 - worm white #2 WP (li

June 29 59 39 6:19:09 39366 26 21.254 N 94 29.831 W 4.266 2194.60 3.373 June_28_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) close to marker 10 - worm black tag (dea

June 29 60 40 6:37:57 39408 26 21.256 N 94 29.820 W 4.268 2194.64 3.373 Data Missing N/A N/A (Suni) Base of the two previous worms.

Close to mussels (all dead?)

June 29 61 40 13:09:58 40354 26 21.255 N 94 29.835 W 4.272 2197.15 3.374 June_29_Dive.xlsx Done Background Scans Oil contamination 

appears to begin here [?]

(Suni) start background scans ~2m above 

mussel pots... possibly some SO2 & CH4? 

Appears to be a lot @ high mw (50-59) 

various hydrocarbon? Incl. oil?
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ISMS Collection Sites

All values from virtual van (lat/long, temp, etc) are from "start" event

-->> Significant signal, solid quantification

-->>Significant signal, BINARY quantification

-->> oil contamination, questionable sulfide data

-->> white cells are good quantifiable data, but may not have alkane or sulfide hits. See notes

Date Position Page(s) in

Original Log

Spectra Starting

Time (GMT) Virtual Van Event(s) Latitude Longitude Temp (C) Depth (m) pH Conduct. Excel file name Workup Nature of Data Quick Explanation (ifneeded) Comments

June 29 62 40 13:30:22 40397 26 21.255 N 94 29.826 W 4.274 2197.13 3.374 June_29_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) pushed sniffer into mound of mussels 

(covered in thin layer of white stuff) just far 

enough that the tip disappears... appears to 

be the same as background (water column) 

scans (again, lots of hydrocarbon)

June 29 63 40 13:50:38 40443 26 21.253 N 94 29.813 W 4.276 2197.13 3.374 June_29_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) moved sniffer over slightly & into 

some more mussels... similar to previous 

mussels, + bigger peaks @ 63, 64, 65

June 29 64 40 14:08:47 40482 26 21.245 N 94 29.813 W 4.274 2197.11 3.374 June_29_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) move to a new location but close by...

signal is not changing -- maybe clogged, stop

& change valves

June 29 65 41 14:27:21 40523 26 21.242 N 94 29.813 W 4.272 2197.11 3.374 June_29_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) replace sniffer approximately where it 

was (ahead of white stuff)... start scan, looks 

the same -- clogged? stop scan (didn't do full 

scan)

June 29 66 41 17:47:17 40967 26 21.253 N 94 29.830 W 4.270 2196.83 3.374 June_29_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) start scan, same as before - leave it 

runing while putting wand back... no change 

(slight decrease in hydrocarbons)

June 30 67 42 13:00:27 41747 26 10.461 N 94 37.458 W 7.590 573.14 3.616 June_30_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) start scanning 400m. Scanning on the 

way down... end depth calibration 2710m, 

filament off

July 1 68 42 3:01:12 43240 26 10.852 N 94 37.380 W 4.313 2744.01 3.399 July_01_Dive_AB.xlsx Done Background Scans

(Suni) approx 1m above mussel pile... 

background scan... these mussels have 

white film (biofilm) whose presence is 

correlating w/ sulfide => expect to see 

methane & sulfide

July 1 69 42 3:18:24 43248 26 10.867 N 94 37.398 W 4.312 2744.01 3.399 July_01_Dive_AB.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) Nose pushed into mussel bed... no 

significant change from background. (Virtual 

Van) close to mussels with white stain

July 1 70 42 3:44:32 43254 26 10.863 N 94 37.471 W 4.311 2744.01 3.399 July_01_Dive_AB.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) nearby mussel site. (Virtual Van)

among mussels with white stain

July 1 71 43 4:40:23 43270 26 10.894 N 94 37.522 W 4.311 2744.16 3.399 July_01_Dive_AB.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) start mussels (white mussels sampled

@ this location). In mussel pot scan 35 

minutes... w/in .5cm from mud, no different 

from background scan

July 1 72 43 5:17:11 43273 26 10.885 N 94 37.377 W 4.311 2744.76 3.399 July_01_Dive_AB.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) moved to a patch of brown mussels 

not far away... stop scan - realized it was in 

the mud, switched to filter tip, replaced wand

July 1 73 43 5:29:38 43279 26 10.868 N 94 37.407 W 4.311 2744.74 3.399 July_01_Dive_AB.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) looks identical to previous scans...

stop scan (no reason to do another)

July 1 74 43 6:23:49 43573 26 10.833 N 94 37.480 W 4.313 2744.70 3.400 July_01_Dive_CDE.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) inside mussel pot ~1 cm from mud... 

(expect CH4, H2S). No m/z 15, maybe some 

m/z 34?

July 1 75 43 6:43:39 43616 26 10.858 N 94 37.486 W 4.312 2744.72 3.400 July_01_Dive_CDE.xlsx Done Background Scans (Suni) lift arm up 1m for background scan

July 1 76 43-44 7:36:19 43727 26 10.843 N 94 37.375 W 4.311 2743.51 3.399 July_01_Dive_CDE.xlsx Done Background Scans

(Suni) background scan while maneuvering 

to start coring... looks the same as all the 

others

July 1 77 44 8:10:44 43790 26 10.841 N 94 37.365 W 4.315 2745.34 3.400 July_01_Dive_CDE.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) pushcore site #3 (mat)... (no change 

in any peaks incl. CH4 & H2S)

July 1 78 44 8:33:22 43842 26 10.840 N 94 37.342 W 4.316 2745.34 3.400 July_01_Dive_CDE.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) pushcore site #5 (mat)... (no change in peaks

July 1 79 44 9:13:18 43933 26 10.842 N 94 37.324 W 4.311 2745.76 3.399 July_01_Dive_CDE.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) pushcore #10 (control)

July 1 80 44 17:00:31 45065 26 10.842 N 94 37.381 W 4.312 2746.20 3.399 July_01_Dive_CDE.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) near stained tubeworms

July 2 81 45 22:40:41 46238 26 23.514 N 94 30.772 W 4.282 2331.99 3.380 July_02_Dive.xlsx Done Background Scans

(Suni) background scan away from brine lake

(end of photomosaic transect [?])... not sure

how much sample seawater it is actually 

getting! -- just a test

July 2 82 45 23:09:02 46300 26 23.541 N 94 30.797 W 4.282 2330.61 3.380 July_02_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) start scan over brine pool except that 

wand is still in can -- (no real change -

probably not seeing sample)

July 3 83 45 2:49:39 46781 26 23.568 N 94 30.832 W 4.289 2333.82 3.382 July_02_Dive.xlsx Done Background Scans

(Suni) start background scan above brine 

tool *it has been stirred up by taking a few 

pushcores... *note that water peaks have 

gone down compared to beginning of dive --

membrane getting conditioned?
ISMS Collection Sites

Cell Color Indicate Signal Quality

Significant signal, solid quantification

Significant signal, BINARY quantification

Oil contamination, questionable sulfide data

Good quantifiable data, but may not have

alkane or sulfide hits.

Date Position Page(s) in

Original Log

Spectra Starting

Time (GMT) Virtual Van Event(s) Latitude1 Longitude1 Temp (C)1 Depth (m) pH Conduct. Excel file name Workup Nature of Data Quick Explanation (ifneeded) Comments

July 3 84 45 3:08:08 46820 26 23.570 N 94 30.831 W 4.294 2333.98 3.382 July_02_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

Significant spike in 

methane, unnoticed by 

Suni

(Suni) nose placed about 1 cm above 

sediment just on the brine shore (right above 

black sediment transition zone)

July 3 85 45-46 3:31:31 46872 26 23.569 N 94 30.832 W 4.286 2334.38 3.384 July_03_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) at new position (~1m down the 

"shoreline"). No significant change 

(expected!) from previous scan. Slight 

increase CH4 & SO2. CO2 decreased

July 3 86 46 3:53:48 46921 26 23.567 N 94 30.832 W 4.289 2334.12 3.382 July_03_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) huge CH4 (m/z 14, 15, 16) and SO2 

(64), CO2 goes way up & O2 changes but not 

by as much... not stopping yet- some change 

(increase) in 14-16 still going

July 3 87 46 4:16:27 46968 26 23.567 N 94 30.832 W 4.283 2334.18 3.381 July_03_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) keep scanning while transiting to 

make sure signal from last location cleans. 

Signal is taking a very long time but 

decreasing consistently - we will know we 

have signal when we see an INCREASE -

stop before it goes to baseline

July 3 88 46 4:38:59 47017 26 23.531 N 94 30.850 W 4.301 2333.94 3.382 July_03_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) @ center of brine pool in about 20 cm 

depth... signal (huge, by the way) ... scan 

regular time span ... huge CO2, CH4, SO[2], 

H2S

July 3 89 46-47 5:01:49 47065 26 23.532 N 94 30.849 W 4.282 2334.71 3.381 July_03_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

Huge increases in 

hydrocarbons and other 

interest gasses

(Suni) push deeper at same location by

.6m... start scanning in brine pool deeper 

depth

July 3 90 47 8:09:25 47479 26 23.532 N 94 30.902 W 4.277 2334.71 3.380 July_03_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) urchin core hole (Marshall) near brine 

pool, core #6 red in urchain trail, right behind 

urchin... similar to background about 2cm in 

hole... tip clogged? Should be H2S & CH4 

based on last year's results! (Marshall)

July 4 91 47 6:01:59 50214 26 22.171 N 94 31.160 W 4.276 2282.52 3.378 July_04_Dive.xlsx Done Background Scans (Suni) background scan over mussels (~2m above m

July 4 92 47 6:20:31 50252 26 22.170 N 94 31.161 W 4.277 2283.91 3.378 July_04_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) move wand into mussel pot scar... 

scanning in mussel pot hole, pretty deep in 

scar, maybe 2cm from bottom

July 4 93 47 6:37:00 50285 26 22.170 N 94 31.161 W 4.276 2283.92 3.378 July_04_Dive.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) move to brown mussel bed - wand in 

between 2 mussels

July 4 94 48 7:28:18 50394 26 22.167 N 94 31.098 W 4.286 2283.05 3.379 July_04_Dive.xlsx Done Raw

(Suni) Brine pool - we couldn't find real brine 

so we measured in a depression / gully over 

black sediment... methane! Also 34, 63... 

slight CO2 increase

July 4 95 48 8:08:11 50484 26 22.178 N 94 31.153 W 4.275 2276.59 3.377 July_04_Ascent.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) long ascending scan

July 4 N/A 48 21:20:02 starts ~50505 26 9.512 N 94 37.616 W 17.140 137.16 4.677 July_04_Descent.xlsx Done Raw (Suni) descending scan

July 5 96 48 5:25:18 51386 26 10.852 N 94 37.376 W 4.314 2742.86 3.400 July_05_Dive.xlsx In Prog Background (Suni) Background scan - start, lots of H20 

vapor

July 5 97 48 5:43:16 51424 26 10.851 N 94 37.377 W 4.312 2744.07 3.400 July_05_Dive.xlsx In Prog Raw

(Suni) move to brown mussels, just below 

level of mussel mouth... @ the mouth level of 

brown mussels... similar to background scan

July 5 98 49 5:59:39 51459 26 10.852 N 94 37.377 W 4.315 2744.12 3.400 July_05_Dive.xlsx In Prog Raw (Suni) Nearby in same mussel bed, also 

slightly lower than top of mussel mouths,

July 5 99 49 6:16:19 51494 26 10.852 N 94 37.377 W 4.315 2744.12 3.400 July_05_Dive.xlsx In Prog Raw

(Suni) white stained mussels, *these are 

pretty sparse, we'll take 1 measurement & 

look for a better spot...

July 5 100 49 6:34:22 51532 26 10.852 N 94 37.378 W 4.315 2744.31 3.400 July_05_Dive.xlsx In Prog Raw

(Suni) base of tubeworm bush - tried to get in 

undernearth the tangle... wand is pushed into 

tangle @ base... no noticable change in

signal

July 5 101 49 6:50:28 51567 26 10.852 N 94 37.378 W 4.319 2744.30 3.400 July_05_Dive.xlsx In Prog Raw (Suni) move wand to tip of a tubeworm in middle of

July 5 102 49 7:29:34 51653 26 10.843 N 94 37.378 W 4.312 2745.24 3.400 July_05_Dive.xlsx In Prog Raw

(Suni) new mussel pot silt [?], before 

mussel... pot is taken - white stained mussels

- wand @ level of mouth again

July 5 103 50 11:26:11 52187 26 10.861 N 94 37.362 W 4.315 2738.42 3.399 July_05_Dive.xlsx In Prog Raw Data from 12:40 to 13:04 

is missing

(?) Transect w/ depth during ascent with 

wand in manip, starting depth 2740m 1 All values from virtual van (lat/long, temp, etc) are from "start" event

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I read the pages that you are including in the appendix 

and you have my permission to use them in the report. If 

you need anything further please do not hesitate to call.

Jay G. Northcutt

Geophysical Division Manager

C & C Technologies, Inc.

730 East Kaliste Saloom Road 

Lafayette, Louisiana 70508

www.cctechnol.com
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APPENDIX 3-A

Instrument Settings,

Survey Configuration, and 

Equipment Descriptions

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INSTRUMENT SETTINGS

COASTALSTUDIES INSTITUTE 

SITE SURVEY

BLOCK 340, ATWATER VALLEY AREA 

BLOCK 852, GREEN CANYON AREA 

BLOCK 269, WALKER RIDGE AREA 

BLOCK 601, ALAMINOS CANYON AREA

EDGETECH CHIRPED SUBBOTTOM PROFILER 

Acoustic Source Level = 200 dB re 1 JlPa at one meter 

Beam Width = 15° - 25°

Record Length = 100 meters (1,500 meters/second) 

Record Divisions = 10 meters

Delay = Variable in meters

Setback = None (acoustically positioned)

Frequency = 2 to 8 kilohertz (Chirped/Frequency Modulated)

EDGETECH DUAL FREQUENCY SIDE SCAN SONAR

Frequency = 120 kilohertz

Acoustic Source Level = 210 dB re 1JlPa @ 1 m

Transducer Radiation = 0.8° horizontal composite, 70° vertical

Range = 225 meters per channel 

Record Divisions = 50 meters 

Pulse Bandwidth = 12 kHz

SIMRAD EM-2000 MULTIBEAM ECHOSOUNDER

Frequency = 200 kHz

Ping Rate = 3 times per second

Number of Beams per Ping = 111

Beamwidth = 2° acrosstrack; 1.5° alongtrack

Pulse Length = 0.05 – 0.25 msecs

SURVEY VESSEL

R/V Northern Resolution

Average speed during survey = 3.8 knots

Survey sea state = Calm to 6 feet

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GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

ANTENNA OFFSETS

5.029m

.398m PRIM. GPS 

ANTENNA

 SECONDARY

AND TERTIARY 

GPS ANTENNA

14.5m

CENTER 

OF 

GRAVITY

8.7m

.424m

HIPAP 

HULL UNIT

35.585m

8.798m

8.045m

5.029m

TERTIARY

GPS

 ANTENNA

SECONDARY 

GPS ANTENNA

H. PAP

CRP .424m

1.32m

3.984m

PRIM. GPS 

ANTENNA

200 KHZ 

Z +14

4.8m

1.011m

EA600

Z +29

1.004m

CENTER 

OF 

GRAVITY

.507m

HIPAP 

HULL UNIT

2.959m

.827m 3.145m

EM 1002 Z=781 BELOW 

KEEL WHEN FULLY 

EXTENDED PITCH +0.49°

Z +51

SUBBOTTOM

EM 120 YAW 0.933° 

TO STARBOARD 

PITCH =0.85°

6.389m

9.988m

12.413m

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C-Surveyor II TM Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

The C-Surveyor II TM Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is designed to collect deepwater, high-resolution geophysical data for site and route surveys in water depths up to 3,000 

meters. C & C Technologies, Inc. worked with Kongsberg Simrad in developing the complex 

system design in the year 2005. A schematic diagram (Figure 1) of the vehicle and major system 

components is presented following this text.

Primary survey sensors found in the system payload include a Simrad EM 2000 Swath 

Bathymetric System, EdgeTech Chirp Side Scan Sonar and an EdgeTech Chirp Subbottom 

Profiler. An inertial guidance system is used for primary positioning of the underwater vehicle. 

Ancillary sensors include a precision depth sensor, altimeter, acoustic Doppler log and a 

salinity/temperature probe for calculating water column sound velocity. Transponders on the 

system for transmission of data include the HiPAP (High Precision Acoustic Positioning), ACL 

(Acoustic Command Link) and ADL (Acoustic Data Link). An aluminum/oxygen fuel cell 

powers the AUV for a period of up to 60 hours. Emergency ascent systems include a drop 

weight and air bag. A pinger, radio beacon, flashing light and GPS/RF link output visual and 

remote sensing aids used in locating the AUV should an event occur where communication is 

lost with the survey ship.

Three industrial strength computers control all the system functions within the C-Surveyor II

TM. These computers are referred to as the Control Processor, Payload Processor and Navigation

Processor. The processors use artificial intelligence algorithms based on feedback returned from 

the more than 75 sensors to make real-time decisions regarding the system performance. Two 

titanium spheres, payload and control, house the computers and dual 50-gigabyte data storage 

drives.

Three topside computers communicate continuously with the vehicle while it is in operation. 

The C-Surveyor II TM Operator Station is responsible for monitoring all the sensors found in 

the vehicle and generates warnings to the operator when the values are out of optimal range. The 

Payload Operator Station computer provides the user with graphical views of the reduced subsets

of the subbottom, bathymetry and side scan sonar data. It also allows the user to turn the systems

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on or off and adjust instrument settings as needed. The third topside computer is the HiPAP 

Operator Station. This computer provides a real-time graphic display of the C-Surveyor II TM 

vehicle subsurface position and the surface position of the mother ship, which travels directly

above the AUV while collecting data. C & C’s C-NAV® Differential GPS provides the mother

ship positions while the AUV vehicle positions are calculated using ultra short baseline acoustics

(USBL), inertial navigation and Doppler velocity speed log.

Primary positioning of the C-Surveyor II TM is controlled by the inertial navigation system. 

This system uses precision gyros and accelerometers to maintain the AUV track of the mission 

plan (trackline running sequence). The mission plan is downloaded to the C-Surveyor II TM 

system computers before deployment. The HiPAP system and Doppler velocity speed log 

provide input into the inertial navigation system for guidance system checks. These inputs are 

weighted and applied to the positioning solution using a Kalman digital filter. Post processing 

routines can be implemented to further refine the subsea positions.

Simrad’s EM 2000 Swath Bathymetry System collects soundings in approximately a 200-meter 

swath underneath the C-Surveyor II TM vehicle. An onboard velocimeter provides real-time 

data at the transducer for proper beam forming of the acoustic transmissions. The system is 

capable of collecting 111 beams or soundings across the swath. A high-precision depth sensor 

provides the C- C-Surveyor II TM vehicle depth. The data are processed utilizing C & C’s 

proprietary HydroMap software.

The C-Surveyor II TM is equipped with a dual frequency chirp EdgeTech Side Scan Sonar that 

uses a calibrated wide band digital frequency modulated (FM) signal to provide high resolution, 

low-noise images. This sonar simultaneously transmits linearly swept FM pulses centered at two 

discrete frequencies: 120 kHz and 410 kHz. The raw data files are post-processed and converted 

to XTF (eXtended Triton Format) for digital interpretation and hardcopy generation.

Seismic profiles are collected with an EdgeTech Chirp Subbottom Profiler. The transmit pulses 

are generated in the frequency band between 2 and 8 kHz. The system takes advantage of builtin deconvolution of the system response of the output pulse. The sonar’s measured system

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impulse response is used to design a unique output pulse that will prevent the source from

ringing. The raw seismic data can be post processed to create SEG-Y or XTF datasets.

Figure 1 - C-Surveyor II TM (complete system)

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Survey Sensors:

Simrad EM 2000 Bathymetry and Imagery (200 kHz, 150°) 

Side Scan Sonar: Chirp (120 kHz and/or 410 kHz) 

Subbottom Profiler: Chirp (2 –8 kHz)

Ancillary Sensors: 

Inertial Navigation 

Simrad HiPAP USBL 

Doppler Velocity Log 

Kalman Filter

Fiber Optic Gyro 

Motion Reference Unit 

Digiquartz Depth Unit 

Single-Beam Altimeter 

DGPS

Acoustic Communications

Command and Control (Low Speed Acoustic Modem) 

Data Uplink (High Speed Acoustic Modem)

Vessel Specifications: 

Depth Rating: 3,000 meters 

Length: 6.1 meters

Maximum Diameter: 0.96 meters

Normal Speed: 4 knots

Underwater Endurance @ 4 knots: 60 hours

Power: Aluminum Oxygen Fuel Cell

Survey Equipment Specifications:

Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam Echo Sounder

Frequency 200 kHz

Maximum Ping Rate 10 times per second

Number of Beams per Ping 111

Beamwidth 2° acrosstrack; 1.5° alongtrack 

Beam Spacing Equiangle or equidistant 

Coverage Sector 150°

Depth Resolution 2 cm

Pulse Length 0.05 – 0.25 msecs

Range Sampling Rate 10 kHz

Sonar Head Depth Rating 6,000 meters

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C-NAV DIFFERENTIAL GPS

C-Nav is a globally corrected differential GPS system owned and operated by C & C 

Technologies, Inc. The C-Nav GPS Receiver combines a dual-frequency, geodetic grade, GPS 

Receiver with an integrated L-BAND communication RF detector and decoder all linked by an 

internal microprocessor. C-Nav uses monitoring stations strategically located around the globe

to provide worldwide accuracies in the order of 0.25m (1 sigma)*.

The technique, developed by the Jet Propulsion Lab for the National Aeronautics Space 

Administration, uses a global network of reference stations to track the entire constellation of 

GPS satellites. The raw GPS observations are transmitted via the Internet back to the Network 

Control Center where the GPS constellation satellite orbital corrections and clock-offset values 

are calculated and modeled in real-time. These corrections are universally valid and can be 

applied to GPS measurements from any location on earth.

The multi-function antenna assembly is capable of receiving the L1 and L2 GPS frequencies as 

well as the Inmarsat L-BAND receive frequency band. The gain pattern of this antenna is 

designed to be relatively constant even at lower elevations. This allows for an efficient link 

budget when the unit is operated at higher latitudes where the elevation of the geo-stationary 

communication satellite is low and close to the horizon. Atmospheric delays are eliminated from 

local measurements by comparing the L1 and L2 frequencies in the internal GPS receiver.

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Full Spectrum Chirp Side Scan Sonar

Modulation Full spectrum chirp frequency modulated pulse with 

amplitude and phase weighting

Dual Frequency Combinations 120/410 kHz

Common

Vertical Beam Width 70o

Depression Angle 25o from horizontal

A/D Resolution 16 bits

Sample Rate ~2,000 samples per channel

Frequency Specific

Center Frequency 120 kHz 410 kHz 

Pulse Bandwidth 12 kHz 41 kHz 

Pulse Length 8.3 msec. 2.4 msec.

Range Scale Selection (per side) 25-500 meters 12.5-100 meters

Maximum Ping Rate 30 pps 60 pps 

Range Resolution 6.25 cm 1.8 cm 

Horizontal 3 dB Beam Width 0.8o 0.5o 

Transmit Power 200 Watts 160 Watts 

Peak Source Level 210 dB 216 dB

(ref = 1JlPa @ 1 m)

Receiver Sensitivity -190 dB -196 dB 

(ref = 1 V/JlPa @ center frequency)

Full Spectrum Chirp Subbottom Profiler

Modulation Full Spectrum Chirp Frequency Modulated Pulse with 

amplitude and phase weighting

Source Level 200 dB re 1 JlPa at one meter

Transmit Power 200 Watts

Receive Sensitivity -204 dB re 1 JlPa at one meter

Receiver Variable Gain 38 – 105 dB, automatic or manual control

Noise Level 70 dB re 1 JlPa at one meter over sonar bandwidth

(at hydrophone input) 

Pulse Repetition Frequency 15 Hz maximum

Calibration Each system is acoustic tank tested to calibrate for 

reflection coefficient measurements

Frequency Band 2 – 8 kHz

Number of Hydrophone Arrays 2

Resolution 6 – 10 cm

Beam Width 15o - 25o

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Survey Sensors:

Simrad EM 2000 Bathymetry and Imagery (200 kHz, 150°) 

Side Scan Sonar: Chirp (120 kHz and/or 410 kHz) 

Subbottom Profiler: Chirp (2 –8 kHz)

Ancillary Sensors: 

Inertial Navigation 

Simrad HiPAP USBL 

Doppler Velocity Log 

Kalman Filter

Fiber Optic Gyro 

Motion Reference Unit 

Digiquartz Depth Unit 

Single-Beam Altimeter 

DGPS

Acoustic Communications

Command and Control (Low Speed Acoustic Modem) 

Data Uplink (High Speed Acoustic Modem)

Vessel Specifications: 

Depth Rating: 3,000 meters 

Length: 6.1 meters

Maximum Diameter: 0.96 meters

Normal Speed: 4 knots

Underwater Endurance @ 4 knots: 60 hours

Power: Aluminum Oxygen Fuel Cell

Survey Equipment Specifications:

Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam Echo Sounder

Frequency 200 kHz

Maximum Ping Rate 10 times per second

Number of Beams per Ping 111

Beamwidth 2° acrosstrack; 1.5° alongtrack 

Beam Spacing Equiangle or equidistant 

Coverage Sector 150°

Depth Resolution 2 cm

Pulse Length 0.05 – 0.25 msecs

Range Sampling Rate 10 kHz

Sonar Head Depth Rating 6,000 meters

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impulse response is used to design a unique output pulse that will prevent the source from

ringing. The raw seismic data can be post processed to create SEG-Y or XTF datasets.

Figure 1 - C-Surveyor II TM (complete system)

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C-Surveyor II TM Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)

The C-Surveyor II TM Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is designed to collect deepwater, high-resolution geophysical data for site and route surveys in water depths up to 3,000 

meters. C & C Technologies, Inc. worked with Kongsberg Simrad in developing the complex 

system design in the year 2005. A schematic diagram (Figure 1) of the vehicle and major system 

components is presented following this text.

Primary survey sensors found in the system payload include a Simrad EM 2000 Swath 

Bathymetric System, EdgeTech Chirp Side Scan Sonar and an EdgeTech Chirp Subbottom 

Profiler. An inertial guidance system is used for primary positioning of the underwater vehicle. 

Ancillary sensors include a precision depth sensor, altimeter, acoustic Doppler log and a 

salinity/temperature probe for calculating water column sound velocity. Transponders on the 

system for transmission of data include the HiPAP (High Precision Acoustic Positioning), ACL 

(Acoustic Command Link) and ADL (Acoustic Data Link). An aluminum/oxygen fuel cell 

powers the AUV for a period of up to 60 hours. Emergency ascent systems include a drop 

weight and air bag. A pinger, radio beacon, flashing light and GPS/RF link output visual and 

remote sensing aids used in locating the AUV should an event occur where communication is 

lost with the survey ship.

Three industrial strength computers control all the system functions within the C-Surveyor II

TM. These computers are referred to as the Control Processor, Payload Processor and Navigation

Processor. The processors use artificial intelligence algorithms based on feedback returned from 

the more than 75 sensors to make real-time decisions regarding the system performance. Two 

titanium spheres, payload and control, house the computers and dual 50-gigabyte data storage 

drives.

Three topside computers communicate continuously with the vehicle while it is in operation. 

The C-Surveyor II TM Operator Station is responsible for monitoring all the sensors found in 

the vehicle and generates warnings to the operator when the values are out of optimal range. The 

Payload Operator Station computer provides the user with graphical views of the reduced subsets

of the subbottom, bathymetry and side scan sonar data. It also allows the user to turn the systems

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Specifications:

Measurement

Range

Initial

Accuracy Resolution Sensor Calibration

Conductivity 0 to 7 S/m +/- 0.001 S/m +/- 0.0001 S/m

0 – 7 S/m

Physical calibration over

the range 1.4 to 6 S/m, plus 

zero conductivity (air)

Temperature

(oC) -5 to + 35 +/- 0.01 +/-0.001

-1 to +31

(Measurements outside this 

range may be at slightly 

reduces accuracy due to 

extrapolation errors)

Depth 68 to 1000 m +/- 0.25% +/- 0.015% Minimum 5 values between

0 and full scale

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APPENDIX 3-B

Project Personnel,

Daily Progress Reports, and

Survey Logs
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PROJECT PERSONNEL

FIELD PERSONNEL

R/V NORTHERN RESOLUTIN:

Scott McBay – Party Chief 

David Aucoin – Shift Leader 

Cole Gibbens –COS Operator 

Beau Hollie – Shift Leader 

Mark Gatch – COS Operator

T.J. Maise – AUV Van Crew Chief 

Gerard Lege – AUV Technician 

Keith Dominque – AUV Technician 

Josh Saran – AUV Technician 

Scotty Belaire – Data Processor

Will Harwell – Data Processor 

Tim Badeaux – ACAD Operator 

Kim Eslinger – Geologist

Eddie Romero – Additional C&C Crew (trainee) 

Tom Javins – Medic

Mark Quinney – Cook

OFFICE PERSONNEL

Jay Northcutt – Geophysical Projects Manager

Ralph Coleman – Database Calculations

Jason Duplechin – Data Processor 

Tony George – Geosciences Manager 

Ave McBride – Cartographer

Nicole Douglas – Geophysical Assistant

Nikki Bono – Geophysical Assistant

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JOB # 072265 DPR # 1 Mission: run070207_1 2/7/2007

Client LSU

Project Name AUV Site Survey

Survey Area Multiple Areas

Scope of Work AUV Site Survey

Vessel R/V Northern Resolution

Midnight Location Lat: N28 01.3201 Lon: W88 08.3575

DPR Distribution List:

E-mail Address Name Company

Client Representative

Client Distibution List

hrober3@lsu.edu Dr. Harry Roberts

C&C Technologies:

smm@cctechnol.com Scott Melancon C&C Technologies

pcm@cctechnol.com Paige Melancon C&C Technologies

jsm@cctechnol.com Scott McBay C&C Technologies

jgn@cctechnol.com Jay Northcutt C&C Technologies

ces@cctechnol.com Charlie Spann C&C Technologies

tdr@cctechnol.com Tom Richards C&C Technologies

tsc@cctechnol.com Thomas Chance C&C Technologies

dja@cctechnol.com Dave Alleman C&C Technologies

jef@cctechnol.com Jeff Fortenberry C&C Technologies

Project Dates/Times

**Note** All Times In UTC (GMT)

Date: Time:

Commenced Mobilization 2/7/2007 0600

Completed Mobilization 2/7/2007 0800

Transit to Job Site 2/7/2007 0600

Arrived at Job Site 2/7/2007 0800

Commenced Calibrations

Completed Calibrations

Commenced Scope of Work 2/7/2007 1000

Completed Scope of Work

Commenced Additional Work

Completed Additional Work

Commenced Rerun's

Completed Rerun's

Commenced Coring

Completed Coring

Arrived alongside

Commenced Demobilization

Completed Demobilization
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Safety

Today To Date

Stop Cards 0 0 Safety/Orientation inductions 2

Tailgate Meetings 2 0 Job Kickoff Meeting 2/5/2007

Shift Change Meetings 2 0 Last Safety Meeting 2/7/2007

JSA Review 1 0 Last Safety Committee 2/2/2007

First aid cases 0 0 Last Fire Drill 2/7/2007

Medical treatment cases 0 0 Last Abandon Ship Drill 2/7/2007

Restricted work cases 0 0 Last Man Over Board Drill 2/7/2007

Lost time incidents 0 0 Total Personnel On Board 33

Comments:

Weather - Last 24 hours

Time

0000-0600

Wind Direction

ENE

Wind Speed Knots

15

Seas Meters

2-3

Swell

0600-1200 ENE 15 2-3

1200-1800

1800-2400

SE 12 1

NE 12 1

Forecast Next 48 Hours

Date Wind Direction Wind Speed knots Seas Meters Swell

2/8/2007

2/9/2007

From To Total

E 10 1

E 10 1

Daily Chronology Summary

Hr:Min Hr:Min Hr:Min Code

0:00 8:00 8:00 MD

8:00 10:00 2:00 AIV

10:00 11:00 1:00 ALR

11:00 0:00 13:00 RL

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

Mobilize

CTD

Launch AUV 

Survey

Description

Description 

Mobilization/Demob 

Transit

Calibrations Op(AUV in

the Van) Op(AUV

running lines) OP(AUV

L&R)

Additional work (Clients request) 

Coring

Standby

Equipment Downtime

Vessel Downtime

Re Runs

Weather Downtime

Other

Cumulative Times

Code Today To Date

MD 8.00 0.00

TR 0.00 0.00

CA 0.00 0.00

AIV 2.00 0.00

RL 13.00 0.00

ALR 1.00 0.00

AW 0.00 0.00

CO 0.00 0.00

SB 0.00 0.00

ED 0.00 0.00

VD 0.00 0.00

RR 0.00 0.00

WOW 0.00 0.00

OTH 0.00 0.00

Cumulative

8.00

0.00

0.00

2.00

13.00

1.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Totals 24.00 0.00

Ops Planned Next 3 Days: 

AUV Survey

24.00
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Dive Summary

Cumulative Dives

Planned Dives

Complete

Failed Dives Prior To

Start of Mission

Failed Dives During

Mission

Dives

Aborted

1 0 0 0 0

Percentage 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Percentages: Survey Operations

Description Complete Remain

Mob/Demob 50% 50%

Transit 50% 50%

Data Acquisition

Calculations Based On 140 Km in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Today To Date Complete Remain Days

Survey Primary 216.00 60.90 60.90 28.19% 71.81% 1.11

Survey Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Primary 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Battery Change + LR Anode Changes 0 Recovery Fluid Change 0 0.00

Coring

Calculations Based on 12 Cores Taken in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Complete Remain Days

Piston 0 0 0 0.00

Box 0 0 0 0.00

Totals 1.11

Comments

C&C:

Client:

Contact Numbers

R/V Northern Resolution

Lab Voice------Ext. 2911 VSAT (337) 237-4242 Then Appropriate Ext.

Bridge Voice-----Ext. 2913 SAT B 001-874-327-302-889

Party Chief Voice-----Ext. 2912

C&C TECHNOLOGIES

Office 337-261-0660

Office Fax 337-261-0192

C&C Representative Client Representative Client Representative

AUV Field Project Manager

Scott McBay
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JOB # 072265 DPR # 2 Mission: run070207_1 2/8/2007

Client LSU

Project Name AUV Site Survey

Survey Area Multiple Areas

Scope of Work AUV Site Survey

Vessel R/V Northern Resolution

Midnight Location Lat: N28 01.3201 Lon: W88 08.3575

DPR Distribution List:

E-mail Address Name Company

Client Representative

Client Distibution List

hrober3@lsu.edu Dr. Harry Roberts

C&C Technologies:

smm@cctechnol.com Scott Melancon C&C Technologies

pcm@cctechnol.com Paige Melancon C&C Technologies

jsm@cctechnol.com Scott McBay C&C Technologies

jgn@cctechnol.com Jay Northcutt C&C Technologies

ces@cctechnol.com Charlie Spann C&C Technologies

tdr@cctechnol.com Tom Richards C&C Technologies

tsc@cctechnol.com Thomas Chance C&C Technologies

dja@cctechnol.com Dave Alleman C&C Technologies

jef@cctechnol.com Jeff Fortenberry C&C Technologies

Project Dates/Times

**Note** All Times In UTC (GMT)

Date: Time:

Commenced Mobilization 2/7/2007 0600

Completed Mobilization 2/7/2007 0800

Transit to Job Site 2/7/2007 0600

Arrived at Job Site 2/7/2007 0800

Commenced Calibrations

Completed Calibrations

Commenced Scope of Work 2/7/2007 1000

Completed Scope of Work

Commenced Additional Work

Completed Additional Work

Commenced Rerun's

Completed Rerun's

Commenced Coring

Completed Coring

Arrived alongside

Commenced Demobilization

Completed Demobilization
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Time Wind Direction Wind Speed Knots Seas Meters Swell

0000-0600 ENE 15 2-3

0600-1200 ENE 15 2-3

1200-1800 SE 12 1

1800-2400 NE 12 1

Forecast Next 48 Hours

Date Wind Direction Wind Speed knots Seas Meters Swell

2/8/2007 E 10 1

2/9/2007 E 10 1

Safety

Today To Date

Stop Cards 0 0 Safety/Orientation inductions 2

Tailgate Meetings 2 0 Job Kickoff Meeting 2/5/2007

Shift Change Meetings 2 0 Last Safety Meeting 2/8/2007

JSA Review 1 0 Last Safety Committee 2/2/2007

First aid cases 0 0 Last Fire Drill 2/7/2007

Medical treatment cases 0 0 Last Abandon Ship Drill 2/7/2007

Restricted work cases 0 0 Last Man Over Board Drill 2/7/2007

Lost time incidents 0 0 Total Personnel On Board 33

Comments:

Weather - Last 24 hours

From To Total

Daily Chronology Summary

Hr:Min Hr:Min Hr:Min Code

0:00 3:30 3:30 RL

3:30 4:30 1:00 ALR

4:30 19:00 14:30 TR

19:00 22:30 3:30 AIV

22:30 23:30 1:00 ALR

23:30 0:00 0:30 RL

0

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

Survey AT340

Recover CSII 

Transit to GC852

CTD 070807a 

Launch AUV 

Survey GC852

Description

Description 

Mobilization/Demob 

Transit

Calibrations Op(AUV in 

the Van) Op(AUV

running lines) OP(AUV

L&R)

Additional work (Clients request) 

Coring

Standby

Equipment Downtime

Vessel Downtime

Re Runs

Weather Downtime

Other

Cumulative Times

Code Today To Date

MD 0.00 8.00

TR 14.50 0.00

CA 0.00 0.00

AIV 3.50 2.00

RL 4.00 13.00

ALR 2.00 1.00

AW 0.00 0.00

CO 0.00 0.00

SB 0.00 0.00

ED 0.00 0.00

VD 0.00 0.00

RR 0.00 0.00

WOW 0.00 0.00

OTH 0.00 0.00

Cumulative

8.00

14.50

0.00

5.50

17.00

3.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Totals 24.00 24.00

Ops Planned Next 3 Days: 

AUV Survey

48.00
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Dive Summary

Cumulative Dives

Planned Dives

Complete

Failed Dives Prior To

Start of Mission

Failed Dives During

Mission

Dives

Aborted

1 0 0 0 0

Percentage 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Percentages: Survey Operations

Description Complete Remain

Mob/Demob 50% 50%

Transit 50% 50%

Data Acquisition

Calculations Based On 140 Km in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Today To Date Complete Remain Days

Survey Primary 216.00 18.00 78.90 36.53% 63.47% 0.98

Survey Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Primary 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Battery Change + LR Anode Changes 0 Recovery Fluid Change 0 0.00

Coring

Calculations Based on 12 Cores Taken in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Complete Remain Days

Piston 0 0 0 0.00

Box 0 0 0 0.00

Totals 0.98

Comments

C&C:

Client:

Contact Numbers

R/V Northern Resolution

Lab Voice------Ext. 2911 VSAT (337) 237-4242 Then Appropriate Ext.

Bridge Voice-----Ext. 2913 SAT B 001-874-327-302-889

Party Chief Voice-----Ext. 2912

C&C TECHNOLOGIES

Office 337-261-0660

Office Fax 337-261-0192

C&C Representative Client Representative Client Representative

AUV Field Project Manager

Scott McBay
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JOB # 072265 DPR # 3 Mission: run070208_1 2/9/2007

Client LSU

Project Name AUV Site Survey

Survey Area Multiple Areas

Scope of Work AUV Site Survey

Vessel R/V Northern Resolution

Midnight Location Lat: N26 41.2369 Lon: W91 40.2744

DPR Distribution List:

E-mail Address Name Company

Client Representative

Client Distibution List

hrober3@lsu.edu Dr. Harry Roberts

C&C Technologies:

smm@cctechnol.com Scott Melancon C&C Technologies

pcm@cctechnol.com Paige Melancon C&C Technologies

jsm@cctechnol.com Scott McBay C&C Technologies

jgn@cctechnol.com Jay Northcutt C&C Technologies

ces@cctechnol.com Charlie Spann C&C Technologies

tdr@cctechnol.com Tom Richards C&C Technologies

tsc@cctechnol.com Thomas Chance C&C Technologies

dja@cctechnol.com Dave Alleman C&C Technologies

jef@cctechnol.com Jeff Fortenberry C&C Technologies

Project Dates/Times

**Note** All Times In UTC (GMT)

Date: Time:

Commenced Mobilization 2/7/2007 0600

Completed Mobilization 2/7/2007 0800

Transit to Job Site 2/7/2007 0600

Arrived at Job Site 2/7/2007 0800

Commenced Calibrations

Completed Calibrations

Commenced Scope of Work 2/7/2007 1000

Completed Scope of Work

Commenced Additional Work

Completed Additional Work

Commenced Rerun's

Completed Rerun's

Commenced Coring

Completed Coring

Arrived alongside

Commenced Demobilization

Completed Demobilization
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Safety

Today To Date

Stop Cards 1 0 Safety/Orientation inductions 2

Tailgate Meetings 2 2 Job Kickoff Meeting 2/5/2007

Shift Change Meetings 2 2 Last Safety Meeting 2/9/2007

JSA Review 1 1 Last Safety Committee 2/2/2007

First aid cases 0 0 Last Fire Drill 2/7/2007

Medical treatment cases 0 0 Last Abandon Ship Drill 2/7/2007

Restricted work cases 0 0 Last Man Over Board Drill 2/7/2007

Lost time incidents 0 0 Total Personnel On Board 33

Comments:

Weather - Last 24 hours

Time

0000-0600

Wind Direction

N

Wind Speed Knots

10

Seas Meters

1

Swell

0600-1200 E 7 0

1200-1800

1800-2400

E 3 .5

NE 4 1

Forecast Next 48 Hours

Date Wind Direction Wind Speed knots Seas Meters Swell

2/10/2007

2/11/2007

From To Total

ENE 

ESE

5-10 1

10 1

Daily Chronology Summary

Hr:Min Hr:Min Hr:Min Code

0:00 12:00 12:00 RL

12:00 13:30 1:30 ALR

13:30 17:00 3:30 TR

17:00 18:30 1:30 AIV

18:30 20:00 1:30 ALR

20:00 0:00 4:00 RL

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

Survey GC852

Recover CSII 

Transit to WR269

CTD 070209a 

Launch CSII 

Survey WR269

Description

Description 

Mobilization/Demob 

Transit

Calibrations Op(AUV in

the Van) Op(AUV

running lines) OP(AUV

L&R)

Additional work (Clients request) 

Coring

Standby

Equipment Downtime

Vessel Downtime

Re Runs

Weather Downtime

Other

Cumulative Times

Code Today To Date

MD 0.00 8.00

TR 3.50 14.50

CA 0.00 0.00

AIV 1.50 5.50

RL 16.00 17.00

ALR 3.00 3.00

AW 0.00 0.00

CO 0.00 0.00

SB 0.00 0.00

ED 0.00 0.00

VD 0.00 0.00

RR 0.00 0.00

WOW 0.00 0.00

OTH 0.00 0.00

Cumulative

8.00

18.00

0.00

7.00

33.00

6.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Totals 24.00 48.00

Ops Planned Next 3 Days: 

AUV Survey

72.00
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Dive Summary

Cumulative Dives

Planned Dives

Complete

Failed Dives Prior To

Start of Mission

Failed Dives During

Mission

Dives

Aborted

3 2 0 0 0

Percentage 66.67% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Percentages: Survey Operations

Description Complete Remain

Mob/Demob 50% 50%

Transit 50% 50%

Data Acquisition

Calculations Based On 140 Km in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Today To Date Complete Remain Days

Survey Primary 216.00 88.05 166.95 77.29% 22.71% 0.35

Survey Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Primary 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Battery Change + LR Anode Changes 0 Recovery Fluid Change 0 0.00

Coring

Calculations Based on 12 Cores Taken in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Complete Remain Days

Piston 0 0 0 0.00

Box 0 0 0 0.00

Totals 0.35

Comments

C&C:

Client:

Contact Numbers

R/V Northern Resolution

Lab Voice------Ext. 2911 VSAT (337) 237-4242 Then Appropriate Ext.

Bridge Voice-----Ext. 2913 SAT B 001-874-327-302-889

Party Chief Voice-----Ext. 2912

C&C TECHNOLOGIES

Office 337-261-0660

Office Fax 337-261-0192

C&C Representative Client Representative Client Representative

AUV Field Project Manager

Scott McBay
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JOB # 072265 DPR # 4 Mission: run070210_1 2/10/2007

Client LSU

Project Name AUV Site Survey

Survey Area Multiple Areas

Scope of Work AUV Site Survey

Vessel R/V Northern Resolution

Midnight Location Lat: N26 21.7806 Lon: W94 31.3067

DPR Distribution List:

E-mail Address Name Company

Client Representative

Client Distibution List

hrober3@lsu.edu Dr. Harry Roberts

C&C Technologies:

smm@cctechnol.com Scott Melancon C&C Technologies

pcm@cctechnol.com Paige Melancon C&C Technologies

jsm@cctechnol.com Scott McBay C&C Technologies

jgn@cctechnol.com Jay Northcutt C&C Technologies

ces@cctechnol.com Charlie Spann C&C Technologies

tdr@cctechnol.com Tom Richards C&C Technologies

tsc@cctechnol.com Thomas Chance C&C Technologies

dja@cctechnol.com Dave Alleman C&C Technologies

jef@cctechnol.com Jeff Fortenberry C&C Technologies

Project Dates/Times

**Note** All Times In UTC (GMT)

Date: Time:

Commenced Mobilization 2/7/2007 0600

Completed Mobilization 2/7/2007 0800

Transit to Job Site 2/7/2007 0600

Arrived at Job Site 2/7/2007 0800

Commenced Calibrations

Completed Calibrations

Commenced Scope of Work 2/7/2007 1000

Completed Scope of Work

Commenced Additional Work

Completed Additional Work

Commenced Rerun's

Completed Rerun's

Commenced Coring

Completed Coring

Arrived alongside

Commenced Demobilization

Completed Demobilization
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Safety

Today To Date

Stop Cards 0 1 Safety/Orientation inductions 2

Tailgate Meetings 2 4 Job Kickoff Meeting 2/5/2007

Shift Change Meetings 2 4 Last Safety Meeting 2/10/2007

JSA Review 2 2 Last Safety Committee 2/10/2007

First aid cases 0 0 Last Fire Drill 2/7/2007

Medical treatment cases 0 0 Last Abandon Ship Drill 2/7/2007

Restricted work cases 0 0 Last Man Over Board Drill 2/7/2007

Lost time incidents 0 0 Total Personnel On Board 33

Comments:

Weather - Last 24 hours

Time Wind Direction Wind Speed Knots Seas Meters Swell

0000-0600 N 2 .5

0600-1200 E 7 1

1200-1800 E 3 1

1800-2400 NE 4 1

Forecast Next 48 Hours

Date Wind Direction Wind Speed knots Seas Meters Swell

2/11/2007 E 15 2

2/12/2007 SE 15 2

Daily Chronology Summary

From

Hr:Min

To

Hr:Min

Total

Hr:Min Code Description

0:00 2:30 2:30 RL Survey WR269

2:30 4:00 1:30 ALR Recover CSII

4:00 18:00 14:00 TR Transit to AC601

18:00 20:00 2:00 AIV CTD 070210a

20:00 21:00 1:00 ALR Launch CSII

21:00 0:00 3:00 RL Survey AC601

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

Cumulative Times

Description Code Today To Date Cumulative

Mobilization/Demob MD 0.00 8.00 8.00

Transit TR 14.00 18.00 32.00

Calibrations CA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Op(AUV in the Van) AIV 2.00 7.00 9.00

Op(AUV running lines) RL 5.50 33.00 38.50

OP(AUV L&R) ALR 2.50 6.00 8.50

Additional work (Clients request) AW 0.00 0.00 0.00

Coring CO 0.00 0.00 0.00

Standby SB 0.00 0.00 0.00

Equipment Downtime ED 0.00 0.00 0.00

Vessel Downtime VD 0.00 0.00 0.00

Re Runs RR 0.00 0.00 0.00

Weather Downtime WOW 0.00 0.00 0.00

Other OTH 0.00 0.00 0.00

Totals 24.00 72.00 96.00

Ops Planned Next 3 Days:

AUV Survey
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Dive Summary

Cumulative Dives

Planned Dives

Complete

Failed Dives Prior To

Start of Mission

Failed Dives During

Mission

Dives

Aborted

4 3 0 0 0

Percentage 75.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Percentages: Survey Operations

Description Complete Remain

Mob/Demob 50% 50%

Transit 50% 50%

Data Acquisition

Calculations Based On 140 Km in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Today To Date Complete Remain Days

Survey Primary 216.00 21.15 188.10 87.08% 12.92% 0.20

Survey Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Primary 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Battery Change + LR Anode Changes 0 Recovery Fluid Change 0 0.00

Coring

Calculations Based on 12 Cores Taken in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Complete Remain Days

Piston 0 0 0 0.00

Box 0 0 0 0.00

Totals 0.20

Comments

C&C:

Client:

Contact Numbers

R/V Northern Resolution

Lab Voice------Ext. 2911 VSAT (337) 237-4242 Then Appropriate Ext.

Bridge Voice-----Ext. 2913 SAT B 001-874-327-302-889

Party Chief Voice-----Ext. 2912

C&C TECHNOLOGIES

Office 337-261-0660

Office Fax 337-261-0192

C&C Representative Client Representative Client Representative

AUV Field Project Manager

Scott McBay
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JOB # 072265 DPR # 5 Mission: run070210_1 2/11/2007

Client LSU

Project Name AUV Site Survey

Survey Area Multiple Areas

Scope of Work AUV Site Survey

Vessel R/V Northern Resolution

Midnight Location Lat: N26 21.7806 Lon: W94 31.3067

DPR Distribution List:

E-mail Address Name Company

Client Representative

Client Distibution List

hrober3@lsu.edu Dr. Harry Roberts

C&C Technologies:

smm@cctechnol.com Scott Melancon C&C Technologies

pcm@cctechnol.com Paige Melancon C&C Technologies

jsm@cctechnol.com Scott McBay C&C Technologies

jgn@cctechnol.com Jay Northcutt C&C Technologies

ces@cctechnol.com Charlie Spann C&C Technologies

tdr@cctechnol.com Tom Richards C&C Technologies

tsc@cctechnol.com Thomas Chance C&C Technologies

dja@cctechnol.com Dave Alleman C&C Technologies

jef@cctechnol.com Jeff Fortenberry C&C Technologies

Project Dates/Times

**Note** All Times In UTC (GMT)

Date: Time:

Commenced Mobilization 2/7/2007 0600

Completed Mobilization 2/7/2007 0800

Transit to Job Site 2/7/2007 0600

Arrived at Job Site 2/7/2007 0800

Commenced Calibrations

Completed Calibrations

Commenced Scope of Work 2/7/2007 1000

Completed Scope of Work 2/11/2007 0700

Commenced Additional Work

Completed Additional Work

Commenced Rerun's

Completed Rerun's

Commenced Coring

Completed Coring

Arrived alongside

Commenced Demobilization

Completed Demobilization
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Safety

Today To Date

Stop Cards 0 1 Safety/Orientation inductions 2

Tailgate Meetings 2 4 Job Kickoff Meeting 2/5/2007

Shift Change Meetings 2 4 Last Safety Meeting 2/10/2007

JSA Review 2 2 Last Safety Committee 2/10/2007

First aid cases 0 0 Last Fire Drill 2/7/2007

Medical treatment cases 0 0 Last Abandon Ship Drill 2/7/2007

Restricted work cases 0 0 Last Man Over Board Drill 2/7/2007

Lost time incidents 0 0 Total Personnel On Board 33

Comments:

Weather - Last 24 hours

Time Wind Direction Wind Speed Knots Seas Meters Swell

0000-0600 N 2 .5

0600-1200 E 7 1

1200-1800 E 3 1

1800-2400 NE 4 1

Forecast Next 48 Hours

Date Wind Direction Wind Speed knots Seas Meters Swell

2/11/2007 E 15 2

2/12/2007 SE 15 2

Daily Chronology Summary

From

Hr:Min

To

Hr:Min

Total

Hr:Min Code Description

0:00 5:00 5:00 RL Survey AC601

5:00 7:00 2:00 ALR Recover CSII

7:00 0:00 17:00 TR Transit to GC237

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

Cumulative Times

Description Code Today To Date Cumulative

Mobilization/Demob MD 0.00 8.00 8.00

Transit TR 17.00 32.00 49.00

Calibrations CA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Op(AUV in the Van) AIV 0.00 9.00 9.00

Op(AUV running lines) RL 5.00 38.50 43.50

OP(AUV L&R) ALR 2.00 8.50 10.50

Additional work (Clients request) AW 0.00 0.00 0.00

Coring CO 0.00 0.00 0.00

Standby SB 0.00 0.00 0.00

Equipment Downtime ED 0.00 0.00 0.00

Vessel Downtime VD 0.00 0.00 0.00

Re Runs RR 0.00 0.00 0.00

Weather Downtime WOW 0.00 0.00 0.00

Other OTH 0.00 0.00 0.00

Totals 24.00 96.00 120.00

Ops Planned Next 3 Days:

AUV Survey
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Dive Summary

Cumulative Dives

Planned Dives

Complete

Failed Dives Prior To

Start of Mission

Failed Dives During

Mission

Dives

Aborted

4 4 0 0 0

Percentage 100.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Percentages: Survey Operations

Description Complete Remain

Mob/Demob 50% 50%

Transit 50% 50%

Data Acquisition

Calculations Based On 140 Km in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Today To Date Complete Remain Days

Survey Primary 216.00 27.90 216.00 100.00% 0.00% 0.00

Survey Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Primary 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Rerun's Additional 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00% 0.00

Battery Change + LR Anode Changes 0 Recovery Fluid Change 0 0.00

Coring

Calculations Based on 12 Cores Taken in a 24 Hour Period

Description Total Complete Remain Days

Piston 0 0 0 0.00

Box 0 0 0 0.00

Totals 0.00

Comments

C&C:

Client:

Contact Numbers

R/V Northern Resolution

Lab Voice------Ext. 2911 VSAT (337) 237-4242 Then Appropriate Ext.

