Publications
Explore the list of manuscripts, books and book chapters, theses, and dissertations from the data and samples collected aboard Nautilus.
2026
(2026). A new deep-sea Pectinodonta species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Patellogastropoda, Pectinodontidae) from a wood fall near Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific. Molluscan Research : 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2025.2578245
(2026). Constraining the mechanisms and controls on magmatic processes in the California Borderland. MS Thesis: California State University, Long Beach https://www.proquest.com/docview/3309825114?pq-origsite=pri…
(2026). Early colonization of microbial eukaryotes at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Undergraduate Thesis: Texas A&M University https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1611629
(2026). Tracing the evolution of modern seafloor hydrothermal systems and their associated endmember compositions over time. Dissertation: Memorial University of Newfoundland https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14783/15805
2025
(2025). How little we’ve seen: a visual coverage estimate of the deep seafloor. Science Advances https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp8602
(2025). The end of a winding path: The anaerobic ciliate Spirorhynchus is a member of the class Muranotrichea. Protist 179: 126-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2025.126129
(2025). Development of a Brazilian nuclear inspection robot for swimming pool-type research reactors IEA-R1. MS Thesis: University of Sao Paulo https://doi.org/10.11606/D.85.2025.tde-18122025-111024
(2025). Do chemosynthetic and coral communities defy deep-sea ecological paradigms?. Global Ecology and Biogeography https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70039
(2025). Evaluating video and bioacoustics sensor performance for a novel hadal water column profiler. BS Thesis: University of Hawaii at Manoa https://hdl.handle.net/10125/111223
(2025). Draft genome sequence of Vreelandella neptunia strain 04GJ23 isolated from the underwater Hawaii seamounts. Environmental Microbiology 14 (6): e00882-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00882-24
(2025). The great museum of the sea: a human history of shipwrecks. : 328 pp.. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197780756.001.0001
(2025). Deep-sea tales from a Hawaiian marine protected area. Frontiers for Young Minds 13: 1364732. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2025.1364732
(2025). Deep-sea coral abundance, distribution, and community structure on seafloor features across a broad depth gradient in North-Central California National Marine Sanctuaries. Marine Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.70022
(2025). Wandering in genomes and probing biosynthetic machinery in pursuit of the evolutionary origins and diversification of octocoral terpenoids. Dissertation: University of California San Diego https://escholarship.org/uc/item/64j5c63k
(2025). Seven new species of scaleworms (Lepidonotopodini, Polynoidae, Polychaeta, Annelida) from deep‑sea chemosynthetic‑based ecosystems. Marine Biodiversity 55: 106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01580-7
(2025). Integrated approaches for monitoring sharks: leveraging machine learning, big data, and molecular biology. Dissertation: Virginia Tech https://hdl.handle.net/10919/138660
(2025). BenthicNet: a global compilation of seafloor images for deep learning applications. Scientific Datav 12: 230. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04491-1
(2025). NOAA Fisheries’ Deep-Sea Coral Research & Technology Program science planning workshop for the Pacific Islands regional initiative. NOAA technical memorandum NMFS PIFSC https://doi.org/10.25923/7m9z-zf80
(2025). Characterizing eruption initiation mechanisms and storage conditions at the high-threat Kolumbo volcano, Greece. MS Thesis: Western Washington University https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwuet/1437
(2025). Parasites: the hidden hitchhikers of cephalopods. Frontiers for Young Minds https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2025.1426702
(2025). Spatio-temporal distribution of benthic communities in deep-sea environments. Dissertation: Universite de Bretagne Occidentale https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00986/109805/123514.pdf
(2025). Comparisons of three deep-sea wreck communities in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Ecology Progress Series 760: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14846
(2025). Scientific research and marine protected area monitoring using a deep-sea observatory - the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents. Oceanography 38(2): 10-23. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27389417
(2025). Microbial influences on deep-sea deposit feeders and detrital food sources. Dissertation: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/oceanwp/wp-conten…
