Publications
Explore the list of manuscripts, books and book chapters, theses, and dissertations from the data and samples collected aboard Nautilus.
2023
(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). Mating observation of giant sea spiders (Pycnogonida: Colossendeidae). Marine Biodiversity https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-023-01350-3
(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). 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). Advances in Environmental DNA Sampling for Observing Ocean Twilight Zone Animal Diversity. Oceanography 36 (1): 80-86. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27217388
(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). New records and species of deep-sea squat lobsters (Galatheoidea, Munidopsidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago: an integrative approach using micro-CT and barcodes. PeerJ https://peerj.com/articles/14956/#aff-1
(2023). Cosmopolitan abyssal lineages? A systematic study of East Pacific deep-sea squat lobsters (Decapoda: Galatheoidea: Munidopsidae) . Invertebrate Systematics https://www.publish.csiro.au/is/pdf/IS22030
(2023). New insights into the age and origin of two small Cretaceous seamount chains proximal to the Northwestern Hawaiian Ridge . Geosphere 19 (2): 383-405. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geosphere/article/19/2…
(2023). Exploring deep-sea habitats near Kingman Reef & Palmyra Atoll. Deep-Sea Life 21: 11-12. https://www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/uploads/Deep-Sea-Li…
(2023). Ocean Exploration Trust: Mapping and Exploring the Global Ocean for 15 Years . Sea Technology Magazine June 2023: 15-20. https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m…
(2023). Seafloor Observations Eliminate a Landslide as the Source of the 1918 Puerto Rico Tsunami . Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/…
(2023). Metabolic handoffs between multiple symbionts may benefit the deep-sea bathymodioline mussels. ISME Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s43705-023-00254-4#Bib1
(2023). New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The Ocean Exploration Trust 2022 Field Season. Oceanography 36 (1): 1-54. https://tos.org/oceanography/issue/volume-36-supplement-2
(2023). The Chirostyloidea of the Northeastern Pacific: Host Associations, Range Extensions and a New Species (Decapoda: Anomura). Zootaxa https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5284.1.7
2022
(2022). The Deep Sea and Me. ICES Journal of Marine Science 79 (7): 1996–2002.
(2022). Highlights from exploring and characterizing the Cascadia Margin methane seeps over the past 5 years. 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting
(2022). Initial Results from E/V Nautilus Expedition NA128 “Cascadia Margin Seep Exploration”: Cascadia Margin Mapping, High-Resolution ROV Multibeam, and Gas/Fluid Sampling . 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting
(2022). Low-Cost, Deep-Sea Imaging and Analysis Tools for Deep-Sea Exploration: A Collaborative Design Study. Frontiers of Marine Science 9: 873700.
(2022). Physical, environmental, and substrate observations derived from underwater video collected offshore of south-central California in support of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Cal DIG I offshore alternative energy project. U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA.
(2022). Multi-scale knowledge and knowledge gaps in deep-sea mining regional environmental management planning.
(2022). Some observations on the ichthyofauna of the Finike (Anaximander) Seamounts, the eastern Mediterranean. Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 28(2): 180-194.
(2022). Acoustic and Optical Imaging Techniques for Characterizing Animal Distributions in the Pelagic Ocean.
(2022). Nautilus Pacific Mapping Operations 2021 - 2022: What is Mapped, How Much are we Contributing, and Why is this Such a Hard Question?. Seabed 2030 South & West Regional Mapping Community Meeting
(2022). The mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea axiid shrimp, Eiconaxius baja (Decapoda: Axiidae). Journal of the Black Sea/Mediterranean Environment 28(2): 127-138 .
(2022). Fluid-mediated coupled dissolution-reprecipitation (CDR) reaction drives gold remobilization in shallow-water massive sulfides at the Kolumbo arc-volcano, Greece. 16th Biennal Meeting of the Society for Geology of Applied Mineral Deposits
(2022). A massively parallel implementation of Gaussian process regression for real time bathymetric modeling and simultaneous localization and mapping. Field Robotics. Field Robotics 2: 940-970.
(2022). Multi-factor biotopes as a method for detailed site characterization in diverse benthic megafaunal communities and habitats in deep-water off Morro Bay, California. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
(2022). Using deep-sea images to examine ecosystem services associated with methane seeps. Marine Environmental Research 181: 105740.
(2022). New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. Zootaxa 5164 (1): 2-75.
(2022). Integrating Multidisciplinary Observations in Vent Environments (IMOVE): Decadal Progress in Deep-Sea Observatories at Hydrothermal Vents. Frontiers of Marine Science 9: 866422.
(2022). Description of a new and widely distributed species of Bathypathes (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia: Schizopathidae) previously misidentified as Bathypathes alternata Brook, 1889. PeerJ : 10:e12638.