Bridge Voice-----Ext. 2913 SAT B 001-874-327-302-889

Party Chief Voice-----Ext. 2912

C&C TECHNOLOGIES

Office 337-261-0660

Office Fax 337-261-0192

C&C Representative Client Representative Client Representative

AUV Field Project Manager

Scott McBay
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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

02/07/2007

Areas: AT Valley

Blocks: 340

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070207_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 16N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

0550 Transit to job site

0600 Shift Change B.Hollie, M.Gatch

WX Winds: S 9 knots Seas: 1.0m

0754 On location for CTD 070207a

lowering HiPAP ram

0801 CTD in water

0854 CTD on bottom Y:3060090.36 X:365507.37 WD:2318

0934 CTD on deck CTD 070207a

0948 Start predive 070207_1

1006 Predive complete

1019.12 Pin Pulled

1020 AUV in water

1118 AUV in external guidance

1130 180 2243 1 301 SOL

1153 180 2209 16 301 EOL

1158 360 2209 16 302 SOL

1200 WX Winds: N 7 knots Seas: 1.0m

1219 360 2243 1 302 EOL

1223 180 2244 1 303 SOL

1246 180 2214 16 303 EOL

1250 360 2216 16 304 SOL

1311 360 2242 1 304 EOL

1315 180 2243 1 305 SOL

1338 180 2217 16 305 EOL

1343 360 2216 16 306 SOL

1403 360 2240 1 306 EOL

1408 180 2242 1 307 SOL

1431 180 2218 16 307 EOL

1435 360 2222 16 308 SOL

1456 360 2245 1 308 EOL

1500 180 2258 1 309 SOL

1523 180 2227 16 309 EOL

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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

02/07/2007

Areas: AT Valley

Blocks: 340

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070207_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 16N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

1527 360 2232 16 310 SOL; GPS went out for a few seconds b/w SP:

7-5

1548 360 2271 1 310 EOL

1552 180 2279 1 311 SOL

1615 180 2238 16 311 EOL

1619 360 2241 16 312 SOL

1641 360 2286 1 312 EOL

1645 180 2295 1 313 SOL

1708 180 2246 16 313 EOL

1716 270 2251 1 403 SOL

1739 270 2207 16 403 EOL

1750 090 2211 16 402 SOL

1800 WX Winds NE 11 Kts. Seas 4’

Shift Change D. Aucoin C. Gibbens

1811 090 2254 1 402 EOL

1822 270 2294 1 401 SOL

1845 270 2233 16 401 EOL

1856 270 2256 12 512 SOL

1913 270 2251 1 512 EOL

1918 090 2246 1 513 SOL

1933 090 2248 12 513 EOL

1938 270 2242 12 514 SOL

1954 270 2242 1 514 EOL

2000 090 2238 1 515 SOL

2015 090 2237 12 515 EOL

2020 270 2233 12 516 SOL

2036 270 2233 1 516 EOL

2041 090 2227 1 517 SOL

2057 090 2230 12 517 EOL

2102 270 2225 12 518 SOL

2118 270 2221 1 518 EOL

2123 090 2213 1 519 SOL

730 EAST KALISTE SALOOM ROAD, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA 70508
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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

02/07/2007

Areas: AT Valley

Blocks: 340

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070207_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 16N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

2139 090 2223 12 519 EOL

2144 270 2222 12 520 SOL

2200 270 2209 1 520 EOL

2205 090 2207 1 521 SOL

2221 090 2221 12 521 EOL

2225 270 2222 12 522 SOL

2242 270 2204 1 522 EOL

2249 000 2210 16 501 SOL

2312 000 2252 1 501 EOL

2316 180 2254 1 502 SOL

2337 180 2211 16 502 EOL

2341 000 2212 16 503 SOL

0000 New Day 02/08/2007 Lat. 27 39.3102 Lon. 88 24.1975

WX Winds NE 10 Kts. Seas 2-3’

0003 000 2253 1 503 EOL

0007 180 2255 1 504 SOL

0028 180 2213 16 504 EOL

0031 000 2214 16 505 SOL

0054 000 2254 1 505 EOL

0057 180 2256 1 506 SOL Reboot ts workstation

0119 180 2215 16 506 EOL

0122 000 2215 16 507 SOL

0145 000 2255 1 507 EOL

0149 180 2254 1 508 SOL

0209 180 2217 16 508 EOL

0213 000 2218 16 509 SOL

0235 000 2255 1 509 EOL

0239 180 2256 1 510 SOL

0301 180 2219 16 510 EOL

0304 000 2219 16 511 SOL

0326 000 2255 1 511 EOL Begin ascent procedures

0440 AUV on surface

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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

02/08/2007

Areas: Green Canyon

Blocks: 852

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070208_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

Transit to job location

1910 Arrive @ CTD location 070208a

1946 CTD on bottom Y=3003199.01 X=682108.95 WD=1738m

2016 CTD on deck heading to AUV drop point

2057 Retake CTD 070208b

2122 CTD on bottom Y=3005440.99 X=682914.15 WD=1791m

2152 CTD on deck

2200 Start predive

2235 Predive complete

2242 AUV in water

2336 External Guidance

2343 180 1700 1 601 SOL

0000 New Day 02/09/2007 Lat. 27 06.7524 Lon. 91 10.7112

WX Winds N 10 Kts. Seas 2-3’

0018 180 1650 24 601 EOL

0023 000 1642 24 602 SOL

0055 000 1671 1 602 EOL

0059 180 1642 1 603 SOL

0134 180 1632 24 603 EOL

0138 000 1620 24 604 SOL

0212 000 1609 1 604 EOL

0216 180 1581 1 605 SOL

0250 180 1610 24 605 EOL

0255 000 1592 24 606 SOL

0328 000 1573 1 606 EOL

0333 180 1555 1 607 SOL

0407 180 1576 24 607 EOL

0411 000 1557 24 608 SOL

0445 000 1537 1 608 EOL

0449 180 1526 1 609 SOL

0523 180 1535 24 609 EOL

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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

02/09/2007

Areas: Green Canyon

Blocks: 852

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070208_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

0527 000 1552 24 610 SOL

0600 Shift Change B.Hollie, M.Gatch

WX Winds: E 7 knots Seas: Calm

0602 000 1535 1 610 EOL

0605 180 1526 1 611 SOL

0639 180 1575 24 611 EOL

0643 000 1595 24 612 SOL

0717 000 1546 1 612 EOL

0721 180 1569 1 613 SOL

0755 180 1599 24 613 EOL

0758 000 1625 24 614 SOL

0832 000 1578 1 614 EOL

0836 180 1586 1 615 SOL

0910 180 1618 24 615 EOL

0914 000 1608 24 616 SOL

0948 000 1603 1 616 EOL

0956 270 1600 1 701 SOL

1018 AUV kicked out of external guidance

NAV P restarted

1022 270 1700 19 701 EOL

1024 AUV back in external guidance; heading to line

1035 090 1680 19 702 SOL

1102 090 1590 1 702 EOL

1113 270 1606 1 703 SOL

1140 270 1693 19 703 EOL

1152 090 1669 19 704 SOL

1200 WX Winds: E 3 knots Seas: .5m

1218 090 1602 1 704 EOL; job complete; starting ascent procedures

1219 AUV stopped external guidance

1340 AUV in van

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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

2-9-07

Areas: Walker Ridge

Blocks: 269

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070209_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

1350 transit to job site

1716 On location; preparing CTD cast 070209a

1803 CTD on bottom Y=2950608.54 X=630655.54 Z=2034m

1837 CTD on deck – Start Predive

1909 Predive Complete

1915 AUV in water

2009 External Guidance

2018 067 1994 22 808 SOL

2048 067 1944 1 808 EOL

2052 247 1948 1 807 SOL

2123 247 1997 22 807 EOL

2127 067 2018 22 806 SOL

2157 067 1967 1 806 EOL

2202 247 1961 1 805 SOL

2233 247 2018 22 805 EOL

2237 067 2019 22 804 SOL

2308 067 1974 1 804 EOL

2312 247 1975 1 803 SOL

2343 247 2011 22 803 EOL

2347 067 2023 22 802 SOL

0000 New Day 02/10/2007 Lat. 26 41.2369 Lon. 91 40.2744

WX Winds N 2 Kts Seas Calm

0018 067 1977 1 802 EOL

0022 247 1978 1 801 SOL

0052 247 2013 22 801 EOL

0100 157 2001 1 904 SOL

0114 157 1961 10 904 EOL

0125 337 1956 10 903 SOL

0138 337 1964 1 903 EOL

0150 157 1997 1 902 SOL

0203 157 1967 10 902 EOL

0214 337 1937 10 901 SOL

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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

02/10/2007

Areas: Walker Ridge

Blocks: 269

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070209_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

0228 337 1982 1 901 EOL Begin ascent procedures

0346 AUV on surface

0358 AUV in Van

0420 Download data complete transit next location

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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

2-10-07

Areas: Alam Canyon

Blocks: 601

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070210_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

0420 Transit to job site

1748 On location for CTD 070210a; lowering HiPAP

& getting CTD ready for deployment

1837 CTD on bottom Y=347560.87 X=347560.87 WD=2359m

1920 CTD on deck Begin pre-dive

1950 Pre-dive complete

1955 AUV in water

2057 Activate external guidance

2107 010 2327 29 101 SOL

2149 010 2327 1 101 EOL

2153 190 2337 1 102 SOL

2233 190 2313 29 102 EOL

2237 010 2320 29 103 SOL

2319 010 2342 1 103 EOL

2323 190 2342 1 104 SOL

0000 New Day 02/11/2007 Lat. 26 21.7806 Lon. 94 31.3067

WX Winds NE 22 Kts. Seas 2m

0003 190 2310 29 104 EOL

0007 010 2298 28 105 SOL

0048 010 2350 1 105 EOL

0053 190 2356 1 106 SOL

0131 190 2269 28 106 EOL

0135 010 2282 28 107 SOL

0216 010 2362 1 107 EOL

0220 190 2361 1 108 SOL

0258 190 2283 28 108 EOL

0305 280 2263 11 205 SOL

0320 280 2327 1 205 EOL

0331 100 2332 1 204 SOL

0347 100 2255 11 204 EOL

0358 280 2308 11 203 SOL

0413 280 2291 1 203 EOL

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JobNo.:

072265

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel: R/V Northern Resolution

Remote Vessel: C-Surveyor II TM

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation, HiPAP, 

Doppler Speed Log

Date: (UTC)

02/11/2007

Areas: Alam Canyon

Blocks: 601

Units: Meters

Mission:

run070210_1

Datum: NAD27

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-10 

kHz), Edgetech Dual Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad 

EM 2000 (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading Water

Depth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

0424 100 2309 1 202 SOL

0439 100 2351 11 202 EOL

0451 280 2362 11 201 SOL

0505 280 2333 1 201 EOL Begin ascent procedures

0600 Shift Change B.Hollie, M.Gatch

WX Winds: N-NE 8-10 knots Seas: 2.0m

0609 AUV emergency ascent; critical height

0624 AUV on surface

0643 AUV in van; job complete

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No. 1

Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date:

2/7/2007

Area: AT Valley

Block: 340

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 16N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

09:48 Start Predive

10:06 Predive Complete

10:19 Pin Pulled

10:20 Aquatic Fish in Water

10:20 AUV in Water

10:28 AUV at 300 Pitch Roll -0.1

10:34 AUV at 600 Pitch 3.4 Roll -0.1

10:41 AUV at 900 Pitch -2.8 Roll -0.1

10:49 AUV at 1200 Pitch -2.3 Roll -0.2

10:56 AUV at 1500 Pitch 3.8 Roll -0.1

11:03 AUV at 1800 Pitch 3.6 Roll 0.1

11:10 AUV at 2100 Pitch 3.3 Roll -0.2

11:13 AUV at 2180 Pitch 3.3 Roll -0.2

11:18 AUV on External Guidance

11:30 180 2243 1 301 SOL

11:53 180 2209 16 301 EOL

11:58 360 2209 16 302 SOL

12:19 360 2243 1 302 EOL

12:23 180 2244 1 303 SOL

12:46 180 2214 16 303 EOL

12:50 360 2216 16 304 SOL

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No. 2

Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date:

2/7/2007

Area: AT Valley

Block: 340

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 16N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

13:11 360 2242 1 304 EOL

13:15 180 2243 1 305 SOL

13:38 180 2217 16 305 EOL

13:43 360 2216 16 306 SOL

14:03 360 2240 1 306 EOL

14:08 180 2242 1 307 SOL

14:31 180 2218 16 307 EOL

14:35 360 2222 16 308 SOL

14:56 360 2245 1 308 EOL

15:00 180 2258 1 309 SOL

15:23 180 2227 16 309 EOL

15:27 360 2232 16 310 SOL

15:48 360 2271 1 310 EOL

15:52 180 2279 1 311 SOL

16:15 180 2238 16 311 EOL

16:19 360 2241 16 312 SOL

16:41 360 2286 1 312 EOL

16:45 180 2295 1 313 SOL

17:08 180 2246 16 313 EOL

17:16 270 2251 1 403 SOL

17:39 270 2207 16 403 EOL

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Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date:

2/7/2007

Area: AT Valley

Block: 340

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 16N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

1750 090 2211 16 402 SOL

1800 Shif Change D. Aucoin C. Gibbens

1811 090 2254 1 402 EOL

1822 270 2294 1 401 SOL

1845 270 2233 16 401 EOL

1856 270 2256 12 512 SOL

1913 270 2251 1 512 EOL

1918 090 2246 1 513 SOL

1933 090 2248 12 513 EOL

1938 270 2242 12 514 SOL

1954 270 2242 1 514 EOL

2000 090 2238 1 515 SOL

2015 090 2237 12 515 EOL

2020 270 2233 12 516 SOL

2036 270 2233 1 516 EOL

2041 090 2227 1 517 SOL

2057 090 2230 12 517 EOL

2102 270 2225 12 518 SOL

2118 270 2221 1 518 EOL

2123 090 2213 1 519 SOL

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Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date: Area: AT Valley

Block: 340

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 16N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

2139 090 2223 12 519 EOL

2144 270 2222 12 520 SOL

2200 270 2209 1 520 EOL

2205 090 2207 1 521 SOL

2221 090 2221 12 521 EOL

2225 270 2222 12 522 SOL

2242 270 2205 1 522 EOL

2249 000 2210 16 501 SOL

2312 000 2252 1 501 EOL

2316 180 2254 1 502 SOL

2337 180 2211 16 502 EOL

2341 000 2212 16 503 SOL

0003 000 2253 1 503 EOL

0007 180 2255 1 504 SOL

0028 180 2213 16 504 EOL

0031 000 2214 16 505 SOL

0054 000 2257 1 505 EOL

0057 180 2256 1 506 SOL

0119 180 2215 16 506 EOL

0122 000 2215 16 507 SOL

0144 000 2255 1 507 EOL

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No. 1

Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: HYDRO Gulf of Mexico, LLC Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date:

2 / 8 / 07

Area: Green Canyon

Block: 852

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

2215 Start Predive

2235 Predive Complete

2241 Pin Pulled

2243 AUV In Water

2247 Aquatic Fish In Water

2252 AUV At 300 Pitch 3.1 Roll .2

2259 AUV At 600 Pitch 3.6 Roll 0.2

2305 AUV At 900 Pitch 3.3 Roll 0.3

2312 AUV At 1200 Pitch 4.0 Roll 0.2

2316 AUV At 1400 Pitch 3.6 Roll 0.1

2319 AUV At 1500 Pitch 4.4 Roll 0.1

2322 AUV At 1600 Pitch 2.8 Roll 0.0

2328 AUV At 1700 Pitch 2.5 Roll 0.1

2336 AUV On External Guidance

2343 180 1700 1 601 SOL

0018 180 1650 24 601 EOL

0023 000 1642 24 602 SOL

0055 000 1671 1 602 EOL

0059 180 1642 1 603 SOL

0134 180 1632 24 603 EOL

0138 000 1620 24 604 SOL

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Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: HYDRO Gulf of Mexico, LLC Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date:

2/8/2007

Area: Green Canyon

Block: 852

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

0212 000 1609 1 604 EOL

0216 180 1581 1 605 SOL

0250 180 1610 24 605 EOL

0255 000 1592 24 606 SOL

0328 000 1573 1 606 EOL

0333 180 1555 1 607 SOL

0407 180 1576 24 607 EOL

0411 000 1557 24 608 SOL

0445 000 1537 1 608 EOL

0449 180 1526 1 609 SOL

0523 180 1535 24 609 EOL

0527 000 1552 24 610 SOL

0602 000 1535 1 610 EOL

0605 180 1526 1 611 SOL

0639 180 1575 24 611 EOL

0643 000 1595 24 612 SOL

0717 000 1546 1 612 EOL

0721 180 1569 1 613 SOL

0755 180 1599 24 613 EOL

0758 000 1625 24 614 SOL

0832 000 1578 1 614 EOL

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Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: HYDRO Gulf of Mexico, LLC Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date:

2/8/07

Area: Green Canyon

Block: 852

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

0836 180 1586 1 615 SOL

0910 180 1618 24 615 EOL

0914 000 1608 24 616 SOL

0948 000 1603 1 616 EOL

0956 270 1600 1 701 SOL

1022 270 1700 19 701 EOL

1035 090 1680 19 702 SOL

1102 090 1590 1 702 EOL

1113 270 1606 1 703 SOL

1140 270 1693 19 703 EOL

1152 090 1669 19 704 SOL

1218 090 1602 1 704 EOL

1219 Stop External Guidance

1225 Set depth @ 1530

1229 Set depth @ 1500

1238 Set depth @ 1200

1248 Set depth @ 900

1251 Set depth @ 600

1303 AUV Enter Line 24

1325 AUV on Surface

1338 AUV on Deck

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Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date:

2/9/2007

Area: Walker Ridge

Block: 269

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

1900 Start Predive

1913 Predive Complete

1914 Pin Pulled

1915 AUV In Water

1919 Aquatic Fish In Water

1925 AUV @ 300 Pitch 3.3 Roll 0.3

1930 AUV @ 600 Pitch 4.0 Roll 0.3

1937 AUV @ 900 Pitch 3.4 Roll 0.3

1944 AUV @ 1200 Pitch 3.5 Roll 0.1

1951 AUV @ 1500 Pitch 1.9 Roll 0.1

2000 AUV @ 1800 Pitch 3.3 Roll 0.0

2000 AUV @ 1900 Pitch 3.4 Roll 0.1

2006 AUV @ 1965 Pitch 3.3 Roll 0.0

2010 AUV On External Guidance

2018 067 1994 22 808 SOL

2048 067 1944 1 808 EOL

2052 247 1948 1 807 SOL

2123 247 1997 22 807 EOL

2127 067 2016 22 806 SOL

2157 067 1967 1 806 EOL

2202 247 1961 1 805 SOL

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No. 2

Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date:

2/9/2007

Area: Walker Ridge

Block: 269

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

2233 247 2018 22 805 EOL

2237 067 2019 22 804 SOL

2308 067 1974 1 804 EOL

2312 247 1975 1 803 SOL

2343 247 2011 22 803 EOL

2347 067 2023 22 802 SOL

0018 067 1977 1 802 EOL

0022 247 1978 1 801 SOL

0052 247 2013 22 801 EOL

0100 157 2001 1 904 SOL

0114 157 1961 10 904 EOL

0125 337 1956 10 903 SOL

0138 337 1964 1 903 EOL

0150 157 1997 1 902 SOL

0203 157 1967 10 902 EOL

0214 337 1937 10 901 SOL

0228 337 1982 1 901 EOL

0230 Starting Ascent Procedures, Job Complete

0232 Stop External Guidance

0346 AUV on surface

0358 Pin In

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No. 1

Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date: Area: Alam Canyon

Block: 601

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

1935 Start Predive

1945 Predive Complete

1954 Pin Pulled

1955 AUV In Water

1958 Aquatic Fish In Water

2003 AUV @ 300 Pitch 3.6 Roll -0.3

2010 AUV @ 600 Pitch 3.7 Roll -0.5

2016 AUV @ 900 Pitch 3.3 Roll -0.4

2023 AUV @ 1200 Pitch 3.7 Roll -0.2

2029 AUV @ 1500 Pitch 3.1 Roll -0.2

2036 AUV @ 1800 Pitch 3.7 Roll -0.2

2042 AUV @ 2100 Pitch 3.8 Roll 0.0

2046 AUV @ 2200 Pitch 3.0 Roll -0.2

2050 AUV @ 2300 Pitch 1.9 Roll 1.8

2053 AUV @ 2360 Pitch 3.0 Roll -0.1

2057 AUV On External Guidance

2107 010 2327 29 101 SOL

2149 010 2327 1 101 EOL

2153 190 2337 1 102 SOL

2233 190 2323 29 102 EOL

2237 010 2320 29 103 SOL

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Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date: Area: Alam Canyon

Block: 601

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

2319 010 2342 1 103 EOL

2323 190 2342 1 104 SOL

0003 190 2310 29 104 EOL

0007 010 2298 28 105 SOL

0048 010 2350 1 105 EOL

0053 190 2356 1 106 SOL

0131 190 2269 28 106 EOL

0135 010 2283 28 107 SOL

0216 010 2362 1 107 EOL

0220 190 2361 1 108 SOL

0258 190 2283 28 108 EOL

0305 280 2263 11 205 SOL

0320 280 2327 1 205 EOL

0331 100 2332 1 204 SOL

0347 100 2255 11 204 EOL

0358 280 2308 11 203 SOL

0413 280 2291 1 203 EOL

0424 100 2309 1 202 SOL

0439 100 2351 11 202 EOL

0451 280 2362 11 201 SOL

0505 280 2333 1 201 EOL

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No. 3

Job No: 072265

Mission Name:

Client: Louisiana State University Vessel:

R/V Northern Resolution

Survey Equipment: DGPS, Inertial Navigation,

HiPAP, Doppler Speed Log

Date: Area: Alam Canyon

Block: 601

Survey Units:

Meters

Datum: WGS84

Projection: UTM

Zone: 15N

Geophysical Equipment: Edgetech 216 FSSB Profiler (2-6 kHz), Edgetech Dual

Frequency SSS (120 & 410 kHz), Simrad EM 2000 Multibeam (200 kHz)

Time (UTC) 

(-6 to Local) Heading WaterDepth

Fix

No. Line Name Remarks

0506 Start Ascent Procedures

0643 AUV in van

0648 Downloading data

0653 Data download complete

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Water Column Sound Velocity Profiles

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Water Depth (m)

Coastal Studies Institute 

Louisiana State University 

Block 340, Atwater Valley Area 

Sound Velocity Profile

Speed of Sound (m/s)

1480 1485 1490 1495 1500 1505 1510 1515 1520 1525 1530

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

Measured Speed of Sound - Water Column

CTD

Water Depth: 2340m 

Latitude: 27.660069 N 

Longitude: -88.363499 W 

Blocks: 340

February 7, 2007

Harmonic Speed of Sound - Water Column

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Water Depth (m)

Coastal Studies Institute 

Louisiana State University 

Block 852, Green Canyon Area 

Sound Velocity Profile

Speed of Sound (m/s)

1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

Measured Speed of Sound - Water Column

CTD

Water Depth: 1717 m 

Latitude: 27.141114 N 

Longitude: -91.162490 W

Block: 852, Green Canyon Area

February 8, 2007

Harmonic Speed of Sound - Water Column

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Water Depth (m)

Coastal Studies Institute 

Louisiana State University 

Block 269, Walker Ridge Area 

Sound Velocity Profile

Speed of Sound (m/s)

1480 1485 1490 1495 1500 1505 1510 1515 1520 1525 1530

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

CTD

Water Depth: 2029 m 

Latitude: 26.672246 N 

Longitude: -91.687049 W 

Block: 269

February 9, 2007

Measured Speed of Sound - Water Column

Harmonic Speed of Sound - Water Column

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Water Depth (m)

Coastal Studies Institute

Louisiana State University Block

601, Alaminos Canyon Area Sound

Velocity Profile

Speed of Sound (m/s)

1480 1485 1490 1495 1500 1505 1510 1515 1520 1525 1530

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

CTD

Water Depth: 2352 m Measured Speed of Sound - Water Column

Latitude: 26.361331 N Harmonic Speed of Sound - Water Column

Longitude: 0-94.527918 W

Block 601

February 10, 2007

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Tide Curves

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MSL Adjustment (cm) MSL Adjustment (cm)

Goddard Global Ocean Tide Model 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT STUDY 

BLOCK 852, GREEN CANYON AREA

0.15

0.1

0.05

0

-0.05

-0.1

2/7/07 7:12

PM

2/8/07 12:00

AM

2/8/07 4:48

AM

2/8/07 9:36

AM

2/8/07 2:24

PM

2/8/07 7:12

PM

2/9/07 12:00

AM

2/9/07 4:48

AM

Time

Goddard Global Ocean Tide Model 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT STUDY 

BLOCK 340, ATWATER VALLEY AREA

0.08

0.06

0.04

0.02

0

-0.02

-0.04

-0.06

2/6/07 7:12

PM

2/7/07 12:00

AM

2/7/07 4:48

AM

2/7/07 9:36

AM

2/7/07 2:24

PM

2/7/07 7:12

PM

2/8/07 12:00

AM

2/8/07 4:48

AM

Time

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MSL Adjustment (cm) MSL Adjustment (cm)

Goddard Global Ocean Tide Model 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT STUDY 

BLOCK 269, WALKER RIDGE AREA

0.2

0.15

0.1

0.05

0

-0.05

-0.1

-0.15

-0.2

2/8/07 7:12

PM

2/9/07 12:00

AM

2/9/07 4:48

AM

2/9/07 9:36

AM

2/9/07 2:24

PM

2/9/07 7:12

PM

2/10/07

12:00 AM

2/10/07 4:48

AM

Time

Goddard Global Ocean Tide Model 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT STUDY 

BLOCK 601, ALAMINOS CANYON AREA

0.25

0.2

0.15

0.1

0.05

0

-0.05

-0.1

-0.15

-0.2

-0.25

2/9/07 7:12

PM

2/10/07

12:00 AM

2/10/07 4:48

AM

2/10/07 9:36

AM

2/10/07 2:24

PM

2/10/07 7:12

PM

2/11/07

12:00 AM

2/11/07 4:48

AM

Time

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MSL Adjustment (cm)

Goddard Global Ocean Tide Model 

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT STUDY 

BLOCK 601, ALAMINOS CANYON AREA

0.3

0.2

0.1

0

-0.1

-0.2

-0.3

2/10/07 7:12

PM

2/11/07

12:00 AM

2/11/07 4:48

AM

2/11/07 9:36

AM

2/11/07 2:24

PM

2/11/07 7:12

PM

2/12/07

12:00 AM

2/12/07 4:48

AM

Time

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APPENDIX 3-E

AUV Maps
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AT340

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GC852

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WR269
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Pre-dive Plans.

AT340

Dive #4173

Date 5/09/2006 Cruise AT 15-03 Site AT340

Pilot: Mark Port: Erik Cordes Starboard: Bernie Bernard

Launch Target

N27 38.84577 W088 21.72023

X 5397, Y 7102 Depth 2216 m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, Medium Biobox, 2 mussel pots,

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net

Markers: one site bench marker, 1 ball, one ball plus float, two Ian markers

Tasks:

i) watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates. Three total over the dive 

is good: document setting, location, and rock with a pic

ii) watch for opportunities to collect random fauna (crabs, big snails, starfish, Sea cukes...). use 

either nets or suction

1) Sit down facing North. and navigate in the sub (30 minutes, do it right). 

If this is a nice spot, deploy the Bench Marker

If not a nice spot, then move to one and deploy the bench marker

2) turn on the Fornari digital camera. Head to Target 1 (original launch target) Take a look 

around. Head to target 8 on the way to target 11. Look around here and adjacent target 6(60-

90 minutes)

Note locations of tubeworm clumps, mussel beds, mats, carbonates etc.

3) Pick a nice mussel bed and set down to take two mussel pots. (30 – 60 min) 

Take 2 mussel pots from within the same bed.

Make sure you image the ring before picking it up

Leave Liz and Cindys experiment in a ”ring scar”

Stick low T probe into the mud and read (have camera on it and the t will display in the video.

Leave an Ian marker

4) Find a nice bacterial mat and take 6 push cores. (20 – 30 min) 

If you havn’t seen one, head to target 12 and then 5

5) Find some tubeworms. (60 min)

Sit down and take 2 Niskins if not too stirred up. 

Take 6 pushcores close to tubies.

Leave a marker here.

If good for BM or growth, then do not collect

If NOA good for either , then collect some into biobox

Mark this spot with Ian marker if it is a good one

6) Find another mussel bed to mosaick. Deploy 2 markers (with balls) within area. Collect
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images for mosaick (60 min)

6.5) head up towards Target 3 while you are looking for rocks and animals. Then go towards

Target 2

7) still no rocks collected. Find and collect 2 or three from different locations

8) How about mobile fauna? go suck and net some up.

9) If time remains call topside for targets.

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 2 mussel pots, 10 – 20 tubeworms, water, 3 carbonates, 

assorted fauna.

Targets (Origin = 27°35N, 88°25W)

Target Latitude Longitude X Y Depth

1 N27 38.84577 W088 21.72023 5397 7102 2216

Launch, mussel bed and isolated tubies

2 N27 38.91826 W088 21.77264 5311 7236 2213

3 N27 38.96198 W088 21.83758 5204 7317 2218

4 N27 38.91962 W088 21.98060 4969 7239 2207

5 N27 38.82016 W088 21.99486 4945 7055 2207

Scattered mussels and mats

6 N27 38.63063 W088 21.90074 5100 6705 2192

7 N27 38.68041 W088 21.81164 5247 6797 2204

8 N27 38.77387 W088 21.78625 5289 6970 2213

9 N27 38.66138 W088 22.11501 4748 6799 2192

10 N27 38.84205 W088 22.41383 4256 7095 2182

11 N27 38.67360 W088 21.89610 5108 6784 2195

Tubeworm clumps and mussel bed

12 N27 38.74590 W088 22.02100 4902 6918 2201

Bacterial mats (orange and white)

13 N27 38.84020 W088 22.11320 4751 7092 2200

Heart urchins
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AT340

Dive #4179

Date 5/15/2006 Cruise AT 15-03 Site AT340

Pilot: Bruce Port: Chuck Starboard: Stephanie

Launch Target

Launch BM_(LatLon) N27 38.67600 W088 21.90200

Depth 2200 m

Equipment:

Bushmaster, stainer, biobox, Suction pump sampler, niskins, fishtrap

Markers: 1 ball, one ball plus float, two new markers

Plan:

Head to launch target and find the Bench marker. Set down at a heading of 60°, get a fix, then set

XY appropriately.

Deploy the fish trap in this area.

Find some tubies to stain (here or towards target 11). 

Fire a niskin

stain ‘em

Deploy a marker

Find another to stain and do it again

Find one to collect 

Fire a niskin 

Collect it

Move to target 11 and find the most excellent mussel bed. Get xy 

Move to target 01 and find the beer mussel bed confirm xy 

Deploy 2 scale markers here

fire remaining niskins 

do a mosaick

Collect a net of mussels nearby 

Fire a niskin after setting down 

Move to target 02 and look around 

Move to target 03 and look around

Planned Collections: bushmaster, water, carbonates, mussels and assorted fauna.
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Targets

New_Origin N27 38.50000 W088 22.20000

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

New_Origin N27 38.50000 W088 22.20000 0 0

Launch BM_(LatLon) N27 38.67600 W088 21.90200 494 320 2,182

1-Mussels-BeerCan N27 38.84577 W088 21.72023 796 630 2,216

2-Lo_Amp N27 38.91826 W088 21.77264 711 765 2,213

3-Hi_Amp_Rim N27 38.95293 W088 21.84751 589 830 2,218

4-Lo_Amp N27 38.91962 W088 21.98060 369 771 2,207

5-Mussels-Mats N27 38.82016 W088 21.99486 344 587 2,207

6-Topo_High N27 38.63063 W088 21.90074 495 236 2,192

7-Hi_Amp N27 38.68041 W088 21.81164 642 326 2,204

8-Geo_Focal_Point N27 38.84309 W088 22.17553 47 633 2,213

9-Hi_Amp N27 38.66138 W088 22.11501 143 296 2,192

10-West_Topo_Hi N27 38.84205 W088 22.41383 -345 635 2,182

11-Tubies-Mussels N27 38.67360 W088 21.89610 503 315 2,195

12-Orange_Mat N27 38.74590 W088 22.02100 299 451 2,201

13-Heart_Urchins N27 38.84020 W088 22.11320 150 627 2,200

BM_XY N27 38.70738 W088 21.94736 420 378 2,182

Old_Origin N27 35.0000 W088 25.0000 -4,678 -6,411
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Date 5/16/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

AT340

Dive #4180

Pilot: Gavin Port: Erik Starboard: Jill

Launch Target

Launch BM_(LatLon) N27 38.67600 W088 21.90200

Depth 2200 m

Equipment:

Bushmaster, stainer, biobox, net, niskins

Markers: Three new markers

Plan:

Head to launch target and find the Bench marker. Set down at a heading near 60°, get a fix, then 

set XY to X 494, Y 320 and use DVL Nav

Check out fish trap in this area (just look, don’t touch)

Find some tubies to stain or collect (I found them to be somewhat abundant about 50 m NE of 

here at x 542, y 369: there should also be some around target 11). I stained medium to mediumsmall worms. You should stain some bigger ones, and perhaps some smaller ones. If you see 

some lamellibrachia, those would be good, to collect or stain...

To stain:

Fire a niskin

stain ‘em (fill to overflowing around the base and leave it for 7 minutes with a 10 – 15 second 

bump of stain every 2 – 3 minutes, then pump back. Watch the overflow on the return and do it 

gently)

Stow the stainer 

Deploy a marker 

Take a picture

Find another to stain and do it again

And do it again. 

Find one to collect. 

Fire a niskin 

Collect it

Now you are looking for a good mussel bed for the scoop and also exploring to better know this 

site. I suggest that you move towards target 12 then towards 7 and then towards 8 (in this area). 

These are all geo targets so take notes. Also note that #7 is supposed to be on a topo high that is 

fairly focused. Try and find the top of this mound to ground truth our bathymetry. As you check 

out a target, do not be afraid to check out a 50 m area around it as our nav is not perfect...

Move to target 03 and look around

Move to target 04 and look around

Planned Collections: bushmaster, water, carbonates, mussels and assorted fauna.
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Targets

New_Origin N27 38.50000 W088 22.20000

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

New_Origin N27 38.50000 W088 22.20000 0 0

1-Launch BM_(LatLon) N27 38.67600 W088 21.90200 494 320 2,182

2-Mussels-BeerCan N27 38.84577 W088 21.72023 796 630 2,216

3-Lo_Amp N27 38.91826 W088 21.77264 711 765 2,213

4-Hi_Amp_Rim N27 38.95293 W088 21.84751 589 830 2,218

5-Lo_Amp N27 38.91962 W088 21.98060 369 771 2,207

6-Mussels-Mats N27 38.82016 W088 21.99486 344 587 2,207

7-Topo_High N27 38.63063 W088 21.90074 495 236 2,192

8-Hi_Amp N27 38.68041 W088 21.81164 642 326 2,204

9-Geo_Focal_Point N27 38.84309 W088 22.17553 47 633 2,213

10-Hi_Amp N27 38.66138 W088 22.11501 143 296 2,192

11-West_Topo_Hi N27 38.84205 W088 22.41383 -345 635 2,182

12-Tubies-Mussels N27 38.67360 W088 21.89610 503 315 2,195

13-Orange_Mat N27 38.74590 W088 22.02100 299 451 2,201

14-Heart_Urchins N27 38.84020 W088 22.11320 150 627 2,200

Old_Origin N27 35.0000 W088 25.0000 -4,678 -6,411
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Site AT340

Dive #4181

Date 5/17/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Mark Port: Harry Starboard: Guy

Launch Target

West_Topo_Hi N27 38.84205 W088 22.41383

Depth 2180 m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, Medium Biobox, 1 mussel pots, 1 small bio box, chem. Profiler, Niskin rack, 

Suction pump sampler, lined collection net, smaller net

Markers: two Ian markers

General notes: This dive has 6 general objectives

1) to boldly go where no one has gone before (and take notes)

2) to test the chem. profiler

3) to collect pushcores and urchins to characterize this community

4) to make a paired mussel pot and mussel bag collection

5) collect some push cores near tubeworms

6) to bring up the fish trap and Liz’s experiments. Leave one hour at the end to make sure you get 

this done

Tasks:

1)Dive on target 11, the Western most geo target. Look around as needed. 

a) If at any time during the dive you see some tubeworms in sediment:

i) stop, sniff them with the chemical profiler (around their plumes and around their bases, 

ii) fire a niskin,

iii) take 3 push cores as close to the tubes as possible.

b) If at any time during the dive you see a nice bed of live mussels:

i) stop, sniff them with the chemical profiler (at several points right over the mussels)

ii) fire a nisken

iii) make a mussel pot collection

iv) make a net collection of mussels in to larger biobox 

v) deploy a marker

2) go to target 9 “geo focal point” and look around. Hey, what the heck, grab a rock.

3) If you have not already seen a good urchin community, head to target 14 and find some urchins 

plowing trails through the seep stained sediments

a) fire a niskin

b) use the chem. Profiler 

c) take 9 pushcores

d) Use the net in the small biobox to collect a 3-6 urchins 

e) deploy a marker

4) Evaluate time and power. If you are doing well with dive objectives and have extra time, head
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to target 5 and look around

5) Still no mussels? Head by target 6 where we saw some on the survey cruise and follow 

directions for 1b.

6) Go to target 1. find the bench marker (#1).

Still not tubeworm root cores for Helge? This is a good place. 

Pick up Liz’s experiments into one of the bioboxes

Pick up the fish trap

7) Time left, head to target 10 and look around.

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 1 mussel pot, one mussel net, 1 urchin net, carbonates, water, 

fish trap, E&O experiment

Targets

New_Origin N27 35.00000 W088 25.00000

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

New_Origin N27 38.50000 W088 22.20000 0 0

1-Launch BM_(LatLon) N27 38.67600 W088 21.90200 494 320 2,182

2-Mussels-BeerCan N27 38.84577 W088 21.72023 796 630 2,216

3-Lo_Amp N27 38.91826 W088 21.77264 711 765 2,213

4-Hi_Amp_Rim N27 38.95293 W088 21.84751 589 830 2,218

5-Lo_Amp N27 38.91962 W088 21.98060 369 771 2,207

6-Mussels-Mats N27 38.82016 W088 21.99486 344 587 2,207

7-Topo_High N27 38.63063 W088 21.90074 495 236 2,192

8-Hi_Amp N27 38.68041 W088 21.81164 642 326 2,204

9-Geo_Focal_Point N27 38.84309 W088 22.17553 47 633 2,213

10-Hi_Amp N27 38.66138 W088 22.11501 143 296 2,192

11-West_Topo_Hi N27 38.84205 W088 22.41383 -345 635 2,182

12-Tubies-Mussels N27 38.67360 W088 21.89610 503 315 2,195

13-Orange_Mat N27 38.74590 W088 22.02100 299 451 2,201

14-Heart_Urchins N27 38.84020 W088 22.11320 150 627 2,200
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AT340

Dive #4183

Date 5/19/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Bruce Port: Chuck Starboard: Adriana

Launch Target

West_Topo_Hi N27 38.84205 W088 22.41383

Depth 2180 m

Equipment:

Bushmaster, stainer, pushcores, Suction pump sampler, net, niskins

Markers: 3 balls, one ball plus float, three new markers

Plan:

Dive on launch target. Set down and get navigated in. Take 2 push cores. Fire a niskin

Head to launch target/topo high if you are not there

Find some tubies to stain. 

stain ‘em and fire a niskin 

Deploy a marker

Find another to stain and do it again

Do it again

Find one to collect

Collect it

Move to X375, Y375 and find the most excellent Urchin field (alternate Urchin field at X 640, Y

200).

Fire a niskin

Take 10 pushcores

Net a few urchins

Move to the mussel brick road (X680, Y310 to X 685, Y 370) 

Cruise up the road dropping markers every 15 meters (4 total). 

Run three mosaick lines.

Head north to targets 3, 4, and 5: and look around.

Planned Collections: bushmaster, carbonates, push cores, urchins and pictures.
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Targets

New_Origin N27 38.50000 W088 22.20000

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

New_Origin N27 38.50000 W088 22.20000 0 0

1-Launch BM_(LatLon) N27 38.67600 W088 21.90200 494 320 2,182

2-Mussels-BeerCan N27 38.84577W088 21.72023 796 630 2,216

3-Lo_Amp N27 38.91826 W088 21.77264 711 765 2,213

4-Hi_Amp_Rim N27 38.95293 W088 21.84751 589 830 2,218

5-Lo_Amp N27 38.91962 W088 21.98060 369 771 2,207

6-Mussels-Mats N27 38.82016W088 21.99486 344 587 2,207

7-Topo_High N27 38.63063 W088 21.90074 495 236 2,192

8-Hi_Amp N27 38.68041 W088 21.81164 642 326 2,204

9-Geo_Focal_Point N27 38.84309 W088 22.17553 47 633 2,213

10-Hi_Amp N27 38.66138 W088 22.11501 143 296 2,192

11-West_Topo_Hi N27 38.84205 W088 22.41383 -345 635 2,182

12-Tubies-Mussels N27 38.67360 W088 21.89610 503 315 2,195

13-Orange_Mat N27 38.74590 W088 22.02100 299 451 2,201

14-Heart_Urchins N27 38.84020W088 22.11320 150 627 2,200
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GC600

Dive #4184

Date 5/20/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Gavin Port: Stephane Starboard: Marshall

Launch: Target

1: N27° 22.390, W90° 34.526

Depth 1250m

Equipment:

Bushmaster, Push Core Rack, 1 Bioboxs, Mussel Pot, Niskin rack(?), Suction pump sampler, 1 

lined collection net, one unlined square net

Markers:

one bench marker, 1 ian marker

Plan:

1) Dive on Target 1. Land, and get navigated in. Go to target 1

2) Land heading N and deploy the Bench Marker (#2) Turn on Dan Cam and put strobes out.

3) Find a tubeworm bush to collect. Bob saw stuff round here. If you find nothing here then 

head N to Target 9 and then E to Target 10

4) Give up on tubeworms, or done, head to target 3, and keep your eyes open for live clams or 

mussels

5) If you don’t see them then pass on by to target 11.

6) When you find some mussels: 

Set down and fire two niskins

Take a mussel pot

Collect some into a net

Take 6 push cores as close to the mussel as possible

Deploy a marker

7) When you find some clams (try target 12 if you haven’t found any 

yet):

Set down and fire two niskins

Take six push cores around the live clams

Collect a few (3-4) into a net: put net in milk crate

Deploy a marker

8) If you are having a bad day, or running out of time before finding mussels and/or clams, take

6 push cores in a mat, or at least in the mud.

9) if you see something cool running around, suck it up

10) if you find a good carbonate, pick it up

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 1 mussel scoop, clams, carbonates, assorted fauna, 

bushmaster

Targets (Origin 27°N 21.90, 90°W 34.70)
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Target Latitude Longitude Local X (m) Local Y (m)

Local_Origin N27 21.9 W090 34.7 0 0

1 TWs N27 22.38960 W090 34.52590 270 910

2 Mats N27 22.35650 W090 34.50360 307 849

3 clams N27 22.16180 W090 34.28370 677 497

4 Geo N27 22.13070 W090 34.06731 1,035 446

5 Geo N27 22.29970 W090 34.33556 587 750

6 Geo N27 22.15775 W090 33.92080 1,276 501

7 Geo N27 22.12116 W090 33.94481 1,237 433

8 Geo N27 22.38280 W090 34.43158 425 900

9 Geo N27 22.46869 W090 34.51759 280 1,056

10 Geo N27 22.44819 W090 34.36051 540 1,023

11 Mussels N27 22.01970 W090 33.84760 1,401 249

12 Clams N27 21.98000 W090 33.81300 1,460 176
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GC 600

Dive #4174

Date 5/10/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Pat Port: Bob Carney Starboard: Helge Neimann

Launch Target

N 27 22.390 W 090 34.526

X 2431, Y 2567 Depth  ̃1250 m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, Medium Biobox, 2 mussel pots, Chem. Profiler, 

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net

Markers: one site bench marker, 1 ball, one ball plus float, two Ian markers

Tasks:

i) watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates. Three total over the dive 

is good: document setting, location, and rock with a pic

ii) watch for opportunities to collect random fauna (crabs, big snails, starfish, Sea cukes...). use 

either nets or suction

iii) Lots of notes on X,Y, new targets, and all depths...

1) Sit down facing North. and navigate in the sub (30 minutes, do it right). 

If this is a nice spot, deploy the Bench Marker

If not a nice spot, then move to Target 1 (launch target) and deploy the bench marker

2) Take a good look around here and at Target 2 (about 75 m to the SE)

3) These are the two targets with mussels and tubeworms confirmed and even those are scarce. 

After a quick survey of this area:

If you see an area to mussel pot, set down.

Try out the Chem Profiler at multiple locations in mussel bed

Make mussel pot collections (see mussel pot directions) Stick the low t probe in mussel bed

Try and collect a few tubeworms, even if they are solitary (here or nearby). Chem profiler first

(at plumes and bases)

if any of the places you set down here look seepy and there is enough sediment, then take a 

series of 6 push cores.

If any of the areas look like an interesting area for a 10 by 10 m mosaick, do it (check out 

mosaick directions). If you are time rich, do some Chem surveys in the area mosaicked with 

careful doc of probe position.

4) Move to target 8 and look around : move to target 5 and look around

5) Head to target 4. it’s a long run (about a km), but stay in site of bottom and keep your eyes 

peeled

6) Look around target 4 and head to 7 and look around.

7) move towards target 12 (you will pass through target 11 which had some live mussels) Target

12 is an area with live vesicomyid clams and lots of dead shells.

Find live clams (or at least clams in live position) Survey sediment surface with Chem 

profiler. Collect some clam(s) (4-6), take a set of 6 push cores here, stick the low T probe in the
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mud, and deploy an Ian marker

8) still no rocks collected. Find and collect 2 or three from different locations

9) How about mobile fauna? go suck and net some up.

10) If time remains look around hear then head to target 3.

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 2 mussel pots, 10 – 20 tubeworms, clams, 3 carbonates, 

assorted fauna.

Targets (origin 27°21 N, 90°36 W)

Target Lat Long X Y

1 N27 22.390 W090 34.526 2431 2567

Isolated tubeworms

2 N27 22.356 W090 34.504 2467 2504

Bacterial mats

3 N27 22.162 W090 34.284 2839 2144

Live clams

4 N27 22.130 W090 34.067 3188 2087

5 N27 22.30 W090 34.335 2746 2504

6 N27 22.158 W090 33.921 3428 2138

7 N27 22.121 W090 33.945 3389 2070

8 N27 22.383 W090 34.431 2587 2554

9 N27 22.469 W090 34.518 2444 2713

10 N27 22.448 W090 34.360 2705 2674

11 N27 22.020 W090 33.848 3549 1884

Few live mussels

12 N27 21.980 W090 33.813 3606 1809

Group of live vesicomyid clams
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WR269/270

Dive # 4191

Date 5/26/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Pat Port: Harry Roberts Starboard: Matt

Launch Target Lat 26 41.15 Long 91 39.57

Dive target: X = 1540 , Y = 1201 Depth = 1953

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, niskins, Biobox, 1 mussel pot, Ian cool pix,

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net (unlined) 

Markers: One marker; #2

Tasks:

i) Thorough job on Pogo community 

ii) Explore and document

iii) Nice photos and voucher collections of chemos as found

iv) Deploy Marker #2 at a lush site away from Target #1 (if found)

Plan:

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub.

2) Go to Bench marker. The pogo’s should be here. Before stirring it up, take a collection of

Dan Cam shots looking down at the pogos.

3) Land at the BM, facing north and

Record XY

Reset DVL XY to X=1540 , Y =1201

4) If not already among the Pogos, land among them and: 

Use cool pix to take a bunch of photos

Take all 12 push cores in the pogos, with pogos

Slurp up a bunch of ‘em (then nothing else in the slurp) Take 2 niskin bottle samples

5) AT mussels:

Take some cool pix

Take a mussel pot

Take 1 niskins over mussels

6) At clams

Take some cool pix

Net a few (3 is enough to id, 5-6 is plenty) 

Take 1 niskin over clams

7) At tubeworms

Take cool pix

Grab some into biobox

Take 1 niskin over tubeworms

This site does not have camera ground truthing over the areas considered prime targets from the 

geophysical records. Therefore there is a strong reconnaissance element to this dive. We will
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start at the east end of the area with strong surface reflectivity on the 3D seismic data.

A) Target 1 constitutes a highly reflective area that is to the southeast of a low amplitude feature 

considered to be a likely mud vent site. This is the pogos site. This is the marker and pogo 

site.

B) Target 2 is a circular low reflectiviy feature unterpreted as a mud vent from the geophysical 

records. This is the area where tube worms and mussels were found on the first dive to this site 

that was cut short by rough seas. This is the mussel site.

C) Target 3 is a highly reflective area to the NW of the apparent vent site. Transit to this area 

and if it turns out to be a chemosynthetic use the same sampling suggested for Target 2. D) 

Target 4 is a very highly reflective area to the SW of the interpreted vent sit at Target 2. If this 

site is a chemosynthetic community site, use the sampling protocols used at other sites as 

sampling gear permits. Take pictures.

E) Target 5 is to the west of Target 4. The same sampling will be used at this site as Target 4.

F) Target 6 is directly south of Target 5. This site is another highly reflective area of the If this is 

a chemosynthetic community site take pictures and use any remaining sampling gear.

Collections planned : 12 pushcores, 1 mussel pot, tubeworms, clams, at least 2 carbonate 

substrate samples

Target Latitude Longitude X (m) Y (m) Depth (m)

Local_Origin N26 40.50000 W091 40.50000 0 0

1 launch/pogo N26 41.15132 W091 39.57046 1,540 1,201 1953

2 mussel site N26 41.17146 W091 39.74929 1,246 1,239 1908

3 Geo target N26 41.21387 W091 39.96005 882 1,327 1945

4 Geo target N26 40.99515 W091 40.17158 535 920 1951

5 Geo target N26 41.01827 W091 40.34520 247 960 1957

6 Geo target N26 40.72553 W091 40.30552 318 420 1960
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WR 269/270

Dive #4175

Date 5/11/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Bruce Port: Harry Roberts Starboard: Valdimir Samarkin

Launch Target

Lat 26 41.14132 Long 91 39.56046

X 2388.21 , Y 1184.24 Depth m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, Medium Biobox, 1 mussel pot, Chem. Profiler, 

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net

Markers: one site bench marker, 1 ball, one ball plus float, two Ian markers

Tasks:

i) watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates. Three total over the dive is 

good: document setting, location, and rock with a pic

ii) watch for opportunities to collect random chemo and other fauna (Tubeworms, mussels, crabs, 

big snails, starfish, Sea cukes...). use either nets or suction

iii) Lots of notes on X,Y, new targets, and all depths...

1) Sit down facing North. and navigate in the sub (30 minutes, do it right).

If this is a nice spot, deploy the Bench Marker

If not a nice spot, then move to Target 1 (launch target) and deploy the bench marker

2) Take a good look around here and

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 2 mussel pots, 10 – 20 tubeworms, water, 3 carbonates, assorted 

fauna.

This site does not have camera ground truthing over the areas considered prime targets from the 

geophysical records. Therefore there is a strong reconnaissance element to this dive. We will 

start at the east end of the area with strong surface reflectivity on the 3D seismic data.

3) Target 1 constitutes a highly reflective area that is to the east of a low amplitude feature 

considered to be a likely mud vent site. If Target 1 represents a chemosynthetic 

community, the usual sampling protocols will be used including mussel pot if mussels 

are present, tube worm sampling, and samples of lithified seafloor. Coring of bacterial 

mats or areas new tube worms should be done. Turn on vertical camera for entire dive.

4) Target 2 is a circular low reflectiviy feature interpreted as a mud vent from the geophysical records.

If this is a mud vent, use the chemical profiler and the low temp thermistor. Survey the edge of 

the vent to see if there are any associated chemosynthetic communities. Photograph the vent and 

move on. Use the suction sampler on organisms of opportunity.

5) Target 3 is a highly reflective area to the NW of the apparent vent site. Transit to this area and 

if it turns out to be a chemosynthetic use the same sampling suggested for Target 1. If 

Target 1 is a chemosynthetic community site and it is sampled, Target 3 will be the last 

site for taking our suite of 6 cores. Photograph the area.

6) Target 4 is a very highly reflective area to the SW of the interpreted vent sit at Target 2. If
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this site is a chemosynthetic community site, use the sampling protocols used at other sites. 

If Targets 1 and 3 are chemosynthetic community sites, no cores will be available for this site. If 

available, we will take cores. Continue to photographically log the area.

7) Target 5 is to the west of Target 4. The same sampling will be used at this site as Target 4.

8) Target 6 is directly south of Target 5. This site is another highly reflective area of the If this is 

a chemosynthetic community site the same sampling scheme is to be used.

Collections planned : 12 pushcores, 1 mussel pot, tubeworms, clams, at lease 2 carbonate 

substrate samples, and organisms of opportunity.

Targets (origin 26 40.5 N: 91 40.5 W)

Target Latitude Longitude X (m) Y (m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N26 40.50000 W091 40.50000 0 0

1 N26 41.14132 W091 39.56046 1,546 1,200

2 N26 41.14446 W091 39.74229 1,244 1,203

3 N26 41.21387 W091 39.96005 882 1,327

4 N26 40.99515 W091 40.17158 535 920

5 N26 41.01827 W091 40.34520 247 960

6 N26 40.72553 W091 40.30552 318 420
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KC243

Dive #4176

Date 5/12/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Gavin Port: Stephane Starboard: PIT

Launch Target

26N 43.812 92W 49.835

X 273, Y 207 Depth  ̃1610m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, Medium Biobox, 2 mussel pots, Ian cool pix camera, 

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net

Markers: one site bench marker, 1 ball, one ball plus float, two Ian markers

Remember:

i) watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates. Three total over the dive 

is good: document setting, location, and rock with a pic

ii) watch for opportunities to collect random fauna: use either nets or suction

iii) keep your eyes open for bushmasterable tubies and record XYs if found 

iv) Take lots of notes on X,Y, new targets, and all depths...

v) Leave time (20 minutes at this site) to return to the bench marker to check nav drift (get X,Y, 

do not resurvey).

vi) Try out ian’s camera

Tasks:

1) Sit down facing North. and navigate in the sub (30 minutes, do it right).

If this is within 100m of targets 1 or 2, deploy the Bench Marker.

If not, then move to Target 1 (launch target) and deploy the bench marker. Note X,Y

2) Take a good look around here for mussels

3) Choose a nice area of live mussels to work

3.1) Mosaick first:

Deploy the two markers with balls within the 10 x 10 m mosaick area. Run the 

image collection pattern at about 3 m altitude (see mosaicing notes)

3.2) Use the mussel pots to get some mussels. If you don’t get a good 

pot, use the net to get a few more. Leave an Ian marker here

4) Take 6 push cores near here

5) move to target 2 and look around.