(2025). Hook, line, and social media: crowd-sourced images reveal size and species patterns of ocean sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes, Molidae) from California to Alaska. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1482873
(2025). Predictive power modeling for WAM-V operations in dynamic ocean environments. Mechanics Engineer Thesis: Universidad Autónoma de Occidente https://hdl.handle.net/10614/16268
(2025). 2025 Mattingan Expedition: Mariana Arc volcanic exploration (NA171). Deep-Sea Life 25: 14-15. https://www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/uploads/DSL25-final…
(2025). Some aspects of the chemistry and volcanology of hotspot volcanoes: from seamounts to ocean islands. Dissertation: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa https://hdl.handle.net/10125/111296
(2025). Ambient compositional heterogeneity of the Pacific upper mantle revealed by the Cretaceous Naifeh-Plumeria seamounts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119596
(2025). Fluid emission detection by water column acoustics and deep learning. Dissertation: University of Western Brittany https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00991/110243/
(2025). New species of deep-sea Galatheoidea (Anomura: Galatheidae, Munididae, Munidopsidae) from Central Pacific seamounts, with remarks on their phylogenetic placement, habitat associations, and significance for the biogeography of squat lobsters. Journal of Crustacean Biology https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruae080
(2025). Animal burrowing at cold seep ecotones boosts productivity by linking macromolecule turnover with chemosynthesis and nutrient cycling. Biogeosciences 22 (5): 1321–1340. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1321-2025
(2025). Oceanography in the age of intelligent robots and a changing climate. Oceanography 38(3): 60-73. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27403349
(2025). Predictive power modeling for WAM-V operations in dynamic ocean environments. Proceedings of OCEANS 2025 Brest : 9 pp. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104687
(2025). Kilometers-scale subsidence of the inner Puerto Rico Trench wall since the Pleistocene. Geology 53(8): 699-703. https://doi.org/10.1130/G53315.1
(2025). A brief history of the malacological collections of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Nautilus 139 (3): 310-320.
(2025). Megafaunal community structure on ferromanganese and phosphorite hardgrounds in the Southern California Borderland. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2025.105560
(2025). The Kolumbo Volcanic Field, Greece: a review of evidence to reconstruct the 1650 CE eruption and to support hazard and risk assessment. Bulletin of Volcanology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-025-01824-1
(2025). 40Ar-39Ar dating and new geological data to uncover the structure and evolution of the Kolumbo submarine volcanic field, Greece. Bulletin of Volcanology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-025-01873-6
2024
(2024). Oligocene and Miocene blowtorch volcanism within the California Borderland and its influence on the plate-boundary transition. Geology https://doi.org/10.1130/G52175.1
(2024). Quantification of bottom trawl damage to ancient shipwrecks: a case study from the coastal waters of Turkey. Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Bottom Trawling. Jarvis C (ed.) : 41-52. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-579…
(2024). Beneath a façade: the unscientific justification of treasure salvage. Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Bottom Trawling. Jarvis C (ed.) : 97-106. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-579…
(2024). Satellite detection and the discovery of Bloody Marsh. Threats to Our Ocean Heritage: Potentially Polluting Wrecks. Brennan ML (ed.) : 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57960-8_9
(2024). Deep-ocean macrofauna assemblages on ferromanganese and phosphorite-rich substrates in the Southern California Borderland. MS Thesis: University of California San Diego https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4tz9r4fh
(2024). Building Equitable and Ethical Relationships through Deep-Sea Exploration Expeditions. https://agu.confex.com/agu/OSM24/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/14914…
(2024). Maritime archaeology of the post-ancient world (1400–1946). Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology. Delgado JP (ed.) https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190854584.013.626
(2024). From classroom to field exploration: deep-sea archaeological surveys of Battle of Midway wrecks in Hawai’i’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. MAHSNews 35 (1): 6-9. https://www.mahsnet.org/news/newsletters/V35-1_Spring_24.pdf
(2024). New insights into the diverse intraplate volcanism present within the Howland and Baker Island United States Exclusive Economic Zone. MS Thesis: University of Nevada, Las Vegas https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations/511…