(2022). “WOAH, what is that!?” - Increasing Student Access to Deep Sea Exploration through Language & Creativity.. National Marine Educators Association
(2022). Giant deep submarine depressions: A combined dissolution-mechanical process along carbonate margins. GSA Bulletin
(2022). SANTORY: Santorini’s Seafloor Volcanic Observatory. Frontiers in Marine Science 9: 796376.
(2022). Microbial ecosystem services and associates with ferromanganese crusts on seamounts of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument: Initail Results. 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting
(2022). HĀNAU KA PALIHOA, LELE! The story, genealogy, and process of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group Nomenclature Subcommittee. Parks Stewardship Forum 38(2): 325-341.
(2022). Mapping and Exploration of Deep Seamounts around Johnston Atoll: 2021 Expeditions aboard E/V Nautilus. Deep-Sea Life 19: 11-12.
(2022). Re-envisioning the Collective Voyage for Ocean Exploration. White Paper for the 2022 National Ocean Exploration Forum
(2022). High resolution, in-situ studies of seawater carbonate chemistry and carbon cycling in coastal systems using CHANnelized Optical System II.
(2022). Diversity and distribution of bacterial symbionts in Vesicomyid clams along the Cascadia Margin.
(2022). Microbial communities of Auka hydrothermal sediments shed light on vent biogeography and the evolutionary history of thermophily. The ISME Journal 16: 1750-1764.
(2022). E/V Nautilus mapping in the Pacific: Recent accomplishments & what is next. NOAA Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting
(2022). E/V Nautilus seafloor mapping: recent accomplishments and what is next. Map the Gaps Symposium
(2022). New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA Ocean Exploration, and Schmidt Ocean Institute 2021 Field Season. Oceanography Supplement 34: 1.
(2022). Unique mobile elements and scalable gene flow at the prokaryote–eukaryote boundary revealed by circularized Asgard archaea genomes. Nature Microbiology 7: 200-212.
(2022). Combining technology and outreach for ocean exploration. Ocean Robotics Planet 32: 51-54.
2021
(2021). Coming together—symbiont acquisition and early development in deep-sea bathymodioline mussels. Proc. R. Soc.
(2021). Protistan grazing impacts microbial communities and carbon cycling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (29): e2102674118.
(2021). Distribution of Methane Plumes on Cascadia Margin and Implications for the Landward Limit of Methane Hydrate Stability. Frontiers in Earth Science
(2021). Observations in life of Eiconaxius baja Kensley, 1996 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Axiidea, Axiidae), a sponge commensal lobster. Crustacean Research 50: 103-106.
(2021). First record of a thread-leg shrimp (Decapoda: Caridea: Nematocarcinidae) from California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 131 (1): 128-130.
(2021). Platymaia Miers, 1885 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Inachidae) can swim. Journal of Crustacean Biology
(2021). The worm affair: Genetic diversity in two species of symbionts that co-occur in tubeworms from the Mediterranean Sea. bioRxiv
2020
(2020). Deep-sea coral biogeography and community structure in tropical seamount environments. Dissertation: Temple University
(2020). Distribution of scleractinian corals and stylasterid hydrocorals across abiotic environmental gradients on three seamounts in the Anegada Passage. PeerJ
(2020). Design and testing of the JPL-Nautilus Gripper for deep-ocean geological sampling. Journal of Field Robotics
(2020). A new genus and species of spionid polychaete (Annelida, Spionidae) from a deep-water cold seep site in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Turkey. Zoosymposia 19 (1): 121-134.
(2020). Deep-Water Shipwrecks as a Microcosm of Late Roman Maritime Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Roman Archaeology
(2020). The polygenetic Kahouanne Seamounts in the Northern Lesser Antilles Island Arc: Evidence for large-scale volcanic island subsidence. Marine Geology 419: 106046.
(2020). The Knidos Q and Marmaris D Shipwrecks: two small vessels with Rhodian pottery from the Late Ottoman Period. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
(2020). Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands. Scientific reports 10 (1): 1-13.
(2020). Discovery and Mapping of the Triton Seep Site, Redondo Knoll: Fluid Flow and Microbial Colonization Within an Oxygen Minimum Zone. New Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 108.
2019
(2019). Late quaternary subsidence of santa catalina island, california continental borderland, demonstrated by seismic-reflection data and fossil assemblages from submerged marine terraces. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 131(1-2): 21-42.
(2019). Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 1—Chemical Kinetics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 124(12): 8852-8868.
(2019). Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 2—Isotopic Kinetics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 124(11): 8392-8399.