6) find a nice tubeworm group, that is not good for bushmaster

6.1) Take some macro shots with Ian’s camera

6.2) Suction the tubie clump

6.3) Collect a nice handful (up to 20)

6.4) Take 6 push cores here (near tubeworms)

7) move to target 3. look around and take notes. Run a search pattern over this target. If you 

find something different, make a collection, take some pics
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8) still no rocks collected. Find and collect 2 or three from different locations

9) How about mobile fauna? go suck and net some up if room remains.

9.5) did you try the camera yet? Now is a good time.

10) At the end of the dive circle back to the Bench marker and note XY when at the marker

(facing N) to check drift on doppler nav.

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 2 mussel pots, 10 – 20 tubeworms, 3 carbonates, assorted 

fauna.

Targets (origin 26°43.7 N, 92°50.0 W) NOTE, this is the correct origin

Targets Latitude Longitude X Y

1-mussels N26 43.81200 W092 49.83500 273 207

2-tubeworms N26 43.83600 W092 49.86600 222 251

3-geo anomoly N26 43.87339 W092 49.78109 362 321
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1

GC852

Dive #4190

Date 5/25/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Melbert Port: Bob Starboard: Meg

Launch:

N 27 06.6, W091 09.93 (for a bottom target of X 431, Y 1018) 

Depth  ̃1410m

Equipment:

Ian cool Pix camera, push core rack, niskins, two bio box, net (unlined) 

Markers: Mosaic #4 and 2 balls

Tasks:

i) deploy camera 

ii) Collect corals 

iii) pushcore

iv) Mosaic

v) image and collect mussels and clams

vi) let Dan cam run, with strobes out, whenever in transit. 

vii) recover SEAS experiments and fish trap

Plan:

1) Dive on Bench Marker #2 ( Target 14: X 431, Y 1018)

2) Land and evaluate nav. If you are sure LBL is good, proceed to BM#2

Record XY

Reset DVL XY to X 431, Y 1018

3) Deploy Ians camera near marker 5 and stained tubeworms X 443 Y1064 find a flat spot

4) Go find some hard corals and make a collection. If in a good spot, take some cool pix first: X

370 Y 934

5) Transit to BM #1 ( Target 13; X 379, Y 516).

Pick up SEAS experiment into biobox

6) At a small mussel patch:

Collect 6 push cores and 3 niskins

7) At an area with clams:

Shoot some cool pix

Collect 6 push cores near clams and 2 niskins

Collect a few clams into the net

8) Find An area with mixed chemo’s (small mussel patches, clams, some tubies etc) and low 

relief (perhaps this is it)

Place the markers in the area, 3-5 meters apart (without landing) 

Follow the mosaic directions. If you stir things up, go get the fish trap

and come back

9) Leave at least 30 min: return to BM #1:, pick up fish trap.

10a) Either: finish up mosaic if it is ready to go and needs some more lines (the mud should be
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clear by now)

or

10b) if power/time remains cruise around the edges of the site (drive the perimeter to delineate 

it’s extent)

Planned collections: Mussel pot, fauna, push cores, fish trap, SEAS expt.

Targets (origin= 27N 06.1, 91W 10.2)

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N27 06.1000 W091 10.2000 0 0

1-tubes_mussels N27 06.320 W091 09.962 387 412

2-mussels_tubes N27 06.378 W091 09.959 391 519

3-soft_corals N27 06.586 W091 09.927 438 904

4-red_soft_coral N27 06.626 W091 09.975 358 977

5-soft_reflector N27 06.20083 W091 09.93492 435 193

6-high_reflector N27 06.49466 W091 10.09557 162 731

7-topo_high N27 06.60334 W091 10.01904 286 934

8-geo_reflector N27 06.72200 W091 09.86759 533 1,157

9-topo_high_reflector N27 06.87347 W091 09.79281 652 1,438

10-Jason_geoA N27 07.09276 W091 09.95591 377 1,839

11-Jason_geoB N27 07.21342 W091 09.95762 371 2,062

12-Jason_geoC N27 07.14364 W091 09.82149 597 1,936

13 Bench Marker #1 379 516

14 Bench Marker #2 431 1018

15 Monika Coral 402 919
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GC 852

Dive #4177

Date 5/13/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Mark Port: Ian Starboard: Monika

Launch Target

27°06.320 N, 91°09.962W

X 387, Y 412 Depth  ̃ 1450m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, Small Biobox, 2 mussel pots, Ian handheld camera, Ian rotary camera on spikes for 

deployment

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net, Liz experiments

Markers: one site bench marker, 1 ball, one ball plus float, two Ian markers

Tasks:

i) watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates. Three total over the dive is 

good: document setting, location, and rock with a pic

ii) watch for opportunities to collect random fauna (crabs, big snails, starfish, Sea cukes...). use 

either nets or suction

iii) keep your eyes open for bushmasterable tubies and record XYs if found

iv) Take lots of notes on X,Y, new targets, and all depths...

v) leave enough time at the end to return to the bench marker to check nav drift.

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub (30 minutes, do it right).

2) move to Target 1 (launch target) and deploy the rotary camera

3) find a good spot to deploy the bench marker. Land heading north and deploy the bench marker. Note

XY

4) Find a nice area for a mosaick

Deploy the two markers with balls within the 10 x 10 m mosaick area. 

Run the image collection pattern at about 3.5 - 4 m altitude

5) Go to target 2 and find a nice live mussel bed (unless you have already found one). Set down and 

take 2 mussel pots

5.1 Deploy Liz’s experiments

Deploy one in a mussel pot scar

Deploy the other next to the mussel bed

5.2) Leave an Ian marker here

5.3) Take 6 push cores here

6) go to target 3 and survey the corals here with the cameras Don’t collect any yet. Set down for some 

close ups and take 6 push cores here.

6.5) perhaps slurp up some associated fauna

7) still no rocks collected. Find and collect 2 or three from different locations

8) How about mobile fauna? go suck and net some up.

9) Evaluate your time.
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If less than 30 minutes left then go to target 7 and then to 6. leave downlooking camera running 

and take notes of fauna and terrain. If more time head back to bench mark and get xy (check drift).

If more then 1 hr left head to target 8 and then 9 with camera on and looking around. Then head

East and look for Corals on the slope..

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 2 mussel pots, 3 carbonates, assorted fauna, lots of pictures and a 

mosaick

Targets (origin= 27N 06.1, 91W 10.2)

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N27 06.1000 W091 10.2000 0 0

1-tubes_mussels N27 06.320 W091 09.962 387 412

2-mussels_tubes N27 06.378 W091 09.959 391 519

3-soft_corals N27 06.586 W091 09.927 438 904

4-red_soft_coral N27 06.626 W091 09.975 358 977

5-soft_reflector N27 06.20083 W091 09.93492 435 193

6-high_reflector N27 06.49466 W091 10.09557 162 731

7-topo_high N27 06.60334 W091 10.01904 286 934

8-geo_reflector N27 06.72200 W091 09.86759 533 1,157

9-topo_high_reflector N27 06.87347 W091 09.79281 652 1,438

10-Jason_geoA N27 07.09276 W091 09.95591 377 1,839

11-Jason_geoB N27 07.21342 W091 09.95762 371 2,062

12-Jason_geoC N27 07.14364 W091 09.82149 597 1,936
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GC 852

Dive #4185

Date 5/21/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Mark Port: Monika Starboard: Cheryl

Launch Target

Ian’s camera: N27 06.359, W91 09.961

Depth  ̃1410m

Equipment:

Ian cool Pix camera, 3 bioboxes, suction sampler, one net (no lining), niskins

Markers: Second Bench marker: #2

Tasks:

i) watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates. Three total over the dive is 

good: document setting, location, and rock with a pic. Can go in a biobox, or if large on top

ii) watch for opportunities to collect random fauna (crabs, big snails, starfish, Sea cukes...). use 

either nets or suction

iii) keep your eyes open for bushmasterable tubies and record XYs if found

iv) Take lots of notes on X,Y, new targets, and all depths...

v) let Dan cam run, with strobes out, whenever in transit.

Note: your map’s bathymetry is off.

1) Dive on Ian’s camera (X 391, Y 472), Depth 1408.

Get XY and reset you DVL Nav to X 391, Y 472

Send it up

Pick up the crab trap and put it in a bio box

Turn on the Dam cam with strobes out.

2) head for Target 3. This is the coral site. Look around. Tend W towards the topographic high (target

7). Deploy the Bench Marker #2 here when you set down to work some corals. Also fire two niskins 

when you set down to work corals the first two times, and the last the third tijme. Check out the edges 

of this high point. Corals are likely on the “windward shore” (which ever that is). At this point you are 

mostly on your own. When you see cool corals, set down, get fixes, take pics, and collect at will. I 

suggest you temper your collections with explorations as this is the first dive to this area and the very 

best area may be just around the corner. Since there is likely to be a good bit of transit in this dive, a 

good estimate is that you will be heading up by 2:30 local time. When you are ready to move on:

3) head N-NE to target 8. This is a 3D seismic reflector and should be a good spot. do not be afraid to 

deviate to check out ridges. You may also want to use the side scan sonar to look for hard returns 

(carbonates).

4) keep heading N-NE towards target 9 (another geo-reflector).

Don’t forget to pick up some rocks when opportunity presents and use the suction sampler

Planned Collections: corals, pictures, fishtrap, and a rotary camera
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Targets (origin= 27N 06.1, 91W 10.2)

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N27 06.1000 W091 10.2000 0 0

1-tubes_mussels N27 06.320 W091 09.962 387 412

2-mussels_tubes N27 06.378 W091 09.959 391 519

3-soft_corals N27 06.586 W091 09.927 438 904

4-red_soft_coral N27 06.626 W091 09.975 358 977

5-soft_reflector N27 06.20083 W091 09.93492 435 193

6-high_reflector N27 06.49466 W091 10.09557 162 731

7-topo_high N27 06.60334 W091 10.01904 286 934

8-geo_reflector N27 06.72200 W091 09.86759 533 1,157

9-topo_high_reflector N27 06.87347 W091 09.79281 652 1,438

10-Jason_geoA N27 07.09276 W091 09.95591 377 1,839

11-Jason_geoB N27 07.21342 W091 09.95762 371 2,062

12-Jason_geoC N27 07.14364 W091 09.82149 597 1,936

Bench Marker 379 516

Ian Camera N27 06.359 91 09.961 391 472
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GC 852

Dive #4186

Date 5/22/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Pat Port: Chuck Starboard: Erin

Launch

N 27 05.7, W 91 09.96

(for a bottom target of N27 06.36, W 91 09.96) 

Depth  ̃1410m

Equipment:

Ian cool Pix camera, Bushmaster, stainer, mussel pot, suction sampler, milk crate, fish Trap down 

Markers: Three markers for Stainer (numbers 5,6, and 7 or any old ones), two sets of markers for 

mosaicks (number 3 and 4 and 4 balls)

Tasks:

i) watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates: document setting, location, and 

rock with a pic. Can go in a biobox, or if large on top

ii) watch for opportunities to collect random fauna (crabs, big snails, starfish, Sea cukes...). 

use suction

iii) let Dan cam run, with strobes out, whenever in transit.

Note: map’s bathymetry is off bio targets may be 25 m E and 50m N of where shown on map.

Plan:

1) Dive on Bench Marker #1: X 379, Y 516, deploy fish trap

2) Set down heading N at BM and log LBL XY, then enter DVL XY (above)

3) Find Tubeworms to stain and collect. Take some cool pix . If nothing at this site, then head to target

6 (geo marker) then to bench marker #2. (X 431, Y 1018 DEPTH 1404)

4) Find area(s) to mosaick (BM #1??) See if this is good for rotary camera

5) Find mussels to pot. Take some cool pix

6) Slurp coral associates. (X 402, Y 919) Take some cool pix

7) grab a few rocks

8) explore ridges for corals. Try W edges.

Planned collections: Bushmaster, Mussel pot, carbonates, slurpetes, pictures
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Targets (origin= 27N 06.1, 91W 10.2)

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N27 06.1000 W091 10.2000 0 0

1-tubes_mussels N27 06.320 W091 09.962 387 412

2-mussels_tubes N27 06.378 W091 09.959 391 519

3-soft_corals N27 06.586 W091 09.927 438 904

4-red_soft_coral N27 06.626 W091 09.975 358 977

5-soft_reflector N27 06.20083 W091 09.93492 435 193

6-high_reflector N27 06.49466 W091 10.09557 162 731

7-topo_high N27 06.60334 W091 10.01904 286 934

8-geo_reflector N27 06.72200 W091 09.86759 533 1,157

9-topo_high_reflector N27 06.87347 W091 09.79281 652 1,438

10-Jason_geoA N27 07.09276 W091 09.95591 377 1,839

11-Jason_geoB N27 07.21342 W091 09.95762 371 2,062

12-Jason_geoC N27 07.14364 W091 09.82149 597 1,936

Bench Marker #1 379 516

Bench Marker #2 431 1018

Monika Coral 402 919

If land S, (a guess) 375 409
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GC 852

Dive #4187

Date 5/23/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Bruce Port: Erik Starboard: PIT Sean

Launch

N 27 06.3, W091 10.10

(south of a bottom target of X 175, Y800) 

Depth  ̃1410m

Equipment:

Ian cool Pix camera, Bushmaster, stainer, mussel pot, suction sampler, biobox, net

Markers: Two markers for Stainer (5,7), One sets of markers for mosaicks (number 3 and 2 balls)

Tasks:

i) watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates: document setting, location, and 

rock with a pic. Can go in a biobox, or if large on top

ii) watch for opportunities to collect random fauna (crabs, big snails, starfish, Sea cukes...). use 

suction

iii) let Dan cam run, with strobes out, whenever in transit. 

Note: map’s bathymetry is off set

Plan:

1) Dive on X175, Y800 New Target: lucky # 13

2) Land and get surveyed in. Proceed to lucky #13: There is likely nothing here, so drive up and over 

the top from here heading towards X 402, Y 919 Monika’s coral site. Keep your eyes open for the lush 

chemo site. When you see it, work it. If not, pass over the corals for now and proceed on to Bench 

Marker #2 X 431, Y 1018. Sit down heading north and reset the nav if necessary.

3) Find Tubeworms to stain and collect. Take some cool pix

4) Find area(s) to mosaick

5) Find mussels to pot. Take some cool pix

6) Slurp coral associates. Take some cool pix

7) grab a few rocks

8) explore ridges for corals

Planned collections: Bushmaster, Mussel pot, carbonates, slurpetes, pictures
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Targets (origin= 27N 06.1, 91W 10.2)

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N27 06.1000 W091 10.2000 0 0

1-tubes_mussels N27 06.320 W091 09.962 387 412

2-mussels_tubes N27 06.378 W091 09.959 391 519

3-soft_corals N27 06.586 W091 09.927 438 904

4-red_soft_coral N27 06.626 W091 09.975 358 977

5-soft_reflector N27 06.20083 W091 09.93492 435 193

6-high_reflector N27 06.49466 W091 10.09557 162 731

7-topo_high N27 06.60334 W091 10.01904 286 934

8-geo_reflector N27 06.72200 W091 09.86759 533 1,157

9-topo_high_reflector N27 06.87347 W091 09.79281 652 1,438

10-Jason_geoA N27 07.09276 W091 09.95591 377 1,839

11-Jason_geoB N27 07.21342 W091 09.95762 371 2,062

12-Jason_geoC N27 07.14364 W091 09.82149 597 1,936

13 launch target 4187 175 800

Bench Marker #1 379 516

Bench Marker #2 431 1018

Monika Coral 402 919
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GC852

Dive #4188

Date 5/24/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Gavin Port: Ian Starboard: Cheryl

Launch

N 27 06.6, W091 09.95 (for a bottom target of X 431, Y 1018) 

Depth  ̃1410m

Equipment:

Ian cool Pix camera, push core rack, niskins, rotary camera, room to carry up the rotary camera, bioboxes as space allows, no nets, no suction sampler

Markers: NONE

Tasks:

i) deploy camera 

ii)pushcore

iii)image and collect corals

iv)watch for opportunities to collect softball sized pieces of carbonates: document setting, location, and 

rock with a pic. Can go in a biobox, or if large on top

v) let Dan cam run, with strobes out, whenever in transit.

Note: the world is crooked: Maps generally good, but non-confirmed targets are offset ...

Plan:

1) Dive on Bench Marker #2 X 431, Y 1018

2) Land and evaluate nav. If you are sure LBL is good, proceed to BM#2 to set DVL navigation. 

If not get surveyed in.

3) Go to BM #2 (X 431, Y 1018). Land heading N with BM in front of basket a

Record XY

Reset DVL XY to X 431, Y1018

While you are here, watch for good sized mat for 12 push cores: drop a (digital) target if 

you see one.

4) Go to Monika’s coral site X 402, Y919. Deploy the camera.

5) leave (for now) and go get 12 push cores in a bacterial mat

Fire 2 niskins before coring

6) Return to the coral area and image/collect corals (and carbonates) as directed by Cheryl.

Fire 3 niskins together here

7) Pick up the camera and head home

Planned collections: Corals, push cores, carbonates, pictures of corals and Alvin.
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Targets (origin= 27N 06.1, 91W 10.2)

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local

Y (m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N27 06.1000 W091 10.2000 0 0

1-tubes_mussels N27 06.320 W091 09.962 387 412

2-mussels_tubes N27 06.378 W091 09.959 391 519

3-soft_corals N27 06.586 W091 09.927 438 904

4-red_soft_coral N27 06.626 W091 09.975 358 977

5-soft_reflector N27 06.20083 W091 09.93492 435 193

6-high_reflector N27 06.49466 W091 10.09557 162 731

7-topo_high N27 06.60334 W091 10.01904 286 934

8-geo_reflector N27 06.72200 W091 09.86759 533 1,157

9-topo_high_reflector N27 06.87347 W091 09.79281 652 1,438

10-Jason_geoA N27 07.09276 W091 09.95591 377 1,839

11-Jason_geoB N27 07.21342 W091 09.95762 371 2,062

12-Jason_geoC N27 07.14364 W091 09.82149 597 1,936

16 launch target 4187 175 800

13 Bench Marker #1 379 516

14 Bench Marker #2 431 1018

15 Monika Coral 402 919
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MC853

Dive #4178

Date 5/14/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Pat Port: Mandy Starboard: Bill Shedd

Launch Target

28° 07.643 N, 89° 08.470W

X 398, Y 1,181 Depth  ̃1070m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, Medium Biobox, 2 mussel pots, chem. profiler 

Niskin rack, Suction pump sampler, collection net/collection scoop 

Markers: one site bench marker, two Ian markers

General notes:

Mussel beds, bacterial mats, clams, and an isolated tubeworm have been reported from this site. It is the 

shallowest of our deep sites and very important for the depth related biogeographic questions. Faunal 

occurrence is NOT well constrained by the information at our disposal. The first 2 targets are our “best 

guess” of the general area of the previous reports of macrofauna and mats. It seems that mats are widely 

distributed from previous Alvin topside logs. If you don’t find everything near the first 2 targets, then 

transiting through the rest of the targets will have you pass over our estimates (from the geophysical and 

bathymetric data) of where seepage will be localized. Leave the down looking camera on for all transits 

and stay low enough (4-5 m or so) to survey as you transit.

Tasks:

i) Find mussel bed and some tubeworms, and bacterial mats.

ii) pick up carbonates when you get a chance: softball sized pieces

iii) keep your eyes open for bushmasterable tubies and record XYs if found

iv) Take lots of notes on X,Y, new targets, and all depths...

v) take two sets of 6 push cores

Plan:

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub (30 minutes, do it right).

2) move to Target 1 (launch target). Land heading north and deploy the bench marker. Note XY

3) Look around here and then in vicinity of target 2: for tubeworms, mussel beds, mats and clams. Note

XYs as you see them. If you find a nice live mussel bed Set down and:

3.1) fire off 2 niskins

3.2) take 2 mussel pots

3.3) Leave an Ian marker here

3.4) Take 6 push cores near here

4) If you see only scattered mussels, and not enough for a pot, then net some into the bio box. Fire off 2 

niskins (any carbonates here?)

5) If you see any tubeworms, make a collection of them. If it is a clump, then suction it first. Fire a 

niskin (any carbonates here?)
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6) If you see live clams, take a set of push cores here and then scoop up some clams. Fire a niskin

7) If you see a mat that gives you goose bumps, set down, fire a niskin, core it

8) If no luck in the vicinity of targets 1 and 2, head for target 3

9) Then to target 4, then 5, then 6. These tracks and areas were chosen to maximize your exposure to 

seeping areas...

10) If you have been striking out consistently, head up hill and transit over the top and 100 m 

past the topo high on the other side. Repeat this a few times in a search pattern using the topo 

high as the center of radiating lines.

11) When you are down to about 30 minutes head back to the bench marker to check drift on the 

Doppler nav (just note X and Y when in the same position as the deployment of the bench mark). This 

is a lower priority than the collections, but if you’ve had a good dive then it is very worthwhile.

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 2 mussel pots, 3 carbonates, assorted fauna, lots of pictures and a 

mosaick

Targets (Origin 28°N 07.00, 89°W 08.70)

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N28 07.0000 W089 08.7000 0 0

1-IanA N28 07.64310 W089 08.46960 398 1,181

2-IanB N28 07.64610 W089 08.60440 178 1,191

3-topo_high N28 07.38005 W089 08.38549 527 693

4-geoA N28 07.31668 W089 08.54517 264 580

5-geoB N28 07.12567 W089 08.26496 717 220

6-geoC N28 07.23794 W089 08.15560 899 424
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MC640

Dive # 4182

Date 5/18/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Pat Port: Bob Carney Starboard: PIT

Launch: Target

10; N28 21.282, W088 47.708 Depth 1410m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, 2 Medium Bioboxs, 1 mussel pot, Niskin rack, Suction pump sampler, 2 lined 

collection nets

Markers: one bench marker, 2 Ian markers

General notes: This dive has 6 general objectives

1) to boldly go where no one has gone before (and take notes)

2) to make a paired mussel pot and mussel bag collection

3) Collect some tubeworms if they exist (both species)

4) collect some push cores near tubeworms

5) Collect some push cores through mats

6) Slurp some cool stuff

7) grab some cool rocks

Plan:

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub (30 minutes, do it right). Turn on Dan Cam with strobes out every 

time you cruise

2) move to Target 10 (launch target). Look around. If there is any “action” here, Land heading north

and deploy the bench marker (if not wait you see some action). Note XY

3) Head up to Target 3. Look around

4) head to Target 1 then 2 and look around

5) head to Target 4 and look around

6) head to back toward Target 7 (while looking around). If you have seen good stuff, then make some 

decisions. If not circle through Targets 6, 5, and 9.

7) Go back to the best mussel bed you found:

7.1) fire off 2 niskins

7.2) take the mussel pot

7.3) use one of the nets to get a sample of mussels and associates

7.3.5) IF you have NOT seen any tubeworms on this dive, then take 6 push cores here

7.4) Leave an Ian marker here

7.5) any carbonates here? Grab one

7.6) pick up, strobes out, Dan cam on

8) Go back to the best tubeworm bush you found in sediment

8.1) fire off 2 niskins

8.2) Take 6 push cores

8.3) Grab a bunch of tubeworms, look for two species.

8.4) decide if you want to slurp the tubeworm bush. If it is “rich” with little critters, please do so
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and keep track of what else you add to it.

8.5) pick up, strobes out, dan cam on

9) Head for the best mat area you found

9.1) fire a niskin

9.2) take 6 push cores in the mat

10) IF you have not seen tubeworms, nor used the other biobox, then go back to a different mussel bed 

(or different area of the same big one) and do another mussel bed net collection with niskins and leave a 

marker

11) Explore more. Try transiting the mound and down the sides a bit in different directions

11) When you are down to about 30 minutes head back to the bench marker to check drift on the 

Doppler nav (just note X and Y when in the same position as the deployment of the bench mark). This 

is a lower priority than the collections, but if you’ve had a good dive then it is very worthwhile.

Planned Collections: 12 pushcores, 1 mussel pot, 3 carbonates, assorted fauna, lots of pictures and a 

mosaick

Targets (Origin 28°N 21.20, 88°W 47.70)

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N28 21.2 W088 47.7 0 0

1-Bio N28 21.4147 W088 47.5508 250 393

2-Bio N28 21.3885 W088 47.5411 265 344

3-Bio N28 21.4436 W088 47.6221 134 448

4-Bio N28 21.2580 W088 47.5443 256 103

5-topo_high N28 21.31234 W088 47.57106 214 204

6-hi_amp N28 21.36221 W088 47.56422 226 296

7-hi_amp N28 21.39477 W088 47.61252 148 358

8-edge_amp N28 21.44488 W088 47.64491 97 451

9-hi_amp N28 21.35398 W088 47.67408 47 284

10-flow? N28 21.28187 W088 47.70783 -11 151
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AC818

Dive # 4195

Date 5/30/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Pat Port: Erik Starboard: Liz

Launch Target:

N26°10.74, W 94°37.4

Dive target: Target 5: X = 559 , Y = 799, 100m south of the wellhead

Depth = 2,750m

Equipment:

Bushmaster, stainer, Biobox, Ian cool pix,

Suction pump sampler, milk crate with 3 push cores, collection net (lined) in biobox

Markers: Benchmarker #2 and three staining markers (#3,4, and 5)

Tasks:

i) Explore and document 

ii) stain and bushmaster

Plan:

1) Move towards Target 4 (Well head). X=555, Y=892

Use the side scan. Its 2 m high, and gives a good signal

If you find chemos, look around...

2) You need to set you DVL nav at either the wellhead (to X 555, Y 892) or at the bench marker (to

X534, Y 958), when you are pulled up to the target heading North

3) After setting the DVL nav, head in a northerly direction following the seep action and 

staining. You may want to use sonar as well, but the expectation (and evidence so far) is that the 

feature is linear and trends almost due north (perhaps a smidge W of due N). Go past the bench 

marker site for at least 200m, and more if the signs of seepage persist. When you find the 

mother load of tubeworms, mussels and trilobites, it’s time to get to work. If you have moved 

substantially, deploy the Benchmarker #2 at some point while working.

4) When you set up to stain a large clump of tubeworms (multiple stains), ask topside to nav you 

in. This is to calibrate the Alvin nav with the wellhead based xy’s we are using. DO NOT 

reset your DVL.

5) If the clump is nice, use the cool pix first.

6) Stain a bunch of clumps, but leave us each one to BM IF you are going to recommend I come 

back the next dive (stain BM sized bushes last...)

7) When you do the bushmaster, follow it up with the three push cores taken from under where 

the bush came from.

8) Grab a carbonate or two

9) cool pix and net some mussels or clams
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10) FYI, the hose on the starboard with the T-handle is the inlet for the suction sampler... 

Collections planned : Bushmaster, carbonates, mussels or clams, slurpets

Target Latitude Longitude

Local

X (m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N26 10.3 W094 37.7 0 0

1-geo N26 11.10067 W094 37.32450 644 1,470

2-geo N26 10.99434 W094 37.36435 575 1,275

3-geo N26 10.87071 W094 37.35272 592 1,046

4- WELLHEAD N26 10.78663 W094 37.37362 555 892

5-geo N26 10.73630 W094 37.37069 559 799

6-geo N26 10.60057 W094 37.50598 330 551

7-geo N26 10.39953 W094 37.61391 146 182

8- ROV chemo N26 10.80933 W094 37.38367 539 934

Bench Marker 1 534 958 2744
App-164

AC818

Dive # 4192

Date 5/27/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Bruce Port: Stephane Starboard: Mike the PIT

Launch Target:

N26°11.0, W 94°37.4

Dive target: Geo Target 3: X = 575 , Y = 1275

Depth = 2,800m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, niskins, Biobox, 1 mussel pot, Ian cool pix,

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net (unlined) 

Markers: Bench marker #1, Homer Probe on a spike

Tasks:

i) Explore and document

ii) Nice photos and voucher collections of chemos as found

Plan:

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub.

2) Move towards Target 4 (Well head). X=555, Y=892

Use the side scan. Its only 2 m high, but should be a good signal

If you find chemos, look around, drop a digital target and move on.

3) Pull up to the well head and land heading north 

note your XY

Change the XY in the DVL nav to X 555, Y 892

Note your offset if you need it to get back to targets later...

4) head to the ROV chemo site: X 539, Y934

When you find it look around a little then run its perimeter to get an idea of its size. 

Harry thinks that we will find that this site is small and basically a linear feature, perhaps will 

small sites strung out in a line like “pearls on a string”. So, after looking around here you are 

going to visit a set of potential pearls heading north. You should follow communities and side 

scan targets for the most part, but can also go through Geo 3, Geo 2 and Geo 1 as you head 

North. When you have found extensive areas of tubeworms, mussels and trilobites, it’s time to 

get to deploy the Benchmarker and the Homer probe on a spike, then get to work

5) AT mussels:

Take 2 niskins, some cool pix, and 6 cores

Take a mussel pot , and grab a carbonate

6) At clams

Take a niskin and some cool pix

Net a few (5-6 is plenty)
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7) At tubeworms

Take cool pix, 2 niskins, and 6 cores

Grab a few into biobox (but not from good stain or bm possibilities) 

Grab a carbonate

8) If not successful finding tubeworms or mussels, take the remaining cores in bacterial mats

Grab a carbonate

9) if time left then run the perimeter of the site(s) and/or go check out the geo targets S of the 

wellhead

Collections planned : 12 pushcores, 1 mussel pot, tubeworms, clams, at least 2 

carbonate substrate samples

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N26 10.3 W094 37.7 0 0

1-geo N26 11.10067 W094 37.32450 644 1,470

2-geo N26 10.99434 W094 37.36435 575 1,275

3-geo N26 10.87071 W094 37.35272 592 1,046

4- WELLHEAD N26 10.78663 W094 37.37362 555 892

5-geo N26 10.73630 W094 37.37069 559 799

6-geo N26 10.60057 W094 37.50598 330 551

7-geo N26 10.39953 W094 37.61391 146 182

8- ROV chemo N26 10.80933 W094 37.38367 539 934
App-166

AC601

Dive #4196

Date 5/30/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Bruce Port: Chuck Starboard: Jeremy

Launch Target: N26° 23.55, W94° 30.85

Dive target is Target 4: X 259, Y 454

Depth: 2330 m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, niskin(s) for brine sampling, Biobox, Ian cool pix, 

Bushmaster

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump for sea monkeys, collection net (lined) 

Markers: Bench marker #1

Tasks:

i) Brine pool brine sample

ii) push cores from the fluff zone on the edge of the pool 

iii) push cores from the subtidal zone, taken from the edge 

iv) suction sample of brine critters

v) bushmaster

vi) assorted cool pix 

vii) scoop of mussels

Plan:

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub.

2) Move towards Target 4: X 259, Y 454.

3) Move to the center of the brine pool

Collect the niskin sample (s)

Slurp brine to collect sea monkeys

4) Move to the edge and run the perimeter cleanly

5) Set down to Push core 

Take cool pix 

PC In fluff

PC in Sediment below brine

6) Back to the crater rim

Deploy the Bench Marker

Run the rim.
App-167

7) Bushmaster

8) Scoop net of mussels on carbonates

9) Cool pix

Collections planned: Brine, seamonkeys, pushcores, bushmaster, carbonate substrate 

samples, net of mussels or clams

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N26 23.3 W094 31.0 0 0

1-southern_amp N26 23.35948 W094 30.87494 209 107

2-topo_high N26 23.43701 W094 30.80559 326 249

3-hi_amp_NE N26 23.50382 W094 30.76258 399 372

4-lo_amp N26 23.54766 W094 30.84760 259 454

5-hi_amp_NW N26 23.52115 W094 30.95653 77 407

6-hi_amp_W N26 23.43895 W094 30.90413 162 255

Tubeworms 265 130
App-168

AC 601

Dive # 4193

Date 5/28/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Gavin Port: Harry Starboard: Mandy

Launch Target:

N26° 23.36, W94° 30.87

Dive target: X 209, Y 107

Depth: 2330 m

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, niskins, Biobox, 1 mussel pot, Ian cool pix,

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net (unlined) 

Markers: Bench marker #2

This is an exploratory dive. Take push cores and collect carbonates as desired. Spend a good bit of time 

looking around before committing to animal collections. If you see a place you may want to come back 

to, drop a digital target. a guide of activities for each type of faunal community you may encounter are 

listed under “tasks”. This may be our only dive at this site, so voucher collections are important. If you 

don’t see clams, net some extra mussels from a second area please.

Tasks:

i) Explore and document (with Dan Cam running and strobes out)

ii) Nice photos and voucher collections of chemos as found 

iii) At mussels: Take a mussel pot, and grab a carbonate

iv) At clams; Take some cool pix, Net a few (5-6 is plenty)

v) At tubeworms: Take cool pix, Grab a few into biobox

Plan:

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub.

2) Move towards Target 1:X209, Y107 (check and see if strobes for Dan Cam are out)

3) From there head uphill and explore the topo high (Target 2) and take push cores for Mandy, then 

work your way through the targets:3, 4, 5, and 6. when you see good stuff, drop a digital target.

4) After exploring, go back to the best area and land and deploy the bench marker, with a sub 

heading of due N (or close)

5) make appropriate Macrofaunal collections

6) If you have time and it is appropriate after what you have learned, you can run the perimeter 

of an area to get an (exact) plot of it’s size and shape (keep mud out one porthole and chemo’s 

out the other.
App-169

Collections planned : 12 pushcores, 1 mussel pot, tubeworms, clams, at least 2 

carbonate substrate samples

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N26 23.3 W094 31.0 0 0

1-southern_amp N26 23.35948 W094 30.87494 209 107

2-topo_high N26 23.43701 W094 30.80559 326 249

3-hi_amp_NE N26 23.50382 W094 30.76258 399 372

4-lo_amp N26 23.54766 W094 30.84760 259 454

5-hi_amp_NW N26 23.52115 W094 30.95653 77 407

6-hi_amp_W N26 23.43895 W094 30.90413 162 255
App-170

AC645

Dive # 4194

Date 5/29/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Mark lar Port: Bob Starboard: Cindy

Launch Target:

N26 21.168, W94 30.438

Dive target: X –561 (negative 561), Y 131

2210 m depth

Equipment:

Push Core Rack, niskins, Biobox, 2 mussel pots,

Milk crate for rocks, Suction pump sampler, collection net (unlined) 

Markers: Bench marker #1

The biotarget was dived on in 2003. We know there are other sites nearby. There was also a 

single glass ball deployed 50m off the bottom in the area in 1990 as a passive sonar target (exact 

location is unknown, but it should be between 100 and 200 m away from the bio target if it is 

still there, we did not see it in 2003). Be aware of the fact that there are negative Xs when to the

west of the biotarget area.

Tasks (generally prioritized):

i) Explore and document unknown areas(with Dan Cam running and strobes out) If you find 

good stuff before you get to the known bio target, look around and work in this area. Perhaps 

run it’s perimeter which will provide an exact map of its size. If you find nothing, move to the

biotarget.

ii) Two push cores in background and 10 in active seep area (mats or near mussels etc)

iii) make some mussel collections and clams if you see them. If the clams are in a thick bed of 

live animals, make both mussel pots in the clam bed. (if not use the net)

iv) take the mussel pots in different locations (diff. Mussel beds)

v) Watch for soft corals (last seen in area of bio target) and collect. 

vi) don’t forget about the suction sampler

vii) grab a hand full or two of tubeworms into the biobox.

Plan:

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub. If not in a seep area, take two push cores.

2) Go to Target 4 (Low amp W) X –561 (negative 561), Y 131 (check and see if strobes for Dan

Cam are out)

3) When you are close head up the slope and look around, this target is supposed to be near the 

local topo high

4) If you don’t find anything here proceed to Target 3 (mod amp W) X 152, Y 152 and look 

around

5) Still nothing, head to Target 5 (biotarget) X 409 Y 332

Collections planned : 2 mussel pot, tubeworms, clams, at least 2 carbonate substrate

samples
App-171

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N26 21.1 W094 30.1 0 0

1-hi_amp_crest N26 21.22265 W094 29.82120 466 221 2210

2-mod_amp_NW N26 21.32091 W094 29.89063 353 404

3-mod_amp_W N26 21.18310 W094 30.00991 152 152 2215

4-lo_amp_W N26 21.16761 W094 30.43800 -561 131 2220

5 biotarget N26 21.282 W94 29.856 409 332 2210
App-172

AC 645

Dive #4197

Date 6/1/2006 Cruise AT 15-03

Pilot: Gavin Port: Ian Starboard: Kazumi Shibata (ssssc)

Launch Target:

N26 21.282, W94 29.856

Dive target: X 375, Y 270

2210 m depth

Equipment:

2 mussel pots, Ian’s Aquapix, Milk crate for rocks, net for octopus

Markers: none

Tasks:

1) Take 2 mussel pots in different beds

2) take cool pix of your choice

3) catch an octopus

Plan:

1) Sit down and navigate in the sub.

2) head towards the old markers: X 375, Y 270

3) Mussel pot and pix at first opportunity

4) If you find the old markers, and are in the right place, search around for banded tubies. Image 

them, do not collect.

5) DFU

Collections planned: 2 mussel pots, cool pix

Target Latitude Longitude

Local X 

(m)

Local Y 

(m)

Depth

(m)

Local_Origin N26 21.1 W094 30.1 0 0

1-hi_amp_crest N26 21.22265 W094 29.82120 466 221 2210

2-mod_amp_NW N26 21.32091 W094 29.89063 353 404

3-mod_amp_W N26 21.18310 W094 30.00991 152 152 2215

4-lo_amp_W N26 21.16761 W094 30.43800 -561 131 2220

5 biotarget N26 21.282 W94 29.856 409 332 2210

Old markers 375 270
App-173

APPENDIX 5. ALVIN DIVE ACTIVITIES
App-174

Record of Dive Activities

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m) Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot PortObserver

STB 

Observer

Activity

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 14:59 27.64780486 -88.36231220 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard Nav set 5462 7065

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 16:08 27.64552701 -88.36329334 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard 1 rock sample

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 16:20 27.64550965 -88.36328493 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard

Yellow cores near

mussels and tubeworms

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 16:31 27.64551074 -88.36328422 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard Mussel scoop

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 16:37 27.64552198 -88.36328749 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard 3 rock samples

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 16:37 27.64552198 -88.36328749 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard Grab of mussels

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 18:39 27.64463321 -88.36499541 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard

Red cores near 

tubeworms

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 18:55 27.64463424 -88.36499630 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard

Deployed SEAS

experiments

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 18:59 27.64463549 -88.36499424 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard Collected 1 rock sample

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 18:59 27.64463549 -88.36499424 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard

Collected small clump of 

tubeworms

4173 AT340 2216 5/9/2006 19:20 27.64460149 -88.36503358 Mark

Spear Erik Cordes BernieBernard Deployed Marker 1

4174 GC600 1250 5/10/2006 14:04 27.37334615 -90.57041377 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann Surveyed in

4174 GC600 1250 5/10/2006 15:01 27.37323726 -90.57566860 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann

Chem sensor deployed, 

malfunctions

4174 GC600 1250 5/10/2006 15:05 27.37324361 -90.57566171 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann Tubeworm collection

4174 GC600 1250 5/10/2006 15:40 27.37307240 -90.57463477 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann

Red pushcores of white

bacterial mat

4174 GC600 1250 5/10/2006 17:55 27.36870709 -90.56634925 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann

Yellow pushcores of

white bacterial mat

4174 GC600 1250 5/10/2006 18:13 27.36869295 -90.56632326 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann

Mussel pot collectionfailed
App

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DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4174 GC60012505/10/2006 18:1827.36869140-90.56632375 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann

Marker yellow #3

deployed

4174 GC60012505/10/2006 18:2027.36870575-90.56633456 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann

Large greycarbonate 

collection- 3 samples

4174 GC60012505/10/2006 18:2427.36871251-90.56636470 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann

Slurp sample- shrimp

and galatheids

4174 GC60012505/10/2006 18:3927.36797549-90.56670115 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney HelgeNeimann

Anemonecollection

4175 WR26919505/11/2006 16:2026.68583938-91.65952070 Bruce

Strickrott

Harry

Roberts

Vladimir

Samarkin Dep

loyed benchmark#1

4175 WR26919505/11/2006 16:2026.68583938-91.65952070 Bruce

Strickrott

Harry

Roberts

Vladimir

Samarkin

Suction sample of tube-

like hairygrowth and 

holothurians

4175 WR26919505/11/2006 16:5126.68626982-91.66259904 Bruce

Strickrott

Harry

Roberts

Vladimir

Samarkin

Mussel pot collection-

failed

4176 KC24316105/12/2006 14:2926.73097869-92.83170483 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy Dep

loyed benchmarker

4176 KC24316105/12/2006 15:1826.73073188-92.83041777 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy Dep

loyed ballmarker

4176 KC24316105/12/2006 15:2926.73068558-92.83045916 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy Mussel pot co

llection

4176 KC24316105/12/2006 16:0726.73069054-92.83048721 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

2small rock samples

4176 KC24316105/12/2006 16:0726.73069054-92.83048721 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Scooping mussels

4176 KC24316105/12/2006 17:1126.73073259-92.83039082 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Mosaic

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 15:2727.10593737-91.16603396 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright Dep

loy rotary camera

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 16:0727.10635324-91.16620915 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright

Mussel pot collection-

failed

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 16:3327.10635092-91.16618529 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright

SEAS RUST #4and #5

experiment deployed

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 16:5027.10633883-91.16619351 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright

Deployed benchmarker

#1

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 16:5627.10633774-91.16619309 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright

Red pushcores
App

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DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 17:1027.10630550-91.16618850 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright Rock collection

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 17:4027.10625979-91.16607717 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright Tubeworm collection

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 18:2927.10632465-91.16590704 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright

2small rock samples

4177 GC85214505/13/2006 18:2927.10632465-91.16590704 Mark

Spear

Ian

MacDonald

Monika

Bright

Mussel Scoop

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 14:3528.12734069-89.14123695 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Deployedmarker #1

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 14:5528.12725063-89.14149671 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Deployedmarker #2

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 14:5528.12725063-89.14149671 Pat

Hickey Mandy Joye Bill Shedd Red

cores near bacterial 

mat

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 15:0028.12725391-89.14148473 Pat

Hickey Mandy Joye Bill Shedd Slurp surface fauna

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 15:1228.12726679-89.14145702 Pat

Hickey Mandy Joye Bill Shedd Slu

rpanimals from

carbonate

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 15:2728.12699717-89.14203478 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Slurp large siphonophore

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 15:4428.12741575-89.14307532 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill SheddMussel pot #1

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 16:1128.12742335-89.14307010 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Net of mussels

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 16:4528.12556342-89.14171007 Pat

Hickey Mandy 

Joye Bill Shedd Fired niskins #4and 5

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 17:1228.12383968-89.14039497 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Net of mussels

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 17:2928.12299006-89.13980296 Pat

Hickey Mandy 

Joye Bill Shedd Yellow pushcores

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 17:5928.12303414-89.13942237 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Deployedmarker #3

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 18:1328.12208425-89.14164213 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Clamandmussel scoop

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 18:3128.12194479-89.14206153 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Markerdeployed
App

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DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 18:4128.12156428-89.14246169 Pat

Hickey Mandy Joye Bill Shedd 1 c

arbonate sample and 1

barite sample

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 19:0128.12045830-89.14117104 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill Shedd Niskins2and3

4178 MC85310705/14/2006 19:0228.12045892-89.14117084 Pat

Hickey Mandy J

oye Bill SheddMussel pot #2

4179AT34022005/15/2006 14:4727.64468997-88.36498100 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

On benchmarker #1

4179AT34022005/15/2006 14:5227.64455472-88.36499410 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Deployed fishtrap, reset 

nav

4179AT34022005/15/2006 15:1727.64496778-88.36451021 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Marker 2 deployedin

mussel bed, ballmarker 

deployed

4179AT34022005/15/2006 15:3927.64497002-88.36446480 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Mosaic in progress

4179AT34022005/15/2006 16:2727.64494116-88.36459931 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Niskin #5 deployed

4179AT34022005/15/2006 16:2727.64494116-88.36459931 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Staining tubeworms, 

marker #3 deployed

4179AT34022005/15/2006 17:2027.64496206-88.36454942 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Shrimp slurped

4179AT34022005/15/2006 17:3127.64491791-88.36481012 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Grab of holothurian

4179AT34022005/15/2006 18:0527.64461380-88.36464289 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Bushmaster sample

4179AT34022005/15/2006 18:5627.64493215-88.36440101 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

1 carbonate sample
App

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DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4179AT34022005/15/2006 18:5627.64493215-88.36440101 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Staining tubeworms, 

marker #15 deployed

4179AT34022005/15/2006 19:2027.64491725-88.36442337 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Moretubeworm staining, 

deployedmarker 6

4179AT34022005/15/2006###27.64757016-88.36181058 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Stephanie

Lessard-

Pilon

Net of mussels

4180AT34022005/16/2006 16:4527.64460498-88.36502738 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen Reset nav, at benchmark

4180AT34022005/16/2006 17:0327.64485193-88.36464174 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen

Tubiesstained, marker

deployed- failed,marker 

recovered

4180AT34022005/16/2006 17:1727.64485272-88.36464627 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen Niskin #5 fired

4180AT34022005/16/2006 17:2327.64485243-88.36464715 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen

1 large carbonate

collection

4180AT34022005/16/2006 17:4227.64463373-88.36475435 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen Niskin #4 fired

4180AT34022005/16/2006 18:3227.64463456-88.36470480 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen Niskin #3 fired

4180AT34022005/16/2006 18:4327.64463854-88.36470252 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen Bush

master collection,

deployedmarker 10

4180AT34022005/16/2006 18:5527.64487636-88.36479546 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen Deployedmarker 11

4180AT34022005/16/2006 18:5627.64487591-88.36479545 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen Fired niskin #2

4180AT34022005/16/2006 19:0927.64487344-88.36480341 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill PetersenMussel scoop

4180AT34022005/16/2006 19:0927.64487344-88.36480341 Gav

in

Eppard Erik

Cordes Jill Petersen Tubewormcollection

4181AT34022005/17/2006 16:2227.64769809-88.37371885 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki Nisk

in sample #1

4181AT34022005/17/2006 16:3827.64771148-88.37372086 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki

Mussel scoopsample #1
App

-179

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4181AT34022005/17/2006 17:1627.64724248-88.37009942 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki

1small carbonate

sample frommussel pot

#2

4181AT34022005/17/2006 17:1627.64724248-88.37009942 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki

Deployedmarker #4 next

to brine lake

4181AT34022005/17/2006 17:1627.64724248-88.37009942 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki Mussel pot co

llection

4181AT34022005/17/2006 17:1627.64724248-88.37009942 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki

Mussel scoopsample #2

4181AT34022005/17/2006 17:2027.64723154-88.37009544 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki Nisk

in #2

4181AT34022005/17/2006 18:5727.64486525-88.36546289 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki

Threered pushcores

#1,2,3 neartubie bush

4181AT34022005/17/2006 19:3627.64496980-88.36487699 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki

Pick upSEAS

experiment

4181AT34022005/17/2006 19:3927.64497012-88.36487623 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki Nisk

in #3 sample

4181AT34022005/17/2006 19:4327.64494568-88.36492379 Mark

Spear

Harry

Roberts

Guy

Telesnicki Retrie

ve fish trap

4182 MC64014105/18/2006 15:3728.35701639-88.79243328 Pat

Hickey

Bob Carney PIT Niskins#1,2 fired

4182 MC64014105/18/2006 15:4128.35701663-88.79243354 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney PIT Yell

ow marker #1

deployed

4182 MC64014105/18/2006 15:4528.35701595-88.79243416 Pat

Hickey

Bob Carney PITMussel pot

4182 MC64014105/18/2006 15:5628.35701214-88.79242785 Pat

Hickey

Bob Carney PIT Yellow pushcores # 1,2,3

4182 MC64014105/18/2006 16:0028.35701531-88.79243203 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney PIT Slu

rp sample,single

brachyuran crab

4182 MC64014105/18/2006 16:0828.35700960-88.79242800 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney PIT Net sc

oop, 1 small

sample carbonate

4182 MC64014105/18/2006 16:2528.35684735-88.79275408 Pat

Hickey

Bob CarneyPITNiskin 3and 4

4182 MC64014105/18/2006 16:3328.35682499-88.79276285 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney PIT

Pushcores in bacterial 

mat Yellow # 4, 5, 6 and

Red 1, 2, 3
App-180

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m) Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot PortObserver

STB 

Observer

Activity

4182 MC640 1410 5/18/2006 17:37 28.35638800 -88.79307935 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney PIT 1 large carbonate slab

4182 MC640 1410 5/18/2006 17:37 28.35638800 -88.79307935 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney PIT Mussel net

4182 MC640 1410 5/18/2006 17:42 28.35637943 -88.79308487 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney PIT Niskin #5

4182 MC640 1410 5/18/2006 17:43 28.35637711 -88.79308268 Pat

Hickey Bob Carney PIT Push cores red #4,5,6

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 14:58 27.64716006 -88.37394226 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva Two control push cores

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 16:07 27.64743598 -88.37392894 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva

Marker #12 deployed,

tubies stained

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 16:36 27.64740908 -88.37394170 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva

Marker #8 deployed, 

tubies stained

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 16:49 27.64742126 -88.37395479 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva

More tubies stained close

to marker #8

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 17:30 27.64747180 -88.37407465 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva 1 small sample carbonate

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 17:30 27.64747180 -88.37407465 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva

Baby tubeworms 

grabbed

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 17:47 27.64719816 -88.37395332 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva 1 small sample carbonate

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 17:47 27.64719816 -88.37395332 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva Bushmaster collection

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 18:28 27.64566399 -88.37047091 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva Coring urchins (10 cores)

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 18:44 27.64566905 -88.37046218 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva Collecting net of urchins

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 19:00 27.64567445 -88.37041617 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva

Slurp of hermit crabs and

shrimp

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 19:30 27.64463582 -88.36313513 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva Deployed marker 5

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 19:39 27.64449399 -88.36310889 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva

Mosaic of Mussel brick

road

4183 AT340 2175 5/19/2006 19:45 27.64505625 -88.36310903 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva Ball marker dropped
App

-181

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time LatMean LonMean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4183AT34021755/19/2006 19:4827.64520603-88.36308171 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Adriana

Leiva Ball

marker dropped

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 14:2527.37323512-90.57566438 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles

Dropped benchmarker 2

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 17:1227.37198656-90.57340318 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles Nisk

ins #1,2

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 17:2327.37199002-90.57340311 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles

2small carbonate

samples from clam site 1

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 17:2327.37199002-90.57340311 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles

Yellow pushcoresby 

clams

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 17:4127.37199935-90.57341006 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles

Clamcollection -2

carbonate samples

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 17:5527.37200733-90.57342351 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles Rock collection

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 19:1227.36650148-90.56391870 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles Nisk

ins #3, 4,5

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 19:1627.36651657-90.56392994 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles

Dropped Ian marker #5,

took red pushcores with 

rock underneath

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 19:2227.36650222-90.56392320 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles

2small bags of carbonate

from clam site2

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 19:2227.36650222-90.56392320 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles Clam scoop

4184 GC60012505/20/2006 19:3527.36651593-90.56392333 Gav

in

Eppard

Stephane

Hourdez

Marshall

Bowles

Slurping galatheids, 

crabs and shrimp

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 14:4527.10590706-91.16572768 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n Dep

loy camera

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 14:5227.10591292-91.16572970 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n Set DVL

nav

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 15:0527.10586444-91.16601322 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n Recov

ercrab trap

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 16:2327.10968413-91.16540625 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n Collect ane

mones

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 16:4527.10959154-91.16549012 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n Collect ane

mones

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 17:5227.11085603-91.16565289 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n

Collection of 3 rock

samples nearbenchmark
App

-182

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time LatMean LonMean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 17:5227.11085603-91.16565289 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n

Deployedbenchmarker

#2

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 17:5227.11085603-91.16565289 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n Sp

ongecollection

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 18:0527.11087553-91.16562954 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n Crab

collection

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 18:1227.11088447-91.16563330 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n Collect ro

ck

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 18:2027.11091394-91.16561953 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n

Collect crabwith 

manipulator

4185 GC85214105/21/2006 18:4827.10995915-91.16593877 Mark

Spear

Monika

Bright

Cheryl Morriso

n

Collect bamboocoral

4186 GC85214105/22/2006 15:5627.10635657-91.16618318 Pat

Hickey

Chuck

Fisher Er

inBecker at benchmarker1

4186 GC85214105/22/2006 16:0827.10638635-91.16612887 Pat

Hickey

Chuck

Fisher Erin Be

cker Deploy fishtrap

4186 GC85214105/22/2006 16:2427.10619126-91.16613587 Pat

Hickey

Chuck

Fisher Erin Bec

kerMusselpotcollection

4186 GC85214105/22/2006 17:4327.10619210-91.16613065 Pat

Hickey

Chuck

Fisher Erin Be

cker

DeployedIanmarker 6 

about2-3meters from

stainedtubeworms

4186 GC85214105/22/2006 18:0527.10595746-91.16622784 Pat

Hickey

Chuck

Fisher Erin Be

cker Bushmaster collection

4186 GC85214105/22/2006 18:2227.10595072-91.16623594 Pat

Hickey

Chuck

Fisher Erin Be

cker Carbonate

collection- 2 

rocks

4186 GC85214105/22/2006 18:2227.10595072-91.16623594 Pat

Hickey

Chuck

Fisher Erin Bec

ker Slurpcollection

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 14:1927.10627679-91.16612168 Bruce

Strickrott Erik

Cordes PIT Sean At

benchmarker 1, reset

nav

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 16:1527.11092930-91.16563683 Bruce

Strickrott Erik

Cordes PIT Sean

Musselpot-1 small

carbonate sample

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 16:3827.11093301-91.16559239 Bruce

Strickrott Erik

Cordes PIT Sean Dep

loyedmarker#8,

staining tubeworms

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 17:2527.11126986-91.16554374 Bruce

Strickrott Erik

Cordes PIT Sean Bushmaster

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 17:5527.11113716-91.16543614 Bruce

Strickrott Erik

Cordes PIT Sean Reset nav again
App

-183

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 18:1327.11109414-91.16533438 Bruce

Strickrott Erik

Cordes PIT Sean Dep

loyedmarker #5,

staining tubeworms

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 18:3827.11073273-91.16558741 Bruce

Strickrott

Erik Cordes PIT Sean Mussel scoop

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 19:3027.10994806-91.16591835 Bruce

