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HURL Research Projects
2011 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Wiltshire, John |
3 |
3 |
0 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Nilsson, Joakim |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Survey of the Proposed Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning Pipe Route |
| Drazen, Jeff |
0 |
3 |
1 |
Measuring Animal Metabolism in Hawaiian Bathyal Environments |
| Parrish, Frank |
0 |
10 |
11 |
Investigating the Deep Coral Reefs of Hawai‘i |
| Johnstone, Gary |
7 |
8 |
0 |
Marine Investigation of Lo‘ihi Seamount and Deep Sea Precious Corals |
| Kahng, Sam |
0 |
3 |
1 |
Recolonization and community succession of deep-water coral communities in response to disturbance |
| Clague, David |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Evidence for Miocene and Younger Glacial/Deglacial Climate Variability from Drowned Coral Reefs around Gardner Pinnacles |
| Baco-Taylor, Amy |
6 |
0 |
1 |
Biology of the Enigmatic Necker Ridge |
| Sea Engineering |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Sand Island Outfall Survey |
2011 TOTAL |
25 |
28 |
14 |
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2010 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Wiltshire, John |
3 |
4 |
0 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Fletcher, Charles |
0 |
2 |
4 |
The Glacial Sea Level Lowstand Shoreline in the Main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
| Howe, Bruce |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Sea Glider Recovery |
| Parrish, Frank |
5 |
0 |
3 |
Investigating the Deep Coral Reefs of Hawai‘i |
| Kelley, Christopher |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Ocean Floor Survey Extension |
| Drazen, Jeff |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Measuring Animal Metabolism in Hawaiian Bathyal Environments |
2010 TOTAL |
11 |
11 |
8 |
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2009 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Wiltshire, John |
6 |
5 |
3 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Montgomery, Tony |
3 |
0 |
8 |
Investigating the Deep Coral Reefs of Hawai‘i |
| Parrish, Frank |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Precious Coral Study Site Dive |
| Moffitt, Robert |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Collection of bottomfish community faunal organisms |
| McDermid, Karla |
0 |
2 |
0 |
The Lower Limit of Light-Harvesting: An Examination of Photosynthetic Capacity and Population Structure of Deep-water Benthic Algae Using In Situ Active Fluorescence and Submersible Conducted Survey Techniques. |
| Fowler, Mark |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Marine Archaeological Investigation and Survey of the I-400 and I-401 |
| Wolfinger, Kirk |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Investigation of the Japanese Midget submarines |
| Parrish, Frank |
0 |
5 |
8 |
Investigating the Deep Coral Reefs of Hawai‘i |
| Kelley, Christopher |
5 |
0 |
1 |
Megafauna of Deep Seamounts and Ridges in the NWHI Monument |
| Montgomery, Tony |
0 |
2 |
1 |
Black Coral Density and Uncertain Taxonomy: What are the implications for the black coral fishery? |
| Smith, John R. |
0 |
0 |
11 |
Hawai'i Inter-island Cable Project Ocean Floor Survey |
| Edwards, Margo |
4 |
12 |
6 |
Hawai‘i Undersea Chemical Weapons Assessment |
| Kahng, Sam |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Impact of Carijoa sp. on black coral habitat in Hawaii |
| Kelley, Christopher |
2 |
0 |
3 |
Bottomfish Habitat Survey and Movement: Value and Effectiveness of State Restricted Fishing Areas and Fishery Effects on Precious Corals |
| Kelley, Christopher |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Review and refinement of the EFH and HAPC designations for the Hawaiian Bottomfish Deep Species Complex |
2009 TOTAL |
24 |
31 |
33 |
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2008 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Montgomery, Tony |
3 |
0 |
8 |
Investigating the Deep Coral Reefs of Hawai‘i |
| Parrish, Frank |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Precious Coral Study Site Dive |