(2019). Depth-dependent temperature variability in the Southern California bight
with implications for the cold-water gorgonian octocoral Adelogorgia
phyllosclera. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 514-515: 118-126.
with implications for the cold-water gorgonian octocoral Adelogorgia
phyllosclera. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 514-515: 118-126.
(2019). Investigating Lava-Balloon Formation: New Exploration of the 1993 Submarine Vent Site at Socorro Island, Mexico. MS Thesis: University of Rhode Island
(2019). Distributions of the Pelagic Holothurian Pelagothuria in the Central Pacific Ocean as Observed by Remotely-Operated Vehicle Surveys. Frontiers in Marine Science
2018
(2018). Deep-Water Archaeological Discoveries on Eratosthenes Seamount. Deep Sea Research II 150: 4-21.
(2018). Mantle‐derived helium and multiple methane sources in gas bubbles of cold seeps along the Cascadia Continental Margin. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19(11): 4476-4486.
(2018). Telepresence-Enabled Maritime Archaeological Exploration in the Deep. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 13(2): 97-121.
(2018). Deep-Water Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Part 1: Suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys 729: 1-46.
(2018). Seafloor fluid seeps on Kimki Ridge, offshore southern California: Links to active strike-slip faulting. Deep Sea Research II 150: 82-91.
(2018). The Ereğli E Shipwreck, Turkey: an early Hellenistic merchant ship in the Black Sea. The International Journal of Nautical Archeology 47(1): 57-80.
(2018). Eregli E: A Hellenistic merchant ship in the Black Sea. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 47(1): 57-80.
(2018). Archaeological survey of the ex-USS Independence (CVL22). Journal of Maritime Archaeology 13(2): 123-144.
(2018). Archaeological survey of the ex-USS Bugara. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 13(2): 191-206.
(2018). Telepresence-enabled archaeological survey and identification of S/S Coast Trader, Straits of Juan de Fuca, British Columbia, Canada. Deep Sea Research II 150: 22-29.
(2018). USS Independence’s aircraft. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 13(2): 145-166.
(2018). Passive acoustic records of seafloor methane bubble streams on the Oregon continental margin. Deep Sea Research II 150: 210-217.
(2018). Models of habitat suitability, size, and age-class structure for the deep-sea black coral Leiopathes glaberrima in the Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research II 150: 218-228.
(2018). Exploring deep-water coral communities using environmental DNA. Deep Sea Research II 150: 229-241.
(2018). Long-term impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea corals detected after seven years of monitoring. Biological Conservation 225: 117-`127.
(2018). Projecting the recovery of a long‐lived deep‐sea coral species after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using state‐structured models. Journal of Applied Ecology 55(4): 1812-1822.
(2018). In situ Observations of the Meso-Bathypelagic Scyphozoan, Deepstaria enigmatica (Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae). American Museum Novitates 3900: 1-14.
(2018). Investigating the Complex Association Between Viral Ecology, Environment, and Northeast Pacific Sea Star Wasting. New Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 77.
(2018). Tubular Nontronite-Bearing Hydrothermal Deposits from a Galapagos Seamount. Deep Sea Research II 150: 181-194.
(2018). Faunal and stable carbon isotopic analyses of benthic foraminifera from the Southeast cold seep on Kimki Ridge offshore southern California, USA. Deep Sea Research II 150: 92-117.
(2018). In situ Carbon Isotopic Exploration of an Active Submarine Volcano. Deep Sea Research II 150: 57-66.
(2018). Complementary acoustic and optical methods for characterization of diffuse venting, gas seeps, and biota distributions at hydrothermal systems: A case study at Kick’em Jenny Volcano. Deep Sea Research II 150: 67-81.
(2018). Oxygen minimum zone baseline transects for paleoceanographic reconstructions in Santa Barbara Basin, CA. Deep Sea Research II 150: 118-131.
(2018). Characterizing the deep-sea sponge grounds of Grays Canyon, Washington. Deep Sea Research II 150: 146-155.
(2018). Four new species of Hexactinellida (Porifera) and a name replacement from the NE Pacific. ZooTaxa 4466(1): 124-151.
(2018). Deep-sea hydrothermal vents as natural egg-case incubators at the Galapagos Rift. Nature 8(1): 1788.
(2018). Petrogenesis of Alkalic Seamounts in the Galapagos Islands. Deep Sea Research II 150: 170-180.
(2018). Heterogeneity of methane seep biomes in the Northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research II 150: 195-209.
Telepresence-enabled Exploration Workshops
The Ocean Exploration Trust, in partnership with the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, has hosted periodic workshops with members of the scientific community to identify and prioritize potential targets for telepresence-enabled exploration in Nautilus field program regions.
2012 Caribbean Workshop