Strickrott Erik 

Cordes PIT Sean Mosaic

4187 GC85214105/23/2006 20:1927.11002441-91.16599061 Bruce

Strickrott

ErikCordes PIT Sean Grabbed 

rock-1 sample

frommound top

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 16:3927.10962838-91.16583993 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n Dep

loyed camera

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 16:5627.10956311-91.16596107 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n Coral collection

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 17:0927.10956207-91.16596204 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n Three ni

skins # 1,2,3

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 17:1527.10956263-91.16596135 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n

Carbonate/anemone

collection

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 17:2827.10954937-91.16591027 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n

Sampledcorals with

manipulator

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 17:4827.11073239-91.16542413 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n Reset 

nav

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 18:0327.11082444-91.16568254 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n

Fired 2 niskin bottles-

#4,5

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 18:1027.11082626-91.16568493 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n

Red pushcores

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 18:5027.11063536-91.16593047 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n Yell

ow pushcores

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 19:0727.10974384-91.16615795 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n Collected camera

4189 GC85214105/24/2006 19:5527.10968478-91.16643060 Gav

in

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Cheryl Morriso

n

Collectingcorals

4190 GC85214105/25/2006 14:3327.11089199-91.16556501 Mark

Spear

Bob Carney Meg BernierCamera deployed

4190 GC85214105/25/2006 15:5527.10988105-91.16605704 Mark

Spear Bob Carney Meg Bernier Corals (har

dand soft)

collected

4190 GC85214105/25/2006 18:1327.10634876-91.16662567 Mark

Spear Bob Carney Meg Bernier Recov

erSEAS

experimentsand fishtrap
App

-184

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4190 GC85214105/25/2006 18:1327.10634876-91.16662567 Mark

Spear Bob Carney Meg Bernier Trip all 5 Nis

kins at BM

2

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 15:2526.68584842-91.65950000 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik

Mosaic of pogonopheran 

field

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 16:1326.68585277-91.65943294 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik Nisk

ins #1 and #2

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 16:3426.68585359-91.65943805 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik

12 pushcores in

pogonopheran field

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 16:4526.68584936-91.65943976 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik

Slurp of pogosand 

friends

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 17:4526.68623861-91.66249239 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik

Scoop ofmussels for

biobox withmanipulator 

and scoop

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 18:0226.68623575-91.66249352 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik Nisk

ins #3 and #4

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 18:0826.68621371-91.66252919 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik

Tubeworm samplingand

niskin #5

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 18:2526.68614540-91.66273958 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik Mussel pot

sampling

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 18:4126.68614449-91.66273524 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik Nisk

in #5

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 18:4126.68614449-91.66273524 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik

Tubeworm sampling

4191 WR26919505/26/2006 18:4326.68615072-91.66268446 Pat

Hickey

Harry

Roberts

Matt Kupc

hik

Carbonate sample- 1 

rock sample

4192 AC81827405/27/2006 16:3426.18007124-94.62332043 Bruce

Strickrott

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Mussel pot- 1 small

carbonate sample from mussel pot

4192 AC81827405/27/2006 16:3426.18007124-94.62332043 Bruce

Strickrott

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Reset nav

4192 AC81827405/27/2006 18:1526.18031058-94.62299540 Bruce

Strickrott

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Deployed benchmarker

#1

4192 AC81827405/27/2006 18:2526.18032212-94.62299783 Bruce

Strickrott

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Grab of tubeworms

4192 AC81827405/27/2006 18:3826.18033419-94.62299176 Bruce

Strickrott

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Red pushcores
App

-185

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4192 AC81827405/27/2006 19:2226.18033930-94.62299229 Bruce

Strickrott

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Mussel scoop

4192 AC81827405/27/2006 19:4126.18033421-94.62299557 Bruce

Strickrott

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Rock collection- 1 small 

sample of carbonate

4192 AC81827405/27/2006 20:1026.18063365-94.62306222 Bruce

Strickrott

Stephane

Hourdez

Mike

McCarthy

Yellow pushcores in

urchins

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 14:2726.39109301-94.51640515 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts Mandy 

Joye Reset nav

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 14:4626.38917276-94.51498331 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye

Two pushcores(Y5 and

Y6) and dropmarker #8

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 15:0626.38997174-94.51398619 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye Sample tubeworms

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 15:3426.39031791-94.51352748 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy JoyeRock sample

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 15:5626.39001010-94.51400350 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye Slurp sample

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 16:0326.39001444-94.51399530 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye

PushcoreY3and Y4

near tubeworm bush

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 17:0826.39185364-94.51487329 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy JoyeNiskins 1-5

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 17:1226.39181519-94.51491989 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye

#1,#2 Yellowcores in

brine pool bottom

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 17:3026.39216157-94.51492716 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye

#5,6 Red coresin brine

pool bottom

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 17:4926.39245723-94.51346072 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye #R3,4 edge of brine pool

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 17:5926.39228399-94.51343532 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye Att

empted sample of

crystals

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 18:0926.39200087-94.51355430 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye

Carbonate sample-1

large rock samplefrom 

ridge crest

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 18:4826.39208202-94.51521337 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye

PushcoresR1 and R2 by

mixedmussel/urchin 

field

4193 AC60123405/28/2006 18:5126.39208131-94.51521359 Gav

in

Eppard

Harry

Roberts

Mandy Joye

Scoop of

mussels/urchins-1small 

carbonate sample
App

-186

DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 14:3226.35276965-94.50737606 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen 2 red 

pushcores #1,2

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 14:4026.35448739-94.50942685 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen

Coral and holothurian collection

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 16:1226.35433470-94.49826002 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen Mussel pot A 

taken

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 16:2926.35434411-94.49824978 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen

Rock collection- 2 large

rock samples from

bottomand top ofmound

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 16:4526.35435148-94.49823508 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen Gr

ab of tubeworm clump

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 16:5826.35442288-94.49841938 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen Pu

shcores #3,4,5

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 17:0426.35444044-94.49845174 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen

Pushcore #6

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 17:0526.35444043-94.49845173 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen Nisk

ins 1,2,3

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 17:1326.35444820-94.49834450 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen

Marker #1 deployed

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 17:3926.35434091-94.49744296 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen

Soft and hardcoral

collection, 1 rock sample 

from baseofsoftcoral

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 18:2226.35516997-94.49865260 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen Seco

nd mussel pot B

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 18:3026.35518301-94.49865207 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen

Pushcores Y1-6 takenin

bacterial mat

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 18:4126.35523857-94.49863592 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen Nisk

ins #4,5 fired

4194 AC64522405/29/2006 19:1026.35480803-94.49823122 Mark

Spear Bob Carney CindyPetersen

Net samples of 3 

holothuroids

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 14:4226.18013755-94.62276839 Pat

Hickey Erik

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring Reset 

nav

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 14:5426.18021658-94.62301668 Pat

Hickey Erik

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring At b

enchmark 9

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 16:3626.18017507-94.62298908 Pat

Hickey Erik

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring

Bushmaster-1 bagsmall

rocks from bushmaster
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DIVENUM Site Depth

(m)

Date Time LatMean LonMean Pilot Port

Observer

STB 

Observer

Activity

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 17:0526.18014656-94.62300305 Pat

Hickey Erik 

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring

Deployedmarker #4 by

stainedtubeworms

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 17:2126.18021399-94.62298475 Pat

Hickey Erik 

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring

Deployedmarker #3 by

2ndstained tubiebush

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 17:2926.18031411-94.62301068 Pat

Hickey Erik 

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring

3rd bush stained near

marker #1

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 18:3126.18065005-94.62279433 Pat

Hickey Erik 

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring

Slurp of 3 starfish, 1

squid, seacucumber, 

galatheid crab and 

pogonophorans

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 18:4526.18084772-94.62289617 Pat

Hickey Erik 

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring

Mussel scoop- included 1 

back small carbonate

rocks

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 18:5726.17987855-94.62323654 Pat

Hickey Erik 

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring Slu

rp of holothurian

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 19:0626.18013517-94.62282694 Pat

Hickey Erik 

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring

Pushcore #2 and 3 at 

bushmaster scar

4195 AC81827405/30/2006 19:1426.18018699-94.62282498 Pat

Hickey Erik 

Cordes Liz Goeh

ring

2 large carbonate

collection near marker #3

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 15:1126.39235023-94.51421983 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter

Pelagic pump- yellow

chamber

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 15:2726.39230210-94.51411562 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter

Pelagic pump- red 

chamber

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 17:0926.39208968-94.51375551 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter Slu

rp of sargassum

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 17:2026.39244268-94.51376537 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter

Red pushcores of fluff

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 17:3126.39248183-94.51380398 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter Coconut collection

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 17:3726.39248196-94.51380323 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter Octo

pus collection

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 17:4526.39222156-94.51382848 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter 6 pu

shcoresin brine

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 18:0026.39186735-94.51384672 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter

Carbonate with sponges

collection

4196 AC60123305/31/2006 18:4226.39031060-94.51437619 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter Bush

master
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DIVENUM Site Depth

(m) Date Time Lat Mean Lon Mean Pilot PortObserver

STB 

Observer

4196 AC601 2330 5/31/2006 19:32 26.39045026 -94.51382057 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter

4196 AC601 2330 5/31/2006 19:34 26.39050095 -94.51356327 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter

4196 AC601 2330 5/31/2006 19:35 26.39047826 -94.51354937 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter

4196 AC601 2330 5/31/2006 20:21 26.39146400 -94.51488008 Bruce

Strickrott

Chuck

Fisher

Jeremy

Potter

4197 AC645 2200 6/1/2006 14:29 26.35388547 -94.49602851 Gavin

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Kazumi

Shibata

4197 AC645 2200 6/1/2006 14:57 26.35387337 -94.49601058 Gavin

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Kazumi

Shibata

4197 AC645 2200 6/1/2006 15:16 26.35387452 -94.49601434 Gavin

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Kazumi

Shibata

4197 AC645 2200 6/1/2006 15:33 26.35436315 -94.49729308 Gavin

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Kazumi

Shibata

4197 AC645 2200 6/1/2006 15:45 26.35411139 -94.49743801 Gavin

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Kazumi

Shibata

4197 AC645 2200 6/1/2006 15:45 26.35411139 -94.49743801 Gavin

Eppard

Ian

MacDonald

Kazumi

Shibata
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APPENDIX 6. JASON II EVENT LOG
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JASON Dive Logs

Dive Log for J2-269

Date: 06/07/07

Shift: 1130-1600 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader:

Name: Kathy Loftis

Time Comments

16:02 off sea-floor. Start SM2000 calibration

17:27 start SM200 survey over pit

17:39 start E/W line

17:49 end line

17:49 move towards benchmark 1

17:50 began all discs 002

17:57 screen shot grab

17:59 seeing sea floor

18:02 urchins

18:16 sea cucumber

18:19 crossing 2194 contour

18:21 “ 8192 “

18:22 “ 2190 “

18:22 PC-A stopped recording

18:25 mussel shell hatch

18:29 bacterial mat

18:31 mussels

18:31 tubeworms

18:33 “ & mussels

18:40 carbonate

18:41 rat tail fish

18:49 end tubeworms, mats

18:52 tubeworms

18:54 mats (white)

18:56 mound with burrows

18:57 squid & tubeworms

18:58 began recording on PC-A again

19:00 search for bm 1

19:07 tubeworms

19:14 tubeworms and carbonates

19:17 holothoria floating

19:18 mussels

19:18 marker 11 found
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19:23 tubeworms

19:30 mussel bed

19:32 blue flight bag

19:35 dead mussels

19:36 benchmarker in distance –searching

Summary:

We began the shift by carrying out a survey of a pit. Once completed, we began our search for 

benchmarker 1. Many beds of mussels and tubeworms were observed, however none were 

collected. Benchmarker 11 was observed in a mussel bed as well as a previously seeing blue 

flight bag.

Problems with recording: PC-A stopped recording for an extended period of time.

Date: 06/07/07

Shift: 1600-2000 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Dr. Harry Roberts

Name: Bill Shedd

Time (GMT) Comments

20:31 Searching for markers #6 and #15 – plastic cup on bottom

20:33 Clump of fishing line in tubeworms

20:35 Pelagic deep purple sea cucumber on brow cam

20:42 Lush tubeworm bushes

20:47 Marker #11 found, 10 m

20:52 Mussels, science cam

20:59 Abrupt change in bottom color from light to very dark

21:11 Marker #1 spotted

21:18 DVL Nav reset

22:27 Search for urchins to sample and core

22:34 Found group of urchins, prep to core; PCA DVD deck failed

22:59 Begin coring

23:03 Sample urchin, continue coring

Watch Summary:

Located markers #1 and #11, could not locate #6 and #15, to calibrate Jason navigation with 06

Alvin navigation. Sampled sea urchins and took cores below them, in front of them, and behind 

them on their trails to determine what they eat.
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Date: 6/8/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Irmi Eichinger

Time (GMT) Comments

01:30 Getting ready for SM 2000

20m, starting in NW corner, facing west

Folder J2-269 at 340

01:50 Start of line 1

02:36 End of line 1

02:42 Start of line 2

03:18 End of line 2

Watch Summary:

Nothing interesting to see.

Date: 6/8/2007

Shift: 0000-0400 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

04:15:31 Start of SM2000 survey line 3

04:52:09 End of survey line 3

04:56:?? Start of survey line 4

05:33:02 End of survey line 4

05:40:59 Start of survey line 5

06:15:32 End of survey line 5

06:23:31 Start of survey line 6

06:46:01 Dropped target (marker)

07:00:58 End of survey line 6

07:04:18 Start of survey line 7

07:39:02 End of survey line 7

07:51:08 Start of survey line 8

Watch Summary:
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At the start of watch, the SM2000 survey was continuing. We surveyed lines 3 to 7. A target was 

dropped during survey line #6. Survey line #8 was started before the end of watch. No DVD 

recordings were made.

Date: 6/8/2007

Shift: 0400-0730 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT340

Watch Leader:

Name: Oscar Garcia

Time (GMT) Comments

08:22:38 End of survey Line 8

08:32:40 Start of Survey Line 9

09:08:57 End of Survey Line 9

09:17:54 Start of Survey Line 10

09:50:10 End of Survey Line 10

09:58:21 Start of Survey Line 11

10:34:48 End of Survey Line 11

10:34:50 Start transiting to repeating survey line 6

10:34:50 Start recording DVD series 007

10:54:12 After 10:52 minutes, DVD BCW 07 fails recording.

10:56:03 DVD BCW07 was replaced and start recording in a new DVD labeled

BCW7#2

11:03:54 Start repeating survey line 6

11:27:00 DVD BCA07 fails and it is replaced for a new one it is labeled BCA007#2

11:40:00 Stop Survey Line 6

11:40:00 Transiting to new site northwest.

Watch Summary:

Basically we conducted Survey lines 8,9,10 and 11, line 6 was repeated. Two DVD fails during 

watch time.

Date: 6/8/2007

Shift: 0730-1130 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT340

Watch Leader:

Name: Julia Zekely
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Time (GMT) Comments

11.40 DVD set 7 recording (still); transit to western targeting site; appr. 2191m depth

11.52 Sea urchin field; many urchins and many trails

11.58 Holothuroids (2)

11.58 JASON hits bottom (sitz mark)

12.22 Sea whip

12.24 Sea whips (2); DVD set 8 started

13.20 Survey starts, short view on JASON instruments

14.20 End of survey (line #2)

14.26 DVDs 8 ends, no other set started due to surveys 20m off bottom

14.37 survey start (line #3); appr 2165m depth, 20m off bottom

14.48 line’ track problems; survey stopped 

start of survey line#5

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/8/2007

Shift: 1130-1600 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT340

Watch Leader:

Name: Kathy Loftis

Time Comments

15:33 stop survey line 4

15:35 no DVDs are recording

15:36 start line 5

15:55 end line 5

15:39 start line 6

16:19 end line 6

16:29 start line 7

16:48 end line 7

16:50 start line 8

17:11 end line 8

17:16 start line 9

17:36 end line 9

17:38 start line 10

17:59 end line 10

18:03 start line 11

18:23 end line 11

18:25 start line 12

18:47 end line 12

18:51 start line 13
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19:10 end line 13

19:15 start line 14

19:35 end line 14

19:38 start line 15

Summary:

At the start of this shift, an SM2000 survey was already underway. The survey was carried out 

the length of the shift and still in progress at the beginning of the following shift. No 

observations were made as the ROV was not near the seafloor.

Date: 06/08/07

Shift: 1600-2000 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Dr. Harry Roberts

Name: Bill Shedd

Time (GMT) Comments

19:55 On line #15, SM 200 survey

19:59 End line #15

20:02 Begin line #16

20:24 End line #16

20:35 Begin line #17

20:55 End line #17

20:58 Begin line #18

21:22 End line #18

21:27 Begin line #19

21:50 End line #19

21:53 Begin line #20

22:19 End line #20

22:22 Begin line #20.5 (line change to transit to tie-line #21)

22:38 End line #20.5

22:45 Begin line #21 (E-W tie-line)

23:21 End first part of line #21, waiting on ship to change course

23:24 Begin calibration lines 5 m off bottom, 10 m off bottom, and 15 m off bottom

23:35 End calibration lines, waiting on ship to change course

Watch Summary:
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We continued the SM2000 survey and surveyed lines 15 to 21. We performed calibration lines 5,

10, and 15 meters off the seafloor.

Date: 6/9/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-269

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Chuck Fisher

Name: Irmi Eichinger

Time (GMT) Comments

00:39 tube worms

00:42 mussels

00:56 lamellibrachia

00:57 DvD 009-BC-W stopped after 18min recording

00:59 crab

01:06 carbonate plates + tubeworms

01:20 DvD 009-BC-A stopped after 40min

01:29 mussels

01:47 DvD 009II-BC-W and 009II-BC-A start recording

02:04 marker 12 found

02:09 315 Hdg; y:621; x: 384 marker 12

03:25 weights off from elevator

03:43 elevator goes up

03:59 jason is going up

Watch Summary: many tubeworms, mussels, and carbonate plates
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Dive Log for J2-270

Name: Kathy Loftis

Site: AT-340

Date: 6/9/07

Shift: 11:30-4:00

Dive: J2-270

Time Comments

18:17 Jason is still being lowered

18:28 approaching seafloor

18:28 pc-w behind other dvds

18:42 not yet at seafloor

18:45 search for fish trap

18:52 2203 m depth

18:59 in transit to elevator 2 location

19:05 pc-a stopped recording b/ween 24 and40 minutes

19:06 fat cucumber, clump of cucumbers

19:09 pc-a failed insert new disc

19:12 sea cucumber

19:15 starfish

19:22 2 sea cucumbers

19:22 starfish

19:23 sea cucumber

19:29 floppy urchin

19:36 fish

19:41 sea cucumbers

19:43 sea cucumber

19:51 still in transit to elevator

19:55 sea cucumber collection

Summary:

We began with the lowering of JASON. Once having reached the seafloor, we started a short 

search for a lost fish trap. The trap was not located during the search and JASON started to 

transit towards the elevator. During this transit, many biological observations were made, 

however there were no collections. The most common observation made were sea cucumbers.

Date: 6/9/07

Shift: 16:00-20:00 EDT 

Dive: J2-270

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Bill Shedd
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Time (GMT) Comments

19:58 slurp sample #1, holothurian, green bucket

20:06 elevator launched

20:13 slurp sample #2, holothurian, green bucket

20:22 start DVD tapes #11 20:27

20:27 slurp sample #3, holothurian, green bucket

20:30 stop DVD tapes #10

20:33 slurp sample #4, sea star, red bucket

20:42 slurp sample #5, holothurian, red bucket

20:52 slurp sample #6, holothurian, red bucket

20:54 slurp sample #7, holothurian, red bucket

21:03 observe octopus, attempt slurp sample

21:05 octopus escapes

21:08 slurp sample #8, holothurian, red bucket

21:11 tripod fish observed

21:13 slurp sampling finished; two empty chambers remain – black and white, black, with 

green dash

21:15 transiting to elevator

21:21 left carbonate area into mud-prone area where the elevator should be

21:23 found elevator in good shape

21:24 Ian's “Louie” camera working

21:29 weight removed from elevator

21:33 another weight removed from elevator

21:37 move elevator to new site

22:13 deploy elevator at new site

22:21 start DVD tapes #12

22:23 stop DVD tapes #11

22:44 PCA #12 DVD stopped, couldn't finalize, replaced

22:53 deploy “Louie” camera, Target #25

23:08 prep for photo mosaic

23:18 reset nav LBL BC 23m offset, bearing 247 from AC baseline

23:25 begin photo mosaic

Watch Summary:

8 slurp sa mples were taken, moved elevator, deployed Ian' s Louie camera, and started 

photo mosaic, observed octopus and tripod fish

Date: 6/9/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-270

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Stephanie Lessard-Pilon
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Name: irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

1:02 doing a smaller area at 3m (dense mussels)

1:13 tubeworms, mussels:nice video

1:21 still photomosaic (Stephanie)

1:45 end of photomosaic

1:47 Ian's camera

1:51 start mussel transplant experiment, move to the area

1:55 mussels close up, really nice, depth: 2190

2:01 sensoring starts

2:02 touching the mussels

2:04 anemones on the mussels: nice close up

2:14 opening of the first cage

2:21 filling the mussels inside the cage

2:29 methane measuring

2:39 second cage: start

2:55 opening of the biobox

2:59 start of filling the third cage with mussels

3:07 4. cage out of the biobox

3:11 white, long fish and start with filling the cage with mussels

3:19 methane measuring

3:28 end of measuring

3:32 moving the green cage

3:40 grab a rock for Harry, from milk-crate in the back

3:45 making pictures of cages from Stephanie

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/10/2007

Shift: 0000-0400 EDT 

Dive: J2-270

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Stephanie Lessard-Pilon, Stephane Hourdez, Chuck Fisher

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

03:56:33 Finished down-looking pictures

03:58:42 Going to elevator to get mussel nets

04:07:46 Photographing tubeworms

04:09:20 Elevator in sight

04:15:00 Fix for elevator position

04:17:37 Grabbing mussel scoop nets
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04:19:10 White net/black zip ties mussel scoop net removed from elevator

04:23:56 White/black mussel net in bushmaster bucket

04:26:48 Blue/black net removed from elevator

04:28:17 Blue/black net placed in bushmaster bucket

04:29:55 Going to “the” mussel bed (Marker #2)

04:37:23 At mussel bed, can see Marker #2

04:42:00 Grabbed blue/black net from bushmaster bucket

04:48:20 Attempted mussel collection with blue/black net (inverted net)

04:53:11 Attempted mussel collection with blue/black net (inverted net)

04:54:51 Attempted mussel collection with blue/black net (inverted net)

04:55:25 Attempted mussel collection with blue/black net (inverted net)

04:56:01 Mussel collection with blue/black net- collected a few mussels

05:06:01 Attempted mussel collection with blue/black net (inverted net)

05:08:53 Continuing attempt at mussel collection with blue/black net

05:14:44 Changed grip position, continuing attempt

05:17:09 Mussel collection with blue/black net- collected a few mussels

05:18:34 Mussel collection attempt with blue/black net- brown mussels on hill

05:21:03 Attempting to grab mussels with manipulator arm

05:22:56 Observed gas bubbles

05:23:42 Collected mussels with manipulator, placed in blue/black net

05:29:53 Placed blue/black net in starboard bio box

05:34:08 Grabbed white/black net from bushmaster bucket

05:35:44 Attempting mussel collection with white/black net in same slope area

05:38:00 Grabbing mussels with manipulator arm instead of scooping- have not collected 

anything yet

05:41:23 Attempted to collect mussels with white/black net

05:42:20 Collected one mussel by scooping mussel net

05:42:59 Collected some mussels by scooping white/black net

05:44:52 Collecting mussels with manipulator arm and placing in white/black netÆ

successful

05:48:12 Attempting to collect mussels by scooping mussel netÆ successful

05:54:26 Taking nets back to the elevator, end of mussel net sampling

05:58:28 Fishing line sighted on mussel bed

06:01:47 Elevator in sight

06:07:25 Placed white/black net in biobox #2

06:10:38 Placed blue/black net in biobox #1

06:12 PCA-16 stopped recording after 18:06; changed disk to PCA-16-2; we think PCA-16 

finalized

06:18 Started PCA-16-2

06:21:02 Moving elevator to Urchin 1 area

06:54:58 Push cores almost fell off Jason; elevator hit push cores

06:57:05 Using starboard manipulator to hold push cores until elevator is lowered

06:58:49 Placed elevator at Urchin 1 area

06:59:25 Resetting push cores on Jason

07:05:32 Removing artificial urchin from elevator

07:08:24 Placed artificial urchin in quiver with meth sensor
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07:12:20 Searching for ‘good’ area to take urchin push cores

07:19:05 Bio observation- small gorgonian in science camera

07:24 Reset DVL- navigation

07:42:00 Getting ready to take urchin cores

07:49 BCW-17 stopped recording at 0749 after approximately 4 minutes

07:52:01 Taking core in urchin trail (green #8)

07:54 Restarted BCW-17-2

07:57 Push core green #5 still has a plug in it

08:01 Taking core in urchin trail (green #3)

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we started mussel net collections. Mussel net sampling lasted for 

approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. There were initial problems with collecting mussels in the 

two nets; therefore, in order to collect some mussels, Jason’s manipulator arm was used. 

Towards the end of mussel net sampling, there were a couple of successful net scooping 

collections. The last hour of this watch was spent searching for an appropriate area (urchin trails) 

to take urchin push cores. Two urchin cores were collected before the end of watch.

Date: 06/10/2007

Shift: 0400-0800 EDT 

Dive: J2-270

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Ian MacDonald

Name: Oscar Garcia

Time (GMT) Comments

8:07 Still workin on core in urchins green 3

8:10 Biology takes a sample of sear urchin in starboard biobox

8:10 Starting work with another core.

8:12 Sample core in green 7

8:17 Sampler core in urchins green 4

8:22 Sample core in urchings green 6

8:34 Sea urchin starboard biobox a sample from manipulator arme.

8:40 DVD SCA 17 fails and it is replaced by a new one

8:44 Sample core with Green 1.

8:51 Core in urchins green 2

8:56 Stop coring Biology observation pelagic PC and BC camera

9:06 Fish on pilot camera

9:10 Sample core with Blue 6

9:14 Control core blue 4

9:15 Control core blue 1

9:18 Control core blue 7

9:19 Control core blue 5
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9:21 Control core blue 2

9:23 Control core blue 3

9:26 Control core blue 8

9:30 Start Recording DVD 18 series

9:31 Elevator spoted on camera pilot

9:35 ‘HUEY’ Camera is not working

9:48 Relocate push cores to the elevator

9:55 Empty cores dropped on bottom

10:01 DVD PCA 18 stops recording and it is replaced

10:10 Elevator weights released

11:40 New set of DVD is recording DVD 19 series

11:41 EVT nav reset DVL

Watch Summary:

Finish working with green push cores, all blue cores done,’HUEY’ camera not working.

Date: 6/10/07

Shift: 8000-1200 EDT 

Dive: J2-270

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Ian

Name: irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

12:08 photo transect

12:30 still floating

12:41 on the bottom, preparing for photo transect

12:51 start

12:54 end of transect

12:56 preparation of next transit

13:00 start transit, T4 to T5

13:21 end of transit

13:24 start of photo transect T5

13:26 end of transect

13:29 start of transectT5 to T8

13:22 stop of transect

13:35 start of transect T8

13:41 start transit T8 to T3

13:43 end of line, finish of T3

13:48 start of T6

13:51 end of transect T6

14:11 start of T7

14:14 stop of T7
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14:17 start of line

14;20 stop of T9

14;27 start of T2

14:30 stop of T2

14:39 start of T10

14:42 end of line

14;47 reset

14;49 start of line T1

14:52 end of line T1

14:52 heading to CRP looking for urchins

15:01 reset

15:14 start transit to central depression

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/10/2007

Shift: 11.30 – 16.00 EDT (GTM 15.30 – 20.00) 

Dive: J2-270

Site: AT340

Watch Leader:

Name: Julia Zekely

Time (GMT) Comments

15.50 Many urchins and trails

16.04 Sea urchins, starfish in between

16.06 looking for site for Stephanies “artificial sea urchin trails”

16.09 complete straight trail in between other trails, Bob takes still

16.35 artificial sea urchin trail set, “Klobuerste” #1; ☺, good one

16.40 Klobuerste Mark ‚ #1 set (2002m depth)

16.42 Doppler reset (2x)

16.57 Klobuerste marker #2 set

17.00 artificial urchin trail #2 set; ☺ good one

17.03 Doppler reset

17.17 Klobuerste marker #3 set

17.18 artificial urching trail #3 set; ☺; 2201m depth

[trails 1-3 on DVD set 21]

17.47 artificial urching trail set, but marked with marker #5; ☺

17.49 Doppler reset

17.55 Photo Mosaic

18.15 Marker deployed (mosaic marker); photo mosaic appr. 3m above bottom

18.59 Marker deployed (mosaic marker)

19.15 Marker with small float as corner markers

19.49 Niskin fired above sea urchin field
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Watch Summary:

Good view, most of time used for Stephanies “artificial sea urchin trails” experiment with 

Klobuerste, which was very successful. 4 artificial trails were done and marked. Afterwards the 

photo mosaics were started, many stills taken during mosaic

Date: 6/10/07

Shift: 16:00-20:00 EDT 

Dive: J2-270

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Bill Shedd

Time (GMT) Comments

20:30 End of photo survey

20:59 slurp sample of 6 legged sea star, white bucket

21:03 observed crab

21:05 sample of crab

21:11 holothurian observed

21:14 attempt, failed to collect anemone

21:24 star fish observed

21:29 star fish collected, port biobox

21:45 mudflow (v. light colored) surrounds pre-existing highs (dark brown); flow is highly 

disturbed by numerous urchins, dark colored mounds undisturbed

21:50 PCA-24 DVD stopped, would not finalize, replaced

21:59 core in bacterial mat, red #1

22:02 core in mat, red #2 (might have a blue ring)

22:18 core in mat, red #3

22:24 core in in undisturbed dark sediment, red #4

22:28 core in very disturbed, very light sediment, red #5

22:44 core in mat, red #6

22:59 core in mat, red #7

23:14 core in mat, red #8

23:18 start DVD's #25

23:18 core in mat, yellow #8

23:21 core in mat, yellow #5

Watch Summary:

10 cores were taken, 8 in bacterial mats and 2 in geological flow and non-flow features. One 

holothurian, two sea stars, and one crab were collected. The flow was made up of very light 

colored sediment on the surface, almost black below, and was full of trails of numerous live sea 

urchins; the topographically higher, older sediments was dark brown on the surface and below 

and show little sign of disturbance by urchins.
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Date: 6/10/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-270

Site: AT340

Watch Leader:

Name: Kathy Loftis

Time (GMT) Comments

0:12:18 In transit to bushmaster site

0:33:12 Mussel shell observed

0:35:11 Large mussel bed

0:36:13 Blue bag observed

0:37:14 Ian’s camera seen; LED blinking

0:40:31 Start looking for tube-wormsÆ marker 8 and 15

0:43:50 Bucket (white) seen with tubeworms surrounding

0:48:23 Long-line fishing line observed in tubeworm bed, at 10 m from mussel bed

0:53:29 In mussel bed Æ benchmarker #2

1:02:22 Found benchmarker #15 observed only; looking benchmarker 6

1:12:15 SCA (red) completely shut off at some time; turned on and pressed record

1:13:37 Bushmaster

1:16:31 Began DVD set 026

1:18:44 DVD set 025 ended

1:27:36 Begin tubeworm collection with bushmasterÆ stained tubeworms

1:30:44 Begin closing in on tubeworms

1:41:09 Tubeworms are collected

1:49 Tubeworms on shelf

1:52:49 Collecting small batch of stained tube worms

2:11 Collecting tubeworms into port bio box with rock

2:14 Collecting rock into port bio box

2:17 Collecting tubeworms into port bio box with large rock

2:22 Moving NW to look for fish trap

2:56 Jason going up!

2:51 End recording

Watch Summary:
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Dive Log for J2-271

Date: 6/11/07

Shift: 16:00-20:00

Dive: J2-271

Site: MC462

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Bill Shedd

Time (GMT) Comments

22:38 on bottom, start DVD #27, mottled, very burrowed bottom, small Beggiatoa mats

22:43 reset Doppler, not moving

22:48 forward heading 190, 10 m

22:49 common, small Beg mats common

22:52 white holothurian, stopped looking for hill with sonar

22:57 fish, vesicomyid clams, forward, course 127

22:59 carbonates, gorgonian corals, large red crab

23:02 carbonates, numerous brittle stars, anoemone

23:05 carbonates, strong current - ~1 knot

23:12 looking for top of mound, course 310, 949.4 m

23:18 looking for top of mound, course 35, 949.8 m

23:25 Beg mats, course 3, 950 m

23:30 prep to deploy marker

23:34 set marker

23:36 trash(?), sign on pole with arrow pointing up and “surface dweller” written on it

23:37 eel

23:40 Beg mats, stopped, waiting for Medea

23:45 forward, course 45

23:58 crossing 960 m contour, depth 959 m

Watch Summary: found top of mound to have common Beggiatoa, large carbonate 

outcrops with gorgonian corals, some vesicomyid clams, fish and crabs.

Geophysical maps found to off by 1 meter in depth

Date: 6/11/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-271

Site: MC462

Watch Leader: Harry

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments
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0:03 end of first transit

0:12 holothurian

0:14 crabs

0:16 holothurian

0:19 marker CRP

0:20 bacterial mat

0:21 holothurian

0:22 bacterial mat

0:35 soft corals, gorgonians

0:37 rocks

0:40 crab on the rock

1:04 holothurian

1:06 crab

1:29 coral

1:29 gorgonians, rocks, ophiuroids

1:34 rocks, gorgonians

1:35 holothurian

1:35 corals, rock

1:38 bacterial mat

1:43 holothurian, crab

1:45 crab

1:46 rocks, coral

1:47 many rocks, dead corals

1:53 trash, crab on top, anemons

1;56 trash

2;02 rock, holothurian

2:04 rat-tail fish, many of them

2:06 crabs

2:07 bacterial mat

2:09 trash, bomb

2:18 bacterial mat, black

2:25 holothurian

2:58 many fish, chimera, close up

3:35 rock, close up, on Birne flow site back

3:51 start of taking a core for Marshal

3:55 taking the core

Date: 6/12/2007

Shift: 0000-0400 EDT 

Dive: J2-271

Site: MC462

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts, Bernie Bernard, Ian MacDonald

Name: Nicole Morris
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Time (GMT) Comments

03:58:53 Taking push core (green #8) in bacterial mat

04:05:42 Taking push core (green #3) in bacterial mat

04:05:45 Harry/Bernie think oil may possibly be seeping out

04:06:59 Geo Obs: Oil bubbles?

04:18:59 Taking push core (#4) in bacterial mat

04:20:01 Geo Obs: Oil bubbles

04:20:01 Geo Obs: Hydrates

04:27:00 Taking push core (#9) in bacterial mat

04:27:58 Geo Obs: Hydrate

04:30:00 Core 9 failed; returned to basket empty

04:36:21 Geo obs: hydrate mound

04:42:00 Taking push core (blue #5) in bacterial mat

04:41 PCA 30 stopped recording

04:46 PCA 30-2 started recording

04:50:30 Crab picture taken on Scorpio

04:53:56 Moved white core #9 into milk crate

04:58:01 Taking push core (green #1) in bacterial mat

05:02:31 Going to collect mussel/clam shell

05:06:48 Collecting mussel/clam with manipulator

05:07:21 Mussel collected was placed in starboard bio box

05:08:43 Collecting second shell

05:09:38 Placing 2nd shell in starboard bio box

05:10:44 Mass spec has been on while on the ROV; going to test the mass spec

05:12:36 Picked up mass spec probe from ROV; starting test

05:13:30 Placed probe next to sediment (on top of sediment)

05:16:01 Mass spec test continues

05:17:23 Holding probe above sediment

05:27:04 Some indication of propaneÆ reading from mass spec

05:29:25 Moving probe back to ROV

05:30:05 Moving back to bacterial mat

05:33:33 Placing probe above bacterial matÆ same area as cores were taken

05:45:11 Methane appears to be increasing

05:55:23 Stop testing mass spec

05:55:49 Moving to coral area

06:16:49 Corals sighted (gorgonian)Æ new area (dropped a target)

06:32:58 At coral site to collect Lophelia, gorgonian, and other animals; also to take 

pictures with handheld camera

06:36:00 Grabbed handheld camera

06:37:15 Power to camera

06:45:10 Trying to work camera; having some problems; no pictures yet

06:49:59 Appears to be a connection problem with ROV and handheld camera

06:54:36 Seeing shells embedded in carbonate

07:04:59 Bio obs: coral

07:04:36 Dropped another marker at coral site
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07:06:30 Taking pictures with ScorpioÆ attempting

07:08:33 Taking pictures of coral-gorgonian with Scorpio

07:10:39 Took picture of gorgonian

07:11:04 Took picture of gorgonian

07:11:22 Took picture of gorgonian

07:11:44 Continuing to take pictures of gorgonian

07:25:02 Searching for Lophelia to sample

07:26:34 Ogcocephalid observed in brow cam

07:28:51 Continuing to take pictures with Scorpio

07:30:38 Lophelia sighted

07:31:12 Still continuing to reconcile connection problems with Ian’s handheld

07:37:36 Ian’s handheld appears to not be working

07:33:38 Best of video- Lophelia

07:36:13 DV cam recorded of Lophelia

07:39 End of DV cam recording

07:40:40 Still attempting to “fix” connection problem

07:41:35 Taking down looking images of corals with ScorpioÆ Lophelia corals

07:42:51 Ian’s camera (handheld) is not going to work; power circuit is not working only 

receiving 5 volts

07:44:32 Starting to take Lophelia Scorpio images

07:46:48 Ian’s camera may possibly have power; checking connection, power, volts

07:48:46 Camera is not working

07:50:31 Continuing Scorpio images of Lophelia

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we were taking push cores in a bacterial mat. While taking push 

cores, watch leaders sighted oil bubbles seeping from areas where cores had been taken. We then

tested the mass spectrometer in different areas for approximately 40 minutes. Jason then moved 

to the coral sight to begin coral collections. The last hour and a half of this watch was spent 

taking images of coral site with the Scorpio camera and reconciling connection problems with 

the handheld camera.

Date: 06/12/2007

Shift: 0400-0800 EDT 

Dive: J2-271

Site: MC462

Watch Leader: Ian MacDonald

Name: Oscar Garcia

Time (GMT) Comments

7:59 Start Oscar Watching

8:02 Soft Coral in the top of the rock

8:03 Lophelia detected on Scorpio Camera
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8:07 DVD Series 032 starts recording

8:09 Ian Macrocamera operation starts

8:13 Manipulator operates camera to a lophelia area

8:15 Stops Recording DVD series 31

8:26 Crab photographed with macrocamera

8:33 PCA DVD 32 stops recording

8:42 Sea urchin observed

8:55 Moving away from the same rock.

8:55 Two different corals observed plain and soft.

8:58 Biol. Observation madrepora coral

9:06 Fail to attempt to sample coral in biobox

9:08 Succesful sample collection of madrepora coral

9:22 Soft coral collection with Biobox

9:28 Carbonate Sample

9:35 Stop samplicg corals and carbonates

9:47 Start transiting to photo transect series

9:53 Start Transect 1

9:58 End of line 1

10:05 Start recording DVD series 33

10:06 Start transect 2

10:08 Stop recording DVD series 32

10:11 End of line 2

10:22 Start transect 4

10:27 End of transect 4

10:30 Start transect 8

10:35 End of transect 8

10:52 Start transect 5

10:57 End of transect 5

11:06 Start transect t3

11:11 end transect t3

11:16 Start transect t10

11:20 end transect t10

11:26 Start transect t9

11:31 End transect t9

11:39 Start transect t7

11:43 End transect t7

12:02 Start transect t6

12:04 end transect t6 stop photransect

12:06 end DVD 33

12:31 DVD series 34 were stopped after 28 minutes because Jason dive finished.

Watch Summary:

Multiple Biol. Observations at the beginning of the watch. Macrocamera was used with the 

manipulator and the Photo Random Transect were conducted
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Dive Log for J2-272

Date: 6/12/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-272

Site: GC415

Watch Leader: Harry

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

1:11 Jason reached the bottom

1:29 stop, shrimp

1:35 we are going to geo1,

1:43 shrimp

2:01 bacterial matt

2:09 going to geo target 2

2:10 fish

2:14 Eel

2:32 at target geo2

2:35 going to geo target3

2:48 at geo target 3

2:50 going back to CRP

3:04 marker2 in sight

3:07 taking marker 2

3:15 going to geo target 4

3:32 at target 4

Date: 6/13/2007

Shift: 0000-0400 EDT 

Dive: J2-272

Site: GC415

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts, Erik Cordes, Stephane Hourdez

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

03:52:08 Continuing the transit to the upper area

04:41:52 Arrived at northern site

04:44:19 Setting marker #2

04:44:29 Reset DVL nav

04:46:36 Going to Geo target5

04:57:30 Bio obs: holothuroid

04:56:46 Bio obs: bacterial mats

04:58:30 Bio obs: fish
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05:01:01 Bio obs: bacterial mat; crab

05:01:40 Bio obs: bacterial mat; clams

05:02:20 Dropping target “mat/clams”

05:07:52 Dropped target “bacterial mat”; possibly brine

05:07:58 Going to take some push cores

05:09:53 Bio obs: 2 white holothuroids

05:10:38 Geo obs: edge of flow

05:15:41 Bio obs: fish

05:17:50 Getting ready to take push cores

05:20:35 Taking push core (yellow #7) in bacterial mat/brine

05:22:56 Taking push core (yellow #4) in bacterial mat/brine

05:27:22 Taking push core (yellow #1) in bacterial mat/brine

05:29:21 Finished coring this area

05:35:01 Bio obs: bacterial mats, holothuroid

05:35:36 Bio obs: 2 fish

05:36:41 Shrimp

05:40:38 Shark; Dalatiidae

05:42:12 Eel

05:44:55 Bacterial mat

05:47:27 Bacterial mat

05:47:57 Dropped target “brine area 2”

05:52:28 Bacterial mats

05:54:10 Pockmark observed on sonar

05:56:52 Getting ready to take 3 push cores at another bacterial mat

06:01:49 Taking push core (yellow #9) in another bacterial mat

06:03:44 Taking push core (yellow #6) in bacterial mat

06:05:15 Taking push core (yellow #3) in bacterial mat

06:07:30 Continuing on to Geo target #6

06:21:39 Geo obs mounds and holes

06:22:21 Field of mounds/holes

06:23:26 Getting close to Geo target 6

06:25:36 Pits/fields

06:32:35 Heading to Geo target 7

06:44:52 Moving to Geo target 8

06:52:17 Geo obs pockmark with bacterial mats

07:03:14 Bacterial mat

07:10 PCA failed

07:15 PCA-2 started

07:21:29 Bio obs: big shrimp

07:24:30 Nautilus

07:36:10 Small bacterial mats

07:39:49 Small bacterial mats

07:42:09 Small bacterial mats

07:44:58 Small bacterial mats

07:47:08 Small bacterial mats

07:53:30 Nice bacterial mat
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Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we were transiting to the northern site. Three push cores were taken 

in a bacterial mat/brine site (marker “bacterial mat”). Three push cores were taken in a second 

bacterial mat/brine area (marker “brine area 2”). After the second set of three push cores, Jason 

continued moving along to different Geo targets; this continued through the end of this watch.

Date: 06/12/2007

Shift: 0400-0800 EDT 

Dive: J2-271

Site: MC462

Watch Leader: Ian MacDonald

Name: Oscar Garcia

Time (GMT) Comments

8:01:29 Taking push core (yellow 8 in bacterial mat over hydrate

8:09:52 Taking push core (yellow 5) in bacterial mat over hydrate

8:15:00 Taking push core (yellow 2) in bacterial mats over hydrate

8:22:55 Mass spec start sampling hydrate

8:35:09 M spec probe calibrated and start over the same hole of pushing core

8:42:09 Biology observation. Other ciliate with sulful symbionts

8:43 Starts recording DVD series 39

8:46 Stop recording DVD series 38

8:55 Macrocamera set up taking ciliate images

9:10 Macro camera taking images of colonia cilia

9:45 macro camera start core hole

9:51 macro camera turned off

9:56 Core 5 yellow, shake out to try cilitate colony

10:00 Sample in core 5 fell out twice.

10:03 Attempt to sample again with core 5

10:06 Put core 5 away with out any sample.

10:13 Scoop net collection mud around ciliate

10:14 Gas below crust is observed

10:17 Hydrate coming out from the bottom

10:21 Use core 5 to break up crust

10:30 Gas bubbles coming out

10:36 Start recording DVD series 040

10:50 Mark 5 deployed

10:50 Moving towards geotarget #10

10:56 Pock marks series observed

11:00 Fish, carbonates, hydrates

11:05 DVD pca 40 fails after 18 min

11:23 Preparing Jason Ascending

Watch Summary:
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Pushing Cores 8,5,2 sampling bacterial mats. Mass spec used sampling hydrates. Bubbles 

observed in several times of the watch.
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Dive Log for J2-273

Date: 6/13/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader: Harry

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

0:56 floating over the bottom

0:59 fish

1:06 on topo high

1:14 Octopus!!!

1:17 still octopus

1:23 going to drop a marker (3)

1:34 going to geo 1

1:36 gorgonia and anemones (many)

1:39 shrimp

1:52 bamboo coral, funny fish

1:54 going to target 2

2:07 soft coral, anemones (close up)

2:10 anemones, soft coral, (pilot cam +science cam)

2:14 suction sample, close up of anemone with science cam

2:20 start: catching crab

2:32 taking anemone + rock

2:34 taking anemone into milk can with markers (science cam)

2:38 gorgonians!

2:39 troping target `bamboo corals 2`

2:41 large crab(maya)

2:44 catching the crab (science cam)

2:47 taking two legs, into biobox

2:49 coral

2:51 coral, rocks

2:52 taking sample from coral, into biobox

2:07 taking picture with the cool pix

3:10 science cam: close up of coral

3:35 going to geo target 4

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/14/2007

Shift: 0000-0400 EDT 

Dive: J2-273
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Site: GC852

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

04:00:46 Moving to Geo target 3

04:04:48 Skate

04:13:13 Fish

04:15:14 Skate

04:32:47 Bacterial mat

04:39:40 Moving to “Harry’s mystery” target, due west

04:47:57 Ctenophore

05:18:12 Reset DVL-nav

05:35:35 Harry’s target, carbonate mound

05:36:01 Corals: soft coral, black coral

05:37:41 Solitary tubeworm

05:38:04 More tubeworms

05:41:47 Coral

05:43:23 Dropping target “slope outcrop”

05:45:25 Sitting ROV down to collect carbonate

05:45:46 Collecting carbonate rock with manipulatorÆ attempt

05:46:36 Collecting carbonate rock with manipulatorÆ attempt

05:47:29 Collecting carbonate rock with manipulatorÆ attempt

05:47:42 Collecting carbonate rock with manipulatorÆ successful

05:49:06 Placed carbonate sample into empty milk crate on basket

05:50:10 Sponge

05:50:30 Continuing to search for Harry’s mystery target

05:53:38 Moving to southern site

05:56:40 Shrimp

06:00:39 Tubeworms and carbonate

06:00:34 Small gorgonians

06:34:11 Eel

06:45:01 Isopod

07:11:20 At carbonate mound

07:11:33 Coral observed

07:11:49 Coral observed

07:13:48 Searching for animals to slurp

07:14:36 Solitary tubeworm

07:15:21 Brachyurid crabs

07:17:41 Grabbing suction sampler

07:21:43 Trying to adjust suction sampler

07:31:00 Start slurp sampling

07:35:50 Galatheid crab collection in blue chamber

07:38 Galatheid crab collection in blue chamber

07:45:57 Attempted galatheid crab collection
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07:46:25 Galatheid crab collected in blue chamber

07:51:40 Galatheid crab collected in blue chamber

07:55:18 Attempting shrimp collection Æ successful in blue chamber

07:56:47 Set suction sampler back on basket; searching for more animals to slurp

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we were transiting Geo target 3. Following this transit, we started 

transiting to “Harry’s Mystery” target. We logged biological and geological features while in 

transit. A target “slope outcrop” was dropped at a carbonate mound area. While at the carbonate 

mound area, carbonate was collected. We began slurp sampling toward the end of this watch.

Date: 06/14/2007

Shift: 0400-0800 EDT 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC852

Watch Leader:

Name: Oscar Garcia

Time (GMT) Comments

8:03 Tubeworms observed

8:05 Crab over carbonate rock

8:09 Slurp Collection attempted to use for crab

8:13 Strong crab run away

8:15 Biol observation mobile fauna

8:17 Slurp Collection little crab

8:20 Multiple soft coral observed around carbonate

8:22 DVD starts recording

8:32 Slurp Collection continues around big carbonate

8:42 Anemona recorded with DV camera

8:44 Biol. Observation mobile fauna anemone like

8:53 Golden Coral observed over carbonate

9:01 Multiple coral observed

9:06 Reset DVL now

9:17 Unusual Crab attempted to collect-run away

9:20 Moving towards elevator

9:42 Fish observed during transit

9:49 Snail Fish observed

9:50 eel mobile fish

9:53 Ship elevator communication not working

9:58 Elevator mode navigation is not working. Other navigation is still working

10:11 Elevator observed

10:16 DVD starts recording

10:32 Elevator stuck into the mud
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10:35 Elevator freed it.

11:18 Elevator landed in new site

11:45 Still waiting for dust to settle

Date: 6/14/2007

Shift: 7.30 – 11.30 EDT (GTM 11.30-15.30) 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader:

Name: Julia Zekely

Time (GMT) Comments

11.53 looking for Ian ́s camera

11.56 Elevator in sight

12.07 Marker #2 in sight (1405m depth)

12.11 carbonates rocks and mussels

12.14 many mussels

12.19 preparing to scoop mussels

12.28 mussel scoop: WHITE NET

12.34 still scooping; good site; gas bubbles observed while scooping (near carbonated rocks;

1407m depth)

12.36 scoops right next/underneath rock (with tubeworms on), more gas bubbles

12.40 net 1⁄2 full, lots of mussels collected, other manipulator grabs net

12.46 more scooping, gas bubbles

12.57 scooping finished, white net in biobox

13.01 new fix on marker #8 (from loast year)

13.15 ball marker (BLUE TAPE) deployed here (on carbonated rock with tubeworms)

13.17 stained tubeworms (close up, Best of)

13.22 grabbing stained tubeworms (port biobox)

13.30 gas bubbles again(where tubeworms were grabbed), still grabbing tubeworms

13.36 wooden port biobox with grabbed tubeworms closed

13.40 Doppler reset

13.45 Marker occupy, fixed new one on #8

13.47 nice overlook over site around #8 (check BCam!)

13.53 looking for mussels to collect; difficult because many dead mussels

13.58 Marker #5 fixed

14.00 Carbonated rocks

14.03 Bacterial mats

14.11 Core RED #6 into bacterial mat, just 1⁄2 of core full when back out /

14.15 bubbles observed (outside core) during core

14.17 core red #1 ☺

14.21 core red #7 ☺

14.31 crabs on bact. Mats observed, core taken above crab
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14.32 core red #5 ☺

14.46 core red #2

14.47 core red #4

14.51 all cores taken

14.55 weight dropped (at marker #5) so that Jason can back up

14.56 Jason 3.5m above bottom looking again for good mussel patch to scoop

15.04 1m above bottom; “where to scoop”

15.05 close up of mussesl; BEST OF

15.10 cool pix (macro cam) of mussels (Bathymodiolus brooksi + B. cildressi together)

15.23 BLUE net for scooping ready

15.26 starting to scoop, 2nd manipulator supports scooping

15.34 still scooping, waiting in between to settlement of sediment

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/14/07

Shift: 1130-1600 EDT 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC852

Watch Leader:

Name: Kathy Loftis

Time (GMT) Comments

15:38 Mussel collection beginning

15:42 Scooped several mussels

15:47 Left ball marker right of where mussel samples were collected

15:55 In transit to Ian’s Camera

16:00 Clear bubbles observed

16:02 Spotted Ian’s camera

16:10 Retrieve Ian’s camera

16:16 Start DVD 049 set

16:14 End DVD 048 no overlap

16:18 Site of elevator reached

16:52 Ian’s other camera on elevator not blinking

17:01 Transferring carbonate to elevator

17:14 Transferring red cores onto elevator

17:28 Transferring coral

17:58 Elevator released

17:59 Wait for elevator to surface

19:23 See seafloor; start dvd’s again

19:36 X380 Y960Æ coral site

19:40 Corals

Watch Summary:
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Date: 6/14/07

Shift: 16:00-20:00

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC852

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Bill Shedd

Time (GMT) Comments

20:00 Waiting to begin photomosaic, surveying area; PCA-#50 stopped

20:28 All decks stopped, DVD-#50, started #51 20:32

21:06 Getting ready to start photomosaic

21:17 Started photomosaic, 5 m altitude

Watch Summary: Surveyed area, began photomosaic

Date: 6/14/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader: Stephanie/Harry

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

23:48 start line 10

0:18 start line 12 from end of line 1

0:49 reset

1:46 new target for golden coral

1:53 back to mosaiking

1:58 corals on a rock

2:22 end of photo mosaik

2:26 start making pictures with cool pix

2:27 madrepora getting ready for close up, science cam: close up with crab

2:33 anemone+coral: video!!!

2:36 start Ians camera: anemone

2:42 video of science cam still going on

2:51 close up anemone (science cam)

2:55 bamboo coral

2:59 getting ready for Ians camera for taking pictures of the bamboo coral

3:07 shrimp on the coral, Ians camera
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3:18 crab

3:24 moving to Lophelia (with target)

3:26 reset dve

3:32 fly-trap anemone (science cam)!!!!!!!

3:38 reset dve

3:45 Cirripedia (Pedunkeles?) on the coral

3:47 going to Lophelia target

3:54 Lophelia

Watch Summary: wonderful close ups with the science cam!!!