2008 TOTAL |
4 |
0 |
9 |
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2007 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Wiltshire, John |
3 |
5 |
1 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Dunbar, Robert |
0 |
6 |
6 |
Decadal to Centennial Climate Variability Revealed by Deep Sea Corals from the Central North Pacific Gyre |
| Moffitt, Robert |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Collection of bottomfish community faunal organisms |
| Parrish, Frank |
0 |
7 |
7 |
Age and growth validation of gold coral |
| Olson, David |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Deep Investigation of Mauna Kea: Parts I& II |
| War, Jan |
0 |
2 |
0 |
Inspection and Survey of NELHA Deepwater Intake Pipes |
| Montgomery, Tony |
4 |
1 |
6 |
Investigating the Deep Coral Reefs of Hawai‘i |
| Kelley, Christopher |
0 |
7 |
5 |
Megafauna of Deep Seamounts and Ridges in the NWHI Monument |
2007 TOTAL |
9 |
31 |
28 |
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2006 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Wiltshire, John |
5 |
3 |
4 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Boland, Raymond |
3 |
0 |
13 |
Resurvey of Deep Artificial Reefs at Penguin Bank for Fish Community Structure and Invasive Coral Species |
| Fletcher, Charles |
0 |
3 |
2 |
The Glacial Sea Level Lowstand Shoreline In the Main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
| Grigg, Richard |
2 |
0 |
4 |
Ecological Impacts of Carijoa riisei on Black Coral Habitat |
| Houghton, Bruce |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Lo‘ihi's pyroclastic deposits: Interpreting explosive submarine eruptions and their effect |
| McDermid, Karla |
0 |
3 |
2 |
The Lower Limit of Light-Harvesting: An Examination of Photosynthetic Capacity and Population Structure of Deep-water Benthic Algae Using In Situ Active Fluorescence and Submersible Conducted Survey Techniques |
| Moffitt, Robert |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Collection of bottomfish community faunal organisms Exploration of the deep slopes of the US Line and Phoenix Islands to investigate the biogeography of deepwater fish and corals, and identify paleo-shorelines |
| Mogk, Seth |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Laser line scan (LLS) system salvage |
| Parrish, Frank |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Exploration of the deep slopes of the US Line and Phoenix Islands to investigate the biogeography of deepwater fish and corals, and identify paleo-shorelines |
| Polhemus, Dan |
3 |
0 |
5 |
Boundaries and Bridges: Efficacy of marine protected areas for deep-slope snappers |
| Potts, Donald |
7 |
0 |
13 |
Drowned reefs off Hilo and their implications for reef development and climate change during the Late Pleistocene. |
| Smith, Celia |
10 |
0 |
15 |
Exploration of Deep-water Macroalgal Meadows in the Main Hawaiian Islands |
| Smith, Craig |
1 |
12 |
0 |
Canyon & Scavenger Communities of the Main & Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
2006 TOTAL |
39 |
21 |
59 |
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2005 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
3 |
2 |
2 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Parrish, Frank |
4 |
2 |
0 |
Exploration of the deep slopes of the US Line and Phoenix Islands to investigate the biogeography of deepwater fish and corals, and identify paleo-shorelines |
| Dunbar, Robert |
4 |
1 |
1 |
Past Decadal-Centennial Climate Variability Revealed by Deep Sea Corals from the Central North Pacific Gyre |
| Wright, Dawn |
0 |
3 |
0 |
Mapping Benthic Habitats of the Eastern American Samoan Islands |
| Staudigel, Hubert |
0 |
4.5 |
2 |
Vailulu'u Seamount: Exploring a New Hydrothermal System and Microbial Mediation of Basaltic Glass Alteration. |
| Young, Craig |
0 |
4.5 |
2 |
Ecological patterns in deep-sea macro- and microbiotic communities on Vailulu'u Seamount and Ta'u Island, American Samoa |
| Graves, Michael |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Investigation of the submerged remains of the Taiwanese fishing vessel Jin Shiang Fa, which ran aground at Rose Atoll in October 1993 |