(2024). Molecular phylogenetics, phylogenomics and evolution of deep-sea octocorals in the superfamily Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834 . Dissertation: University of Louisiana at Lafayette https://www.proquest.com/openview/d1d0b318cdd4cd1dcfd836be7…
(2024). Chapter 21 - Swimming sea cucumbers. The world of sea cucumbers. Mercier A, Hamel JF, Suhrbier AD, Pearce CM (eds.) : 351-359. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95377-1.00030-8
(2024). Community-driven marine archaeology: NOAA Ocean Exploration Operations in the Pacific Basin 2024-2026. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology : 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572414.2023.2295466
(2024). Natural warming differentiates communities and increases diversity in deep-sea Ridge Flank Hydrothermal Systems. Communications Biology https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06070-3
(2024). Long-term culture system for deep-sea mussels Gigantidas childressi. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 22: 369-387. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10612
(2024). Midway's Lost Warships. Archaeology Jan/Feb: 2-7. https://www.archaeology.org/issues/535-2401
(2024). Geohazard features of the Central-Southern Tyrrhenian seamounts. Journal of Maps https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2359973
(2024). Investigating the geodynamic origin of the Voyager Seamount Chain within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. MS Thesis: California State University, Long Beach https://www.proquest.com/docview/3077596086?parentSessionId…
(2024). Transfer of sulfur and chalcophile metals via sulfide-volatile compound drops in the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field. Nature Communications 15: 4968. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48656-9
(2024). Understanding and valuing human connections to deep-sea methane seeps off Costa Rica. Ecological Economics 223: 108228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108228
(2024). New insights into the twilight zone. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 151 (7): 92.
(2024). Animal burrowing at cold seep ecotones boosts productivity by linking macromolecule turnover with chemosynthesis and nutrient cycling. EGUsphere https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1285
(2024). Treading carefully in the deep ocean: insights into the effects of artificial light and sound from robotic platforms on pelagic animal surveys using active acoustics and low-light imaging techniques. Dissertation: University of Rhode Island https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/oa_diss/1682/
(2024). Ubiquitous but unique: Water depth and oceanographic attributes shape methane seep communities. Limnology and Oceanography 69: 1218-1232. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12564
(2024). Omesubel a Nautilus - Ocean Exploration Vocabulary in Palauan Language. : 57. https://doi.org/10.62878/bgj821
(2024). A sacred place: honoring the ocean's deepest battlefield. MAHSNews 35 (1): 1-6. https://www.mahsnet.org/newsletter.php
(2024). The Ocean Exploration Trust 2023 Field Season. Ocean Exploration Trust : 94 pp. https://doi.org/10.62878/vud148
(2024). Broadening inclusivity at sea. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1387204
(2024). Design, simulation, and rapid prototyping of soft robotic actuators for deep-sea applications. Dissertation: University of Rhode Island https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/oa_diss/1654/
(2024). Effects of transient deoxygenation on sulfur cycling in aquatic systems. Dissertation: University of California, Los Angeles https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5bq474nz
2023
(2023). Know before you go: a community-derived approach to planning for and preventing sexual harassment at oceanographic field sites. Oceanography 36 (1): 38-43.
(2023). Towards a scientific community consensus on designating Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems from imagery. PeerJ 11: e16024. https://peerj.com/articles/16024/
(2023). Ship-to-shore training for active deep-sea capacity development. ICES Journal of Marine Science 80 (6): 1619–1628. https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/80/6/1619/7187734
(2023). Abyssal hydrothermal springs—Cryptic incubators for brooding octopus. Science Advances https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg3247
(2023). Modes of gas migration and seepage on the salt-rooted Palmahim Disturbance, southeastern Mediterranean. Marine and Petroleum Geology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264…
(2023). Insights from the management of offshore energy resources: Toward an ecosystem-services based management approach for deep-ocean industries. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 994632.