Date: 6/15/2007

Shift: 0000-0400 EDT 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC852

Watch Leader: Ian MacDonald

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

03:57:35 Madropora

03:58:31 Collecting macro handheld pictures

03:59:38 Recording DV cam

04:04 Stopped recording DV camÆ end of DV cam tape 001

04:10:23 Start of DV cam 002

04:14 Stopped DV cam 002

04:25 Having problems with DV cam recorder

04:40 Continuing macro handheld pictures

04:45 Fixed DV cam monitor problemÆ ready to record

04:47:20 Handheld camera is off, placing back in ROV

04:52:38 Getting ready to start photo transects

04:56:32 Transiting to photo transect start (T5); have been recording Scorpio images

05:18:47 Start of photo transect (T5) line

05:24:09 End of photo transect (T5)

05:44:32 Reset DVL

05:45:55 Moving to start of transect T1

05:54:51 Start of line T1

05:53:29 Mud flow

05:59:13 End of line T1

06:08:40 Start of line T6

06:11:09 End of line T6

06:16:54 Start of line T2

06:23:20 End of line T2

06:39:38 Start of line T7

06:45:09 End of line T7
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06:41:26 Shell hash, carbonate rubble

06:49:21 Start of line T9

06:54:30 End of line T9

07:04:47 Start of line T8

07:10:07 End of line T8

07:28:43 Start of line T3

07:32:56 End of line T3

07:38:10 Start of line T10

07:42:16 End of line T10

07:49:40 Start of line T4; last photo transect line

07:53:54 End of line T4; end photo transects

07:55:06 Heading over to near transect T7

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we were continuing to take close-up images using the handheld 

macrocamera. Following the close-up images, we started a set of 10 photo transect lines. This 

was continued toward the end of this watch.

Date: 06/15/2007

Shift: 0400-0800 EDT 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC852

Watch Leader:

Name: Oscar Garcia

Time (GMT) Comments

8:18 Arriving to target brine pool

8:35 Moving to another area looking for brine pools

8:50 Brine pool observed

8:53 Preparing for taking a sample core

8:57 Firing risking

9:07 Found core marks form alving 2006

9:10 Push core yellow 3 used

9:11 Bubbles observed

9:13 Push core Yellow 4

9:18 Push core Yellow 6

9:22 Push core Yellow 2

9:23 Bubbles observed

9:26 Core in brine Yellow 5

9:40 Core in brine yellow 7

9:42 DVD series 57 start recording

9:45 Core in brine yellow 1
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9:51 Core in brine yellow 8

10:13 arrived mark 5

10:23 Macro camera start

10:31 Macro camera stops

10:32 Tubeworm collection in biobox

10:58 Finished tubeworm collection

11:05 Begin transit to south

11:19 Bacterial mats

11:22 Attempt to collect a crab.

Date: 06/15/2007

Shift: 0800-1200 EDT 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC852

Watch Leader:

Name: Julia Zekely

Date: 6/15/2007

Shift: 7.30 – 11.30 EDT (GTM 11.30-15.30) 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader:

Name: Julia Zekely

Time (GMT) Comments

11.31 looking for good tubeworm site and patch to sample with Bushmaster

11.43 ?core hole? From last year on bottom<ht

12.03 trying to slurp mobile fauna (rat-tail)

12.05 Marker #1 to be seen

12.08 carbonated rocks; after fish with slurp

12.11 slurp back on basket; Marker #1

12.13 close up at mussels on Marker #1; preparing to take a mussel 

pot

12.14 BEST OF mussels

12.17 moving marker #1 out of mussel bed

12.25 Mussel Pot (B) taken; pushing down into mussels, did not work, “free”

mussel pot again

12.33 released mussel patch sampled

12.34 looking for another patch to sample

12.40 Jason 2.2m above bottom

12.43 good overview of site (mussels, carbonated rocks)
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12.46 back to mussel patch #1 we tried to sample

12.53 mussel pot into mussel patch, trying to sample

12.58 Mussel Pot collection not successful, troubles with closing mechanism

(shear between T-handle and sprocket)

13.05 Marker #6 in sight; 1409m depth

13.13 nice overview / close up of tubeworms to be collected (Pilots Cam)

13.26 Slurp collection of shrimps, crabs (into GREEN slurp chamber)

13.32 fighting to slurp red crab

13.36 end of slurp

13.41 stained tubeworm (red crab still in slurp hose)

13.52 slurp on to get red crab in slurp chamber

13.55 preparing to take a Bushmaster

14.02 attention still on Mr. Crabs too (still trying to escape)

14.04 Bushmaster over tubeworms

14.10 Bushmaster successful ☺

14.13 Bushmaster on basket into bucket

14.26 moving; trying to find LBL transponder, which is not responding (?dead?)

14.35 waiting for Medea to move W

14.41 8m above bottom, moving W (20m /min)

14.43 hose vacuum finally off

14.51 LBL transponder is 300m off seabed

15.51 Doppler reset, still looking for transponder

Summary: very good and successful Bushmaster taken

Date: 06/15/2007

Shift: 1200-1600 EDT 

Dive: J2-273

Site: GC852

Watch Leader:

Name: Kathy Loftis

Time (GMT) Comments

16:10 Stopped recordingÆ still looking for transponder

16:50 Started set 061- nearing bottom

17:58 Stopped recording
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Dive Log for J2274

Date: 6/16/07

Shift: 0000-4000 EDT 

Dive: J2-274

Site: GB 697

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts, Bob Carney

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

6:08:34 Jason on bottom

6:06:47 Reset DVL

6:11:02 Bacterial mat

6:11:06 Mud vents

6:20:20 Rock outcrops; bacterial mats

6:20:43 Tubeworms; small and at base of rock outcrops

6:21:53 Bacterial mats

6:31:06 Gorgonian

6:32:03 Holothuroid

6:32:43 Spiny urchins; regular

6:33:07 Getting ready to deploy Marker #2

6:36:05 Deploying Marker #2

6:37:44 Tubeworm

6:40:09 Holothuroid white

6:42:41 Anemones

6:43:07 Gorgonian

6:44:18 Soft corals

6:46:14 Venus fly trap anemone

6:48:50 Bacterial mat

6:54:51 Video grab

6:55:42 Furow

7:00:48 Moving to geo target 2

7:08:03 Holothuroid purple

7:12:15 Furow

7:13:50 Bacterial mats along furrow

7:16:09 Bacterial mats

7:20:52 No signal from mass spec

7:26:44 Fish

7:28:35 Heading to geo target 3

7:36:30 Heading to geo target 4

7:41:16 Purple holothuroid

7:42:45 Small bacterial mats

7:44:05 Getting ready to take 3 push cores in bacterial mat

7:54:09 Red (bottom right corner) push core; no number; mat or barite

7:58:16 Red (middle right) push core; no number; mat or barite
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Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, Jason was deployed and reached the bottom at 0608. We started 

transiting to Geological targets of interest (Geo 2, 3, 4). We logged biological and geological 

features while in transit. We began taking push cores in a large bacterial mat toward the end of 

this watch.

Date: 6/16/07

Shift: 4000-8000 EDT 

Dive: J2-274

Site: GB 697

Watch Leader:

Name: Oscar Garcia

Time (GMT) Comments

8:05 Red (upper right corner) push core

8:09 Geological mineral rock sample

8:14 Geological observation brine flow

8:23 Red (upper center) in brine flow

8:25 Red (center) in brine flow

8:29 Red (bottom center) in brine flow

8:33 Red (upper left) in brine flow

8:35 Nice video of brine flow

8:49 Heading to geo target 4

8:54 Tubeworm observed at brine seep

9:05 Macrocamera operation over tubeworm creek Æ Pilot cam

9:24 Bacterial mat

9:28 Macro camera stops

9:34 Setting up to sample tubeworms

9:39 Starts recording DVD series 65

9:57 Tubeworms sampled

10:07 Moving to target 5

10:16 Mound observed

10:21 Biological observation after mound

10:23 Benchmark observed

10:29 Heading to geo target 5

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/16/2007

Shift: 7.30 – 11.30 EDT (GTM 11.30-15.30) 

Dive: J2-274

Site: GB 697
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Watch Leader:

Name: Julia Zekely

Time (GMT)

11.31 transit to target 5 (appr. 700m depth)

12.57 on bottom at area N, 1025m depth

13.03 looking for site; checking of instruments on Jason

13.22 mud but some “craters” to be seen (biological activity, burrows)

13.24 Jason approx. 10m off

13.25 depth 1010m, mussel shells (not dense)

13.28 Bacterial mats; scattered mussel shells

13.31 Medea settle for re-navigation

13.36 Marker #3 set here [CRP North]

13.37 looking around, direction EAST, depth 1008m

13.45 proceedings to go east (~50m)

13.50 passing marker again

13.53 scattered marker again

14.05 MUSSEL BED; heading to “hot area”; (315deg)

14.08 good mussel patch; carbonated rock in between

tubeworm (single), corals, frog fish (DV CAM, BEST OF until 14.37 best of);

fish about 60cm body length!!

14.19 Macro Cam on fish (cool pix)

14.38 back to tubeworm (single tubi)

14.39 BEST of single tubeworm (depth 1003m)(sp: Escarpia seepiophila)

more individuals scattered around; crab in the background

14.45 Best of |tubeworm, macro on tubeworm (cool pix) (until 14.52)

14.53 Best of crab, cool pix (Macro)

14.56 Octocoral; into starboard biobox, very neat one

15.01 Pilots Cam on corals (shortly) with brittle stars

15.04 preparing to sample single tubeworm

15.10 grab collection successful (tubeworm into port biobox)

15.17 Octocoral grabbed (piece of, not entire one); into starboard bio box (to tubeworm grab)

15.19 transit over side; frog fish (down look pix of frog fish) other cams all “black scrrens”

15.26 transit to sonor hot spot with craterhole in center

15.28 mussel + clam shells

15.29 moving to crater by shells, maybe blowout hole

15.30 mussel and clam shell harsh inside crater

Watch Summary:

North site very cool, tubeworm and mussel communities as well as corals; very cool frog fish; a 

lot of good best ofs

Name: Kathy Loftis

Site: GB697
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Date: 6/16/07

Shift: 11:30-4:00 EDT

Dive: J2-274

Time Comments

15:36 At exploratory site. Gulper fish observed

15:51 Survey area visually

15:55 crab

15:58 mussel bed

15:59 Carbonates

16:03 clams

16:05 mussels

16:20 at crater

17:03 start T1 at 37 m

17:06 clam trails

17:07 end T1

17:18 start line T7 alt 3.2

17:26 holothuroid white

17:32 end T5

17:39 start T2 alt 3.1

17:40 holothuroid

17:42 end T2

17:47 start t9 alt 3.7

17:50 end T9

17:58 start T3 alt 4.0

18:02 end T3

18:05 start T4 alt 2.4

18:08 end T4

18:10 t6 start alt 5 m

18:15 end T6

18:20 start t8 alt 4.8

18:23 end t8

19:28 spider crab & swimming sea cucumber

19:50 bacterial mat

19:53 eel

19:56 at N pt of North site

19:56 approach edge

Summary:

We began to visually survey exploratory site GB697. During this survey, we first observed a 

large gulper fish sitting on a rock. Just beyond the spot where we observed the gulper fish, there 

was an area containing carbonates with a large mussel bed nearby. A crater was observed and 

was the site of the start of a photo-survey. After the photo-survey, we continued with a visual 

survey of the area, making our way to the northern part of the north site.
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Date: 6/16/07

Shift: 16:00-20:00 EDT 

Dive: J2-274

Site: GB 697

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Bill Shedd

Time (GMT) Comments

20:00 Transiting up seismic valley toward geo target #9, course 55 deg

20:13 Hummocky topo, broad highs, narrow lows, mud

20:31 Small ledge, thinnly bedded w/ white layer between beds, bottom stirred up

20:36 Stopped, waiting for water to clear

20:40 Continue up valley

20:46 eel in fog

20:51 still in fog, bottom barely visible

21:29 out of fog

21:36 starfish

21:54 bacterial mats, shells, dormant mud volcano w/well defined crater on top, carbonates, 

tubeworms

22:03 small soft coral, dead clams and mussels

22:09 everything has fine layer of mud (from mud volcano erupting)

22:12 stop to observe and collect tubeworms

22:20 sample tubeworms

22:57 mud volcano, heading 195 deg, across anomaly, mud

23:15 heading 297 deg (past anomaly) for 30 m, pockmarks v. common

23:27 heading 48 deg across anomaly mud

23:36 dark red shrimp

23:39 dormant mud volcano w/ one side of crater wall collapsed, large bacterial mat, carbonates

00:06 stopped, adjusting sonar, mounds s0m ahead on sonar

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/17/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-274

Site: GB 697

Watch Leader: Eric, Harry

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

0:13 going to north

0:18 tubworms

0:28 trails, clams
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0:32 opening of the biobox

0:34 grabbing the clams (Calyptogena ponderosa), into the biobox

0:40 making ready for getting the cores for Julia

0:42 first core nr.9 red

0:44 second core nr.8 red

0:46 dropping a target “clams”

0:53 crab, shells (close up pilot cam)

0:58 dropped a target “mussel bed”

1:11 taking B.childressi with the mussel pot

1:20 picking up the mussel pot, back into its bucket

1:23 taking the scoop

1:25 filling the blue scoop with mussels, into the bushmaster

1:33 reset dvl

1:41 carbonate, shells

1:58 reset dvl

2:06 back at the rock with the tubworms

2:39 mud clowds

3:09 dropping a target “mud plume”

3:11 crack in the bottom

3:17 source of the mud vulcano

3:21 science cam!

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/17/07

Shift: 0000-0400 EDT 

Dive: J2-274

Site: GB 697

Watch Leader: Harry Roberts

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

3:30:17 Gas bubbles in brow cam

3:37:54 More gas bubbles

3:40:17 Best of video

3:44:46 Getting ready to take push cores

3:48:42 Tried to shake out push core 8Æ unsuccessful

3:51:21 Shaking push core 2Æ core is moving up instead of downÆ successful, core is 

out

3:54:18 Taking push core 2 in mud volcano

3:56:58 Bubbles in science cam

4:01:03 Firing both niskins

4:03:35 Great video of mud flow in brow cam

4:04:50 Gas bubbles

4:05:25 Great bubbling

4:06:20 Following mud flow channelÆ brow cam
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4:12:10 Flowing mud in brow cam

4:14:20 Cloud of mud

4:15:28 Moving to geo target 8

4:18:04 Clouds of mud

4:31:33 Pits and mounds

4:38:29 At geo targetÆ heading 149 to undisclosed target

4:56:28 Bacterial mats

4:58:49 Holothuroid

4:59:36 Bacterial mats

5:01:13 Holothuroid and shrimp

5:04:04 Bacterial mats and holothuroid

5:07:33 Bacterial mats and carbonates

5:10:59 Carbonates and bacterial mats

5:35:08 Bacterial mat

5:41:28 Carbonate

5:42:28 Solitary tubeworm

5:43:42 Tubeworms

5:44:45 Anemone

5:57:10 Bamboo coral

6:25:12 Lots of silt in the water

6:26:35 Carbonate and crab

6:26:55 Out of silt

6:27:07 Turning back into silt

6:27:17 Back into cloudy water

6:32:23 Turning south to go to “red spot”

6:44:45 Water still appears cloudy

6:50:35 No longer in silt cloud

6:51:40 Scattered mussel shells and bacterial mat

6:52:59 Mussels and clam shells

6:53:04 Mussel bed

6:53:41 Dropped target “mussel bed”

6:53:52 Video grab

6:55:43 Bacterial mat

7:08:38 Bacterial mat

7:15:45 Clam shell

7:21:29 Moving to next “red spot”

7:30:40 Fish

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we filming and taking push cores at a mud volcano. We also fired 2 Niskins over the 

mud flow source. Jason then started transiting to Geological targets of interest. We logged biological and geological

features while in transit. We continued transiting to targets of interest through the end of this watch.

Date: 6/17/07

Shift: 4000-8000 EDT 

Dive: J2-274
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Site: GB 697

Watch Leader:

Name: Oscar Garcia

Time (GMT) Comments

8:06 Biological observations while in transit

8:09 Biological observation mobile fauna fish

8:11 Biological observation bacterial mat

8:25 DVD series 76 start recording

8:29 Mussel shell

8:33 Jelly fish

8:43 Biological observation mobile fauna

8:51 Biological observation mobile fauna

9:19 Biological observation mussels dead

9:21 Clams live

9:22 Continuing south

9:26 Eel pout

9:37 Biological observation

9:42 Mussel dead

9:45 Crab

9:47 Biological observation

10:11 Mound

10:12 Mobile fanua

10:39 Still heading to CRP at north

10:49 Mobile fanua

10:25 DVD series 76 stop recording

11:03 Mark observed

11:04 Marker occupy and fix

11:14 Massive mussel bed

11:20 Preparing mussel pot

11:29 Mussel extraction

Date: 6/17/2007

Shift: 07.30 – 11.30 EDT (GTM 11.30 – 15.30) 

Dive: J2 274

Site: GB697

Watch Leader: Chuck Fisher

Name: Julia Zekely

Time (GMT) Comments

11.29 Trying to take Mussel Pot

11.34 Mussel Pot into Musselbed, closing Pot

11.35 Mussel collection with Mussel Pot successful ☺ sample (mussels taken down to 

sediment)
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11.44 leaving site, off bottom, over Frog Fish (still on his rock)

11.51 Jason OFF BOTTOM

11.52 Jason ascending

11.57 drop off weight

12.41 Bubbles out of Harrys core taken at the mud volcano

12.42 Jason on surface
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Dive Log for J2-275

Date: 6/17/2007-6/18/2007

Shift: 2000-0400 EDT 

Dive: J2-275

Site: WR 269

Watch Leader: Erin

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

1:12 Jason on the bottom, loosing the milk box with the cores

1:19 again on bottom

1:29 milk box found

1;52 all cores on Jason back again

1:59 going to the Pogonophoran field

2:37 dropping a target “fuzzy worms”

2:41 skeleton

2:43 dropping a target “bones”

2:53 fish (pilot cam)

3:00 pogonophorans, dropping a marker

3:08 found the marker 1

3:19 reset

3:26 preparing for taking a long core

3:30 11 long core from white pogos

3:34 large core 3 

large core 1

3:41 sucker

3:41 holoturoid in the pogos

4:05 moving, looking for non white pogos

4:18 long core 12

4:25 normal sized core white 6

4:29 large core 4

4:35 try it again

4:43 large core 4

4:47 large core 2

4:56 suction

5:22 core white 5, rare pogo

5:28 moving back to white pogos

5:39 green niskin over the white pogos

5:43 back at maker

5:52 start of fotomosaik of white pogos

7:02 end of fotomosaik

7:08 taking control cores: white 4

7:13 yellow1

7:19 white 1
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7:28 sucktion

7:34 yellow 8

7:43 yellow 9, fell down

7:46 grabbed again

8:00 yellow 6

Watch Summary: sampling Sclerolinum with long and large cores at two sites: with white and 

nonwhite Pogonophorans

Date: 06/18/2007

Shift: 0400 – 0800 EDT 

Dive: J2-275

Site: WR269

Watch Leader: Erin Becker/Robert Carney

Name: Christina Kellogg

Time (GMT) Comments

08:44 Preparing to take core White 2. Note per Jeremy that there is not an option for ‘white’ in 

the core section of the event logger. Pogonophorans present.

08:47 Making sure a straight pogonophoran is in core White 2.

08:48 Core White 2 begun.

08:49 Core White 2 completed.

08:53 Preparing to take core White 3, more pogonophorans.

09:01 Tried to core a long pogo but it broke; will try another one.

09:03 Collected core White 3, pogonophorans, including a long straight one.

09:09 Reset Doppler.

09:17 Preparing for a photomosaic because Erin saw an area of both white and non-white

(new?) pogonophorans.

09:28 Watch leader change from Erin Becker to Robert Carney; Photomosaic plans abandoned.

09:30 Moving slowly to a new location, looking for echinoderms to slurp.

09:46 Observed something that might be a skeleton of something (fish?) since it appeared to be 

bones in a straight line; however there were no ribs, vertebrae, or skull.

09:48 Small purple octopus, brow camera and then downlooking camera as it passed under the

ROV.

09:49 Rattail fish on downlooking camera.

09:51 Thin silver tripod fish, brow camera.

09:55 Black bacterial mat, downlooking camera.

09:59 Brine flow observed.

10:07 Snail, pilot camera; will attempt to collect it.

10:11 Slurping snail into green bucket.

10:13 Large purple/black sea cucumber observed.

10:20 Red shrimp; attempted to collect it; failed.

10:24 Squid (bob-tail?) observed; attempted to collect it by suction but it did not fit into the 

tube.

10:25 Slurped first sea cucumber into the green bucket.
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10:30 Successfully slurped squid from 10:24 into green bucket.

10:34 Another purple/black sea cucumber observed.

10:36 Slurped second sea cucumber (individual sighted at 10:34) into the red bucket.

10:39 Biological observation: Unsure if it is a bivalve shell, ostracod, or other. Will try to 

collect it.

10:40 Unknown entity turned out to be a ctenophore; it was slurped into the red bucket.

10:42 Another sea cucumber sighted; preparing to sample.

10:43 Slurped third sea cucumber (individual sighted at 10:42) into the red bucket.

10:45 Slurped fourth sea cucumber into the red bucket.

10:51 Slurped fifth (mistakenly listed as fourth in handwritten log) sea cucumber into the red 

bucket.

11:07 Attempted to slurp a deeply ‘rooted’ organism but couldn’t get it lose. Bob suggested it 

might have been a coral remnant attached to rock.

11:12 Tube worms and a crab sighted.

11:15 Sighted a different crab; attempted to slurp him but unsuccessful.

11:18 Marker (took a fix) on the location of the sparse tube worm site.

11:20 Possible echioroid worm; slurping (unclear if this was successful).

11:25 Sighted dead tube worm with two small galatheid crabs on it.

11:28 Slurped the two galatheid crabs into the yellow bucket.

11:31 Sighted fat purple/black sea cucumber, ~15 cm across; did not attempt to collect.

11:32 Sighted another purple/black sea cucumber; since it is very large, attempting to put it into 

the biobox.

11:35 Sixth (mistakenly listed as fifth in handwritten log) sea cucumber (same individual as

11:32) somehow sucked into hose so deposited in yellow bucket instead of biobox.

11:38 Another large sea cucumber; plan to try to put this one in the biobox.

11:41 A net was removed from the port biobox to clear it for the sea cucumber.

11:43 The sea cucumber jets off the bottom to escape the suction; the suction hose is clogged at 

this point (probably due to cuke number six) so it will not be used beyond this point.

Watch Summary:

The 06/18/07 0400-0800 watch was split between coring pogonophoran areas and collecting invertebrates. The 

cores collected were White 2 and White 3, both specifically containing long straight pogonophorans. No 

photomosaics were done. A bacterial mat and nearby brine flow were observed. A different area that had a few

tube worms was marked. The only fishes observed were one rattail and one tripod fish, neither were collected.

Successful biological collections were: one snail (green bucket), six sea cucumbers (1 in green, 4 in red, 1 in yellow 

bucket), one squid (green bucket), one ctenophore (red bucket), and two galatheid crabs (yellow bucket).

Date: 6/18/2007

Shift: 0800-1130 EDT 

Dive: J2-275

Site: WR 269

Watch Leader: Chuck, Erik

Name: Julia Zekely

Time (GMT) Comments
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11.50 grab swimming pinky sea cucumber

11.53 grab of sea cucumber #2, trying to get it into biobox

12.05 sea cucumber tries to escape, swimming

12.08 wooden biobox closed again

12.12 scoping net fell off basket, back into biobox

12.15 Doppler reset

12.18 climbing on seamount top, tubeworms observed

12.22 more tubeworm

12.23 Mussel bed, beer can within mussel bed

12.26 preparing to scoop mussels, BLUE scooping net

12.33 net on basket, because first mussel Pot will be taken

12.38 mussel pot F taken, ☺ collection

12.46 Mussel Pot F closed, safe back into bucket on basket

12.49 preparing to scoop now, “where to scoop”

12.51 scooping into mussel bed (starting at an edge), 1sr scoop taken, waiting for 

sediment to settle

12.57 2nd scoop, large mussels collected

13.06 3rd scoop, net full, large collection

13.11 scoop net BLUE into starboard wooden biobox

13.18 marker #7 set in mussel bed, 1909m depth

13.19 Doppler reset; marker #7occupy and fix; transit to Geotarget 2

13.22 Mussel bed #2 observed

13.23 Tubeworms, many patches / small bushes

13.26 Mussel bed #3 observed

13.28 Trashbag abserved

13.26 preparing to take mussel pot B

13.50 Mussel Pot B collection☺, Pot B losses the ourside ring, stucks in 

mussels, BrowCam overlooks ring (nice); too much sediment in water 

column to work further, waiting to settling

14.02 still waiting for clearing of view

14.14 left over ring removed from mussel bed and Back on basket to mussel pot

B

14.30 Erik looks for good patch of tubeworms to grab into scooping net

14.35 WHITE scooping net out of port biobox

14.41 grabbed rock + tubeworms into the white scooping net

14.53 tubeworm collection into port biobox

Watch Summary: much fauna to be seen, and a l ot of ☺ biological collections: 2 Mussel Pots, sc oop of 

mussels, grab of tubeworms (attached to rock)

Date: 6/18/07

Shift: 1200-1600 EDT 

Dive: J2-275

Site: WR 269
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Name: Kate Segara

Time (GMT) Comments

16:11 Saw bentho-pelagic sea cucumber

16:20 Small bunch of tube worms

16:24 began recording photos enroute to beginning of transecting

16:24 Tubeworms

16:32 Carbonates

16:32 begin T8

16:37 mussels, oyster shells, carbonates

16:37 tubeworms

16:38 end of line

16:44 T1 begin

16:49 T1 End

16:57 T2 Start

17:01 T2 end

17:10 T4 Start

17:15 T4 End

17:26 T3 start

17:31 T3 End

17:43 T6 start

17:47 T6 End

17:48 T9 start

17:51 carbonates

17:53 End T9

18:01 start T5

18:03 Spy bacterial mat and brine

18:14 1 solitary tubeworm

18:21 tubeworms

18:25 Start T10

18:29 bacterial mat

18:29 End T10

18:44 start T7

18:49 End T7

18:51 Dropping weights, JASON ascending

Watch Summary:

This was my first and perhaps last watch in the JASON van. It was a rather short shift as 

JASON ascended about 2.5 hours into it. A few biological observations were made including 

sea cucumbers, tubeworms, and mussels. The bulk of the watch consisted of a riveting series of 

photo-transects with Ian.
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Dive Log for J2-276

Date: 06/19/2007

Shift: 7.30 – 11.30 EDT 

Dive: J2-276

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Stephanie, Chuck

Name: Julia

Time (GMT) Comments

13.40 Jason descending, at 1179m depth

14.15 Doppler reset

14.16 Jason on bottom (2200m depth), starfish observed

14.24 looking for central marker to find Stephanie’s sea urchin field + artificial sea urchin trails

14.29 checking of Jason’s instruments

14.30 many sea urchin + trails in sight (not Stephs ones)

14.36 marker #5, Jason sets mark on sea urchin field

14.42 very cool and interesting sea urchin trails

14.45 SciCam: marker shortly to be seen< zoom in: shell with red anemone on it

14.50 Sea cucumber + seastar

14.56 Ball marker detected (2201m depth)

14.59 Doppler reset

15.05 all ball markers detected

15.12 Doppler reset

15.15 Photo mosaic starts line #1

15.20 seastar

Watch Summary: Jason descending, reaching bottom (14.16), sea urchins, looking for

Stephanie’s sea urchin field

Date: 

Shift: 

Dive: 

Site:

6/19/2007

11:31-16:00

J2-276

AT 340

EDT

Watch Leader: 

Name:

Bob Carney

Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

15:30 Jason on bottom - D=2199m; A=2.9m

15:39 Photo-mosaic in progress – Stephanie over spatangid urchin bed.

16:01 Aperture 4.7, shutter 1/60 – changed to assure flash
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16:02 Biol. Observation – mobile fauna – seastar

16:25 Biol. Observation – mobile fauna – hermit crab in anemone in field of photo-mosaic.

16:33 Digital target at marker and alvin track.

17:12 Biol. Observation – mobile fauna – fish & ophiuroid in mosaic area.

18:03 Experimenting with mosaic.

18:19 Photo-mosaic end.

18:24 Push cores in experimental trails – start.

18:31 Push core – red #4 – in trails

18:32 Push core – red #5 – in trails

18:35 Push core – red #2 – near trails

18:37 Push core – red #3 – near trails

18:39 Dropped core rack

19:04 Problems stowing core rack – working on it.

19:09 Fluid leak from bushmaster fitting on Jason.

19:31 Dropped core rack again.

Watch Summary:

Stephanie completed photo-mosaic and 4 push cores were collected before technical difficulties 

halted dive progress.

Date: June 19, 2007

Shift: 1600 – 2000 EDT 

Dive: J2-276

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader:

Name: Matt Frye

Time (GMT) Comments

21:23:00 Sea Urchins

21:34:00 Located Stephanie’s marker

21:38:00 core in urchin trail

21:41:00 core in urchin trail

21:45:00 core outside urchin trail

21:51:00 core inside urchin trail

21:53:00 core inside urchin trail

21:56:00 core outside urchin trail

21:59:00 core near ball

22:06:00 core

22:13:00 core in trail

22:45:00 transfer cores to elevator

23:01:00 transfer complete

23:04:00 core basket fell off again
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Watch Summary: nine cores retrieved successfully from in and near urchin trails; lost core box 

several times over the side of the vehicle, resulting in long delays.

Date: 6/19/07

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-276

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Stephane

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

0:12 still transporting elevator

0;24 reset

0:51 lowering of elevator

0:55 mussels

0:57 dropping elevator

1:01 tubeworms

1:05 lowering the elevator, elevator on the bottom

1:06 reset

1:09 fish (science cam)

1:12 still the big fich around the elevator

1:13 start moving

1:20 tubworms and mussels

1:24 found marker 2 in the mussel bed, looking for the mussel cages

1:26 reset

1:29 starting for down-looking pictures of the cages

1:45 close up of mussels (science cam)

1:46 taking the firs cage

1;48 taking the second cage

1:51 third cage

1:54 fourth cage

1:57 going to the elevator

2:05 reach the elevator

2:12 at the elevator

2:14 placing the cages on the elevator into the bioboxes

2:33 still arranging the cages in the bioboxes

2:54 checking the instruments

2:57 release of the elevator

3:24 checking the instruments

Watch Summary: collecting the 4 mussel cages and loading them on the elevator

Date: 6/20/2007

Shift: 0000-04000 EDT
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Dive: J2-276

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Bob Carney

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

04:00:28 Elevator still ascending to the surface

04:44:30 Moving to Northwest site to search for fish trap

04:54:05 Search for fish trap homer probe

05:46:07 Still searching for fish trap

06:25:13 Dropped target “mussel bed”

06:26:03 Holothuroid and urchins

06:52:45 Mussel bed

07:12:20 Sea whip on Scorpio

07:41:56 Search for fish trap endÆ unsuccessful

07:44:23 Getting ready to start photo transects

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, the elevator was still approaching the surface. At 0444, Jason started 

transiting to the Northwest site to search for the fish trap using Homer sonar. At 0741, the fish 

trap search ended unsuccessfully. At the end of watch, we started getting ready for photo 

transects.

Date: 06/20/2007

Shift: 0400-0800 EDT 

Dive: J2-276

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Erin Becker/Ian McDonald

Name: Christina Kellogg

Time (GMT) Comments

08:17:28 Watch shift from Erin Becker to Ian McDonald

08:21:53 Moving into position for the photo transects

08:39:19 Seeing a lot of sea cucumbers on the silty bottom

08:53:59 Photo flash; sea cucumber in brow camera upper right corner

08:56:28 Photo flash; at beginning of Transect T9

08:58:57 Photo flashes; white bacterial mats; waiting for Medea to move

09:13:09 Began photo Transect T9, altitude 4.3 m, heading 198 ̊, 2.5 m/s

09:14:05 Solitary tubeworm and sea cucumber on brow camera

09:14:20 Another solitary tubeworm, brow camera

09:14: 44 Two sea cucumbers, brow camera

09:16:40 Urchin trails and urchins

09:17:20 Medea does not want to keep pace with the transect
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09:20:42 Sea cucumber, downlooking camera (close up)

09:21:13 End Transect T9

09:23:20 Photos taken of tube worms and carbonate bottom

09:23:51 Mussels on downlooking camera

09:30:32 Momentum problem with Medea, waiting to start next transect

09:34:30 White sea cucumber on brow camera (all others have been dark color)

09:38:45 Began photo Transect T10, altitude 4.4 m, heading 198 ̊, 0.3 knots

09:50:09 Sea cucumber on downlooking camera

09:50:20 End Transect T10

09:52:20 Heading 90 ̊ to get into position for Transect T4

09:55:46 Sea cucumber and white starfish on brow camera

09:57:40 ROV dragging on the bottom, need to increase altitude to 3.8 m

10:07:20 Bottom is carbonate, visible rocks, mussels, and tubeworms

10:08:12 Climbing a steep hill

10:09:21 Zooming 3-chip camera into tubeworms

10:09:50 Transect T4 will have altitude 3.9 m, heading 18 ̊

10:12:28 Began Transect T4, speed approximately half that of earlier line (1.5 knots?)

10:13:00 Tubeworms and mussels

10:18:50 Some kind of fish (rattail?) on pilot camera, moving towards us

10:22:30 Lots of tubeworms in between rocks

10:30:35 Ended Transect T4

10:31:59 Dark rattail-like fish, upper left of brow camera

10:38:35 Began Transect T5, altitude 3.5 m, heading 198 ̊, back to original speed (3 knots?)

10:40:26 Moved off carbonate to mud bottom

10:47:00 Ended Transect T5

11:15:30 Began Transect T6, altitude 3.6 m, heading 18 ̊

11:18:40 Field of urchins

11:20:00 Slowing down so Medea can catch up

11:21:08 Slowing down even more since Medea is falling behind

11:27:55 Tube worms

11:28:12 Ended Transect T6.

11:29:54 Transiting to blue bag marker (estimated time, 1 hour)

Watch Summary:

Photo transects T9, T10, T4, T5, and T6 were completed. Transects T9 and T10 were dominated 

by mud bottom and sea cucumbers. T4 had lots of carbonate topography, tubeworms, mussels, 

and other fauna. T5 was mainly mud bottom. T6 was a large urchin field. There were problems 

all the way through with Medea lagging—having to wait for her or having to slow down during 

the transect so that she would catch up.

Date: 6/20/2007

Shift: 0800-1130 EDT 

Dive: J2-276

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Chuck
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Name: Julia Zekely

Time (GMT) Comments

12.25 still transit to “blue bag” marker

12.39 Doppler reset

12.42 Mussel bed (edge) observed

12.43 Mussel bed

12.47 BEST OF mussels; 2198m depth

12.50 Ball marker within mussels; preparing to take mussel pot

12.53 tubeworms within mussels

12.56 looking for large mussels to collect

13.03 Mussel Pot B ready to sample

13.10 Mussel Pot into mussel bed next to ball marker

13.15 difficulties with closing mechanism and to getting mussel pot into mussel 

bed for collection

13.19 MP B over shells with sediment underneath to test mussel pot; mussel pot 

does not work (closing mechanism, rotate freely); MP B back on basket

13.23 Mussel Pot F, looking for another spot to sample, away from marker #2

13.24 BEST OF mussels

13.28 good mussel patch observed, Mussel Pot F over it

13.34 Mussel Pot into mussel bed

13.38 Mussel Pot F closed, collection successful ☺

13.41 MPot F back on basket, ring again lost in mussel bed

13.42 checking leftover inside ring, many ophiruids, small tubeworms

13.48 slurping of “left over’ inside ring

13.51 ball marker set where mussel pot was taken

13.51 ring picked up and on basket

13.56 pictures with down looking camera taken

14.00 Doppler reset

14.06 checking bushmaster, bubbles of hydraulic fluid leak out

14.15 BEST OF tubeworms (esp. 14.19 good shot)

14.25 preparing of Bushmaster sampling

14.30 Bushmaster above tubeworms

14.35 sampling of tubeworms

14.40 almost entire tubeworms aggregation taken

14.45 Bushmaster closed, ☺ collection, back on basket and secured

14.57 ballmarker set at little, stained tubeworm aggregation

15.00 trying to sample (grab) carbonated rock

15.07 near marker #3 more rocks sampled

15.11 nice rock sampled, on basket

15.18 Photomosaic (where bushmaster was taken)

15.20 end of photomosaic

Watch Summary: good biological collection (Mussel Pot F), 1 bushmaster (although leaking), 1

Mussel pot B not taken, due to closing problems, no push cores
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Date: 6/20/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00 EDT 

Dive: J2-276

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Bob Carney

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

15:25 Discussing Ian's camera – how to bring it up and photograph its departure from the bottom.

15:29 Waiting for the weight to drop off Ian's camera.

15:32 Weight released from Ian's camera – camera on way to surface.

15:33 Jason on bottom at start of shift – D=2185m A=3.5m

15:40 Backed off from Bushmaster collection, heading 220 degrees, shot photoline, both collections and 

ballmarker.

15:45 Jason off bottom.

16:14 Finished labels of DVD 100 series. Jason at ~1235m depth and rising.

Watch Summary:

Started shift just before Ian's camera was released from bottom and Jason started up. No science

– just technical maneuvers. Left DVD racks loaded w/ 101 & 102 series in red and blue decks, 

respectively.
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Date: 6/21/2007

Shift: 0000-400 EDT 

Dive: J2-277

Site: AT 340

Dive Log for J2-277

Watch Leader: Stephanie Lessard-Pilon

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

5:24:43 Jason on bottom

5:29:30 Methane sensor (0.765) starting to read data

5:33:14 Reset DVL- nav

5:37:48 Mussel brick road

5:38:09 Searching for Marker 5

5:44:13 Found ball marker 5

5:45:48 Getting ready for photo mosaics

5:47:04 Reset DVL- nav

5:54:38 Start of photo mosaic line 1 (due north); 0.08 m/s

5:55:48 Increasing speed to 0.11 m/s

5:57:02 Increasing speed to 0.13 m/s

5:58:08 Decreasing speed to 0.12 m/s

6:03:23 End of photo mosaic line 1

6:04:39 Moved 0.125 meters right

6:05:01 Moving back to original mosaic line (line 1)

6:05:37 Moving 0.175 meters right

6:06:36 Start of photo mosaic line 2

6:14:57 End of photo mosaic line 2

6:14:58 Redoing mosaic line 1 b/c Fstop was too high

6:15:40 Start of photo mosaic line 1

6:24:20 End of photo mosaic line 1

6:25:17 Start of photo mosaic line 3

6:33:54 End of photo mosaic line 3

6:35:19 Start of photo mosaic line 4

6:43:44 End of photo mosaic line 4

6:45:51 Start of photo mosaic line 5

6:48:36 End of photo mosaic line 5Æ reached bacterial mat

6:46:35 Moving to mosaic mussels within bacterial mat

6:49:20 Moving right 1.75 m

6:49:45 Start of photo mosaic line 6 of bacterial mat

6:50:51 End of photo mosaic line 6

6:51:28 Start of photo mosaic line 7 of bacterial mat

6:52:51 End of photo mosaic line 7

6:53:20 Start of photo mosaic line 8

6:54:40 End of photo mosaic line 8

6:56:11 Setting Jason down
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7:01:46 Methane sensor test start in bacterial mat Æ sensor is taken out of ROV

7:02:49 Exact start time of methane sensor over mussels

7:04:10 Directly above mussels

7:06:56 Methane sensor is reacting

7:18:25 Moved sensor over bacterial mat Æ sensor is still reacting

7:24:59 Scraping sediment with port manipulator

7:26:02 Placing methane sensor in this scraped hole

7:30:27 Methane not changing

7:30:59 Moving to another area within mussel bed to test sensor

7:35:49 Placing sensor above brown patch to test

7:43:03 Moving to another area to test sensor Æ “large mussels”

7:47:55 Testing sensor in large mussels

Watch Summary: Jason reached the bottom at 0524. We started taking a photo mosaic of 

mussel brick road 0554 and ended at 0654. Following the photo mosaics, we started testing the 

methane sensor in different areas of mussel brick road. This continued through the end of this 

watch.

Date: 06/21/2007

Shift: 0400 – 0730 EDT 

Dive: J2-277

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Chuck Fisher

Name: Christina Kellogg

Time (GMT) Comments

07:57:00 3-chip camera close-up and pan includes mussels, a hiding fish, and crab

08:00:50 Same scene/area but there are at least two shrimp near fish and crab

08:02:02 Pilot’s camera now close-up on fish and crab in mussels

08:03:52 Pilot’s camera now close-up on fish, crab, and shrimp in mussels

08:04:30 Moving 30 m south to marker 5 to take the cores

08:10:00 White bacterial mat visible at top of pilot’s camera–plan to core near it

08:11:25 Close-up of white bacterial mat in pilot’s camera

08:13:13 Targeting darker gray sediment just outside bacterial mat for brine cores

08:15:00 Seems to be too many mussels in that area, may not be able to core it

08:18:54 Firing both Niskin bottles above mat/brine area to be cored

08:20:00 There doesn’t appear to be a pull-down menu choice for ‘Niskin’ in event logger

08:21:00 Jeremy had to use the new ‘modify’ button in the event log (NO tubeworms 

present)

08:22:50 Really long sea cucumber on 3-chip camera; moving to close-up

08:23:00 There are two really long sea cucumbers; white polka dotted on gray body

08:24:00 3-chip camera still on sea cucumbers; the end with tentacles is slightly pink

08:26:00 Prepping for first core in brine, will be core yellow #9

08:27:00 Core yellow #9 taken in white/gray bacterial mat

08:28:37 Core yellow #9 complete, back in milk crate
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08:29:40 Brow and pilot cameras filming coring, 3-chip camera is still on a close-up of 

long sea cucumber

08:36:05 3-chip camera pulled back from close-up of sea cucumber to area view

08:38:16 Core yellow #8, in same white/gray bacterial mat as core yellow #9

08:40:00 Core yellow #8 complete, back in milk crate

08:41:27 Getting ready to move a bit north to brine area with fewer mussels for other cores

08:43:38 Following ‘mussel brick road’ north looking for brine area to core

09:03:00 Still looking for a good spot to take brine cores

09:05:00 Sea plume on 3-chip camera

09:06:40 Sea plume on pilot’s camera

09:10:34 Tried to take core yellow #7, but only penetrated a few millimeters; shook the 

contents out of tube and will try again elsewhere

09:12:24 Tried core yellow #7 a second time; hit carbonate, caught a shrimp in the tube

09:13:17 The core was too short for Marshall

09:13:30 Shaking core yellow #7 loose again, releasing shrimp and shell hash

09:15:27 Returning empty sed core tube yellow #7 to milk crate

09:19:13 Picking up carbonate rock in brine flow in ‘mussel brick road’

09:20:19 Carbonate rock for Harry Roberts, placed into starboard biobox

09:23:49 Moving a bit south and west to the right edge of the mussel bed

09:30:00 Back at a previously sampled site; can see Jason footprint in bottom

09:30:36 Black sediments, green mussels around it, fresh mud flow

09:32:38 3-chip camera shows brown mud flow area we’re planning to core

09:35:55 3-chip camera close-up on mud, mussels–suggest recent brine/gas flow

09:38:51 Core yellow #7, in dark gray/black brine sediment

09:40:55 Core yellow #7 complete, returned to milk crate

09:43:43 Choosing next core site, to the right of previous hole (core yellow #7)

09:44:32 Core yellow #6, in dark gray/black brine sediment to the right of core yellow #7

09:47:00 Core yellow #6 complete, returned to milk crate

09:48:57 Core yellow #5, in dark gray/black brine sediment above core #7 and to the left of 

core #6

09:49:55 Core yellow #5 complete, returned to milk crate

09:52:15 Core yellow #4, in dark gray/black brine sediment just above core #5

09:53:11 Core yellow #4 complete, returned to milk crate

09:54:27 Core yellow #1, in dark gray/black brine sediment to the right of core #4

09:55:09 Core yellow #1 complete, returned to milk crate

09:57:00 Moving slightly to be able to core recent brown mud flow in brine area

09:58:00 Mud looks rust colored in the light; iron?

10:00:14 Core yellow #2, in brown mud (or mat?)

10:01:45 Core yellow #2 complete, returned to milk crate

10:03:45 Core yellow #3 in brown mud (or mat?) to the right of core #2

10:04:43 Core yellow #3 complete, returned to milk crate

10:05:35 Moving 200-300 meters to ball #2, since all coring is complete

10:14:08 Still transiting to ball #2, over carbonate rocks and plates

10:17:20 White garbage bag on the bottom, visible in 3-chip camera

10:18:00 Close-up; looks like a sand bag, next to patch of tubeworms

10:19:00 Black/purple sea cucumber in brow camera
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10:23:20 Still transiting, passing over tubeworms

10:24:05 Slowing down, at marker #2

10:25:05 Chuck wants ROV to sit here and test the methane sensor by marker #2

10:26:24 Big mussel bed around marker #2

10:29:52 Reset Doppler (DVL) for marker #2

10:30:28 Putting methane sensor in position1, touching mussels, event 25326

10:31:07 Getting immediate response from methane sensor! Let it run ~ 10 min

10:38:04 Still sampling with methane sensor

10:39:33 Picking up methane sensor, moving away from mussels into the water column

10:40:07 Methane sensor in position 2, water column above mussels, event 25349

10:49:11 Moving the methane sensor away from live mussels but close to bottom

10:49:58 Methane sampler in position 3, dead mussels, event 25370

10:57:40 Methane measurement going down; on down-current side?

11:00:24 Moving methane sensor again; choosing next position

11:03:40 Change heading to due west

11:06:00 Steady stream of bubbles visible rising from the sediment

11:07:38 Putting methane sensor next to little white spot on bottom

11:11:30 Methane sensor position 4, white patch, big mussels, event 25417

11:23:58 Moving methane sensor; position 5, brown mussels, event 25445; also event

25448 (note that text was changed on previous event)

Watch Summary:

During this watch we successfully collected all nine sediment cores from brine seep/microbial 

mat sites. During transit, a carbonate rock was collected for Harry Roberts. Then the methane 

sensor was tested and used to sample positions 1.

Date: 06-21-2007

Shift: 07:30 – 11:30 (EDT) 

Dive: J2-277

Site: AT-340

Watch Leader: Chuck

Name: Michael Kullman

Time (GMT) Comments

11:53 Methane sensor 6 stop EVT 25507.

11:55 Moving back approx 1.5m, 1m right.

11:59 Methane sensor 7 start EVT 25522.

12:04 Mussel flatulence AKA bubbles observed.

12:08 Methane sensor 8 start (same location), pressed 3m closer EVT 25546.

12:14 Methane sensor 8 stop, start 9, bubbles observed EVT 25564.

12:26 Methane sensor 9 stop, start 10 EVT 25585.

12:35 Methane sensor 10 stop, sensor returned to Jason.

12:40 Ready mussel pot F (Jason has not moved since last methane sensor reading).
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12:44 Mussel collection in pot F.

12:49 Return pot F to Jason.

12:53 ‘Best Of’ video – brittle starts.

13:00 Methane sensor 11 in mussel pot, cloudy water.

13:12 Moved Ball marker 2 to edge of mussel bed by accident EVT 25695.

13:18 Ball marker NAV A in pot ring F, recover pot ring F.

13:22 Move a few meters, prepare for mussel pot A.

13:25 Take a series of downward looking photos.

13:38 Deploy mussel pot A EVT 25757.

13:49 Begin engineering ops, methane sensor is still running.

15:19 Squid on vid.

Watch Summary:

Finished methane sensor measurements at mussel bed. Some bubbles / mussel flatulence 

observed. Two mussel posts (F then A) were deployed. Brittle stars were noted swarming pot 

ring F after the sample was retrieved. Ball marker A was deployed at pot ring F. Engineering ops

/ testing begun at 13:49 and continued to end of shift.

Date: 6/21/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00 EDT 

Dive: J2-277

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Ian MacDonald

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

15:57 Recovery of engineering marker.

16:29 Start photo transect T8, alt. 4.1m (Ian’s transects)

16:40 Photo transect out of rocks and into urchins.

16:41 Back in the rocks.

16:42 Photo transect end.

16:46 Start photo transect T7, alt. 3.3m

17:00 Photo transect end.

17:03 Start photo transect T4, alt. 3.3m

17:18 Photo transect end.

17:42 Start photo transect T6, alt. 4.4m

17:56 Photo transect end.

18:11 Start photo transect T9, alt. 4.9m

18:24 Photo transect end.

18:32 Start photo transect T10, alt. 3.8m

18:40 Crossing Marker 10

18:41 Climbing 3m ledge

18:41 Photo transect end.

18:56 Start photo transect T3, alt. 3.6m
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19:05 Photo transect end.

19:18 Start photo transect T2, alt. 3.2m

19:28 Photo transect end; octopus at end of line.

19:35 Start photo transect T5, alt. 3.7m

19:46 Photo transect end.

19:55 Start photo transect T1, alt. 4.6m

Watch Summary: Photo transects 1 – 10 were completed with Ian MacDonald.

Date: June 21, 2007

Shift: 1600 – 2000 EDT 

Dive: J2-277

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader:

Name: Matt Frye

Time (GMT) Comments

20:05:58 still making photo transects

20:12:45 finished line transect T1

20:39:00 transiting to mussel bed; abundant CO3 and worm tubes

21:02:30 methane sensor position #12, near dead open shell “double”; start 26739

21:45:45 start methane sensor #13; 26830

21:53:58 end methane sensor #13; 26847

21:55:19 start reading #14; 26851

22:02:10 end methane reading #14; 26867

22:03:24 start methane sensor #15; 26871

22:09:12 end #15;

22:10:07 start #16 methane sensor; 26886

22:17:36 push sensor down several inches (#17); 26906

22:24:13 end sensor #17; 26922

22:34:00 start #18;

End methane sensor #18

22:49:40 start methane sensor #19; 26973

23:00:00 start methane sensor #20; 26999

23:13:00 ascend 20 meters

23:37:15 start #22 methane in mussel pot ring; 27080

Watch Summary: methane readings taken over mussel bed; start of shift was end of Ian’s 

photo transect. That is all.

Date: June 21, 2007

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-277
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Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Bob Carney, Stephanie

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

23:50 methane sensoring in the mussels (#2711), methane sensoring #23

0:11 end of #23 (27150)

0:14 depositing a ball marker in the mussel bed

0:20 start moving

0:23 grabbing a rock #1 (27179)

0:26 grabbing arock, it sticks

0:33 still trying to grab the rock

0:34 it did not work

0:36 we are moving to another rock

0:40 grabbing rock #2, into milk crate (#27218)

0:42 looking for rock #4

0:48 grabbing rock #4

0:53 grabbing a little peace of the rock, on top of mussel pot

0:55 again grabbing peace of rock, on top of mussel pot

0:58 another peace of this rock

1:01 still trying to get the rock

1:04 got a peace of this rock, top of mussel pot

1:10 taking away a weight, putting it down on the seafloor

1:13 moving

1:22 taking the sucker

1:25 suction of an holothuride, did not work, too big

1:29 trying to grab the seacucumber, biobox (27335)

1:36 grabbing another cucumber, biobox (27349)

1:40 traces (bottom cam), starfish

1:42 grabbing a star fish, biobox

1:44 turning off the methane sensor

1:49 grabbing a sea cucumber, into the biobox(27377)

1:58 collecting sea cucumber with the sucker

2:01 suction (27402)

2:05 suction of sea cucumber (27412)

2:09 suction of a sea-star (27420)

2:14 suction of a sea cucumber

2:23 another suction of a sea cucumber (27452)

2:27 end of suction

2:40 at a ball marker

2:43 reset

2:56 start of line 1 (27520) of photomosaic

3:07 end of line 1 (27549)

3:15 start of line 3 (27566)

3:22 start of line 4 (27583)
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3:44 start of line

3:49 second start of last line

3:55 at the top of line, start

Watch Summary: collecting rocks, sea-cucumbers,starting photomosaik

Date: June 22, 2007

Shift: 0000-4000 EDT 

Dive: J2-277

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Stephanie Lessard-Pilon, Ian MacDonald, Erik Cordes

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

3:58:58 Still doing line 6 for photo mosaic

3:59:51 End of photo mosaic line 6 in urchin bed

4:00:12 Start of photo mosaic line 7 in urchin bed

4:04:26 End of photo mosaic line 7

4:05:03 Start of photo mosaic line 8

4:09:06 End of photo mosaic line 8

4:09:56 Start of photo mosaic line 9

4:13:46 End of photo mosaic line 9

4:14:27 Start of photo mosaic line 10

4:18:07 End of photo mosaic line 10

4:18:51 Start of photo mosaic line 11

4:23:02 End of photo mosaic line 11

4:23:35 Getting ready to perform photo transects in northwest area

5:03:03 Start of photo transect line T2

5:14:58 End of photo transect line T2

5:24:05 Start of photo transect line T3

5:32:45 End of photo transect line T3

5:47:13 Start of photo transect line T7

5:55:45 End of photo transect line T7

6:01:04 Start of photo transect line T8

6:09:40 End of photo transect line T8

6:21:39 Start of photo transect line T1

6:29:32 End of photo transect line T1

6:29:55 Heading to Marker #8 for tubeworm collection

6:53:25 Mussel bed

6:56:58 Marker 12 sighted

7:01:37 Marker 8 sighted

7:05:35 Getting ready for tubeworm collection at Marker 8

7:12:28 Stained tubeworm collection with manipulator in 1st patch

7:13:29 Placed into port biobox
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7:14:04 Stained tubeworm collection with manipulator in 1st patch

7:19:26 Moving to another tubeworm patch

7:21:40 Collecting stained tubeworms from other (2nd

) patch

7:22:10 Placed into port biobox

7:22:42 Collected stained tubeworms from 2nd patch

7:23:26 Placed into port biobox

7:27:14 Collecting stained tubeworms from 3rd patch

7:28:09 Placed in port biobox

7:28:40 Collected stained tubeworms 3rd patch

7:29:46 Placed in port biobox

7:30:56 Closed biobox

7:37:00 Move to marker 12 to look for stained tubeworms to sample with 

bushmaster

7:40:27 Getting ready to bushmaster stained tubeworm patch next to marker 12

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we continued to perform photo mosaics in the urchin field. Follow the 

photo mosaics, Jason moved to the northwest area to perform a set of 5 photo transects. At 0705, 

stained tubeworms collections started using Jason’s manipulator arm. At the end of watch, we 

were getting ready to sample stained tubeworms using the bushmaster jr.

