This dataset contains oceanographic data (ADCP, CTD, ROV, Jason, Lander, SCS, Vehicle, XBT), images, and documentation. The primary goals of this cruise were as follows: Exploration of new sites and new areas within known sites, sampling of corals and associated fauna for biodiversity and biogeography, community sampling at seep and coral habitats, sediment sampling at soft sediment sites for biogeochemistry and diversity, collections of corals for live coral experiments, water sampling for water chemistry and microbial diversity, sediment, water, and faunal samples for eDNA work, geological observations and sampling for geomorphology, and lander deployments.

This dataset contains oceanographic data (ADCP, CTD, underway), submersible data, images, and documentation. The cruise focused on several seep sites, canyons, and hard bottom features located less than 100 nm offshore. The goal of this expedition was to validate several seep targets, image and map seeps, canyons (e.g., Keller, Pamlico, Hatteras, and unnamed canyons), and hard bottom features located between Virginia and Georgia.

This data set contains oceanographic data (CTD, Landers, Piston Cores) and event/sample logs. The project goal was to improve understanding of the planktonic and benthic communities (including corals) that reside in and around mid- and South-Atlantic canyon and cold seep habitats, including estimates of genetic connectivity among sites and trophic connectivity from the water column to benthic communities.

This dataset contains oceanographic data (ADCP, CTD, Lander, SCS, TSG), images, videos, and documentation. The primary goals of this cruise were as follows: Recovery of benthic lander deployment; Mid-water trawling of the deep-scattering layer; Water sampling for water chemistry and microbial diversity; Sediment, water, and faunal samples for eDNA work; Multibeam mapping at selected sites in study region.

This cruise used the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason II to: explore 4-6 new sites for the occurrence of deep water coral reefs; made collections of Lophelia and other corals for genetic and physiological studies, made collections of communities associated with Lophelia and other corals for ecological studies; collected quantitative digital imagery for characterization of sites and coral communities; collect spatially explicit physical near bottom oceanographic data; deploy cameras and microbial arrays; reposition larval traps and current meters; collected push cores; and conducted a series of linked archaeological/ biological investigations on deep water shipwrecks.

Submarine canyons are dominant features of the outer continental shelf and slope of the US East coast from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf of Maine. They are important conduits of anthropogenic pollutants, organic carbon, and sediments from shallow to deeper waters and support ecologically important ecosystems, such as cold seeps and hard bottom and coral habitats. The geology of these features has been well studied; however, despite their high productivity, biological data are limited (particularly deeper than 200 m). Much of the biological data available for these canyons is represented by unpublished reports, unanalyzed data sets, and anecdotal observations. The canyons between Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod are the subject of potential oil exploration, intensive fisheries, and are possible National Marine Sanctuary candidates, and yet these are even less well known than those further north.

This dataset contains oceanographic data (Sound Velocity Profile Data, CTD Data, and Tide Data). This expedition was conducted to investigate deep coral areas, and other suspected areas of essential fish habitat on the outer continental shelf and upper slope of the South Atlantic Bight.

This dataset includes CTD, ADCP, and other data from the Life on the Edge 2003 cruise collected in the Atlantic Ocean on the outer continental shelf of the Carolinas. These data were collected from NOAA Ship Seward Johnson and unmanned ROV Johnson-Sea-Link II by NOAA Office of Exploration from August 16, 2003, through August 27, 2003.

This dataset contains oceanographic data that was collected during the Expedition to the Deep Slope 2007 cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. CTD were collected from NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN and ROV JASON II. The accession also contains wet lab images, microscope images, GIS products, dive plans, and dive summaries.