(2023). Mating observation of giant sea spiders (Pycnogonida: Colossendeidae). Marine Biodiversity https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-023-01350-3
(2023). The PMEL Earth-Ocean Interactions Program: beyond vents. Oceanography 36 (2-3): 206-211. https://tos.org/oceanography/article/the-pmel-earth-ocean-i…
(2023). Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic evidence that Kamaʻehuakanaloa (Lōʻihi) Seamount hydrothermal systems are recharged by deep Pacific seawater. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967…
(2023). Variations and gradients between methane seep and off-seep microbial communities in a submarine canyon system in the Northeast Pacific. PeerJ 11: e15119. https://peerj.com/articles/15119/
(2023). Challenges of in situ identification of deep-sea ococoral colonies with variable morphology: a case study using the family Keratoisididae. MS Thesis: University of Louisiana at Lafayette https://www.proquest.com/pqdtglobal1/dissertations-theses/c…
(2023). Volcanically derived deposits and sequences: a unified terminological scheme for application in modern and ancient environments. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 520: 11-27. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp520-2021-201
(2023). Two large structure-forming sponges from opposite North American coasts: a taxonomic review of Arctic–Pacific Mycale (Mycale) loveni and the description of a new Arctic–Atlantic Mycale. Canadian Journal of Zoology 101 (9): 807-823.
(2023). NOAA West Coast Deep-Sea Coral Initiative 2018-2021: Final Report. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OHC-12 https://library.oarcloud.noaa.gov/noaa_documents.lib/NMFS/T…
(2023). Citizen Science for Deep Ocean Biodiversity: A Crowdsourcing Tool in Support of Conservation. Mexican Fauna in the Anthropocene : 581–593. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-17277-9…
(2023). Climate change effects on cold-water coral reefs and their associated communities. MS Thesis: Temple University https://www.proquest.com/docview/2816704815?pq-origsite=gsc…
(2023). A tale of two tubeworms: taxonomy of vestimentiferans (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre. Invertebrate Systematics 37 (3): 167-191.
(2023). Deep-sea biology in undergraduate classrooms: open access data from remotely operated vehicles provide impactful research experiences. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1033274. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.103…
(2023). A dynamic epibiont community associated with the bone-eating polychaete genus Osedax. American Society for Microbiology 14 (4): e03140-22. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03140-22
(2023). Advances in Environmental DNA Sampling for Observing Ocean Twilight Zone Animal Diversity. Oceanography 36 (1): 80-86. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27217388
(2023). Mind the gap: comparing exploration effort with global biodiversity patterns and climate projections to determine ocean areas with greatest exploration needs. Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1219799. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.121…
(2023). Investigating patters of deep sea coral and sponge diversity and abundance across multiple spatial scales in the Central Pacific. Dissertation: Boston University https://www.proquest.com/openview/ceecce3adde26f52d22bcd4ed…
(2023). Evolutionary diversification of methanotrophic ANME-1 archaea and their expansive virome. Nature Microbiology 8: 231-245. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01297-4
(2023). Contrasting T-phase and P-wave patterns from the 2015 and 2017 eruptions of the submarine volcano Kick-‘em-Jenny: influence of cardinal direction on recorded first phase arrival. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 113 (5): 2056–2068. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/…
(2023). Modes of gas migration and seepage on the salt-rooted Palmahim Disturbance, southeastern Mediterranean. Marine and Petroleum Geology 153: 106256. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264…
(2023). The emission of low pH water from Gulf of Mexico seeps as revealed by δ13C–CO2 and methane oxidation data. Environmental Science Advances 2: 1600-1606. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/VA/D3VA…
(2023). Acoustic monitoring techniques for subsea leak detection: a review of the literature . National Physical Laboratory Report AC21: 22. https://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/9781/1/AC%2021.pdf
(2023). Uncrewed surface systems facilitating a new era of global ocean exploration. The International Hydrographic Review https://ihr.iho.int/articles/uncrewed-surface-systems-facil…
(2023). Multiple parameters enable deconvolution of water-rock reaction paths in low-temperature vent fluids of the Kamaʻehuakanaloa (Lōʻihi) seamount. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 348: 54-67. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016…
(2023). Investigating the Petrogenesis of the Naifeh and Plumeria Seamounts: insights into the geochemical diversity of seamounts adjacent to the Hawaiian Seamount Chain. MS Thesis: Boise State University https://www.proquest.com/openview/0a67a93f7744211c2ce5ba358…