Shift: 06/22/2007

Dive: J2-277

Site: AT340

Watch Leader: Chuck Fisher

Name: Christina Kellogg

Time (GMT) Comments

08:00:13 The net on the Bushmaster needs to be recable tied to keep the net spread

08:01:56 Close-up of tubeworm bush at marker 12 on 3-chip camera

08:05:01 Close-up of individual tubeworms, white crab on one, 3-chip camera

08:05:47 ‘Best-of’ video tubeworms and tap worms on 3-chip, event 28202

08:17:49 Bushmaster collection of worm patch at marker 12, event 28226

08:19:07 Good view of tubeworm ‘roots’ sticking out of Bushmaster bottom, pilot’s camera

08:21:28 Looking for bungee handle on Bushmaster, 3-chip camera

08:32:50 Pulling bungee cord over Bushmaster to secure it

08:38:20 Collection of Bushmaster marker 12 complete and successful

08:39:00 Moving 160 meters, heading 140 ̊, 0.2 knots

08:43:30 Using Coolpix to take photos in transit

08:48:50 Increasing speed to 0.4 knots

08:55:27 Purple/black sea cucumber, on brow camera (we’ve passed over several during 

the transit over soft mud bottom)

09:00:43 Urchin field
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09:03:35 Shell hash and urchin trails

09:04:24 Tubeworms

09:04:48 Slowing to 0.2 knots to better look around

09:06:09 Turning a bit left; more urchin fields and urchin tracks

09:08:10 Carbonate rock on 3-chip camera; will collect it for Harry Roberts

09:10:13 Picking up carbonate rock with about 100 tubeworms on it; event 28353

09:15:13 Stored carbonate rock on platform next to Bushmaster

09:16:34 Carbonate boulders move into view on brow camera

09:18:50 Jettisoned one of the weights next to carbonate boulders

09:24:09 Moving north to look over top of the mound

09:26:15 More carbonate rocks, small patch of tubeworms

09:26:55 Purple/black sea cucumber on mud bottom

09:27:37 Turning to the southeast

09:28:50 Another purple/black sea cucumber

09:30:45 Urchin field

09:31:48 Urchins and urchin trails on downlooking camera

09:34:58 Urchins and white bacterial mats on brow camera

09:35:30 Also a mound of gray sediment with what look like burrows in it, near the urchins 

and bacterial mats—what is the associated animal?

09:37:37 White sea star on carbonate rock

09:37:40 Carbonate rocks and sparse tubeworms

09:41:00 More carbonate rocks; rotating ROV to the left

09:42:56 White spots visible in brow camera—what are they? Moving to look

09:46:40 White spots are bacterial mats, on brow camera and pilot’s camera

09:47:09 Longline debris wrapped around a tubeworm bush visible on 3-chip camera

09:48:22 Moving further south to keep exploring area

09:50:42 Turning to the east

09:55:40 Purple/black sea cucumber on 3-chip camera; subsequent close-up

09:56:50 Two sets of holes in a circle near the sea cucumber

09:57: 38 Moving east 100 meters

09:58:21 Looks like carbonates to the left on sonar; heading that way

09:59:22 Lush tubeworm community on 3-chip camera

10:00:30 Mussels in pilot’s camera and 3-chip camera

10:01:40 Both types of tubeworms, Lamb. and Escarp.

10:02:10 ‘Best of’ video of tubeworms and mussels, event 28478

10:10:00 Small white crab crawling through mussels on pilot’s camera

10:11:30 Two white galatheid crabs in pilot’s camera

10:21:09 Clump of black mussels on 3-chip camera

10:22:45 Budweiser can in clump of tubeworms on 3-chip camera; event 28523

10:24:07 Clump of black mussels now on downlooking camera

10:27:19 3-chip camera close-up on Budweiser clump of worms

10:43:56 Jason off the bottom

Watch Summary:
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Successful Bushmaster collection of tubeworm bush at marker 12. Transited over urchin fields. 

Collected a large carbonate rock with tubeworms on it for Harry Roberts. Explored new mound 

that is south of previous mound. Southern part was not too exciting—lots of carbonate rocks, 

some urchins, sparse tubeworms. However, turned to the east and found lush tubeworm 

community with both kinds of worms, fast growth, mussels, and crabs. Photogenic clump of 

tubeworms with a Budweiser can.
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Dive Log for J2-278

Date: 6/23/2007

Shift: 0400-0800

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC852

Watch Leader: Ian McDonald

Name: Christina Kellogg

Time (GMT) Comments

07:23:00 Jason had been on the bottom since ~07:05; DVDs started now; they had just 

reached the elevator at 07:20

07:26:00 Taking elevator to coral site to deploy cameras

07:32:42 Continuing to transit to the coral site with elevator

07:40:50 Corals visible in downlooking camera, so we’re near site

07:43:13 Jason sets down on bottom; adjusts camera views

07:50:30 Ian McDonald’s camera “Louie” looks like it is working

07:52:00 Jason moving around elevator; kicking up a sediment cloud

07:59:20 Large pale isolpod on pilot’s camera, event 28835

08:20:01 Isopod on 3-chip camera

08:07:09 Checking that elevator position had been marked (it had)

08:08:30 Moving “Louie” camera away from elevator

08:09:09 Giant isopod circles elevator on brow camera

08:09:54 Gorgonians visible on pilot’s camera

08:10:39 Gorgonians now visible on both brow camera and pilot’s camera

08:19:19 Lots of marine snow

08:25:04 Lophelia patch in pilot’s camera; then brow and pilot’s camera

08:26:40 Clearer picture of Lophelia on 3-chip camera

08:28:20 Looking for a safe place for Louie camera near Lophelia patch

08:31:00 Large red/orange gorgonian (across from Lophelia patch) in pilot’s camera

08:32:40 Better shot of red/orange gorgonian in pilot’s camera (centered)

08:45:19 Setting down Louie camera in sediment between Lophelia and red/orange 

gorgonian; event 28933; it will stay here for two months, taking photos every 72 minutes

08:49:01 Flying Jason over Louie camera to photograph camera in situ

08:52:18 Ian does not want to sample Lophelia patch near the camera

09:02:48 Moving north to other Lophelia site to make collections

09:15:20 Small Madrepora sighted to collect for Cheryl {actually a gorgonian}

09:19:24 Clear shot of Madrepora about to be sampled; event 29002 {gorgonian}

09:23:00 Putting picnic basket under coral

09:24:10 Sampled coral but it is larger than basket opening

09:25:00 Need to get close-up photo before breaking the coral up to fit in picnic basket

09:29:50 Broke up coral to fit in basket, event 29017

09:34:28 Red shrimp perched on broken holdfast of Madrepora coral, on pilot’s camera

{gorgonian}

09:44:20 Sampling broken piece of same Madrepora coral as first sample {gorgonian}
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09:46:07 Grabbing Madrepora holdfast out from under red shrimp {gorgonian}

09:48:33 Adding holdfast to picnic basket, event 29063 {gorgonian}

09:55:00 Lophelia bush to be sampled visible on 3-chip camera

09:52:43 Lophelia close-up on 3-chip camera (just before event 29082)

10:01:50 Grabbed a piece of Lophelia

10:02:36 Dropped Lophelia in picnic basket opposite side from Madrepora {gorgonian}

10:03:34 Using 3-chip camera to see if that piece is dead or alive—looks dead, event 29093

{was not dead; confirmed at surface}

10:05:00 Taking another Lophelia sample from the same thicket; dropped it

10:06:07 Swimming red galatheid crab flees the scene, on pilot’s camera

10:09:29 Swimming red galatheid crab in pilot’s camera again

10:11:14 More swimming red galatheid; he keeps popping up

10:14:39 Large piece of Lophelia is broken off and falls behind rock

10:15:01 Grabbed smaller piece of Lophelia from a different clump than previous (possibly 

dead) collection; event 29120 {not Lophelia; really Madrepora}

10:15:50 This smaller piece went into the basket, so there are two different pieces of 

Lophelia on one side and one colony of Madrepora on the other {Lophelia and Madrepora on 

one side, gorgonian on the other}

10:22:22 Close-up of sponge on pilot’s camera

10:24:00 Looking for piece of Lophelia that dropped; unsuccessful

10:30:00 Moving back to the elevator’s location to take sediment cores

10:35:07 Preparing to collect sediment cores from soft, brown, undisturbed sediments

10:39:58 First core, yellow #2, event 29177

10:42:40 Second core, yellow #4, event 29186, center of milk crate

10:45:30 Third core, yellow #8, event 29188

10:47:28 Fourth core, yellow #3, event 29193

10:49:20 Fifth core, yellow #5, event 29197

10:51:02 Sixth core, yellow #9, event 29202

10:54:05 Coring finished; two cores could not be used because they were stuck in the milk 

crate

10:59:40 Gray eel, (didn’t look like Conger)

11:00:29 Eel visible in 3-chip camera, event 29222

11:02:16 Picnic basket placed in starboard biobox (#2) on elevator

11:10:38 Eel visible in brow camera, event 29242

11:11:49 Doppler reset, event 29245

11:14:10 Put sediment cores in wood box on elevator, event 29251-29252

11:17:22 Ready to release elevator for 8am recover

11:23:00 Looking for a crab to grab while waiting for elevator ok

11:26:15 Crab on pilot’s camera

Watch Summary:

Placed Ian McDonald’s rotary camera (Louie) on the bottom near a patch of Lophelia. Collected 

a colony of Madrepora and pieces of two different Lophelia clumps (but first collection may be 

dead piece). There seemed to be one large thicket of Lophelia but also some smaller clumps 

along top and sides of rock. Moved back to the elevator location to collect sediment cores. Six
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of eight cores collected (two got stuck in the milk crate). Transferred coral picnic basket and 

core milk crate to elevator.

{Note: After corals were brought to the surface, it turned out the “Madrepora” was a 

gorgonian, and the second small piece of “Lophelia” was actually Madrepora}

Date: 06-23-07

Shift: 07:30 – 11:30 EDT 

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC852

Watch Leader:

Name: Michael Kullman

Time (GMT) Comments

11:36 Elevator released.

11:40 Run crab, run!! Vid of crab collection. May not be suitable for children under the age of

12.

13:18 Jason approaching area of markers 2, 5 & 8.

13:20 Nav reset.

13:33 Update target location for marker 2 in DVLNAV.

13:40 Mass spec scan 1 EVT 29293.

13:45 Scan 1 end (end of background scan) EVT 29405.

13:47 Mass spec scan 2 EVT 29411.

13:52 Scan 2 end EVT 29421.

13:54 Scan 3 start EVT 29429.

14:01 Scan 3 end EVT 29444.

14:03 Heading for position approximately 25m east of marker 8.

14:04 Reset nav, marker 8 in sight.

14:08 Ball marker near tubeworms from previous dive sighted.

14:09 Reset nav at marker 8. Apparent offset to east of approximately 20m from marker fix

12247 on dive 273.

14:12 Mass spec scan 4 start (near ball marker / marker 8) EVT 29469.

14:18 Mass spec scan 4 end EVT 29470.

14:19 Mass spec scan 5 start EVT 29471.

14:30 Mass spec scan 5 end EVT 29472.

14:32 Mass spec scan 6 start EVT 29473.

14:41 Mass spec scan 6 end EVT 29478, reset nav.

14:42 Mass spec scan 7 start EVT 29481. NOTE: Virtual Van auto events have not been 

logging every 30 seconds for mass spec readings 4 – 6.

14:54 Mass spec scan 7 end EVT 29491.

15:01 Mass spec scan 8 start EVT 29506.

15:10 Mass spec scan 8 end EVT 29526.

15:19 Mass spec scan 9 start EVT 29545.
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Summary:

At the beginning of this watch the elevator was released, Jason was stationary for a short period, 

Jason then maneuvered north towards the area of markers 2, 5 and 8. A crab was collected en 

route 11:40.

After reaching Marker 2 an updated position for the marker was entered into DVLNAV. Mass 

spec readings 1 - 3 were taken in this area. Jason then maneuvered to a position near marker 8. 

After a nav reset at marker 8 it was noticed that there appeared to be a roughly 20m offset 

between the current position and the position logged during Dive 273 (EVT 12247).

Mass spec readings 4 – 9 were taken in the area of Marker 8. It was noted that during scans 4 – 6 

the Virtual Van automatic fixes at 30 second intervals were not being logged (apparently sitting 

on the bottom had confused the program, logging then began normally).

Date: 6/23/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00 EDT 

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader: ` Peter Girgius

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

15:32 Mass Spec – end position 9

15:34 Mass Spec – start position 10

15:44 Mass Spec – end position 10

15:45 Mass Spec – start position 11

15:57 Mass Spec – end position 11

16:00 Mussel collection – Pot A – aborted because setup not stable

16:17 2 Niskin bottles fired

16:22 Spotted marker 2

16:23 Reset navigation

16:27 Spotted marker 8

16:31 Reset navigation

16:35 Starting at 16:00 – searching for muddy area to collect mussels

17:04 Reset navigation; still searching for good mussel collection site

17:07 Found spot for mussels & chemical scans

17:11 Mass Spec – start position 12

17:18 Mass Spec – end position 12

17:19 Mass Spec – start position 13

17:29 Mass Spec – end position 13

17:37 Mass Spec – start position 14

17:39 Mass Spec – end position 14

17:40 Mass Spec – start position 15

17:50 Mass Spec – end position 15
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17:54 Mass Spec – start position 16

18:06 Mass Spec – end position 16

18:07 Mass Spec – start position 17

18:18 Mass Spec – end position 17

18:34 Mass Spec – end position 18; started position 18 at 18:20

18:40 Mussel Pot A – collection at Mass Spec location

19:30 White mussel net collection

19:50 Mussel collection end

19:51 Beginning scan beneath mussel collection

Watch Summary: Shift covered Mass Spec scans 9-18 and biological collections in mussel 

beds.

Date: 6/23/2007

Shift: 1600-2000 EDT 

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader: `

Name: Matt Frye

Time (GMT) Comments

Time (GMT) Comments

20:03:00 start mass spectrometer #20 (29940)

20:17:20 end sample #20 (29969)

20:20:00 start mass spec #21 (29976)

20:20:20 counter said 30:36 and was reset

20:31:33 end mass spec #21 (30002)

20:35:25 #21 did not stop, continue; methane/ethane/sulfide encountered

20:39:50 meth sensor #21 really stopped (30021)

20:42:00 put white bag of musells away on port side

21:07:33 start mass spec reading # 22 (30061)

21:19:06 stop mass spec reading #22 (30062)

21:19:22 moving probe and a couple of mussels over

21:22:03 start mass spec # 23 (30063)

21:22:40 system is not auto-logging events between manual entries

21:34:08 stop mass spec reading # 23 (30064)

21:37:10 start mass spec reading # 24 (30065)

21:48:29 stop mass spec # 24

21:54:00 mass spec start # 25 (30067)

22:23:48 sample mussels from site 25 into port biobox (30072)

22:44:05 start mass spec # 26 on edge of CO3 ledge in small hole (30109)

22:45:00 sponges on ledge

22:56:17 end mass spec # 26 (30134)

23:04:17 start mass spec reading #27 (30152)
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23:22:49 end # 27 (30190)

23:28:00 start # 28 mass spec (30200)

23:40:00 stop mass spec # 28 (30227)

23:48:00 start mass spec # 29 (under CO3 ledge) (30245)

Watch Summary: 10 mass spec readings from mussel bed; one sample of mussels into port 

biobox; Good readings of mass spectrometer.

Date: 6/23/2007

Shift: 2000-0000 EDT 

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader: ` Pete, Erik

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

0:07 Ian’s camera

0:16 reset

0:19 start close up science cam: mussels

0:22 moving Ian’s camera towards the rock with the mussels, making pictures (#30312)

0:26 still positioning of Ian’s camera: making pictures: shrimp + mussels

0:38 moving Ian’s cam, making pictures of an isopode

0:41 end of Ian’s cam (#30357)

0:48 grabbing mussels from a rock, into biobox

0:51 another peace of rock + mussels; biobox (#30383)

0:55 moving to look for another mussel bed

0:57 reset

0:59 marker #2

1:03 reset

1:03 marker #2

1:14 start of mass spec #30 (#30431)

01:23 end of mass spec #30 (#30438)

1:29 #31 start of mass spec (#30444)

1:41 end of mass spec #31 (#30453)

1:44 start of mass spec #32 (#30459)

1:58 end of mass spec #32 (#30483)

2:02 start of mass spec #33 (#30485)

2:13 close up of science cam: crab

2:14 end of mass spec #33 (#30486)

2:20 start of mass spec #34 (#30496), close up: science cam: mussels, crab

2:33 end of #34 (#30496)

2:48 corals (science cam)

2:58 reset

2:59 at coral site
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3:01 science cam: coral, calcareous gorgonian!!!

3:02 reset

3:08 fly-trap-anemone (science cam)

3:11 reset

3:14 Ian’s cam: making pictures of corals

3:20 fly trap anemone

3:26 crab

3:29 end of Ian’s cam

3:31 taking a peace of coral (#30626), biobox

3:36 transit to start the SM2000 survey

Watch Summary: taking pictures with Ian’s cam (mussels and corals), making mass spec, taking s amples 

from mussels and corals

Date: 6/24/2007

Shift: 0000-4000 EDT 

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader:

Name: Matt Frye

Time (GMT) Comments

4:00:50 20m 1st line

4:03:23 calibration start

4:05:22 calibration end

4:08:13 reset doppler

4:09:00 re-run 20 m calibration altimeter

4:10:44 end

4:13:30 15 m calibration start

4:15:04 end of line

4:16:48 10 m calibration start

4:18:50 end of line

4:22:39 5 meter calibration start

4:24:26 end of line; end of calibration

4:27:41 start line 1 (north)

4:27:23 stop line 1

4:51:01 start line 2 south

5:10:36 end line 2

5:15:14 start line 3 north

5:34:29 end line 3

5:38:30 start line 4 south

5:57 end line 4

6:04 start line 5 north

6:22 end line 5
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6:31 start line 6 south

6:50 end line 6

6:54 start line 7 north

7:13 end line 7

7:17 start line 8 south

7:35 end line 8

Date: 06/24/2007

Shift: 0400-0800 EDT 

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC852

Watch Leader: Mike Kullman/Robert Carney

Name: Christina Kellogg

Time (GMT) Comments

Mike had been up for several hours running SM2000 multibeam surveys. He continued to keep the log 

until the surveys were finished. To keep the log consistent, I am including his entries,

from 08:03 to 10:03

08:03 Start survey line 10 (south), 31207

08:21 End line 10, 31245

08:26 Start survey line 11 (north), 31256

08:46 End line 11, 31296

08:52 Start survey line 12 (south), 31310

09:10 End line 12, 31351

09:28 Start survey line 13 (west), 31388

10:03 End line 13, 31459

10:06:27 Turning off SM2000 multibeam system

10:08:39 Transiting to Marker 1, 0.4 knots, ~470 knots

10:10:37 Started DVDs again when bottom became visible (series #128)

10:15:09 Dark colored sea cucumber, pilot’s camera, event 31484

10:22:15 Crossed a line in the bottom; previous Jason footprint?

10:30:31 Bottom has been soft sediment marked by occasional holes

10:31:42 Getting suction tube in manipulator to prepare for slurping (Bob takes over watch)

10:34:35 Eel visible in downlooking camera

11:00:30 Eel-like fish visible on 3-chip camera

11:04:47 Dark colored fish (rattail?) lying on bottom; 3-chip camera, 31585

11:05:40 Same fish on brow camera, 31587

11:07:06 Another fish, silver, lying on bottom, 3-chip camera, 31591-31592

11:10:59 Large red crab on the bottom, 3-chip camera, 31600-31602

11:12:00 Trying to sample a couple of crab legs from him, 31603-31604, 31607

11:15:00 Putting crab into port biobox, 31612

11:17:30 Crab gets second wind and escapes manipulator instead of entering biobox

11:19:00 Crab is gone
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11:24:00 Moving to marker 6

11:32:26 Doppler reset, 31645

Watch Summary:

Mike Kullman completed the SM2000 multibeam survey, running north/south lines 10-12, and 

then a cross line to the west for survey13. Bob Carney took over and the suction tube was 

readied for slurping unsuspecting invertebrates. Observed a couple of eels and a couple of 

fishes. Entertaining but unsuccessful attempt to collect legs from a crab.

Date: 06/24/2007

Shift: 0800-1200 EDT 

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC852

Watch Leader: Chuck Fisher

Name: Erin Becker

Time (GMT) Comments

11:42 At Marker 1 – Dropped target “Marker 1 J2-278”

11:59 Dropping target “tubeworms/clams”

12:28 “Mass speculating”

12:29 Position 35: background seawater EVT 31763 ; stop scan 35 EVT 31788

12:46 EVT 31799 start recording position 36

12:58 Moving probe to base of tube worms

13:01 Starting position 37 EVT 31831

13:10 Mussels embedded in carbonate, carbonate covered in white crap

13:11 Best-of video growing carbonate for Harry

13:13 End position 37

13:13 Putting mass spec away and preparing to collect stained tubeworms

13:22 Collecting stained tubeworms into starboard biobox

13:23 Claw loose, difficult to hold tubeworms

13:28 Tubeworm trying to jump out of biobox. Balanced precariously on edge

13:30 Retrieved escaping tubeworm

13:31 Shutting lid w/ some worms hanging out

13:34 Slurping shrimp for Stéphane – one chamber

13:40 Suction seems pretty weak

13:44 Accidental clam slurp

13:49 Putting slurp away

13:56 Setting up at Marker 1 for chem scanning and mussel pot

14:07 Mass spec probe nestled into mussels

14:11 Position 38 on mussels EVT 31967

14:18 Not detecting methane; seawater hit

14:20 Done scanning 31968
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14:20 Moving two mussels to the left

14:23 Starting position 39 EVT 31975

14:27 Still looks like seawater

14:27 Stopping position 39; 31985

14:27 Moving 6 in. and placing into mussels. Deeply inserted between little and big mussels

14:28 Setting up position

14:29 Hearing some pounding and what sounds like an engine alarm

14:29 Beginning position 40 EVT 31987 (VV logged at 14:30)

14:30 Detecting some sulfide (a little)

14:41 End position 40 EVT 31989

14:45 Start position 41 EVT 31990

14:48 Little sulfide hits

14:56 Stop position 41 EVT 32006

14:57 Putting away mass spec

14:59 All bungees released on ring as MPF came out of bucket

15:00 Pot scar looks pretty empty; putting MPF away

15:13 Crab eating broken mussel in pilot and science cam. Shrimp came into pot scar. Pot 

went to sediment. Crab is a “vagrant” species. Shrimp all over dead mussel that crab is eating

15:19 Reset Doppler

15:22 Tried to get DV Cam video but crab turned away

15:23 Going South 100m

Watch Summary: We did some chemical sensing with the mass spec around stained 

tubeworms and then collected those into the starboard biobox. We then went to Marker 1 and 

did some more chemistry and collected a mussel pot. There was some interesting video of a crab 

and a swarm of shrimp eating one of the broken mussels.

Date: 6/24/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00

Dive: J2-278

Site: GC 852

Watch Leader: Ian MacDonald

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

15:35 Biological collection underway – clams picked-up with manipulator arm instead of scoop

16:16 Searching for Bushmaster collection site – spotted bubble stream coming from sediment 

surface – was told no time to investigate or deploy Mass Spec probe – must continue search for 

mussels and tubeworms

16:23 Returned to bubble stream for Mass Spec measurements

16:28 Peter is sick so no Mass Spec measurements in bubble stream – going to take 

measurement in tubeworm clump instead because Eric is not sure what deleterious effect bubbles 

may have on probe.
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16:30 Mass Spec tube is tangled so no measurements taken – probed restowed

16:40 Bushmaster collection of tubeworm clump

16:59 reset navigation

17:03 Starting Ian’s photo lines

17:07 T8, alt. 4.1m, H 175 degrees

17:16 end of line

17:23 T1, alt. 3.1m, H 355 degrees

17:32 end of line

17:35 T3, alt. 3.1m, H 355 degrees

17:40 end of line

17:44 T4, alt. 3.5m, H 175 degrees

17:49 end of line

17:53 T10, alt. 4.6m

17:58 end of line

18:06 T5, alt. 3.8m, H 355 degrees

18:11 end of line

18:24 T2, alt. 4.8m, H 175 degrees

18:29 end of line

18:32 T7, alt. 3.6m, H 175 degrees

18:37 end of line

18:45 T6, alt. 4.3m, H 355 degrees

18:50 end of line

18:51 T9, alt. 3.3m, H 355 degrees

18:57 spotted marker 6

18:59 reset navigation

18:59 end of line

19:11 Jason off bottom

Watch Summary: Shift covered end of biological collections for this dive and Ian’s photo 

lines T1-T10. Shift ended early with Jason beginning ascent.
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Dive Log for J2-279

Date: June 25, 2007

Shift: 08:00 – 12:00 EDT 

Dive: 279

Site: GB 829

Watch Leader:

Name: Matt Frye

Time (GMT) Comments

13:06 seafloor acquired

13:13 heading 255

13:15 soft bottom mud

13:17 small bacteria mat

13:30 scattered CO3 @ 1223 m

13:51 top of ridge @1224 M

13:56 suspended silt

14:07 deploy marker on top – marker 13

14:14 doppler reset

14:20 head due north 200 meters

14:34 1267 meters

14:40 stop, turn back to south at 1287 meters

14:42 tubeworm, mussel, CO3 @ 1275 m

Unknown rock, looks like CO3

14:47 dead mussels 1267 m

14:51 dead mussels 1261 m

14:55 mussel jackpot at 1255 m

15:02 start mass spec into live mussels

15:19 start mass spec reading #42 (32881)

Watch Summary: Mostly exploration; found the top of the hill and moved downslope from 

there; found live mussels @ 1255 m

Date: 6/25/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00 (EDT) 

Dive: J2-279

Site: GB 829

Watch Leader: Group Effort

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments
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15:44 Mass Spec in mussel bed. Completed Mass Spec position 42, ran ~5.5 min of “best of 

video” and started Mass Spec position 43 while I was catching up the DVD logs from the 

previous shift.

15:54 Stop position 43, evt 32955

15:58 Start position 44, evt 32965

16:10 Stop position 44, evt 32990

16:16 Start position 45, evt 33003

16:25 Stop position 45, evt 33023

16:30 Start position 46, evt 33033

16:40 Stop position 46, evt 33055

16:45 Mussel Pot A collected

16:54 Scoop net to be filled and put into port biobox

17:08 Net stowed in biobox

17:11 Ian starting photo imaging

17:12 Reset Doppler navigation

17:51 Stop photo transect, evt 33189

17:52 moving to next mussel bed

18:26 Macro camera start – tubeworm photos

18:30 mussel photos

18:43 Stop macro camera

18:47 carbonate collection with sponge attached

18:48 tubeworm grab collection into port biobox

18:54 carbonate collection from tubeworm site

19:05 Returning to previous mussel bed for second mussel pot collection

19:31 Mussel Pot F collection

Watch Summary: This dive is on a new site – referred to as the Christmas Tree site. An 

extensive mussel bed was found on the sediment surface – lots of black mud beneath. 

Would be a good place to get push cores in the future. There are some tubeworm clumps 

but not abundant. There are large carbonate outcrops here.

Date: June 25, 2007

Shift: 1600 – 2000 EDT 

Dive: 279

Site: GB 829

Watch Leader:

Name: Matt Frye

Time (GMT) Comments

19:51 leaving central mussel bed; heading 090 for 60 m

20:22 090 approx 140 m, turned 145 into CO3

20:23 tubeworms and CO3 (big chunks)

20:26 dead mussels downslope

20:27 straggler tubeworms
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20:36 steep slope

20:42:39 still large vertical CO3 structures; high relief bottom

20:44:49 white galatheid and tubeworms on 3 chip camera

Watch Summary: 10 mass spec readings from mussel bed; one sample of mussels into port 

biobox; Good readings of mass spectrometer.
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Dive Log for J2-280

Date: 6/26/2007

Shift: 0400-0800

Dive: J2-280

Site: GB647

Watch Leader: Chuck Fisher/Robert Carney

Name: Christina Kellogg

Time (GMT) Comments

10:00:00 Approximate time of Jason launch; expect to be at bottom around 11:00 GMT 

(7am local)

10:43:00 Jason reaches bottom; soft brown sediment

10:51:00 Started DVDs

10:52:25 Sighted a piece of asphalt (?) that has a white gorgonian on it; will try to collect

10:56:57 Tried to sample small piece of the rock; it broke apart and was revealed to be 

definitely asphalt; very shiny; eventually got a small piece into the biobox

10:59:00 Tried to collect the bigger piece with the white gorgonian, but dropped it

11:03:30 Shifting some weights around to make room for collection

11:11:20 Successfully collected asphalt piece with white gorgonian into milk crate

11:12:29 Pushed on the asphalt piece to firmly wedge it into milk crate

11:17:17 Moving away to look around at the site before beginning SM2000 surveys

11:20:00 Bob Carney took over as watch leader

11:21:40 Soft brown sediment pockmarked with holes

11:22:20 Moving down the slope on the north side

11:24:46 Moving at 0.2 knots to beginning of survey

Watch Summary:

Beginning of dive J2-280 at site GB647. Discovered a chunk of asphalt with coral on it and 

sampled it, marking the site with Marker #2. Moving into position to begin SM2000 survey.

Date: 6/26/07

Shift: 0800-1200 EDT 

Dive: J2-280

Site: GB647

Watch Leader: Bob Carney

Name: Lara Miles

Time (GMT) Comments

11:46 BIO OBS: fish
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11:55 Heading to GEO 1

12:01 TRANSIT: taking pictures @ a rate of 1 min intervals/ downward camera

12:07 BIO OBS: ray: “Bathy raja” (Bob id)

12:13 BIO OBS: corals and brittle stars

12:15 BIO OBS: crab with coral and sea stars/ broken coral and shells

12:23 Possible chain drag mark in sediment?

12:23 GEO OBS: carbonate rubble- probably asphalt

12:33 GEO GRAB: asphalt

12:43 BIO OBS: spiny urchins in possible brine stream (possibles provided by Bob)

12:45 BIO OBS: white and orange bacteria mats

12:45 BIO OBS: fish and crab

12:48 BIO OBS: mussel shells and sea star in asphalt: rock massive (“size of house” Bob)

12:56 BIO OBS: filter feeding starfish

13:00 BIO OBS: pink coral

13:00 BIO OBS: white bacterial mat

13:02 GEO GRAB: Push core (testing bact. Mat to see how deep it goes: successful/full core

13:07 GEO GRAB: Push Core #2 (above 13:02) and core #5 taken on white bact. mat

13:08 GEO GRAB: Push Core #9

13:15 BIO GRAB: urchin in starboard bio box

13:16 DVCAM: start time on tape 20m 13s: tape sampling site

13:28 GEO GRAB: Push Core #6 was tried but sediment not deep enough FAILED

13:29 BIO OBS: fish in pilot cam and filter feeding star fish

13:39 GEO OBS: previously thought to be a chain drag (12:23) now cause unknown

13:46 BIO OBS: starfish (many)

13:56 GEO GRAB: carbonate placed behind the BM for HARRY

14:10 BIO OBS: clam shells

14:11 BIO OBS: tubeworms

14:23 GEO OBS: asphalt

14:26 TRASH: 3 cans and 2 bottles

14:43 Passed geo 2, heading 208 towards geo 3

15:12 GEO GRAB: core yellow (1) right front starboard

Watch Summary:

Passed over a large asphalt/carbonate substrate with many biology observations including: 

urchins, fish, a ray, starfish and tubeworms. There were four successful push cores taken and one 

failed (sediment not deep enough). Of the four push cores, three were taken on white bacterial 

mats. Two asphalt geology grabs were taken as well as, one biology grab of an urchin.

Date: 6/26/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00 EDT 

Dive: J2-280

Site: GB 647
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Watch Leader: Group Effort

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

15:50 Two mat cores (yellow #’s 4 & 8) taken – white bacterial mat cores taken adjacent to 

rock outcrop, snails feeding on mat, some orange mats w/in white areas – tried to core but mud 

was not deep enough – only able to core white mat areas.

16:20 Single tubeworm collected – oil oozed out of hole left when tubeworm extracted.

16:30 Tubeworms & carbonate collected into port biobox.

17:20 Collected yellow core #7 near carbonate outcrop – white bacterial mat.

17:40 Using net to collect snails.

17:55 Collected Bernie’s core in blue mud, oil bubbles & snail in core.

18:04 Mussel grab into starboard biobox.

18:23 Brachiopod grab in starboard biobox.

18:25 There is some debate as to whether the ledge where the mussels and brachiopods were 

collected is asphalt or carbonate.

18:30 Chunk of ledge broken off and put into starboard biobox – Matt Frye thinks it’s 

carbonate.

19:27 “Fat” tubeworm grab into starboard biobix.

19:29 Doppler navigation reset.

Watch Summary: This dive is on a new site – hilly topography with many ledges and rock 

outcrops. Tubeworms are mainly singles or pairs – didn’t see any clumps. Mussels are 

generally associated with rock outcrops. Many bacterial mats are on thin sediment layer 

over rock. There seems to be a fair amount of oil in these sediments – pulling tubeworms 

or taking push cores often releases oil bubbles.

Date: 6/26/07

Shift: 1600 - 2000

Dive: J2-280

Site:

Watch Leader: Matt Frye

Name: Matt Frye

Time (GMT) Comments

20:21 heading for geo-marker 5; mud

20:29 sponges, tubeworms, dead mussels, crab, co3

20:36 doppler reset

20:45 lone tubeworm in sandy bottom; stbd biobox

21:03 transiting mud bottom with soup bowl depressions

21:09 fish resting on bottom, 3 chip camera

21;09 track in the mud, 3 chip camera

21:12 another fish, 3 chip

21:15 white bacterial mat, 3 chip

21:17 clump of algae from the surface, 3 chip
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21:21 starfish and sponge (stalked), 3 chip

21:21 eel, 3 chip

21:58 site geo #6, nothing; site geo 5, nothing

22:08 west of geo #6, collect tube and coral; stbd side

22:22 west of geo #6, collect tubeworms, stbd side

22:48 marker 2 (CRP) seen again; heading to geo #1

23:22 back @ geo #1; firing niskins

Watch Summary: mostly mud at geomarker #5 and 6; some tubeworm collection west of geo

#6; last minute transit to geo #1 to collect some niskin data
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Dive Log for J2-281

Date: 6/28/2007

Shift: 0000-4000 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC645

Watch Leader:

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

6:39:59 72 meters from bottom- no dvds recording

6:48:00 Moving to SM2000 survey area

6:50:15 Reset DVL

6:57:14 SM2000 Calibration survey start; 20 m alt 180

6:59:59 SM2000 Calibration survey end 20 m alt 180

7:03:26 SM2000 Calibration survey 15 m alt start

7:05:23 SM2000 Calibration survey 15 m alt end

7:07:27 SM2000 Calibration survey 10 m alt start

7:09:29 SM2000 Calibration survey 10 m alt end

7:11:30 SM2000 Calibration survey 5 m alt start

7:13:29 SM2000 Calibration survey 5 m alt end

7:15:20 Chimera- no video recording

7:17:55 Reset DVL

7:24:44 Start SM2000 line 1

7:53:00 End SM2000 line 1

7:57:15 Start SM2000 line 2

8:25:00 End SM2000 line 2

8:28:17 Start SM2000 line 3

Watch Summary:

Jason was descending to the seafloor at the beginning of my watch. At 0657, we started 

performing the SM2000 calibration lines. This was completed at 0713. Shortly after, we started 

performing SM2000 survey lines 1-3. At the end of watch, we were still performing SM200 

survey line 3.

Date: 28 June 2007

Shift: 0400-0730 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC 645

Watch Leader: Jason staff

Name: Eric Hawkins

Time (GMT) Comments

08:53 End of SM 2000 line 3
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08:56 Start of SM 2000 line 4

09:22 End of SM 2000 line 4

09:29 Start of SM 2000 line 5

09:54 End of SM 2000 line 5

10:00 Start of SM 2000 line 6

10:26 End of SM 2000 line 6

10:35 Start of SM 2000 line 7

11:00 End of SM 2000 line 7

11:11 Start of SM 2000 line 8

11:36 End of SM 2000 line 8

11:42 Start of SM 2000 line 9

12:07 End of SM 2000 line 9

12:12 Start of SM 2000 line 10

Watch Summary: SM 2000 lines throughout the entire shift.

Date: 6/28/2007

Shift: 0800-1200 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC 645

Watch Leader:

Name: Mike Cohen

Time (GMT) Comments

12:37:32 End SM 2000 line 10

12:43:48 Start SM 2000 line 11

13:10:29 End SM 2000 line 11

13:13:58 Start SM 2000 line 12

13:34:07 End SM 2000 line 12

13:42:12 Start SM 2000 line 13

14:08:03 End SM 2000 line 13

14:10:56 Start SM 2000 line 14

14:36:27 End SM 2000 line 14

14:41:11 Start SM 2000 line 15

15:06:33 End SM 2000 line 15

15:09:43 Start SM 2000 line 16

15:35:18 End SM 2000 line 16

15:51:50 Start SM 2000 line 17 (East-West)

16:21:08 End SM 2000 line 17 (East-West)

Watch Summary:

During this watch, the pilots used Jason II only for surveying. The last survey line was line 

number 17, which ran in the opposite direction to all of the previous survey lines.
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Date: 6/28/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC 645

Watch Leader: Group Effort

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

16:30 Jason crew attending to navigational issues

16:40 On bottom and heading toward elevator to get Ian’s camera.

16:50 Stopping to collect Pogo cores.

17:23 Finished Pogo coring. Collected 6 cores in Pogo bed – 4 long cores for Joye lab and 2 

short cores for Chris. Collected 2 control cores – 1 adjacent to Pogo bed and 1 outside of 

disturbed Pogo coring area.

17:24 Heading to elevator.

17:48 Found elevator.

18:01 Stowing core rack in elevator box.

18:09 Retrieving Ian’s camera from elevator.

18:22 Camera is on Jason.

18:26 Elevator released from bottom.

19:30 Elevator spotted 100m off starboard bow.

19:49 Elevator on deck.

19:54 Moving to target #8 at marker #’s 42-46 to deploy Ian’s camera.

20:35 Marker #12 from 1992 spotted.

20:36 Markers 14 & 15 from 1992 spotted.

20:37 Marker A spotted.

Watch Summary: Most of this watch involved collecting Pogo cores and waiting for the 

elevator to surface. The banded tubeworm site was located and Ian was still 

searching for marker 10, w here he wants to deploy his camera, when the shift 

ended.

Date: 06/28

Shift: 16.00 – 20.00 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AT 340

Watch Leader: Erik, Stephanie

Name: Julia

Time (GMT) Comments

20.58 preparing to deploy Ian’s camera

20.59 looking for the musselbed
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21.01 observing marker #4,5

21.05 deploying Ian’s camera HUEY in musselbed

21.12 marker E observed (deployed 15 years ago)

21.13 marker #8

21.22 HUEY deployed within tubeworm aggregation (2195m depth)

21.27 Ian takes pix around HUEY with down looking camera

21.30 test of mass spec

21.36 stop of mass spec

21.37 looking for banded tubeworms for cool pix macro shots (around marker E)

21.41 JASON landed, closer look to find banded tubeworms -> B23WS black, banded 

tubeworm

21.47 Macro cam on BANDED TUBEWORM

21.54 Identification of Green57WT

21.55 pictures taken of shrimp on tubeworm (black23)

21.58 mussel on tubeworm (7 at least, growing on tubes)

22.02 macro cam on banded tubeworm G57

22.11 Doppler reset

22.12 Marker F observed

22.19 Macro cam on banded tubeworms R47TS

22.36 banded tubeworms close to marker F not detected, heading to marker #10

22.39 W2WP near Ian’s camera, macro on it

22.41 Best of tubeworm (banded tw)

22.43 tubeworm dead (?) Best of black 20

22.48 Macro back on basket, then on W2 again

23.11 macrocam stop (back on basket)

23.17 moving to marker A

23.25 at marker A, found other banded tubeworms: white 4 and red 8

23.27 macro cam start again

23.31 Best of tubeworm

23.36 macro of of red8

23.40 Doppler reset

23.55 – 0.00 Best of SITE (fine overlook of site, tubeworms etc)

Watch Summary: deployed Ians camera, looking for banded tubeworms (some found), many7 best of and 

macro pix taken, especially macros of banded tubeworms

Date: 6/28/07

Shift: 2000-0000 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC 645

Watch Leader: Stephan

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

1:04 #48 start mass spec (#37665) in a tubeworm bush
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1:19 #48 end mass spec (#37698)

1:24 #49 start mass spec(#37708)

1:39 #49 end mass spec (#37740)

1:45 #50 start mass spec (#37752)

1:49 #50 end mass spec (#37782)

2:07 #51 start mass spec (#37797)

2:21 #51 end mass spec (#37827)

2:26 #52 start mass spec (#37837)

2:42 #52 end mass spec (#37827)

2:47 looking for a marked bush of tubworms

2:48 R47TS red found

2:54 science cam: shrimp in tubworms

3:01 #53 start mass spec (#37911)

3:01 still close up science cam, looking for the next marker

3:15 #53 end mass spec (#37942)

3:18 great close up of shrimp!!!!!!

3:20 #54 start mass spec (#37951)

3:35 #54 end mass spec (#37984)

3:38 looking for marker F, grabbing it

3:40 looking for marker A

3:56 giving up

3:58 reset

4:01 white a banded tubeworm found

4:02 marker A

4:11 start mass spec #55 (#38061)

4:26 end mass spec #55 (#38092)

4:33 start mass spec #56 (38107)

4:46 end mass spec #56 (#38134)

4:50 start mass spec #57 (#38144)

Watch Summary: Mass spec # 48-#57

Date: 6/29/2007

Shift: 0000-4000 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC645

Watch Leader:

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

5:05:09 End of mass spec position 57

5:05:15 Putting wand back onto Jason

5:10:01 Getting ready to image banded tubeworms (Red 8)

5:11:12 Found (green 29) banded tubeworm under rock

5:14:30 Imaging Red 8 tubeworm
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5:15:10 Trying to fix the camera

5:23:23 Fixed cameraÆ moving back to image

5:26:30 Capturing images of red 8 tubeworm

5:38:20 Finished imaging red 8

5:39:01 Looking for green 29

5:41:10 Imaging green 29 tag

5:44:13 Putting camera back onto Jason

5:47:55 Moving Marker 5 to another location

5:48:51 Moving to marker 10

5:58:53 At vicinity of Marker 10

5:59:43 Setting up to perform mass spec scans

6:05:35 Start mass spec position 58 near tip of tubeworm white 2

6:16:47 End mass spec position 58

6:16:58 Moved to tagged black worm

6:20:10 Start mass spec position 59

6:34:05 End mass spec position 59

6:37:00 Start mass spec position 60

6:51:15 End mass spec position 60

6:51:42 Putting wand back onto Jason

6:54:33 Getting ready to start photo mosaic

6:57:30 Marker 25 sighted

6:58:03 Dropped target at Marker 10

6:58:35 Reset DVL

7:03:15 Markers 17 and 18 sighted

7:03:57 Marker 16 sighted

7:15:41 Looking at Ian’s cameraÆ working

7:30:50 Searching for other targets

7:31:33 Marker 44 sighted

7:32:40 Marker 45 sighted

7:32:50 Marker 42 and 43 sighted

7:33:06 Marker 33 sighted

7:36:55 Moving to pick up Ian’s camera to move to the “new” marker area- where 43, 43,

44, 45 were sighted

7:39:53 Picking up Ian’s camera

7:45:20 Dropping camera in new area

7:52:07 Moving around area to see the extent before the photo mosaic

8:03:59 Setting up for a 5 m alt mosaic

8:07:32 Changing alt to 4 m

8:10:54 Start of photo mosaic line 1

8:14:27 End of photo mosaic line 1

8:17:59 Start of photo mosaic line 2

8:20:55 End of photo mosaic line 2

8:21:32 Start of photo mosaic line 3

8:25:21 End of photo mosaic line 3

8:26:15 Start of photo mosaic line 4

8:29:48 End of photo mosaic line 4
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8:30:13 Start of photo mosaic line 5

8:33:55 End of photo mosaic line 5; end of mosaic

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we continued to image banded tubeworms. After this task, we 

continued performing mass spectrometer scans. The next task was to perform a photo mosaic 

over an area where Ian had previously performed a video mosaic. We first started searching for 

markers 42, 43, 44, and 45. Once these we found, we moved the rotary camera to this area and 

then performed a photo mosaic (set of 5 lines). At the end of this watch, we were preparing for a

photo transect survey.

Date: 29 June 2007

Shift: 0400-0730 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC 645

Watch Leader: Ian MacDonald

Name: Eric Hawkins

Time (GMT) Comments

8:58 Start photo Transect #1, alt. 3.5m

9:00 Small clump of tubeworms

9:00 Additional clump of tubeworms

9:01 Carbonate

9:01 Large bed of tubeworms

9:03 Return to soft sediments

9:03 More carbonate outcrops

9:04 Tubeworms

9:07 End of T1 transect

9:08 Line/scar in sediment

9:19 Begin photo transect T6, altitude 4.3m, heading 345 deg.

9:23 Carbonate

9:24 White bacterial mats

9:25 Carbonate

9:26 Small tubeworm clump by carbonate

9:28 White bacterial mat

9:28 Carbonate pavement

9:28 End of T6 transect

9:29 Mussel cluster at the end of T6

9:30 Jason continuing along T6 path post-transect

9:30 Tubeworms

9:31 Tubeworms

9:31 Carbonate

9:33 Bacterial mat

9:41 Begin photo transect T3, altitude 3.4m, heading 165 deg.

9:41 Tubeworms

9:41 Carbonate
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9:43 Mussels w/ few tubeworms

9:43 Pogonophorans

9:46 Back to soft sediments

9:49 Carbonate

9:49 End T3 transect

9:51 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

9:52 Start T4 transect, altitude 3.4m, heading 165 deg.

9:53 Single carbonate

9:55 Long stretch of soft sediments

9:56 Track/line in sediments, left of brow cam

9:57 More tracks

9:59 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

10:01 End T4

10:03 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

10:06 Fish

10:16 Start transect T2, altitude 3.0 m, heading 345 deg.

10:19 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

10:24 End transect T2

10:25 Moving to next transect

10:26 Line/track in sediments, left of brow cam

10:28 Octopus on downlooking camera out in the middle of the sediments, at least 28 cm (based 

on laser guides)

10:33 Begin T7, altitude 4.2 m, heading 165 deg.

10:33 Mussel beds with tubeworms

10:39 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

10:41 End transect T7

10:42 Heading east to next transect

10:49 Begin T8, alt. 3.8 m, heading 345 deg.

10:54 Mussels and tubeworms

10:55 Carbonate

10:56 Smaller clumps of tubeworms

10:57 End T8

10:58 Transitioning to T5

11:15 Begin T5, alt. 3.9m, heading 165 deg.

11:18 Single stalk of soft coral

11:19 Single stalk of soft coral

11:19 Single stalk of soft coral

11:20 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

11:20 Single stalk of soft coral

11:21 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

11:22 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

11:23 End T5

11:23 Single stalk of soft coral

11:24 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

11:27 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

11:28 Holothuroid, dk purple/black
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11:29 Single stalk of soft coral

11:30 Single stalk of soft coral

11:36 Start T10, altitude 3.4m, heading 345 deg.

11:37 Pale sediment mounds

11:39 Holothuroid, dk purple/black

11:45 End T10

11:52 Large track in sediment, left of brow cam

11:54 Small patch of tubeworms

11:54 Carbonate

11:55 Tubeworms

11:56 Carbonate

11:57 Monofilaments (trash)

11:57 Long line of tubeworm clumps

12:02 Start T9, altitude 3.6 m, heading 165 deg.

12:02 Carbonates

12:03 Isolated tubeworm patch

12:05 Carbonates

12:05 Isolated tubeworms

12:06 Carbonate plates

12:08 White bacterial mat

12:09 Carbonate

12:10 Tubeworms

12:11 End of T9

12:14 On hold – waiting to determine next location as transects have ended

12:16 Heading for photo mosaic – aiming for middle of mussel bed

12:16 Large patches of tubeworms

12:18 Mussels and tubeworms

12:20 Cordes and Shah assuming operations

12:24 Small crab and shrimp on science cam

12:25 Numerous white shrimp atop mussels

Watch Summary: This portion of the AC 645 dive (J2-281) primarily involved Ian’s photo 

transects, which were underway when we went on watch at 0400. As we were finishing our shift, 

Erik Cordes was just beginning reconnaissance of mussel beds.

Date: 6/29/2007

Shift: 8000-1200 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC645

Watch Leader: Bob Carney
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Name: Michael Cohen

Time (GMT) Comments

12:58 Bio obs tubeworms

13:05 Bio obs tubeworms and mussels at marker 9

13:10 Mass spec start background, EVT#:39324

13:24 Mass spec end background, EVT#:39355

13:30 position at marker 62 near bed of musssels, Mass spec start background EVT#: 39367

13:44 end scan at maker 62, EVT#: 39399

13:46 fish hiding in mussels

13:50 Mass spec start background at position 63, EVT#: 39413

14:05 Mass spec end background at position 63, EVT#: 39443

14:08 Mass spec start background at position 64, EVT#: 39452

14:14 Mass spec end background at position 64, EVT#: 39464

14:18 Removed probe from tube on sub

14:27 DVR cam used – mussel moving up tubeworm

14:27 Mass spec start background at position 65, EVT#: 39493

14:29 Mass spec end background at position 65, EVT#: 39499

14:30 End DVR cam use. Length = 2:38:27

14:34 Mussel pot B collection

14:37 Lift up mussel pot B

14:40 Dropped mussel pot B back in location on sub

14:47 Dead mussels knocked into ring by ROV

14:50 Reset DVL

15:04 Starboard box opened up

15:07 ROV breaking rocks

15:23 Found calibrated Carney rod

15:34 Looking for mobile fauna at marker 1

15:42 Slurp – sea cucumber, single chamber

15:45 Slurp – sea cucumber

15:47 Looking for more mobile fauna

15:51 Slurp – sea cucumber

15:56 Slurp – anemone

16:05 Returned slurp tube to sub

16:08 ROV grabbed sponge

16:15 Soft coral Sea Whip put in starboard bio box

16:20 Reset DVL

Watch Summary:

Date: 6/29/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC 645
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Watch Leader: Group Effort

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

16:30 Bob is doing mobile fauna slurping and grabs.

16:42 Mass Spec – start scan, evt 39796

16:51 Reset Doppler

16:59 Mass Spec – stop scan, evt 39833

17:47 Mass Spec – started scan in mussel bed, position #66

17:52 Niskins fired at Mass Spec position #66, mussel bed surrounded by tubeworms

17:56 Mussel pot F collected at Mass Spec position #66

17:58 Mass Spec wand was stowed at 17:50 but scan is still going – trying to flush system.

18:05 Mass Spec stopped.

18:12 Stephanie starting photo mosaic line 1

18:17 end line 1

18:19 start line 2

18:23 end line 2

18:24 start line 3

18:29 end line 3

18:30 start line 4

18:34 end line 4

18:35 start line 5

18:39 end line 5

18:40 start line 6

18:44 end line 6

18:48 start line 7

18:52 end line 7

18:53 start line 8

18:57 end line 8

18:58 start line 9

19:02 end line 9

20:10 Bushmaster tubeworm collection attempted

20:17 Bushmaster collection aborted – couldn’t close on clump

20:35 Giving up on collecting with Bushmaster – it needs maintenance

Watch Summary: This watch covered a period in which some things went right (e.g., sea 

cucumber collection and photo mosaic) and some things went wrong (e.g., Mass 

Spec may be clogged and Bushmaster won’t open and close properly). Such is life.

Date: 06/29

Shift: 16.00 – 20.00 CDT 

Dive: J2-281

Site: AC 645

Watch Leader: Erik
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Name: Julia

Time (GMT) Comments

21:00 heading to Ian’s camera, camera in sight

21.16 Ians camera released

21.17 21.17 JASON OFF bottom, ascending

21.18 Mass spec off

DVD set off: 21.30
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Dive Log for J2-282

Date: 6/30/2007

Shift: 8000-1200 CDT 

Dive: J2-282

Site: AC818

Watch Leader: Bob Carney

Name: Michael Cohen

Time (GMT) Comments

13:00 Start mass spec scan at position 67 – event #40441

14:04 end mass spec at position 67 – event #4051

14:10 Jason II reached ocean floor desination

14:10 reset DVL

14:15 shrimp visible on all cameras

14:22 well head found on ocean floor

14:40 heading north

14:43 reached marker 4

14:50 mussel bed, tubeworms and sea urchins all found together

14:52 trash discovered – bag and fishing line

14:54 elevator seen in camera

15:10 sea-cucumbers and eels found among mussel bed

15:18 fish seen in camera

Watch Summary:

During this watch, much of the time was spent getting to the desired location thousands of

meters below sea level. The time that was spent at this location was used for the mass spec, and 

seemingly overall exploration of the area.

Date: 6/30/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00 CDT 

Dive: J2-282

Site: AC 818

Watch Leader: Group Effort

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

17:10 Started collecting push cores in urchin bed at start of shift. Finished collection at this 

time and now heading to elevator.

17:28 At elevator – will be sending up Pogo and Urchin cores and retrieving Ian’s camera.

18:01 Elevator off bottom but Jason’s arm is caught on elevator frame.

18:24 Elevator has been released from Jason’s death grip and is surfacing.
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18:32 Setting Ian’s camera out to get photos while waiting for elevator to come to surface –

camera was placed next to Marker #1.

20:04 Elevator is on deck.

20:05 Moving to SM 2000 survey start point.

20:31 Leaving shift ~30 early to process push cores. Jason on way to survey site and no DVD’s 

running.

Watch Summary: Urchin push cores were collected at start of shift in muddy area with 

shell debris. All Pogo and Urchin cores were sent up on elevator. Jason arm was 

stuck on elevator rail for an unfortunate half hour.

Date: 06/30/2007

Shift: 16.00 – 20.00 CDT 

Dive: J2-282

Site: AC818

Watch Leader: Erik, Stephanie

Name: Julia

Time (GMT) Comments

21.25 reset Doppler; waiting to MS 2000

21.32 SM-2000 survey line #1 start

22.03 SM-2000 survey line #1 end

22.08 SM-2000 survey line #2 start

22.39 SM-2000 survey line #2 end

22.44 SM-2000 survey line #3 start

23.14 SM-2000 survey line #3 end

23.18 SM-2000 survey line #4 start

23.48 SM-2000 survey line #4 end

23.53 SM-2000 survey line #5 start

00.31 SM-2000 survey line #5 end

00.55 start of ‘cross-line”

01.02 end of “cross-line”, end of survey

01.06 Ian’s camera in sight

01.08 at Ian’s camera, bushes of tubeworms, sea urchin trails and mussels 

around

01.13 Ian’s camera taken to another place (at well head)

01.27 at well head, Ian’s camera deployed

01:32 Best of well head ☺

01.35 back to marker #1

01.39 getting ready to photo mosaic

01.40 dropping target at southern end

01.58 photo mosaic start

02.03 dropping target “bacterial mat”
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02.10 photo mosaic line #1 end

02.11 moving to the right

02.12 start of photo mosaic line #2

02.21 end of photo mosaic line #2

02.22 start of photo mosaic line #3

02.31 end of photo mosaic line #3, moving 1.5m to the right

02.33 start of photo mosaic line #4

02.43 moving to marker #1, photo mosaic line #4 end -> end of photo mosaic

02.53 looking for whitish mussels to sample and to do mass spec (at marker #1)

03.00 start of mass spec

03.15 end of mass spec

Summary: SM 200 0 surveys (5 lines + cross line); moving Ian’s camera to well (out of 

photo mosaic area), photo mosaic done, start of mass spec measurements

Date: 07/01/07

Shift: 2000-0000 CDT 

Dive: J2-282

Site: AC 818

Watch Leader: Stephan

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

3:40 end of mass spec (#41947)

3:44 start of mas spec #70 (#41948)

3:59 end of mass spec #70 (#41950)

4:02 mussel pot D

4:10 taking out the net from port biobox

4:15 pick up the ring

4;18 filling net with mussels

4:21 grabbing mussels; into the net

4;30 net into biobox port

4:40 start of mass spec #71 (#41964)

4:55 end of mass spec #71 (#41965)

Watch Summary: Mass spec # 70-#71, mussel sampling

Date: 07/01/2007

Shift: 0000-4000 CDT 

Dive: J2-282

Site: AC818

Watch Leader: Stephane

Name: Nicole Morris
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Time (GMT) Comments

5:03:31 Mass spec placed back onto Jason

5:12:47 Removing wand from Jason

5:17:12 Start mass spec position 72 in mussels

5:19:09 Wand in sediment—took out

5:21:49 Stop mass spec position 72

5:22:30 Placing wand back onto Jason

5:24:11 Switched to pump water through green filter

5:24:58 Removed wand from Jason

5:29:38 Start mass spec position 73

5:45:58 End mass spec position 73

5:46:45 Placing wand back onto Jason

5:48:46 Removed mussel pot B

5:50:06 Mussel pot B collection

6:02:10 Mussel pot B back onto Jason

6:12:10 Mussels collected using Jason manipulator arm; placed in port biobox

6:14:03 Mussels collected using Jason manipulator arm; placed in port biobox

6:15:10 Mussels collected using Jason manipulator arm; placed in port biobox

6:16:26 Mussels collected using Jason manipulator arm; placed in port biobox

6:17:20 Mussels collected using Jason manipulator arm; placed in port biobox

6:18:12 Mussels collected using Jason manipulator arm; placed in port biobox

6:20:36 Closed port biobox

6:21:49 Removing wand from Jason

6:25:30 Start mass spec position 74 in mussel pot scar

6:41:11 End mass spec position 74

6:43:30 Start mass spec position 75, background scan

6:58:16 End mass spec position 75

7:00:17 Reset dvlÆ searching for marker 2/3 for stained tubeworms

7:06:13 At marker 3

7:14:59 Tubeworm grab using manipulator at marker 3 Æ starboard biobox

7:16:28 In biobox

7:18:11 Tubeworm grab using manipulator at marker 3 Æ starboard biobox

7:18:28 In biobox

7:19:16 Tubeworm grab using manipulator at marker 3 Æ starboard biobox

7:19:57 In biobox

7:28:50 Closing stbd biobox

7:30:03 Moving to bacterial mat marker

7:32:52 Grabbing mass spec wand from Jason

7:36:19 Start mass spec position 76, background scan

7:51:31 End mass spec position 76

7:53:23 Putting wand back onto Jason

7:56:55 Push core red 8 taken

7:59:36 Push core red 5 taken

8:04:50 Push core red 3 taken

8:06:35 Removing wand from Jason

8:09:00 Start mass spec position 77 in core red 3 hole
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8:24:06 End mass spec position 77

8:26:08 Push core red 7 taken

8:28:27 Push core red 4 taken

8:30:35 Removing wand from Jason

8:33:23 Start mass spec position 78 in core red 4 hole

8:47:01 End mass spec position 78

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we were performing mass spec scans in a mussel bed. We had to change to the green 

filter b/c the blue filter was placed into sediment. We collected mussels using mussel pot B and the Jason 

manipulator arm. We also performed a couple of stained tubeworm grabs. Toward the end of watch, we started 

collecting push cores in a bacterial mat. We performed a couple of mass spec scans within push core holes.

Date: 1 July 2007

Shift: 0400 – 0730 CDT 

Dive: 282-1

Site: AC 818

Watch Leader: Suni/Stephanie/Bob Carney

Name: Eric Hawkins

Time (GMT) Comments

8:54 Core control – red #2

8:56 Core control – red #1

8:58 Core control – red #6

9:00 Moving core crates off of Jason

9:00 Flipped core crates around and returned to Jason

9:05 Blue short core (#1) for Christine

9:05 Blue #7 core

9:08 Blue #8 core

9:11 Mass Spec start in blue #8 core hole (#79)

9:16 Orange sea star on science camera

9:20 Operational note from Jason crew about core organization when small and large core 

barrels are both used

9:28 End mass spec #79

*****END SUNI/BEGIN STEPHANIE*****

9:29 Navigation change – moving ~100m north to find urchins for coring

9:31 Purple holothuroid

9:31 Nav reset DVL

9:32 Yellow marker #1 in mussel bed

9:34 Purple holothuroid

9:37 White sea stars

9:40 2 purple holothuroids

9:40 moving 20m east, looking for urchins

9:41 2 purple holothuroids
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9:43 Deploy doppler target for urchins

10:01 Core #2, next to first urchin

10:04 Picking up first urchin – placed in starboard biobox

10:06 Blue #3 core in position occupied by first urchin

10:12 Blue #4 core, next to second urchin

10:15 Picking up second urchin – placed in starboard biobox

10:17 Blue #7 core in position occupied by second urchin

10:27 #6 core for Christine, next to urchin

10:32 White sea star on science camera

10:32 Purple holothuroid

10:40 Bob Carney – slurp collection of purple holothuroid

10:43 Bob Carney – slurp collection of purple holothuroid

11:00 Seaweed

11:04 2 purple holothuroids

11:15 Purple holothuroid

11:18 Slurped a mobile, large purple holothuroid

11:22 2 purple holothuroids

11:24 Purple holothuroid

11:25 Purple holothuroid

11:34 Swimming of a swimming pelagic sea cucumber

11:35 Good visual of the swimming pelagic sea cucumber

12:09 Fish

Watch Summary: This watch involved three tasks: The end of mass spec analysis for Suni, the 

collection of urchins and cores for Stephanie and the collection of holothuroids for Bob Carney.

Date: 7/1/2007

Shift: 8000-1200 CDT

Dive: J2-282

Site: AC818

Watch Leader: Bob Carney

Name: Michael Cohen

Time (GMT) Comments

12:53 Looking for Sea Stars

12:58 Sea Star placed in bio box, grab

13:11 Opened bio box

13:12 Sea Star placed in bio box, grab

13:13 Sea Cucumber tries to escape bio box

13:16 More Sea Stars put in bio box

13:17 Sea Star escaped, thrown out of bio box by accident

13:19 Removing weight

13:34 Elevator spotted in cameras
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13:38 Bio box opened on elevator

13:42 Cores from sub place in bio box on elevator

13:44 Core fell off of sub, had to be placed back on

13:53 Opened boxes 1&2 on elevator

13:54 Mussel pot B placed in box 1 on elevator

13:56 Mussel pot D, placed in box 2 on elevator

13:59 Boxes 1&2 closed with cords

14:05 Removed weight from elevator, fell into sediment

14:08 Jason lifted elevator up from ocean floor, floated up towards surface

14:22 Slurp – Bat Star

14:24 Jason hose punctured, sediment leaking out

14:35 Port bio box opened

14:37 Sea Cucumber put in port bio box, grab

14:45 Sea Star put in port bio box, grab

14:47 Sea Star put in port bio box, grab

15:07 Sea Cucumber put in starboard bio box, grab

15:18 Sea Cucumber put in starboard bio box, grab

15:24 Sea Cucumber put in starboard bio box, grab

16:18 Located well head

Watch Summary:

This watch was primarily focused on fauna collection. Bob Carney guided the pilots for the 

majority of the watch, as he was interested in collecting a solid amount of sea stars and sea 

cucumbers for his research. In addition sub cores were added to the elevator and then the 

elevator's weight was released in order for it to reach the ocean surface to be put back on the 

ship.

Date: 7/1/2007

Shift: 11:30 – 16:00

Dive: J2-282

Site: AC 818

Watch Leader: Group Effort

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

17:00 Checking on Ian’s camera at start of watch then clearing fishing net from stained 

tubeworm bush and using Mass Spec in tubeworm bush before bushmaster collection.

17:25 Bushmaster collection of stained tubeworms at Marker 4.

17:36 Heading north towards target geol.

17:37 Reset Doppler Nav.

18:05 Jason heading to surface, end of dive.
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Watch Summary: Uneventful shift other than the collection of the stained tubeworm bush.

It was a very nice bushmaster collection – textbook technique.
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Dive Log for J2-283

Date: 7/2/07

Shift: 8000-1200 CDT 

Dive: AC601

Site: J2-283

Watch Leader: Bob Carney

Name: Mike Cohen

Time (GMT) Comments

13:17 reset doppler

13:28 heading north in search of brine shoreline

13:31 turned on downward looking camera, shooting every 15 seconds

13:40 radioactive barium sulfate discovered

13:45 shore located

13:47 north shore named

13:57 urchin at brine shoreline

14:01 sea cucumber in downward looking camera

14:02 brine on right, water on left

14:09 shoreline becomes complicated, many indentations

14:10 fish seen in cameras

14:14 large indentation in brine pool

14:20 inside brine cove

14:20 urchin at brine shoreline

14:30 old beach shoreline visible

14:34 fish

14:41 strange oscillation in water in downward looking camera

14:56 circumnavigated brine pool one time

14:56 downward camera turned off

15:11 core number 1, Vladimir

15:13 core number 2, Vladimir

15:14 core number 4, Vladimir

15:16 core number 6, Vladimir

15:19 core number 7, Vladimir

15:22 reset dopler

15:49 core number 3

15:50 core number 5

15:52 core number 8

15:55 cores too large for Jason to spin crate

15:57 removed hindering core, rotated crate and returned

16:02 core number 8 (yellow)

16:05 core number 7 (yellow)

16:08 reset dopler

Watch Summary:
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The primary purpose of this dive, and specifically this watch, was to explore a brine pool on the ocean floor. The 

pilots first circumnavigated the pool before doing anything else. This allowed both the pilots and scientists to have a 

good understanding about the spatial setting of the pool in order to take samples (specifically core samples) at 

desired locations.

Date: 07/02/2007

Shift: 1200-1600

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC 601

Watch Leader:

Name: Kim Hunter

Time (GMT) Comments

17:00 Cores in brine pool are finished

17:16 Small Niskin fired in brine pool

17:27 Big Niskin fired in brine pool

17:30 On way to elevator

18:14 Elevator released from the seafloor with core rack from brine pool and niskins

18:20 Cucumber slurping while waiting for elevator

19:59 Prepare to run photo transects

20:09 Start photo transect line 8

20:16 Stop line 8

20:21 Start photo transect line 9

20:29 Stop line 9

20:49 Start photo transect line 10

Date: 07/02/2007

Shift: 16.00 – 20.00

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC 601

Watch Leader: Ian

Name: Julia (+ Stephanie)

Time (GMT) Comments

20:54 approaching brine pool

21:02 end of photo transect line 10, transit to line 1

21:02 start of photo transect T1

21:16 end of photo transect T1

21:24 start of photo transect T2

21:42 shore line in sight

21:45 sea urchins with trails at shore

21:46 end of photo transect T2
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21:51 over brine pool transit to T3

21:55 start of photo transect T3

22:01 end of photo transect T3

22:04 swimming sea cucumber

22:18 start of photo transect T4

22:22 sea cucumber

22:25 end of photo transect T4

22:30 lots of urchins, on shore of brine pool

22:35 start photo transect T5

22:39 background mass spec starts

22:44 end of photo transect T5

22:55 stop mass spec background

23:01 start photo transect T6

23:07 approaching brine pool

23:09 start mass spec

23:10 end of photo transect T6

23:14 swimming holothuroid hits Jason basket

23:21 start of photo transect T7

23:23 stop of mass spec background

23:28 end of photo transect T7

23:36 picking up light for macro cam

23:46 setting up to do macro documentation of features and fauna along photo 

transect T9

23:57 taking macro pix of brine flocculent material in center of brine lake

00:06 macro pix of brine lake shore

00:16 sediment on macro cam

00:34 cleaning camera lens

00:42 macro pix of sea urchins

Summary: taking many photo transects

Date: 7/2/07

Shift: 2000-0000 CDT 

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC 601

Watch Leader: Bob

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

1:19 sucking a holothuroid

1:47 grabbing a sea cucumber, into wooden biobox

1:49 anemone, big, red

1:55 grabbing anemone, into wooden biobox

2:12 grabbing a sea cucumber

2:16 big fish
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2:31 grabbing a sea cucumber, wooden biobox

2:37 grabbing a sea cucumber, wooden biobox

2:41 at the shore, many sea urchins

2:42 red core #4 taken at the shore, for Harry

2:42 red core #1 taken at the shore, for Harry

2:49 start mass spec #83, background (#45119)

3:03 end mass spec #83 (#45147)

3:08 star mass spec #84 above the white shore

3:09 stop mass spec

3:11 restart mass spec #84 (#45168)

3:25 end mass spec #84 (#45197)

3:31 start mass spec #85 (#45210)

3:32 sea cucumber floating in the brine pool (science cam)

3;46 end mass spec #85 (#45242)

3:53 start mass spec #86 in the brine pool (#45259)

4:15 end mass spec #86 (#45303)

4:16 start mass spec #87 (#45306)

4:16 transit to the center of brine

4:36 end of mass spec #87

4:39 start mass spec #88 (#45355), in the middle of brine pool

4:54 end of mass spec #88 (#45387) 

Start of mass spec #89

5:16 end mass spec #89 (#4534)

Watch Summary: sampling sea cucumbers, taking red cores #4 and #1for Harry, mass spec # 83-#89,

Date: 7/3/2007

Shift: 0000-4000 CDT 

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC601

Watch Leader: Ian MacDonald

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

5:35:14 Getting ready to image transect T9 with macrocamera

5:40:30 Imaging T9 with macrocamera

6:09:16 Red octopus on macrocamera

6:26:46 Still imaging T9 with macrocamera

6:31:37 Placing macrocamera back onto Jason

6:35:18 Slurp collection of musselsÆ picking up slurp

6:38:20 Mussels collected using slurpÆ start

6:40:59 Slurp of mussels end

6:41:38 Slurp back on Jason

6:49:52 Collecting urchin using Jason manipulatorÆ starboard biobox

6:52:36 Removing handheld macrocamera from Jason
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6:53:10 Continuing to image T9

7:23:00 Put macrocamera back onto Jason

7:23:53 Getting ready to start urchin coring

7:40:50 Push core red 7 taken in urchin area

8:00:31 Push core red 6 taken in urchin area near brine pool

8:01:25 Picking up wand from Jason

8:09:25 Start mass spec position 90 in push core 6 hole

8:24:08 End mass spec position 90

8:25:35 Getting ready to taken another push core

8:34:37 Push core red 5 in urchin area near brine pool; last core in urchins

8:40:16 Getting ready to transit to digital target 40 to search for pogos

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we starting imaging transect T9 with the handheld macrocamera. We 

collected some mussels using the Jason slurp. Three push cores were taken in an urchin area. At 

the end of watch, we started transiting to digital target 40.

Date: 3 July 2007

Shift: 0400-0800 CDT 

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC 601

Watch Leader: Irmi

Name: Eric Hawkins

Time (GMT) Comments

Looking for pogos for Irmi

8:45 Nav Reset DVL

9:08 Urchins and trails

9:19 Previous Jason footprint

9:58 Small tubeworm clump

10:01 Trash – pallet?

10:30 Trash – pallet? (again)

10:32 Marked a location with tubeworms and the pallet

10:38 Zig zagging back to brine pool

10:53 Fish lying in burrow on downlooking camera

10:55 Carbonate

10:56 Yellow marker lying on its side – can’t see number

11:03 Mussels

11:17 Small white crab

11:30 Swimming red shrimp

11:35 Red Core #2, Pogo for Irmi

11:37 Another core – Red #3, Pogo for Irmi

11:40 Another core – Red #? (didn’t get) – Pogo for Irmi
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11:44 All cores removed and returned to their respective sheaths

11:51 Turned core crate around so blue cores are ready

11:59 Three orange crabs

12:08 Blue Core #26

12:09 Numerous amphipods visible inside core

12:15 Blue Core #29 – straight pogo

12:24 Nav Reset DVL

Watch Summary: This shift focused on Irmi’s attempts and success at locating and 

sampling Pogos at the AC 601 brine pool.

Date: 7/3/07

Shift: 8000-1200 CDT 

Dive: AC601

Site: J2-283

Watch Leader: Bob Carney

Name: Mike Cohen

Time (GMT) Comments

12:37 anemones seen in cameras

12:45 fat core number 1, Erin

12:54 fat core number 2, Erin (included sea cucumber)

13:16 Ian’s camera

13:18 macro camera images of pogo

13:23 end macro camera images of pogo

13:26 reset dopler

13:43 urchin core near brine boundary (number 7)

13:52 diving into brine, made waves on shoreline

13:55 taking pictures of brine

13:55 immersed in brine pool

14:06 deeply immersed in brine, camouflaged entire core basket

14:19 at the elevator

14:25 jumped over elevator

14:33 control core, number 4, event number 46763

14:36 control core, number 2

14:37 control core, number 3

14:39 control core, number 1

14:41 control core, number 6

14:46 put cores in elevator

14:47 removed net from bio box on elevator

15:03 elevator lifted off ocean floor by Jason

15:07 heading back towards brine pool

15:08 grab net off of sub

15:11 squid seen in cameras

15:30 adjusted Madea camera to zoom in on Jason
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15:38 altitude jumped suddenly to 4 meters

15:39 dopler not working correctly

15:45 Jason moves further out from Madea

15:49 PC-W DVD recorder from red deck stopped and finalized

15:50 PC-W DVD recorder from blue deck started

15:54 100 meters above floor

16:02 impressive dive into pool

16:04 water tsunami

16:07 located where elevator was, mussels present

16:09 grabbed net to try and get mussels, none were caught

16:13 elevator reached surface

Watch Summary:

The primary purpose of this watch was to further explore the brine pool. The Jason pilots completely immersed

Jason into the brine several times in order to further understand the pool’s characteristics. The elevator was also 

released an floated to the surface, followed by the collection of several control cores.

Date: 7-3-2007

Shift: 1200-1600 CDT 

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC601

Watch Leader: ?

Name: Michael Kullman

Time (GMT) Comments

17:10:00 Mussel collections.

17:24:00 Mussel collection failed – making another attempt.

17:29:00 Mussel collection blue net.

17:50:00 Heading south towards possible vent.

19:23:00 Approaching possible vent.

19:40:00 Entering north side of vent area.

19:50:00 Vent area appears to be an old brine pool, many urchins and mussels noted along

‘shoreline’ on north side.

20:01:00 Extremely large mussel bed seen along north / northwest side of ‘shoreline’.

20:14:00 After transiting south around the west side of ‘shoreline’ made a short excursion 

over the brine lake interior. Presence of barite ‘flocks’ noted.

20:16:00 Continuing south along west side of ‘shoreline’.

20:17:00 Jason ran into the bottom, cleaning mud from working end.

20:32:00 Cleaning finished, continuing transit around ‘shoreline’.

20:37:00 Mussel distribution noticeably less dense towards southern end of ‘shoreline’, 

urchins and mussel shells noted.

20:55:00 Mussel density now down to solitary mussels.

Watch Summary:
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After making a final mussel collection at the primary dive site (northern brine lake) Jason went 

into tow-mode and made an approximately 2.6km transit to investigate a large high amplitude 

anomaly in southern AC601. Upon arrival the area appeared to possibly be an old brine lake. 

Jason began to make a transit around the apparent ‘shoreline’ of the lake, starting at the north and 

heading south along the western edge. A very large mussel bed was observed along the 

northwest ‘shoreline’ of the lake. Mussel density decreased as Jason continued it’s transit south 

along the ‘shoreline’. Some barite ‘flocks’ were observed when Jason moved out into the lake.

Date: 07/03

Shift: 16.00 – 20.00 CDT 

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC 601

Watch Leader: Ian, Erik

Name: Julia (+ Stephanie)

Time (GMT) Comments

21:07 brow cam video much better

21:09 urchins trails very long, well defined

21:11 dark stained sediment t, target dropped (dead shells = black fluff)

21:18 rattail fish (sci cam)

21:29 thick black river of brine with urchins

21:39 mussels in brine pool

21:47 attempt to take coolpix of mussels, sediment cloud

21:58 Jason stopped, changing pilot (dinner relief)

22:00 mussel clusters along brine edge, swimming holothuroid

22:02 holothuroids on mussels (macro), many shrimps, pix taken

22:08 numerous pink (with white dots) holothuroids in mussel bed photos taken 

with coolpix

22:12 moving towards elevator site (where it is supposed to land), Doppler reset

22:16 traveling over large mussel bed

22:39 elevator in water

23:40 elevator in sight

23:41 dropping weights

23:48 picking up elevator, sunk in the mud

00:23 arrived at mussel “manhatten”, very large mussel bed

00:31 dropped elevator

00:34 over very dense mussel aggregations

00:40 dropping weight onto the elevator

Summary: very cool huge brine lake, with many many mussels on shore line, taking pictures

(cool pix)

Date: 7/3/07
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Shift: 2000-0000 CDT 

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC 601

Watch Leader: Eric, Kim

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

0:56 picking up a mussel pot, from elevator to jason

0:59 picking up second mussel pot, from elevator to jason

1:02 picking up a weight

1:03 moving away from elevator

1:04 taking mussel pot D

1:11 dropping a marker at the mussels (1)

1:12 picking up the ring, back to elevator

1:27 reset

1:27 moving to smaller mussels, down looking cam: sea urchins trails and mussels

1:33 at the mussels

1:37 taking mussel pot B

1:44 picking up the ring

1:44 dropping marker 2

1:50 at the elevator

1:51 picking up mussel pot B, on elevator

1:54 picking up a weight

2:02 core rack from elevator to jason

2:15 niskin from elevator to Jason

2:36 searching for an area for push cores and niskins

2:59 moving along the shore

3:02 many red mats

3:09 yellow core 7; sampling red mud, mud is falling out of core

3:18 yellow core 4; sampling red mud; core will be retaken

3:21 taking yellow core 4 a second time

3:23 taking yellow core 4 a third time

3:36 niskin, from red mud

3:46 moving along a crack

3:53 tubes of worms sticking out of black field

3:57 yellow core 3; sampling black mud and tubes

3:58 yellow core 6; sampling black mud and tubes

3:59 yellow core 9; sampling black mud and tubes

4:01 yellow core 5; sampling black mud and tubes

4:02 going back to the mussels along the edge

4:06 big snails, shells, pogos, clams

4:12 niskin, from brine pool

4:25 firing the niskin (#48334)

Watch Summary: mussel pot D, B; taking yellow cores 7, 4, 3, 6, 9, 5, firing two niskins
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Date: 7/4/2007

Shift: 0000-4000 CDT 

Dive: J2-283

Site: AC601

Watch Leader: Kim Hunter, Bob Carney

Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

4:39:25 Took push core yellow 8 in brine

4:41:07 Taking push core yellow 2 in brine

4:41:25 Core is too short; shaking out

4:42:23 Taking push core yellow 2 again in brine

4:43:17 There is too much sediment in the core; shaking out

4:46:41 Taking push core yellow 2 again in brine

4:49:10 Taking push core yellow 1 in brine

4:58:47 Clam shells

5:02:26 Mussel net collection of clams

5:12:15 Clam collection using mussel net

5:13:57 Snail collection using mussel net

5:14:56 Moving to mussel bed Æ moving to elevator

5:42:05 At musselsÆ moving to Marker 1

5:45:55 Snail collection with mussel net

5:53:05 Placed core rack/mussel net onto elevator

6:00:24 At marker 1

6:00:59 Removing wand from Jason

6:02:03 Start mass spec position 91, background scan

6:17:35 Placing wand into mussel pot scar

6:17:50 End mass spec position 91

6:20:32 Start mass spec position 92 in mussel pot scar

6:34:52 Moved wand into mussels

6:35:04 End mass spec position 92

6:37:01 Start mass spec position 93 in btwn mussels

6:52:14 End mass spec position 93

6:52:30 Placed wand back onto Jason

6:53:52 Sampling mussels using manipulator

6:57:12 Stopped mussel collection

7:02:57 Searching for brine to perform mass spec scan

7:28:18 Start mass spec position 94 or 95 in brine pool

7:45:24 End mass spec position 94 or 95

7:45:43 Moving to elevator to release

7:50:56 At elevator

7:54:18 Placing Niskin on elevator

8:04:29 Using manipulator to lift elevator from seafloor

8:04:48 Elevator released from seafloor
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8:05:50 Releasing Jason weights

8:08:20 Mass spec scanning while ascending

8:08:21 Jason off bottom
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Dive Log for J2-284

Date: 07/04

Shift: 16.00 – 20.00 CDT 

Dive: J2-284

Site: AC 818

Watch Leader: Bob

Name: Julia (+ Stephanie)

Time (GMT) Comments

21:40 Jason descending, at 864m depth

22:10 pass 2000m

22:31 doppler reset, still descending

23:11 Ian’s camera in sight, no water inside (comment Ian)

23:17 giving Ian’s camera a shake, worked -> camera released

23:23 Ian’s camera surrounded by white shells and urchins

23:27 picking up sea star #1, put in wooden starboard biobox

23:34 2 holothuroids, anemone and mussels (Best of)

23:36 2nd starfish into starboard biobox

23:46 picked up 3rd sea star, also starboard biobox

23:50 sea star #4

23:51 sea star #5

23:57 closing biobox

00:04 rattail

00:10 big purple holothuroid

00:12 pelagic sea cucumber feeding on the ground (Best of) very cool

00:14 grab of sea cucumber

00:16 sea star escapes from starboard biobox

00:19 in sight of marker #3

00:22 Ian’s camera on surface, Jason into tow mode

Date: 4 July 2007

Shift: 2000-0000 CDT 

Dive: J2-284

Site: AC 818

Watch Leader: Bob, Erik

Name: Irmi

Time (GMT) Comments

1:14 moving to photo mosaic (Stephanie)

1:17 pogos + clams, dropping a target (“pogos + clams”)

1:21 grabbing a sea cucumber; wooden biobox
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1:23 bacterial mats

1:27 grabbing a sea star; wooden biobox

1:28 pogos, large field

1:37 fish

1:41 pogo patches

1:43 marker #4 in sight

2:11 start of line #1

2:12 moving back to beginning of line #1

2:16 restart of line #1

2:28 pelagic sea cucumber floating

2:40 end of line #2

2:41 start of line #3

2:51 end of line #3

2:53 start of line #4

3:03 end of line #4 and of mosaic

3:05 at marker #1

3:08 close up of tubeworms + anemone

3:09 grabbing stained tubeworms; wooden biobox

3:13 second grab of tubeworms; wooden biobox

3:15 third grab of tubeworms; wooden biobox

3:16 fourth grab of tubeworms; wooden biobox

3:49 grabbing a sea cucumber; port biobox

4:00 grabbing a sea cucumber; port biobox

4:07 large field of pogos and some clams

4:10 at the urchin field

4:13 core yellow #3: next to an urchin (#49564)

4:15 grabbing the urchin; port biobox

4:17 core yellow #2; where urchin has been before (#49572)

4:22 core yellow #6; beside an urchin (#49484)

4:24 grabbing the urchin; port biobox

4:27 core yellow #8; beside an urchin

4:32 core yellow #5; really disturbed area (#49612)

4:34 grabbing the urchin; squashed

4:36 core yellow #7; place where urchin has been before (#49618)

4:48 core yellow #1, urchin filed

Summary: making photo mosaic (Stephanie), grabbing sea cucumbers, grabbing tubeworms, 

taking cores in urchin filed (Stephanie)

Date: 5 July 2007

Shift: 0000-4000 CDT 

Dive: J2-284

Site: AC 818

Watch Leader: Bob Carney
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Name: Nicole Morris

Time (GMT) Comments

5:04:08 Core yellow1 taken beside urchin

5:05:58 Urchin collected- port biobox

5:12:02 Core yellow 4 taken under urchin that was collected

5:21:45 At Marker 1

5:25:19 Start mass spec position 96

5:40:12 End mass spec position 96

5:43:20 Start mass spec position 97 in mussels

5:58:16 End mass spec position 97

5:58:17 Moved to another area of mussels within same bed

5:59:39 Start mass spec position 98

6:12:57 Moving wand further btwn mussels in musselbed

6:14:43 End mass spec position 98

6:16:19 Start mass spec position 99

6:31:20 End mass spec position 99

6:34:09 Start mass spec position 100 in tubeworms near base

6:49:17 End mass spec position 100

6:50:20 Start mass spec position 101 in tubeworms

7:03:50 Moving to Marker 4

7:06:11 End mass spec position 101

7:07:48 At Marker 4

7:18:53 Firing Niskins over marker 4 mussel bed

7:29:34 Start mass spec position 102 in white mussels (marker 4)

7:44:06 End mass spec position 102

7:55:01 Mussel pot D collected

8:20:01 Mussel pot B collected

Watch Summary:

At the beginning of watch, we were finishing urchin cores. We then started performing mass 

spec scans in a mussel bed and tubeworm patch. Both Niskins were fired over Marker 4. Mussel 

pot B and D were also both taken near Marker 4 mussel bed.

Date: 5 July 2007

Shift: 0400-0800 CDT 

Dive: J2-284

Site: AC 818

Watch Leader: Erik Cordes

Name: Eric Hawkins

Time (GMT) Comments

8:48 Heading north to look for clams
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8:49 Nav Reset DVL

9:01 Previous Jason footprint visible

9:07 Located large patch of shells and hash

9:19 Moving forward, scanning for live clams

9:24 Identified better clam target

9:33 Used mesh bag to scoop shells and hash

9:37 Second scoop with mesh bag

9:46 Moving to new location

10:11 Begin using macro camera to ID shrimp on tubeworms

10:26 End macro camera

10:30 Begin slurping – first shrimp and tubeworms

10:47 Continue slurping – moving onto holothuroids

10:49 Nav Reset DVL

11:13 Nav Reset DVL

11:26 Mass Spec started for water column samples as dive ends

11:27 Begin final ascent to surface to end Dive 284

Watch Summary: This shift involved Erik sampling clams with the mesh bag and 

continued holothuroid (and other mobile fauna) slurping as Dive 284 came to a close.
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APPENDIX 7. GORGONIAN SITES
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12-Jun-07 MC462 JII-271

12-Jun-07 MC462 JII-271

12-Jun-07 MC462 JII-271

12-Jun-07 MC462 JII-271

Chemo III Deep Slope Cruise 2007 ROV Jason II Jun-07

Chief Sci. Chuck Fisher Cruise ID: rb-07-04 R/V Ron Brown Jason II ROV

Coral 

Samples 

(DNA and 

voucher)-

Erik 

Cordes

Station Data 

compiled by 

Cheryl 

Morrison from 

cruise report

virtual van: precise data and 

more pictures, use event log #'s 

to find collections

(http://4dgeo.whoi.edu/jason/)

Date Site* Jason Dive # Lat. Long. Time Depth (m) Indiv. ID Species or Type Event log # Cairns ID

28 29.502356 N 88 52.725634 W

28 29.502427 N 89 52.725582 W

28 29.503172 N 88 52.728304 W

28 29.503042 N 88 52.728323 W

9:04:00 954 1 Madrepora 8895 Madrepora oculata

2 Purple gorgonian 8910 paramuriceid

3 Yellow octocoral 8940 Acanthogorgia armata

4 Caryophyllia sp. 8945 Caryophyllia

9:10 954

9:23 954

9:25 954

14-Jun-07 GC852 JII-273 27 7.202052N 91 9.867040W 2:56 1422 5 Bamboo coral 11044 Keratoisis sp.

14-Jun-07 GC852 JII-273 27 7.197767N 91 9.875455W 3:24 1422 6 Iridogorgia- 'black coral' on tag 11063 Iridogorgia pourtalesii

14-Jun-07 GC852 JII-273 27 7.202052N 91 9.867856 2:52:00 1422 7 red gorgonian 11038 paramuriceid

17-Jun-07 GB697 JII-274 27 18.752971N 92 6.388914W 15:17 1003 8 winter coral' 16706 Crysogorgia fewkesii

23-Jun-07 GC852 JII-278 27 6.611598N 91 9.966750W 9:24 1397 9 Corallium sp. 29339 Corallium medea

23-Jun-07 GC852 JII-278 27 6.610908N 91 9.964440W 10:04 1396 10 Solenosmilia- 'Lophelia' on tag 29424 Solenosmilia variabilis

23-Jun-07 GC852 JII-278 27 6.610956N 91 9.964356W 10:02 1396 11 Madrepora 29417 Madrepora oculata

24-Jun-07 GC852 JII-278 27 6.611418N 91 9.963684W 10:15 1396 12 Madrepora 29447 Madrepora oculata

26-Jun-07 GB647 JII-280 27 20.030928N 92 25.792140W 10:52 942 13 Pink gorgonian from asphalt 34290 Villogorgia sp.

26-Jun-07 GB647 JII-280 27 19.991550N 92 25.658232W 22:15 959 14 Purple gorgonian from carbonate 35800 Placogorgia sp.

*Site names refer to MMS lease block areas in the Gulf of Mexico

MC=Mississippi Canyon 

GC=Green Canyon 

GB=Garden Banks

Lat/Long, Time, Depth correspond to Virtual Van numbers.
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Dive # 271

MC-462

6/12/2007

954 m

9:04 9:10

9:04 purple gorgo' J2-271-02

Madrepora J2-271-01 Browcam Event 8895 soft coral' Event 8910 Browcam

Sci-cam Event 8895 Event 8913 Browcam
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Event 8902 Sci-cam Event 8913 Pilot cam

Event 8903 Pilot-cam Event 8914 Browcam
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Event 8903 Browcam Event 8916 Sci cam

Event 8919 pilot cam
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9:25

9:22 collected on carbonate, in bushmaster bin

yellow octo' J2-271-03 Caryophyla' J2-271-04

Event 8939 browcam Event 8945 SciCam

Event 8939 SciCam Event 8946 SciCam
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Event 8940 SciCam Event 8947 BrowCam

Event 8950 SciCam

Event 8942 BrowCam
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Event 8944 PilotCam Event 8951 BrowCam
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CruiseID : rb-07-04 11040 CruiseID : rb-07-04 11063 CruiseID : rb-07-04 11037

Image : BrowCam.20070614_025645.jpg Image : PilotCam.20070614_031802.jpg Image : PilotCam.20070614_025045.jpg

Time : 2007/06/14 02:56:45 Time : 2007/06/14 03:18:02 Time : 2007/06/14 02:50:45

Latitude : 27.12003579 Latitude : 27.11998905 Latitude : 27.12000109

Longitude : -91.16445016 Longitude : -91.16445178 Longitude : -91.16444353

Heading : 90.93 Heading : 105.62 Heading : 93.00

Depth : 1421.83 Depth : 1422.07 Depth : 1421.72

Altitude : 0.76 Altitude : 196.69 Altitude : 0.74

SciCam

J2-273

J2-273, GC852, 14-Jun-07

J2-273-05, bamboo coral Iridogorgia J2-273-06 Red gorgo J2-273-07

SciCam.20070614_032444.jpg PilotCam.20070614_025213.jpg 11038

SciCam.20070614_025213.jpg 11038
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: PilotCam.20070614_030300.jpg

PilotCam.20070614_025545.jpg 11043
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J2-274

Dive J2-274 GB697 6/16/2007 15:10 depth 1003 m 

winter coral' J2-274-08

Event 16706 BrowCam

Event 16706 SciCam Event 16706 PilotCam

Event 16707 Pilotcam

Event 16707 SciCam
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J2-278

J2-278 GC-852 ######## approx. 1410 m

Corallium sp. J2-278-09 Solenosmilia (='Lophelia') J2-278-10 1398 m

Event 29329 SciCam preparing to make hard coral collection

1399 m 9:19 Event 29405 BrowCam 9:56

Event 29329 BrowCam

Event 29339 PilotCam 9:24

Location marked 'Lophelia' 

Event 29405 SciCam

Event 29406 SciCam 9:57

Event 29340 BrowCam Event 29407 PilotCam 9:57
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Event 29341 PilotCam 9:25 Event 29407 SciCam

Event 29343 SciCam 9:26 Event 29424 PilotCam 10:04

Event 29344 PilotCam 9:26 Event 29424

29346 SciCam 9:27 Event 29426 BrowCam 10:05
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Event 29349 SciCam 9:28 Event 29426 BrowCam 10:05

Event 29357 SciCam 9:32

Scientists note this basket not good size for sample. 

Event 29362 PilotCam 9:34

One more piece of same coral that ROV knocked over. 

Event 29376 PilotCam 9:43

Event 29435 PilotCam 10:09
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Event 29384 PilotCam 9:46

Retrieve base

Event 29386 SciCam 9:47

Event 29387 PilotCam 9:48

Event 29389 PilotCam 9:48
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Madrepora J2-278-11 1397 m Madrepora J2-278-12 1398 m

Event 29414 PilotCam 10:00 Event 29447 PilotCam 10:15

Event 29415 SciCam 10:01 Event 29447 SciCam

Event 29416 BrowCam 10:01 Event 29448 PilotCam 10:15

Event 29417 SciCam 10:02 Event 29450 PilotCam 10:16

Note- sample appears to be in wire basket on 'picnic basket'
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Event 29418 SciCam 10:02 Event 29450 BrowCam

Event 29419 Pilotcam 10:02

Event 29420 PilotCam 10:03

Small piece of Madrepora? In 'picnic basket' with Corallium sp. 

They note 'not sure it is alive, will try to get more'
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J2-280 GB647 26-Jun-07

J2-280-14

Pink gorgonian from asphalt 941 m J2-280-13 Purple gorgonian from carbonate 959 m

Event 34290 SciCam 10:52 Event 35789 SciCam 22:10

Event 34295 SciCam 10:54 Event 35790 PilotCam 22:10

Event 34296 SciCam 10:56 Event 35792 PilotCam 22:11

Event 34298 SciCam 11:03 Event 35795 SciCam

22:13
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Event 35798 SciCam 22:14

Event 35800 PilotCam 22:15
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APPENDIX 8. SEEP CARBONATES
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APPENDIX 8-A

Hydrocarbon Seep-related Rocks from the Deep Gulf of Mexico
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Hydrocarbon Seep-related Rocks from the Deep Gulf of Mexico

AT 340

Photos of rocks before slabbing

AT 15-3 Alvin Dive 4173 4173 Carbonate from mussel grab 4173 R1 Carbonate 4173 R1 Bottom

4173 Carbonate from tubeworm aggregation 4179 4180 4180-1
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4181 Carbonate from mussel scoop #2 4183 Carbonate from bushmaster 4183 Rock from baby tubeworms Port Biobox Tubeworm environment (43)

270 Large mussel bed carbonate (44) 270 Carbonate below stained tubeworms (47) 270 Port Biobox Tubeworm environment (52) 270 Grant mussel bed (57)

270 Urchin Bed Calibration Crater (53) 276 Rock #1 (25) 277 #4 277 (12)
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277 Brine flow rock (10)

Photos of slabs of rocks

AT 15-3 Alvin Dive 4173 4179 4180 4180-1

Port Biobox Tubeworm environment (43) 270 Port Biobox Tubeworm environment (52) 270 Grant mussel bed (57) 270 Urchin Bed Calibration Crater (53)
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276 Rock #1 (25)

GC 415

Photos of rocks before slabbing

272 Top Mound 272 Crust above hydrate Geo Target 9 (41) 272 Crust brine area, over hydrate (31) Carbonate crust in cone Y5 (32)
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Photos of slabs of rocks

272 Top Mound 272 Crust brine area, over hydrate (31) Carbonate crust in cone Y5 (32)

GC 600

Photos of rocks before slabbing

4174 4174-1 4174-2 4184
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4184 Clam Site #2 4184 Clam Site #2-1 4184 Rock from clam scoop

Photos of slabs of rocks

4174 4174-1 4174-2 4184

4184 Clam Site #2
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GC 852

Photos of rocks before slabbing

4177 Carbonate from mussel scoop 4177 4185 Anemone Site 4185

4185-1 4186 Rocks from Bushmaster 4186 Tubeworm 4187 Carbonate from mussel pot

4187 273 Mussel Scoop Blue (55) 273 Rock sample Geo Target #2 Top Mound (soft coral site) (54) 273 Rock sample western slope anomaly (56)
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273 Blue Net Mussel Scoop (45) 273 Stbd Biobox Tubeworm Grab (51) 273 Port biobox Tubeworm/Mussel area (37) 273 Mussel Scoop Blue (48)

273 Carbonate rock from white mussel scoop (46) 273 Rock with sponge close to mussels (50) 273 Sponge Area (36) 273 Tubeworm area

273 Tubeworm area (2) 278 bm

Photos of slabs of rocks
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4177 4185 Anemone Site 4185 4185-1

4186 Tubeworm 4187 273 Mussel Scoop Blue (55) 273 Rock sample Geo Target #2 Top Mound (soft coral 

site) (54)

273 Rock sample western slope anomaly (56) 273 Stbd Biobox Tubeworm Grab (51) 273 Carbonate rock from white mussel scoop (46) 273 Rock with sponge close to mussels (50)
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273 Sponge Area (36) 273 Tubeworm area 273 Tubeworm area (2) 278 bm

MC 462

Photos of rocks before slabbing Photos of slabs of rocks

271 Anemone Rock-Grab (49) 271 (Chuck Collected) Rk W/shells Dating (56) 271 Anemone Rock-Grab (49) 271 (Chuck Collected) Rk W/shells Dating (56)
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MC 640

Photos of rocks before slabbing Photos of slabs of rocks

4182 4182 Aft biobox Mussel Scoop 4182 4182 Aft biobox Mussel Scoop

MC 853

Photos of rocks before slabbing Photos of slabs of rocks

4178 4178-1 4178
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KC 243

Photos of rocks before slabbing

4176 Mussel Scoop Sample 4176 Carbonate 4176 Carbonate/Black powder

AC 601

Photos of rocks before slabbing

4193 4193 Milk Gate 4196 4196-1
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4196 Bushmaster 4196 Slurp Sample

Photos of slabs of rocks

4193 4193 Milk Gate 4196 4196-1

4196 Bushmaster
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AC 645

Photos of rocks before slabbing

4194 Top 4194 Bottom 4197 Top Mound 4197 Top Mound-1

4197 Top Mound-2 4197 Top Mound-3 4197 Bottom Mound 281 Ubauance site (23)

Photos of slabs of rocks
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4194 Top 4194 Bottom 4197 Top Mound 4197 Top Mound-1

4197 Top Mound-2 4197 Top Mound-3 4197 Bottom Mound 281 Ubauance site (23)
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AC 818

Photos of rocks before slabbing

4192 Carbonate from mussel pot 4192 Biobox 4195 Carbonate from Bushmaster 4195 Mussel Scoop

4195 4195-1 282 Mussel Pot B 282 tw grab
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282 Mussel Pot D

Photos of slabs of rocks

4192 Biobox 4195 282 tw grab 282 Mussel Pot D
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GB 647

Photos of rocks before slabbing

280 Carbonate (19) 280 Carbonate rubble field (17) 280 Port Biobox 280 GB647 STBD Biobox

280 Port Biobox (28) 280 Carbon. of bruhiopod site stbd biobox (18) 280 Port Biobox (29)

Photos of slabs of rocks
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280 Carbonate (19) 280 Carbonate rubble field (17) 280 Port Biobox 280 GB647 STBD Biobox

280 Carbon. of bruhiopod site stbd biobox (18 280 Port Biobox (29)
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GB 697

Photos of rocks before slabbing

274 Stbd (11) 274-01 Port 274 Between Geo Target 3-4 Barite (3)

Photos of slabs of rocks

274 Stbd (11) 274-01 Port 274 Between Geo Target 3-4 Barite (3)
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GB 829

Photos of rocks before slabbing Photos of slabs of rocks

279 Rock#2 279 Rock#2

WR 269

Photos of rocks before slabbing Photos of slabs of rocks

4191 4191
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APPENDIX 8-B

Thin Sections
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Thin Sections

AT 340

4180 4180 4180 4180

270 Grate Mussel Bed (57) 270 Grate Mussel Bed (57) 270 Grate Mussel Bed (57) 270 Grate Mussel Bed (57)
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270 Port Biobox Tubeworm Environment (52) 270 Port Biobox Tubeworm Environment (52) 270 Port Biobox Tubeworm Environment (52) 270 Port Biobox Tubeworm Environment (52)

277 (12) 277 (12) 277 (12) 277 (12)

277 (10) 277 (10) 277 (10) 277 (10)
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GC 600

4174 Clam Site #2 4174 Clam Site #2 ** 4174 Clam Site #2 4174 Clam Site #2

GC 852

4177 4177 4177 4177
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4185 4185 4185 4185

4186 Tubeworms 4186 Tubeworms 4186 Tubeworms 4186 Tubeworms

273 Rock sample Geo Target #2-Tom Mound (soft 273 Rock sample Geo Target #2-Tom Mound (soft 273 Rock sample Geo Target #2-Tom Mound (soft 273 Rock sample Geo Target #2-Tom Mound (soft
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coral site) (54) coral site) (54) coral site) (54) coral site) (54)

273 (2) 273 (2) 273 (2) 273 (2)

AC 601

4193 4193 4193 4193
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4196 4196 4196 4196

AC 645

4194 Bottom 4194 Bottom 4194 Bottom 4194 Bottom
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4197 Top Mound 4197 Top Mound 4197 Top Mound 4197 Top Mound

AC 818

4192 Biobox 4195 4195 4195
App-363

WR 269

4191 4191* 4191* 4191*

*Cross-plane polarized light.

**Reflect light.

All others are plane-polarized light.
App-363 
App-365

APPENDIX 8-C

Scanning Electron Microscope Photos
App-366

Scanning Electron Microscope Photos

AT 340

270 Large mussel bed carbonate (44) 270 Large mussel bed carbonate (44) 270 Carbonate below stained tubeworms (47) 270 Carbonate below stained tubeworms (47)

4173 Carbonate from tubeworm aggregation 4173 Carbonate from tubeworm aggregation 4173 Carbonate from tubeworm aggregation 4173 Carbonate from tubeworm aggregation
App-367

4173 Carbonate from mussel grab 4173 Carbonate from mussel grab 4173 Carbonate from mussel grab 4173 Carbonate from mussel grab

4183 Rock from baby tubeworms 4183 Rock from baby tubeworms 4183 Rock from baby tubeworms 4183 Rock from baby tubeworms

GB 647

280 Carbonate rubble field (17) 280 Carbonate rubble field (17) 280 Carbonate rubble field (17) 280 Carbonate rubble field (17)
App-368

GB 697

274 Between Geo Target 3-4 Barite 274 Between Geo Target 3-4 Barite 274 Between Geo Target 3-4 Barite 274 Between Geo Target 3-4 Barite

GC 415

Carbonate crust above hydrate Geo Target 9 (41) Carbonate crust above hydrate Geo Target 9 (41) Carbonate crust above hydrate Geo Target 9 (41) Carbonate crust above hydrate Geo Target 9 (41)

Carbonate crust Brine Area over hydrate (31) Carbonate crust Brine Area over hydrate (31) Carbonate crust Brine Area over hydrate (31) Carbonate crust Brine Area over hydrate (31)
App-369

GC 600

4174 4174 4174 4174

GC 852

273 Blue Net Mussel Scoop (45) 273 Blue Net Mussel Scoop (45) 273 Blue Net Mussel Scoop (45) 273 Blue Net Mussel Scoop (45)
App-370

4185 (Grain) 4185 (Grain) 4185 (Cement) 4185 (Cement)

4185 (Matrix) 4185 (Matrix) 4185 (Matrix) 4185 (Matrix)
App-371

4193 4193

AC 601

AC 645

4194 4194 4194 4194
App-372

4197 4197 4197 4197

AC 818

4195 Carbonate from Bushmaster 4195 Carbonate from Bushmaster 4195 Mussel scoop 4195 Mussel scoop
App-373

4192 Carbonate from mussel pot 4192 Carbonate from mussel pot 282 Mussel pot D 282 Mussel pot D

282 Tubeworm grab 282 Tubeworm grab 282 Tubeworm grab 282 Tubeworm grab
App-374

WR 269

4191 4191 4191 4191
App-375

APPENDIX 8-D

X-Ray Diffraction Analyses
App-376

X-Ray Diffraction Analyses

Site Sample

ID

Analysis

ID

Qtz (%) LMC 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

HMC % Mol% 

Mg

Arag. 

(%)

Protodol./dolo. 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

AT340 4173-1 1 12 16 7 84

4173-2 2 9 5 n.d. 95

4173-3 3 8 73 8 27

4173-4 4 5 7 n.d. 93

4173-5 5 10 30 14 66 4 n.d.

4179-1 17 5 98 7 2 n.d.

4180-1 18 n.d. 4 n.d. 96

4180-2 19 n.d. 7 n.d. 93

4183-1 22 n.d. 4 n.d. 96

4183-2 23 5 34 10 66

270-1 59 2 3 n.d. 97

270-2 60 n.d. 54 13 39 7 30

270-3 61 3 72 16 13 15 40

270-4 62 3 23 14 77

270-5 63 4 48 13 52

276-1 83 2 20 8 80

277-1 84 5 31 9 61 8 36

277-2 85 5 23 1 5 13 72

277-3 86 3 100 8

4181-1 28 5 100 8
App-377

Site Sample

ID

Analysis

ID

Qtz (%) LMC 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

HMC % Mol% 

Mg

Arag. 

(%)

Protodol./dolo. 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

GC415 272-1 67 6 98 9 2 50

272-2 101 n.d. 100 9

272-3 102 n.d. 100 8

272-4 103 10 20 10 80

GC600 4174-1 6 4 100 20

4174-2 7 4 90 10 10

4174-3 8 4 44 14 56

4184-1 24 6 97 12 3 n.d.

4184-2 25 6 68 13 32

4184-3 26 4 100 12

4184-4 27 4 100 13
App-378

Site Sample

ID

Analysis

ID

Qtz (%) LMC 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

HMC % Mol% 

Mg

Arag. 

(%)

Protodol./dolo. 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

GC852 4177-1 12 7 100 14

4177-2 13 8 48 14 45 7

4177-3 104 4 70 12 30 30

4177-4 106 5 13 9 87

4177-5 107 n.d. 8 1 92

4177-6 108 10 38 14 35 26 40

4177-7 109 6 73 12 27 34

4185-1 29 8 100 15

4185-2 30 5 100 16

4185-3 31 6 100 13

4185-4 32 7 81 9 3 16 36

4185-5 105 7 56 10 44 36

4185-6 110 n.d. 7 2 93

4185-7 111 3 58 13 6 35 32

4185-8 112 6 27 11 38 35 35

4186-1 33 7 76 15 10 14 30

4186-2 34 3 38 15 42 20 30

4187-1 35 7 55 16 45

4187-2 36 5 26 16 69 5 n.d.

273-1 68 7 98 11 2 50

273-2 69 7 98 11 2 46

273-3 70 16 97 10 3 46
App-379

Site Sample

ID

Analysis

ID

Qtz (%) LMC 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

HMC % Mol% 

Mg

Arag. 

(%)

Protodol./dolo. 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

273-4 71 7 74 12 3 23 36

273-5 72 5 51 13 25 24 30

273-6 73 5 74 11 26 34

273-7 74 6 45 10 37 18 32

273-8 75 8 2 1 98

273-9 76 7 4 1 92 4 50

273-10 77 6 98 10 2 50

273-11 78 6 98 12 2 50

273-12 79 7 98 13 2 50

273-13 113 12 5 18 95

273-14 114 6 5 2 95

273-15 115 n.d. 5 2 95

273-16 116 2 65 17 5 30 38

278-1 87 4 51 10 24 25 34

MC462 271-1 65 3 5 11 95

271-2 66 3 9 1 10 12 81

MC640 4182-1 20 7 100 5

4182-2 21 6 97 10 3 n.d.
App-380

Site Sample

ID

Analysis

ID

Qtz (%) LMC 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

HMC % Mol% 

Mg

Arag. 

(%)

Protodol./dolo. 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

MC853 4178-1 14 3 100 9

4178-2 15 n.d. 100 2

4178-3 16 4 98 7 2 n.d.

K243 4176-1 9 5 100 6

4176-2 10 7 95 7 5

4176-3 11 n.d. 100 6

AC601 4193-1 40 n.d. 92 6 8

4193-2 41 2 100 6

4196-1 48 n.d. 100 3

4196-2 49 4 100 2

4196-3 50 6 1 94

AC 645 4194-1 42 n.d. 4 n.d. 96

4194-2 43 3 7 n.d. 93

4197-1 53 4 7 2 93

4197-2 54 n.d. 100
App-381

Site Sample

ID

Analysis

ID

Qtz (%) LMC 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

HMC % Mol% 

Mg

Arag. 

(%)

Protodol./dolo. 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

4197-3 55 n.d. 4 1 96

4197-4 56 n.d. 4 2 96

4197-5 57 n.d. 3 2 97

4197-6 58 3 40 2 60

281-1 97 2 6 2 94

AC 818 4192-1 38 5 100 18

4192-2 39 4 51 18 46 3 n.d.

4195-1 44 5 19 13 80

4195-2 45 4 73 18 26

4195-3 46 6 35 18 60 4 n.d.

4195-4 47 2 66 16 34

282-1 98 5 48 12 47 5 32

282-2 99 2 3 n.d. 97

282-3 100 4 100 14
App-382

Site Sample

ID

Analysis

ID

Qtz (%) LMC 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

HMC % Mol% 

Mg

Arag. 

(%)

Protodol./dolo. 

(%)

Mol% 

Mg

GB 647 280-1 89 9 10 10 90

280-2 90 4 76 7 4 50

280-3 91 2 100 11

280-4 92 3 100 3

280-5 93 5 98 3 2 n.d.

280-6 94 3 85 7 15

280-7 95 8 100 14

280-8 96 n.d. 87 7 13

GB697 274-1 80 3 100 2

274-2 81 15 4 1 94

274-3 82 n.d. 100 1

GB829 279-1 88 5 6 n.d. 88 5 n.d.

WR269 4191-1 37 8 92 14 5 3 n.d.
App-383

APPENDIX 8-E

Carbon-14 Dating, Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes 

and Uranium-Thorium Dating
App-384

14C dating

Sample LSU 

Test 

ID

GZ 

Test ID

δ13C (‰)

14C dating (a

B.P.)

14C dating 

(corrected) (a 

B.P.)

AC 818 #37 GZ2279 -4.01 3171±27 3516±27

AC 818 #16 GZ2461 -5.65 3348±30 3665±30

AC 818 #50 GZ2991 -4.79 3390±28 3721±28

AC 645 #36 GZ2282 -4.18 11207±37 11549±37

AC 645 #14 GZ2460 -6.77 41390±315 41688±315

AC 645 #15 GZ2574 -2.70 9688±32 10055±32

AC 645 #20 GZ2582 -2.85 11475±40 11839±40

AC 645 #23 GZ2575 -2.75 10912±35 11278±35

AC 601 #12 GZ2459 -2.45 9826±39 10197±39

AC 601 #19 GZ2581 -3.61 7040±28 7391±28

AC 601 #39 GZ2577 -6.29 37642±205 37948±205

AC 601 #51 GZ2992 -5.74 16937±49 17289±49

AC 601 #52 GZ2993 -1.28 6724±32 7114±32

GC 852 #29 GZ2465 -12.34 5381±27 5587±27

GC 852 #10 GZ2580 -12.69 32893±139 33093±139

GC 852 #11 GZ2573 -8.75 37226±178 37491±178

GC 852 #38 GZ2585 -8.43 3954±27 4225±27

GC 600 #9 GZ2458 3.25 2923±28 3390±28

GC 600 #4 GZ2579 -4.59 12682±38 13017±38

GC 415 #28 GZ2464 -7.74 40913±276 41195±276

GC 415 #54 GZ2995 -12.71 38971±218 39171±218

GB 829 #34 GZ2503 -3.14 2453±33 2812±33

GB 829 #56 GZ2981 -9.24 2656±24 2913±24
App-385

GB 829 #67 GZ2999 -8.43 4613±27 4884±27

GB 697 #30 GZ2584 -3.51 2974±24 3327±24

GB 697 #57 GZ2982 -9.16 3675±35 3934±35

GB 647 #35 GZ2281 -8.43 32037±112 32308±112

GB 647 #55 GZ2996 -8.45 42078±331 42348±331

AT 340 #8 GZ2457 -7.36 10655±42 10944±42

AT 340 #24 GZ2462 -13.11 10820±40 11013±40

AT 340 #25 GZ2463 -3.63 1440±26 1791±26

AT 340 #31 GZ2466 -6.10 10351±41 10661±41

AT 340 #3 GZ2578 -10.71 7644±29 7877±29

MC

462

#26 GZ2583 -9.62 15145±44 15396±44

MC

462

#27 GZ2576 5.13 13990±40 14489±40

MC

462

#53 GZ2994 -14.57 16409±80 16578±80
App-386

C and O stable isotopes

Site Sample ID Analysis ID 13C PDB

18O PDB

AT 340 

(n=21)

AT 15-3 Dive 4173 #1 -53.45 3.68

#2 -51.47 4.12

#3 -50.85 4.37

#4 -51.90 3.64

4173 Carbonate from mussel grab #8 -51.08 3.41

#9 -50.00 3.73

#10 -48.21 4.10

4173 R1 Carbonate #11 -49.47 4.08

#12 -53.26 3.89

4173 R1 Bottom #13 -54.83 4.58

#14 -51.78 3.95

#15 -51.08 3.41

4173 Carbonate from tubeworm 

aggregation

#479 -53.66 3.99

#480 -54.52 3.98

#481 -53.27 3.91

#482 -56.13 3.98

#483 -53.57 3.98

#484 -55.19 4.24

#485 -55.88 3.70

#486 -52.06 3.75

#487 -54.69 4.09

#488 -54.53 4.35

#489 -54.08 3.72

#490 -52.83 3.85

#491 -54.28 4.69

#492 -55.32 3.63

#493 -52.89 4.11

4179 #51 -35.81 3.51

#52 -43.53 3.50

#53 -47.94 4.09

4180 #54 -46.27 3.30

#55 -48.71 3.25

#56 -35.81 3.51

4180-1 #391 -55.22 4.19

#392 -53.98 3.89

#393 -50.60 4.28

#394 -53.63 3.89

#395 -46.45 3.64

#396 -54.84 3.91

#397 -55.05 4.63

#398 -52.28 3.65

#399 -51.41 4.27

#400 -51.20 4.24
App-387

#401 -53.52 4.65

#402 -57.11 4.21

#403 -54.08 4.17

#404 -52.89 4.49

#405 -54.85 4.21

#406 -53.92 4.13

#407 -50.68 4.92

#408 -53.69 4.49

#409 -54.83 3.83

#410 -50.42 3.99

#411 -54.18 4.45

#412 -51.81 3.81

#413 -53.35 3.68

#414 -52.94 3.73

#415 -55.41 4.09

#416 -48.76 3.81

#417 -53.56 3.50

#418 -52.81 3.74

#419 -55.91 3.82

#420 -53.13 3.51

AD4181 AT340 Carbonate from mussel

scoop #2

#85 -47.40 3.02

#86 -53.57 3.04

#87 -48.23 3.17

4183 Rock from baby tubeworms #68 -47.72 3.43

#69 -47.82 3.46

4183 Carbonate from bushmaster #70 -49.12 4.04

#71 -49.99 3.39

Port Biobox AT 340 Tubeworm

environment (43)

#421 -53.25 3.19

#422 -54.32 3.12

#423 -54.82 4.41

#424 -57.68 4.26

#425 -55.95 3.89

#426 -56.86 4.43

#427 -56.81 4.65

#428 -54.37 4.39

#429 -54.37 3.40

#430 -52.63 4.48

#431 -52.92 3.91

#432 -53.54 3.83

#433 -53.67 3.84

#434 -56.48 3.80

#435 -57.75 3.72

#436 -52.63 3.98

Large mussel bed 270-(44) #512 -56.55 4.37

#513 -56.39 3.91

#514 -56.66 4.33

#515 -54.83 3.70
App-388

#516 -56.60 4.61

#517 -53.66 4.87

#518 -55.29 4.58

J2-270 AT340 Carbonate below stained

tubeworms (47)

#201 -57.14 4.26

#202 -55.83 3.63

#203 -55.77 3.09

#204 -54.40 4.21

Port Biobox Tubeworm environment AT

340 (52)

#437 -53.73 3.91

#438 -58.08 4.61

#439 -60.81 4.34

#440 -55.42 4.75

#441 -57.93 5.09

#442 -54.05 3.77

#443 -57.33 4.51

#444 -55.64 4.26

#445 -54.62 3.51

#446 -57.10 4.82

#447 -58.70 4.12

#448 -55.13 3.74

#449 -52.18 3.34

#450 -54.27 3.33

#451 -52.97 3.64

#452 -56.02 3.31

#453 -58.84 4.83

#454 -56.62 4.65

#455 -51.79 3.74

#456 -59.28 3.99

#457 -52.81 3.92

#458 -56.08 4.38

#459 -56.92 4.14

#460 -58.84 4.72

Great mussel bed 270-(57) #380 -46.76 3.85

#381 -48.73 3.84

#382 -49.22 4.03

#383 -48.43 3.80

#384 -55.66 3.55

#385 -58.37 3.86

#386 -56.87 3.65

#387 -53.55 4.56

#388 -49.79 4.20

#389 -52.47 4.04

#390 -48.57 3.63

AT 340 Urchin Bed Calibration Crater

(53)

Rock #1 J2-276 From pt-3m wbr

wosaic (25)

#275 -51.00 3.81

#276 -52.13 4.05

#277 -53.51 3.75
App-389

277 #4 (26) #278 -53.42 3.65

#279 -53.82 3.93

#280 -54.27 3.20

#281 -48.16 2.94

Jason Dive 277 (12) #282 -40.92 3.60

#283 -50.38 3.85

#286 -35.48 3.54

J-277 Brine Flow Rock (10) #287 -51.04 3.28

#288 -49.19 3.37

GC

415

(n=4)

J2-272 Top Mound #219 -38.19 3.16

#223 -38.13 3.57

GC415 Carbonate crust above hydrate

Geo Target 9 (41)

#335 -39.30 3.60

#336 -36.04 3.11

#337 -40.32 3.77

GC415 Carbonate Crust Brine Area Carbonate over

hydrate (31)

#338 -46.35 4.44

#339 -45.76 3.31

GC 415 Carbonate crust in cone Y5 (32) #341 -22.45 4.16

#342 -17.47 3.67

#343 -17.24 4.49

#344 -18.38 4.31

GC

600

(n=7)

4174-1 #16 -26.34 6.66

#17 -26.03 4.91

4174-2 #19 -22.58 4.65

#20 -20.88 4.82

#21 -20.86 4.83

4174 #22 -26.34 3.84

#25 -25.78 3.70

4184 #75 -19.20 3.12

#76 -20.57 3.25

#77 -18.31 3.23

4184 Clam Site #2 #78 -27.16 3.94

#79 -28.60 3.33

#80 -28.12 3.79

#81 -24.99 4.32

4184 Clam Site #2-1 #82 -15.22 4.68

#83 -22.87 3.33

#84 -26.36 3.79

4184 GC 600 Rock from clam scoop #72

#73

#74

GC

852

(n=22)

4177 Carbonate from mussel scoop #32 -50.33 4.41

#33 -46.53 3.05

#34 -50.04 3.09

4177 #35 -47.86 3.26

#36 -42.89 3.88

#37 -48.35 4.85

#38 -46.75 3.00
App-390

#39 -46.02 3.07

#40 -49.37 4.28

#41 -47.63 3.70

#42 -45.80 3.34

4185 Anemone Site #88 -51.72 4.06

#89 -51.26 3.46

#90 -49.74 3.82

#91 -53.70 3.56

4185 #92 -50.10 3.74

#94 -48.64 3.75

#95 -49.78 3.01

4185-1 #96 -49.72 4.16

#97 -45.36 3.61

#98 -48.71 3.03

#99 -48.39 2.99

#100 -44.98 3.50

#101 -48.77 3.57

4186 GC852 Rocks from Bushmaster #102 -50.21 3.57

#103 -49.61 4.03

#104 -51.81 3.53

4186 Tubeworms #105 -46.87 3.34

#106 -48.49 3.29

#107 -48.15 4.09

#108 -48.39 3.64

4187 GC852 Carbonate from mussel pot #109 -45.06 4.25

#110 -51.77 4.63

#111 -49.57 3.34

#112 -49.58 3.57

4187 #113 -48.14 3.60

#114 -47.51 3.56

#115 -46.63 4.04

#116 -43.46 3.97

#119 -45.92 4.88

Dive 273 GC852 Mussel Scoop

Blue (55)

#226 -41.21 3.76

#227 -36.39 3.60

#228 -42.86 3.67

Dive 273 GC852 Rock Sample Geo Target #2-Top Mound (soft

coral site) (54) #229 -38.38 3.82

#231 -41.89 3.65

Dive 273 Rock Sample GC852 Western

Slope anomaly (56)

#232 -49.65 4.68

#233 -46.51 4.32

Blue Net Mussel Scoop GC852 (45) #234 -50.07 4.65

#235 -50.83 3.83

#236 -39.21 4.02

#494 -46.51 3.85

#495 -45.86 3.79

#496 -46.28 3.96

J2-273 GC852 Stbd Biobox Tubeworm #237 -50.62 4.14
App-391

Grab (51) #238 -49.47 4.24

#239 -50.11 4.65

Dive 273 GC852 Port biobox

Tubeworm/ Mussel area (37)

#240 -52.96 3.61

#241 -55.24 4.22

#242 -55.14 4.33

GC852 Dve 273 Mussel Scoop

blue (48)

#243 -49.99 3.96

#244 -50.88 3.69

#245 -50.69 4.59

J2-273 GC852 Carbonate rock from

white mussel scoop (46)

#258 -38.05 3.62

#259 -37.85 3.28

Dive 273 GC852 Rock with Sponge

close to mussels (50)

#260 -44.61 4.23

#261 -43.30 3.32

Dive 273 GC852 Sponge Area (36) #262 -38.08 3.59

#263 -38.26 3.89

J2-278 bm #289 -46.44 3.14

#290 -51.61 3.92

#291 -50.41 3.37

#292 -46.87 3.26

#293 -50.40 4.08

GC 852 Dive 273 Tubeworm Area #345 -46.42 4.13

#346 -46.83 4.69

#347 -44.78 3.98

#348 -47.48 3.85

#349 -45.11 3.91

#350 -53.86 4.01

#351 -46.13 3.66

#352 -49.86 3.63

#353 -46.10 4.26

#354 -43.51 3.50

#355 -46.30 3.56

#356 -49.74 4.23

#357 -43.15 4.86

#358 -45.23 4.84

GC 852 Dive 273 Tubeworm Area (2) #359 -44.99 4.80

#360 -49.72 3.69

#361 -48.80 3.72

#362 -48.59 3.63

#363 -43.41 3.95

#364 -46.05 4.06

#365 -49.92 3.83

#366 -50.70 4.07

#367 -45.23 3.12

#368 -46.72 4.05

#369 -44.24 4.40

#370 -44.19 4.83

#371 -49.22 4.76

#372 -52.56 4.55
App-392

#373 -48.54 4.07

#374 -48.00 4.31

#375 -50.06 4.70

#376 -44.94 3.56

#377 -47.23 3.95

#378 -53.70 3.35

#379 -48.15 3.87

MC

462 

(n=2)

Dive 271 MC462 Anemone RockGrab (49)#212 -42.13 4.15

#213 -38.86 4.65

#214 -40.39 5.05

Dive 271 MC462 (Chuck Collected) Rk

W/shells -Dating (56)

#215 -36.50 2.69

#216 -37.36 3.26

#217 -37.98 3.45

#218 -39.71 3.03

MC

640 

(n=2)

4182 #62 -38.20 2.67

#63 -27.19 3.01

#64 -27.67 3.77

#65 -32.59 2.45

4182 Aft biobox Mussel Scoop #66 -40.47 3.41

#67 -37.15 2.57

MC

853 

(n=2)

4178 #43 -41.15 2.73

#44 -41.38 3.48

#45 -44.33 2.54

#46 -39.48 3.01

#47 -45.14 3.88

4178-1 #48 -38.21 3.50

#50 -37.75 3.88

KC

243 

(n=3)

4176 KC243 Mussel Scoop sample #26 -44.24 3.55

4176 KC243 Carbonate #28

#29

#30

4176 KC243 Carbonate/Black powder #31 -39.77 3.46

AC

601 

(n=6)

4193 #133 -8.91 3.40

#134 -9.94 3.88

#135 -2.35 4.54

#136 -1.22 3.54

#137 -0.05 4.09

Dive 4193 Milk Gate #138 -7.52 4.97

#139 -20.13 5.98

#140 -16.06 5.94

4196 #164 -12.88 4.72

#165 -11.01 4.83

#166 13.97 4.72

4196-1 #168 -11.56 5.35

#169 -13.36 4.96

#170 -13.41 4.63
App-393

#171 -3.97 4.23

4196 Bushmaster #172 -32.18 4.53

#173 -32.13 3.59

#174 -32.19 3.25

4196 Slurp Sample #176

#177

AC

645

(n=7)

4194 Top #141 -26.30 6.84

#142 -27.62 4.01

#143 -29.98 5.40

#144 -22.23 5.38

#145 -24.95 5.33

4194 Bottom #146 -26.76 4.79

#147 -31.45 3.93

#148 -33.92 5.16

4197 Top Mound #461 -30.88 4.09

#462 -30.77 3.80

#463 -25.40 4.53

#464 -32.08 3.77

#465 -27.64 4.30

#466 -26.46 4.29

#467 -25.64 4.07

#468 -33.37 4.06

#469 -29.32 4.14

#470 -17.13 4.50

#471 -30.99 4.52

#472 -28.78 4.23

#473 -29.60 4.29

#474 -30.66 3.94

#475 -33.24 4.06

#476 -20.40 4.53

#477 -25.18 4.55

#478 -28.95 3.99

4197 Top Mound-1 #181 -28.12 4.12

#182 -25.98 4.15

4197 Top Mound-2 #183 -26.48 4.28

#184 -26.88 4.38

#185 -30.16 3.66

#191 -30.43 3.41

#192 -26.18 4.00

Dive 281 AC645 Ubauance site (23) #323 -28.51 2.57

#324 -30.92 2.57

4197 Top Mound-3 #186 -29.66 4.38

#187 -25.25 3.32

#188 -29.00 3.98

#497 -26.65 4.37

#498 -25.70 4.04

#499 -28.90 4.01
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#500 -28.02 4.13

#501 -29.14 3.30

#502 -29.17 3.97

#503 -27.50 3.73

#504 -29.35 4.09

#505 -25.39 4.35

#506 -28.77 3.53

#507 -27.90 4.02

#508 -28.29 3.98

#509 -29.29 4.29

#510 -27.08 3.98

#511 -28.53 3.78

AC

818

(n=9)

4192 AC818 Carbonate from mussel pot #125 -31.12 4.54

#126 -31.62 3.63

#127 -32.22 4.52

#128 -34.93 4.23

4192 Biobox #129 -33.24 3.39

#130 -33.59 3.46

#131 -32.89 4.16

#132 -29.95 4.26

4195 AC818 Carbonate from

Bushmaster

#149 -29.88 4.35

#150 -33.42 3.94

#151 -29.99 3.89

4195 Mussel Scoop #152 -37.38 3.88

#153 -28.74 3.19

#154 -34.87 4.50

#155 -35.49 5.10

4195 #156 -28.86 4.36

#157 -28.62 4.00

#158 -31.89 3.99

#159 -29.61 4.40

4195-1 #160 -32.67 3.53

#161 -33.42 4.29

#162 -30.83 4.33

#163 -31.97 4.08

J2-282 AC818 Mussel Pot B #326 -31.89 2.55

#327 -26.08 2.46

J2-282 tw grab #328 -28.73 3.87

#329 -34.52 4.17

#330 -30.47 3.47

J2-282 AC818 Mussel Pot D #331 -35.51 2.85

#332 -30.01 3.19

#333 -30.50 3.04

GB

647

(n=7)

J-280 Carbonate (19) #299 -25.10 3.59

#300 -30.40 3.25

#302 -22.19 3.64

J-280 Carbonate rubble field (17) #303 -27.52 3.38
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Port Biobox GB647 JII-280 #305 -16.75 4.34

#306 -6.79 4.76

#307 -21.56 4.43

J2-280 GB647 STBD Biobox #309 -24.00 6.11

#310 -26.81 4.22

#311 -18.95 6.21

Port Biobox GB647 J2-280 (28) #312 -23.44 4.67

#313 -21.58 4.94

#314 -24.24 5.55

#315 -22.93 5.13

J-280 Carbonate of bruhiopod site stbd

biobox (18)

#316 -22.46 5.00

#317 -14.78 4.95

#318 -22.84 5.25

#319 -24.00 6.11

Port Biobox GB647 J2-280 (29) #320 -20.57 4.26

#322 -22.75 5.36

GB

697 

(n=3)

274 GB697 Stbd (11) #264 -22.72 3.73

#265 -23.08 4.95

#266 -17.39 4.99

#267 -10.29 4.67

J-274-01 GB697 Port #268 -26.50 3.66

#269 -42.16 2.67

#270 -45.75 2.89

#271 -40.79 2.37

274 GB697 Between Geo Target 3-4 Barite (3) #273 -26.66 3.48

GB

829 

(n=1)

J2-279 Rock #2 #294 -36.80 3.04

#295 -41.96 3.09

#296 -38.01 2.32

#297 -36.62 2.52

#298 -37.53 2.67

WR

269 

(n=1)

4191 #120 -44.06 4.27

#121 -44.31 2.66

#122 -43.82 3.38

#123 -45.06 3.25

#124 -44.33 3.81
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Initial

initial initial = d U

U/Th Dating

230

Th dating results. The error is 2s error.

Sample 238

U 232Th 230Th / 232Th δ

234

U* 230Th / 238U 230Th Age (yr) 230Th Age (yr) δ

234

U ** 230

Th Age (yr BP)***

Number (ppb) (ppt) (atomic x10

-6

) (measured) (activity) (uncorrected) (corrected) (corrected) (corrected )

AC 546 4194 Top Mound (LSU-1) 9033 ±24 419797 ±4303 158 ±2 121.2 ±1.7 0.4457 ±0.0017 54687 ±297 53495 ±892 141 ±2 53437 ±892

AC 546 4194 Bottom Mound (LSU-2) 6771 ±24 1672663 ±17648 18.8 ±0.2 131.2 ±2.1 0.2819 ±0.0016 31072 ±216 24588 ±4601 141 ±3 24530 ±4601

GC 852 4177 (LSU-3) 941 ±4 29048 ±332 24 ±1 143.7 ±1.9 0.045 ±0.0020 4371 ±196 3584 ±590 145 ±2 3526 ±590

GC 852 4185 (LSU-6) 991 ±3 4103 ±96 154 ±7 145.4 ±2.0 0.0386 ±0.0016 3736 ±158 3631 ±174 147 ±2 3573 ±174

AT 340 4180 (LSU-4) 5777 ±16 420609 ±4345 27.5 ±0.3 137.1 ±1.6 0.1214 ±0.0006 12288 ±67 10416 ±1326 141 ±2 10358 ±1326

AT 340 4180 (LSU-5) 6191 ±19 474 ±59 17380 ±2165 143.1 ±1.8 0.0806 ±0.0004 7965 ±45 7963 ±45 146 ±2 7905 ±45

*d234U = ([

234

U/238U]activity – 1)x1000. ** d234U was calculated based on 230Th age (T), i.e., d234U 234

measured x e

l234xT

.

Corrected 230

Th ages assume the initial 230Th/

232

Th atomic ratio of 4.4 ±2.2 x10

-6

. Those are the values for a material at secular 

equilibrium, with the bulk earth 232Th/

238

U value of 3.8. The errors are arbitrarily assumed to be 50%.

***B.P. stands for “Before Present” where the “Present” is defined as the year 1950 A.D.
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APPENDIX 9. COLD SEEP COMMUNITY CARDS
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Gulf of Mexico Cold Seep Cards

General information and instructions

The Gulf of Mexico cold Seep Cards feature animals of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) cold seep environment. The card deck features a total of 15 different species representing the organisms associated 

with tubeworm communities in the GOM. The front of each card features an image of the animal, and 

the back of each card features the scientific and common names for the animal, as well as a brief description of the animal’s habitat and trophic ecology.

The number of cards of each species is representative of the actual abundance of that species in the 

seep community, based on deep-sea collections made by Dr. Erik Cordes of Temple University and 

colleagues. Some animals such as tubeworms, mussels and gastropods are very abundant (and therefore have many copies of cards) while some animals such as the hagfish and sea star are rare (with 

fewer copies of those cards).

The card deck was designed for use with FLEXE Ecology Unit Activity 6: Food Web and Succession, 

and FLEXE Ecology Unit Activity 7: Exploring Deep-Sea Communities and Biodiversity Patterns. In 

Activity 6, students learn that ecological communities change over time through a process known as 

succession. As a community changes, some species disappear while others flourish. The deck of cards 

is actually divisible into three subsets, featuring three communities (referred to as Young, Mid, and 

Old). To accommodate classes with more students, the deck may be divided further (see below) as designated by the color border.

How to sort the cards:

On the back of each card, a border surrounds the paragraph of information. The successional stage of 

community to which the animal belongs can be determined by the number of lines in the border. For 

“Young” communities, the border is 1 line thick, for “Middle” communitiesthe border is two lines 

thick, and for “Old” communities the border

is 3 lines thick. DO NOT TELL THE 

STUDENTS. THEY WILL WORK OUT 

WHICH COMMUNITY THEIR SUBSET 

CORRESPONDSTO BASED ON 

TROPHIC LEVEL PROPORTIONS.

To facilitate more students groups working 

with the cards, the deck was designed with 

two complete sets of organisms for each 

community, differentiated by border color. 

You can therefore divide the deck into six 

sets for six groups.

1 Young community with a red border (25 cards)

1 Young community with a black border (25 cards)

1 Middle community with a red border (25 cards)

1 Middle community with a black border (25 cards)

1 Old community with a red border (25 cards)

1 Old community with a black border (25 cards)

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The list of species and abundance is provided in the table below.

trophic 

level

young-25 mid-25 old-25

Species name

Bacteria

Beggiatoa sp. PP 2

Cnidaria

hydroid spp. SC 1 3

Annelida

Polychaeta

Branchinotogluma sp. nov. SC 1 2

Eunice sp. nov. SC 1 2

Lamellibrachia luymesi PP 5 8 6

Seepiophila jonesi PP 3 4 3

Mollusca

Gastropoda

Bathynerita naticoidea PC 8

Bivalvia

Bathymodiolus childressi PP 2

Arthropoda

Crustacea

Alvinocaris stactophila PC 3 1

Munidopsis sp. nov. 1 SC 1 2

Munidopsis sp. nov. 2 SC 1 2

Periclimenes sp. PC 3 3

Rochinia crassa HC 1 2

Echinodermata

Asteroidea

Sclerasterias tanneri HC 1 2

Chordata

Eptatretus sp. HC 2

25 25 25

Young Mid Old

PP 0.24 0 0

PC 0.65 0.31 0.19

SC 0.12 0.54 0.44

HC 0 0.15 0.38

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APPENDIX 10. WORKSHOP AGENDAS, EVALUATIONS,OBJECTIVES
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FLEXE: From Local to EXtreme Environments Bringing

Deep-sea Science into the Earth Science Classroom A

Workshop for Educators

J.L. Scott Marine Education Center

Gulf Coast Research Lab

The University of Southern Mississippi

Ocean Springs, MS

Presented by:

The Pennsylvania State University 

Texas A&M University COSEE:

CGOM

Workshop Objectives:

3⁄4 To introduce teachers to deep‐sea research and teach specific learning objectives

3⁄4 To introduce teachers to the GLOBE program, the FLEXE project, and various 

educational resources

3⁄4 To help teachers bring the deep‐sea into your Earth Science Classroom

Learning Objectives:

Workshop participants will learn:

• The distribution and formation of deep‐sea hydrothermal vents

• The history of the discovery of hydrothermal vents and how they are studied

• The major fauna present in vent ecosystems and that microbes are at the base of 

the food web

• How energy transfers through components of the Earth system and energy 

transfer processes are similar in local and extreme environments

• How patterns of heat energy (as measured by temp) vary in time and space

• How to use GLOBE protocols and learning activities to explore these concepts

Workshop Facilitators: Liz Goehring (PSU), Dr. Shelia Brown (COSEE)

Deep sea Researcher: Dr. Ian MacDonald (TAMU)

Workshop funding: National Science Foundation (FLEXE grant) and Minerals

Management Services, US Department of the Interior and NOAA‐OE (CHEMO III grant)
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Day one – Thursday, July 24, 2008

8:30 Workshop Overview: Welcome, Introductions, Review workshop objectives and 

agenda, Logistics, Paperwork (LG)

9:15 Opening activity: KWL “What do you know about the deep‐sea?” (LG)

9:30 Introduction to the Deep-sea (presentation by Dr. Ian MacDonald)

• Earth—the ocean planet

• The deep‐sea environment

10:00 Hands-on Activity: Animal distribution patterns in the deep-sea

• What is the relationship between animal distribution and temperature?

• Why? Correlation vs. Causation

10:30 Break

10:45 Introduction to Hydrothermal Vents (presentation by Dr. Ian MacDonald)

• Where are vents found? (e.g., plate tectonics, mid‐ocean ridges)

• History of vent discovery, distribution worldwide

• What is a vent (vent chemistry, chimney vs. diffuse flow, how they form)

• Who lives there? (vent ecosystems)

• How do we explore them? (Ships and submersibles: ROVs, AUVs, subs)

Lunch

1:00 Bringing this into the Earth Science Classroom? (LG) 

GLOBE ESSP – FLEXE Introduction

What is GLOBE, and the "Next Generation of GLOBE"?

What is FLEXE?

FLEXE Energy Unit Overview

• Energy is transferred between components of the Earth system by the 

processes of radiation, conduction, convection

• Earth has internal and external sources of energy

• Patterns of temperature variation differ in time and space

1:15 Temporal Patterns in Temperature variation around the Globe (LG) 

In our local environment (On-line Demo – 30 minutes)

• FLEXE on‐line activity exploring diurnal and seasonal patterns at local 

school and other GLOBE schools, patterns vary with geographic location

1:45 FLEXE Forum – Water Column Temperature Profile (computer lab)

• http://flexe.psu.edu/ff/ {dataset 1}

• Water Column Profile Forum

• Profile at different latitudes (Knauss figure)
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2:15 Break

2:30 FLEXE Forum – Temperature variation at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent

(computer lab)

• http://flexe.psu.edu/ff/ {dataset 2}

• FLEXE on‐line data activity of temperature at Bio9 vent over three years

• Contrast terrestrial patterns with extreme site patterns and causes

3:15 Deep-sea Research (presentation by Dr. MacDonald)

4:15 Wrap-up (return to KWL chart), New Questions?

4:30 Adjourn for the day

Day two – Friday, July 25, 2008

8:30 Recap – what did we learn? What do we still want to learn? (LG)

8:45 "Plume Teaser" Modeling plume dynamics in the classroom

9:15 Back to FLEXE – Mechanisms of Heat Transfer

Energy transfer in our Local environment – FLEXE Learning Activity

• Introduce model of energy transfer

• Review Temperature Tower protocol

• Obtain temp measurements and make class dataset

• Demos: radiation, conduction, convection, heat capacity (jigsaw)

• Summarize findings and areas of uncertainty

10:45 Break

11:00 FLEXE Forum – Energy transfer at a hydrothermal vent plume and diffuse 

flow field (computer lab)

• http://flexe.psu.edu/ff/ {dataset 3}

• FLEXE on‐line data activity exploring the temperature of a mid‐Atlantic 

plume cooling as the plume rises illustrating conduction and convection.

Lunch

1:00 Discussion of spatial patterns of variation in both local and vent environment

– similarities and differences.
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1:15 Research Cruise On-Line Event (computer lab)

• Cruise mission and Study Site description

• Cruise Participants & FLEXE schools/students involved

• Student questions & answers, Podcasts

• Teacher Blog

2:15 FLEXE Forum Wrap-up (Review Together) – What is “Extreme”?

Break

2:45 Movie clips – Using "Aliens of the Deep" in your classroom

3:45 Review related curriculum (NOAA OE)

• Who Promised You a Rose Garden?

• The Galapagos Spreading Center

• AdVENTurous Findings on the Deep Sea Floor

• One Tough Worm

• InVENT a Deep-Sea Invertebrate

4:15 Questions, Ways to participate to FLEXE, Evaluation

4:30 Adjourn
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FLEXE: From Local to EXtreme Environments Bringing

Deep-sea Science into the Earth Science Classroom A

Workshop for Educators

21-22 July 2009

J.L. Scott Marine Education Center

Gulf Coast Research Lab

The University of Southern Mississippi

Ocean Springs, MS

Presented by:

The Pennsylvania State University

Temple University

COSEE: CGOM

Workshop Objectives:

3⁄4 To introduce teachers to deep‐sea research and teach specific learning objectives

3⁄4 To introduce teachers to the GLOBE program, the FLEXE project, and other NOAA 

OE educational resources

3⁄4 To help teachers bring the deep‐sea into their Life Science/Biology Classroom

3⁄4 To invite teachers to pilot test new FLEXE curricular activities

Learning Objectives:

Workshop participants will learn:

• The distribution/formation of deep‐sea hydrothermal vents & hydrocarbon seeps

• The major fauna present in vent and seep ecosystems and that microbes are at the 

base of the food web in both.

• Patterns of biodiversity in vent, seep and seafloor environments, and how scientists 

measure biodiversity

• Vent and seep community trophic structure and changes with succession

• Feeding strategy adaptation and symbiosis in vent and seep mussel species

• How scientists study seafloor ecosystems and what tools they use

• How to use FLEXE and NOAA Ocean Exploration learning activities and on‐line 

resources to explore these concepts with students

Workshop Facilitators: Liz Goehring (PSU), Dr. Shelia Brown (COSEE)

Deep-sea Researcher: Dr. Erik Cordes (Temple)

Workshop funding: Minerals Management Services, US Department of the Interior; NOAA‐ 

OE; and NSF

Day one – Tuesday, July 21, 2009

8:30 Workshop Overview: Welcome, Introductions, Review workshop objectives and 
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agenda, Logistics, Paperwork (LG)

9:00 Setting Expectations: “KWL...about deep‐sea ecology?” (LG)

9:15 Opening Activity: How do we study remote ecosystems like the seafloor? (LG) 

Handout and dataset:

• What animals are living there?

• What patterns do we observe?

• What is the relationship between animal distribution and temperature?

• Correlation vs. Causation – how can we know?

10:00 Break

10:15 Introduction to Deep-sea Ecology (EC)

• Characteristics of the deep‐sea environment: abyssal plane, vents, seeps Abiotic

o Vent distribution worldwide, MOR, spreading centers, vent chemistry, 

chimney vs. diffuse flow, characteristics

o Formation of seeps, distribution, seep chemistry, characteristics

• Who lives there? (vent and seep ecosystems) biotic

• How does life survive in that environment?

• How do we explore them? (Ships and submersibles: ROVs, AUVs, subs)

• Current ecological research questions – (i.e., MMS/NOAA OE; R2K)

11:15 Exploration of Cruise website and “Try This!” activity (LG)

Computer lab: http://www.globe.gov/projects/flexecruise/sampleactivity09

Check your answers.

Lunch

1:00 Bringing the Deep-Sea into the Life Science Classroom (LG)

• GLOBE ESSP – FLEXE Introduction

o What is FLEXE (From Local to Extreme Environments)?

o FLEXE Project, pilot results, demonstration of on‐line components

• "Next Generation of GLOBE" – Student Research Campaigns

• FLEXE Extreme Ecology Unit Overview & Essential Questions

o Does life exist in the deep‐sea? How diverse is it?

o What are the interactions between organisms and their environment?

o How do the challenges of an environment shape life?

• FLEXE 2009‐2010 Pilot Overview

1:30 FLEXE Forum: Biodiversity – how many species ARE there? (LG) 

Handout and dataset:

•Brief introduction to biodiversity, and why ecologists study it

•How to measure diversity (e.g., sampling tools, indices)?

•Creating a rarefaction curve, and interpreting curves for different environments

2:15 Break

2:30 FLEXE Forum – Live! Deep-sea Biodiversity (EC)

• Deep‐sea biodiversity patterns and explanations

• What have we learned about biodiversity from the ChemoIII cruises
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3:15 Further Exploration: (computer lab)

• Webquest: Deep‐sea Research (GOM NOAA OE)

• NOAA OE: “How Diverse is That?” and VIMS “Diversity of the Deep”

4:00 Questions from Webquest? Questions from the day? (EC)

4:14 Wrap-up (return to KWL chart), new questions?

4:30 Adjourn for the day

Day two – Wednesday, July 22, 2009

8:30 Recap – what did we learn? What do we still want to learn? (LG)

8:45 "Tubeworm Teaser" (LG)

• How does this animal (i.e., Riftia pachyptila) ‘make a living’?

• Are all deep‐sea tubeworms the same (e.g., Lamellibrachia luymesi)?

• “How we figured out how seep tubeworms get food” (EC)

9:00 Food Webs in the Deep Sea – chemosynthetic systems (LG)

•Hydrothermal Vent Trophic Levels– NOAA Website (computer lab)

10:15 Exploring Seep Communities over Time (still in computer lab?)

•Hydrocarbon Seep Trophic levels – FLEXE Cards

• Seep Community Succession – The Trophic Card Game

•Further Exploration: “How do we know who eats whom?” NOAA OE, MAR‐ECO

websites)

Break

11:15 FLEXE Forum – Live! Seep Community Succession (EC)

• What have we learned about community succession in the seep?

• What abiotic factors contribute to these successional changes?

• What do we still want to know – current research questions?

11:45 Lunch

12:45 Mussel Anatomy and Adaptations Lab (LG)

• Mussel Dissections – 1 per pair of teachers

• Compiling a class dataset – what have we found?

2:00

FLEXE Forum Comparison of data from Vent and Seep environment (LG)

Handout and dataset:

• Use handout/excel file to compare data and interpret results

• Read “Field Notes” from Vent cruise and Seep cruise

• What did we find?
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2:45

FLEXE Forum – Live! Symbiosis and Adaptation (EC)

• Discussion of results, possible explanations

• How chemosynthetic bacteria and deep‐sea mussels make a living together

• Differences between vent and seep species

• Importance of symbiosis in chemosynthetic communities

Break

3:45 Overview related curriculum (NOAA OE) (LG)

4:00 FLEXE Extreme Ecology Pilot (spring 2010) – how to participate (LG)

4:15 Questions, KWL Revisited, Evaluation

4:30 Adjourn
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2008 FLEXE Teacher Workshop/COSEE-CGOM July 24-25, 2008

Participate

1 Lamey Noel 1701 Baptiste Ct. Pascagoula, MS 39581

2 Houchen Shelby 306 Excell Dr. Pearl, MS 39208 y

3 Warden Abigail 460 Oil Well Road Ovett, MS 39464

4 Capers G. 16275 Hwy 57 Vancleve, MS 39565

5 Nall Jane 31110 Wakefield Dr. Spanish Fort, AL 36527

6 Byrd Charlene 305 Tullulah River Ridge, LA 70123 y

7 Ratliff Thelma 233 JB Horne Road Hattiesburg, MS 39401

8 Ratliff-Farme Patricia 801 College St. #13 Port Gibson, MS 39150

9 Richards Mark 919 W 25th Ave. Covington, LA 70433 y

10 Ramsey Marion 2123 Palmer Ave. New Orleans, LA 70118

11 Freeman Tammy 2200 N. Morrison Blvd. Hammond, LA 70401

12 Taylor Kristi 5015 Mountain View Pk Birmingham, AL 35244

13 Rittenhouse Eric 9155 Surrey Dr. Pensacola, FL 32534

14 Ottesen Sue 255 Ockley Dr. Shreveport, LA 71105 y

15 McDonald Gary 1512 David Dr. Metarie, LA 70003

16 Boudreaux Thomas 313 Sophia St. River Ridge, LA 70123

17 Adams Debbie 118 Albany Ave. Shreveport, LA 71105 y

18 Pirie RoseMarie 1063 Marlbrook Dr Baton Rouge, LA 70815

19 Lyons Sue Ellen 612 Royal St. New Orleans, LA 70130 y

20 Philipoff Christy 6012 Moreton Place Ocean Springs, MS 39564

21 Sanford Lelia 911 Buena Vista St Pascagoula, MS 39567

22 Land Martin 4300 Mabson Drive Montgomery, AL 36106
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2009 FLEXE Teacher Workshop/COSEE-CGOM July 21-22, 2009

1 Campbell Chris 3215 Hwy. 818 Ruston, LA 71270

2 Cobb David 3130 Sinclair Street Memphis, TN 38127

3 Corey Carolyn 1065 Sulphur Springs R Camden, MS 39045

4 Cregut Heather 201 E. Arizona Ruston, LA 71270

5 Davis Senchal 115 Debra Lane Ruston, LA 71270

6 Etheredge Anita 12348 Ilene Ct. Irvington, AL 36544

7 Gandolfo Heather 30589 Symphony Ln Albany, LA 70711

8 Gildig Holly 30589 Symphony Ln Albany, LA 70711

9 Hancock Eric 134 Hickory St Reserve, LA 70084

10 Herron Sherry

11 Huguley Mary Ilene 415 Gunnell Rd. Ruth, MS 39662

12 Lamey Noel 1701 Baptiste Ct. Pascagoula, MS 39581

13 Morrow Allison 9764 Pokai Way Diamondhead, MS 395

14 Nevosadova Tereza 205 Womack St. Pearl, MS 39208

15 Ryals Karen 2129 Wildwood Pl. Mobile, AL 36609

16 Salter Leslie 17501 Riverwalk Dr. Vancleave, MS 39565

17 Savoie Tina 971 Calcam Line Rd. Lake Charles, LA 7060

18 Varnado Susan 13216 DavidLee Dr. Walker, LA 70785

19 Wesley Mary 14 Crossings N. Jackson, MS 39206

20 White John 3524 15th St. Gulfport, MS 39501

Brown Shelia 703 East Beach Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39
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Grade Taught

Participate

in Pilot

7-8, Life, Earth y

10-12, Biology

7-12, Biology

8, Earth y

6-8, Life, Earth

6, Science

4, Tutor Lab

6, Science

6-8, Earth, Life, Physi y

College/GLOBE Trainer

9-10, Biology

10-12, Marine Biology y

4-5, Gifted

Scie Specialist, all grades

10-12, Environmental

10-12, Marine Biology y

8-9, Earth, Physical y

7-8, Science

10-11, Biology

Teacher Intern

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DAY ONE (7/21/09) Very

Valuable Valuable AverageValue

Limited No Value

Hands-on Activity: How do we study

remote ecosystems like the seafloor?

61% 39%

Introduction to Deep-sea Ecology(Dr. 

Erik Cordes)

78% 22%

Exploration of Cruise website and “Try

This!”activity

66% 28% 6%

Bringing the Deep-sea into the Life

Science Classroom

89% 11%

FLEXE Forum: Biodiversity- how many 

species ARE there?

67% 33%

FLEXE Forum – Live! Deep-sea

Biodiversity

67% 33%

Further Exploration (computer lab) 87% 13%

DAY TWO (7/22/09) Very

Valuable Valuable AverageValue

Limited No Value

Recap – what did we learn? What do we 

still want to learn? (LG) 56% 33% 11%

“Tubeworm Teaser” 59% 41%

Food Webs in the Deep Seachemosynthetic systems

67% 33%

Exploring Seep Communities Over Time 59% 41%

FLEXE Forum- Live! Seep Community

Succession 67% 33%

Mussel Anatomy and Adaptations Lab 72% 28%

FLEXE Forum: comparison of data from

Vent and Seep environment 67% 33%

FLEXE Forum: Live! Symbiosis and

Adaptation 61% 39%

FLEXE: From Local to Extreme Environments Bringing

Deep-sea Science into the Earth Science Classroom J.L. Scott

Marine Education Center

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory The

University of Southern Mississippi 

Ocean Springs, MS 39564

July 21 – 22, 2009

Presented by: Pennsylvania

State University Temple

University COSEE:CGOM

EVALUATION

Value

Value

1
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Comments:

1. How did the FLEXE: From Local to Extreme Environments help to further your 

professional goals?

• Ideas and activities will enable students in classroom to gain better understanding of 

ecological interactions.

• FLEXE helped me understand the biology of the deep sea. Since I mainly teach earth 

science a lot of the information was new to me.

• I wanted to increase my knowledge about our ocean. We had very deep discussions 

about new data.

• I feel like I am more knowledgeable of my subject, which can do nothing but help my 

teaching. I am also glad to be getting involved with the pilot program and getting the 

opportunity to make connections with scientists.

• Gave me a good idea of what I want to study.

• It has given me some resources that will help me teach ecology.

• Underwater vent communities are great for teaching concepts in both life and earth.

Concepts like symbiosis, chemosynthesis, plate tectonics, and biological processes 

are taught through this program.

• Better understanding of how to teach ecological concepts.

• It will bring a new curriculum into use.

• I will introduce FLEXE to teachers in Jackson and state teachers through the mailing 

list which has 5,000 people.

• No answer.

• No answer.

• Gave me a deeper understanding and taught me how to implement.

• No answer.

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• It actually motivated and confirmed that I will get my doctorate in Ecology.

• No answer.

• No answer.

• Activities were great and information was extensive.

2. What changes or improvements would you make to the FLEXE Workshop?

• The two-day length was just right.

• None.

• ?

• I really enjoyed this. Every teacher has his/her own way of “tweaking” their own 

lessons. I think the workshop would have been as successful no matter how it was 

organized.

• NA

• Management – have teachers turn off phones at beginning and implement a way to 

get attention of the talkers.

• NA

• More hands-on!

• Make it a three day event.

• NA

• No answer.

• No answer.

• N/A

• No answer.

• No answer.

• No answer.

• No answer.

• Comments:

o Less talk and ramblings.

o Start activity and then go over it immediately Do not wait until the end.

o Do not continue starting the lesson over when after-comers arrive.

3. Will this experience enable you to improve student learning at your school and in your 

area/district? If so, how?

• Yes – I will be able to interest students in new areas that may not have been touched 

on in the past.

• Yes. It will because my students do not have much knowledge about the ecology of 

the deep sea.

• Yes, I will use the NOAA site, the forums online, and the data we received from the 

start of my year.

• Absolutely! I am so much more knowledgeable of deep sea ecology, and I will pass 

that on for sure.

• Well, eventually when I get my own classroom.

• Yes. I will be able to teach ecology and integrate physical science by using these 

activities.

• Absolutely! The more comfortable I am in teaching this and the more knowledgeable

I am about the topics will help students understand it better and excite them about it.

• The hands on activities will help bring relevance to the concepts.

• Yes -so students can experience real-time marine topics.

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• I talk to the public at the planetarium and now we run a movie about sea creatures, so I

will definitely use the materials. I will offer the activities to teachers. I have 5,000 in

my address list.

• No answer.

• No answer.

• Yes, enabling me with the resources and knowledge to teach with.

• No answer.

• Yes, I have more hands-on activities, website, and resources. I learned how to 

incorporate web-quest. Fun!

• No answer.

• Diversify ecology lessons.

• Absolutely! I can easily use the activities to enhance student learning.

•

Number of students you anticipate you will reach with content from this workshop?

• 90

• NA

• 30

• 50

• NA

• 85

• 100

• 50

• 125

• It always depends on the public or school teachers who invite me to talk in their 

classrooms.

• 100

• 160

• No answer.

• No answer.

• No answer.

• 40 – 50

• 100 – 120

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COSEE:CGOM FLEXE/GLOBE 

Teacher Workshop

July 24-25, 2008

Ocean Springs, MS

Composite of All Activities

22%

5% 0%

73%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value

Introduction to the Deep-Sea

(Dr. Ian Mac Donald)

22%

4%0%

74%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value
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Animal Distribution in the Deep-Sea

0%

30%

70%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value

Introduction to Hydrothermal Vents

(Dr.Ian MacDonald)

4%0%

35%

61%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value
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GLOBE ESSP - FLEXE Introduction

29%

4%0%

67%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value

Temporal Patterns in Temperature

Variation Around the Globe

9% 0%

26%

65%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value
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FLEXE Forum

Water Column Profile

0%

26%

74%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value

FLEXE Forum

Temperature Variation at a Deep-Sea

Hydrothermal Vent

13% 0%

87%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value
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Deep-Sea Research

(Dr. Ian MacDonald)

11% 0%

89%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value

Recap of First Day

What did we learn?

What do we still want to learn?

22%

4%0%

48%

26%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value
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Plume Teaser

22% 0%

78%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value

Mechanisms of Heat Transfer

13%

9% 0%

78%

Very Valuable Valuable Average Value

Limited Value No Value
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Energy Transfer at a Hydrothermal

Vent Plume and Diffuse Flow Field

17%

4%0%

Discussion of Spatial Patterns of

Variation in Both Local and Vent

Environments

79%

Very Valuable

Limited Value

Valuable

No Value

Average 

Value

Very Valuable

Limited Value

Valuable

No Value

Average 

Value

22%

4% 0%

74%
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DAY ONE (7/24/08) Very

Valuable Valuable AverageValue

Limited No Value

Introduction to the Deep-sea (Dr.

Ian MacDonald)

74% 22% 4%

Hands-on Activity: Animal

distribution patterns in the deep-sea

70% 30%

Introduction to Hydrothermal Vents

(Dr. Ian MacDonald)

61% 35% 4%

Bringing this into the Earth Science

Classroom? (LG)

67% 29% 4%

LIKERT SCALE EVALUATION

GLOBE ESSP- FLEXE

Introduction

Temporal Patterns in Temperature 

variation around the Globe (LG)

65% 26% 9%

FLEXE Forum – Water Column

Temperature Profile (computer lab)

74% 26%

FLEXE Forum – temperature

variation at a deep-sea hydrothermal 

vent (computer lab)

87% 13%

Deep-sea Research (Dr. Ian

MacDonald)

89% 11%

DAY TWO (7/25/08) Very

Valuable Valuable AverageValue

Limited No Value

Recap – what did we learn? What

do we still want to learn? (LG) 48% 26% 22% 4%

“Plume Teaser” Modeling plume

dynamics in the classroom 78% 22%

Back to FLEXE – Mechanisms of

Heat Transfer

79% 13% 9%

FLEXE Forum – Energy transfer at

a hydrothermal vent plume and diffuse 

flow filed (computer lab)

79% 17% 4%

Discussion of spatial patterns of

variation in both local and vent 

environment—similarities and 

differences.

74% 22% 4%
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GLOBE ESSP- FLEXE

Introduction

Temporal Patterns in Temperature 

variation around the Globe (LG)

65% 26% 9%

FLEXE Forum – Water Column

Temperature Profile (computer lab)

74% 26%

FLEXE Forum – temperature

variation at a deep-sea hydrothermal 

vent (computer lab)

87% 13%

Deep-sea Research (Dr. Ian

MacDonald)

89% 11%

DAY TWO (7/25/08) Very

Valuable Valuable AverageValue

Limited No Value

Recap – what did we learn? What

do we still want to learn? (LG) 48% 26% 22% 4%

“Plume Teaser” Modeling plume

dynamics in the classroom 78% 22%

Back to FLEXE – Mechanisms of

Heat Transfer

79% 13% 9%

FLEXE Forum – Energy transfer at

a hydrothermal vent plume and 

diffuse flow filed (computer lab)

79% 17% 4%

Discussion of spatial patterns of

variation in both local and vent 

environment—similarities and 

differences.

74% 22% 4%

FLEXE/GLOBE Comments

1. How did FLEXE: From Local to Extreme Environments help to further your professional goals?

• Increased content knowledge and enhanced understanding of how to facilitate directed inquiry online.

• I am always looking for new ways to explain physical concepts to my students and this will add to my 

repertoire.

• Increase of knowledge which furthers my students’ awareness.

• 1. Updated me and/or gave me information I did not have.

2. Gave me new materials.

3. Gave me some new equipment and made me come up with new ideas.

• Gave me information to help explain to students how all environments relate. Strengthened my

understanding.

• How to incorporate interest in deep sea vents and learning chemistry and environmental science concepts. 

How to make research meaningful to students.

• It gives me a new instructional component to use the study of Earth processes and oceanography. Thanks!

It also gives me an opportunity to engage my students in exciting activities.

• The more I learn the better I teach.

• Gave me a broader outlook and information that I can include in my school/grade curriculum that would

enhance my students understanding of competencies that must be taught in the MS state curriculum.

• Finding ways to motivate students- students will enjoy these hands-on activities- plus technology.

• I would love to be able to fit this into the biology curriculum. It will catch the students’ attention!

• N/C

• I covered most of the information given in workshop in one way or another so it all affirmed what

I have been doing for 35 years.

• None.

• It has broadened my teaching scope.
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• I am interested in being more involved in FLEXE. It will help in Earth Science and Environmental Science

teaching.

• I was able to study material relevant to my class.

• The knowledge I gained here will allow me to bring lots of interest to the aquatic science classroom.

• Really gave me some great “stuff” PowerPoint ideas, and having the opportunity to meet Dr.

MacDonald.

• Watching the demonstrations gave me ideas for my classrooms and gets me excited about teaching.

• Has great ideas that I will incorporate into my class.

2. What changes or improvements would you make to FLEXE Workshop?

• None

• None

• All though Dr. MacDonald was very good, applicability together with information is better ...

overview was thorough yet long.

• First day a lot of sitting, great stuff but we needed to interact a little more.

• None

• The seats got pretty hard at the end of the first day.

• More movement, either in activities or structured breaks.

• I loved the demonstrations, PowerPoint, and information. The presenters were friendly, informative,

and knowledgeable. Don’t change anything.

• I would make the first day more interactive like the second day.

• None

• The only thing I would change would be to break up the lecture PowerPoint with activities between,

however I understand the limited time.

• N/C

• It’s OK!

• None

• Instead of paperwork issue a CD/joy stick with information and PowerPoint presentations on them. Do a

workshop for High school teachers only!

• Gave me some new ideas for labs.

• New ideas relative to today for science.

• Maybe a little shorter day (by one hour).

• None, except have more prizes.

• More hands-on in small groups. More time working on computer.

• It was great.

• More hands- on activities.

• Can’t think of anything.

• No.

• Make it 3 days instead of just 2 days.

3. Will this experience enable you to improve student learning at your school and/or district? If so, how?

• I will share this knowledge and resource with: Biology undergrads, Pre- service Biology teachers, and

High school and College educators.

• Yes, the website we visited will be very valuable to my students’ understanding.

• Yes Æ inquiry, spatial, graphing analysis, and communications.

• Yes, it will get us outside and more connected to what’s happening on the planet now.

• Yes, they live in mid state and most know nothing about the marine environment. This will be a change

in information and very interesting.

• At the minimum I will incorporate several labs/ activities of the FLEXE/GLOBE programs especially in

Environmental Science. I may do more in the future. I will also distribute to Marine Biology teachers.

• Yes! It will be a great way to motivate my students.

• Yes, I have a lot of information to share with the other teachers in my school that they will share with
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their students.

• Yes, this experience gave me information that I can use in my classroom to enhance my student’s

understanding of the deep sea.

• I believe it will be a great motivational tool.

• Yes, it will give my students’ current technology and research and hopefully encourage science

fields for them.

• Yes, it gives students additional resources which are not available elsewhere.

• Yes, once I get through learning Ocean Science, I think it will all fall into place. I’m sort of burnt out/

overwhelmed.

• Yes

• Yes, my students will enjoy the labs.

• Yes, new ideas and labs.

• Yes, through inquiry, thought provoking activities for students to learn about the sea and unknown

areas to them.

• Definitely. It adds a whole new dimension to my classes.

• I will be prepared with curriculum related materials for my students.

• This will be the first year to offer Marine/Aquatic science in our district therefore I feel more prepared through

this workshop.

• All will fit into my marine courses this year.

• Definitely, teaching in demo lasts longer.

• Yes, it will fit perfectly into my plans.

Number of students you anticipate you will reach with content from the workshop.

175,125, ~60/yr, 120, 75, 300+, 75, 150-180,150+, 12,110, 35, ~100/sem., 130/yr, 100+,

60, 30, 150, 150

Demographics

Your Position Administrator

1

Teacher

23

Other

What you

teach

Math & Science

4

Science

17

Math Other

2

Grade Level K-5 6-8

11

9-12

14

Other

2

Years of

teaching

0-5

5

6-10

4

11-15

5

Other

30, 29,40,

24,35,32,>15,40

Your Ethnicity African

American

1

Asian American Caucasian

22

Hispanic Other