| Embley, Robert |
0 |
17 |
3 |
New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire Legs I & II |
| Slattery, Marc |
0 |
6 |
0 |
THE NIUST-OBCR Extremophile Cruise to Kermadec Arc NZ |
| Stoffers, Peter |
6 |
7 |
9 |
Submersible Investigations of the Tonga-Kermadec arc using PISCES |
| Maragos, James |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Deep reef slope investigation of the marine biodiversity of the southwestern side of Rose Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, American Samoa |
| Van Tilburg, Hans |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Survey of the Japanese midget submarine outside of Pearl Harbor |
2005 TOTAL |
19 |
51 |
19 |
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2004 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
4 |
5 |
2 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Au, Whitlow |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Simultaneous Video and Acoustic Investigation of Mesopelagic Boundary Layer Structure |
| Fletcher, Charles |
0 |
1 |
0 |
The Glacial Sea Level Lowstand Shoreline In the Main and Northwest Hawaiian Islands |
| Dunbar, Robert |
0 |
6 |
0 |
Decadal to Centennial Climate Variability Revealed by Deep Sea Corals from the Central North Pacific Gyre |
| Smith, Celia |
0 |
9 |
4 |
Exploration of Deep-water Macroalgal Meadows in the Main Hawaiian Islands |
| Sansone, Frank |
0 |
7 |
0 |
Temporal Evolution of Lō‘ihi Seamount Following the 1996 Seismic Event |
| McDermid, Karla |
0 |
7 |
1 |
The lower limit of light-harvesting: an examination of photosynthetic capacity and population structure of deep-water benthic algae using in situ active fluorescence and submersible-conducted survey techniques. |
| Ishidaka, Kenji |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Video Survey of the Japanese Midget Submarine off Pearl Harbor |
| Grigg, Richard |
0 |
6 |
4 |
The Ecological Impact of an Alien Marine Invertebrate on Hawai‘i’s Deep Water Coral Reef Community |
| Baco-Taylor, Amy |
0 |
8 |
12 |
Deep Sea Precious Corals as Habitat for Macroinvertebrates in Hawaii |
| Van Tilburg, Hans |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Oahu Defensive Sea Area Marine Heritage Inventory: Submersible Based Video and Sonar Documentation and Sidescan Ground Truthing |
2004 TOTAL |
7 |
53 |
24 |
|
2003 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
5 |
4 |
3 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Smith, Craig |
12 |
0 |
10 |
Submarine-Canyon and Scavenger Communities on the Hawaiian Slope |
| Staudigel, Hubert |
0 |
6 |
0 |
The impact of volcanic and hydrothermal materials on nutrient and chemical fluxes in the ocean: Exposure experiments and in situ innoulcations off Hawaii |
| Atkins, Paul |
0 |
1 |
0 |
PBS Special |
| Wiltshire, John |
3 |
3 |
0 |
National Marine Sanctuaries/OE survey of Japanese Midget Submarine |
| Kelley, Christopher |
0 |
6 |
6 |
The Impact of Bottomfishing on RPAs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve: Year 3 Survey |
| Grigg, Richard |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Bottom survey of benthic resources |
| Smith, Craig |
12 |
0 |
8 |
Submarine-Canyon and Scavenger Communities on the Hawaiian Slope |
| Parrish, Frank |
7 |
1 |
4 |
Characterization of deepwater fish and precious corals on the seamounts neighboring Hawaii’s most remote monk seal colonies. |
| Baco-Taylor, Amy |
0 |
10 |
14 |
Reproductive biology and population genetics of Hawaiian precious corals |
| Baco-Taylor, Amy |
0 |
13 |
22 |
Seamount Surveys of Deep-Water Coral Distributions as Related to Geological Setting in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
2003 TOTAL |
39 |
45 |
67 |
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2002 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
5 |
5 |
2 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Smith, Craig |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Precious corals in the Hawaiian Islands: Management units determined by molecular genetics |
| Young, Craig |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Ecological roles and faunal associates of abundant hexactinellid sponges on the Hawaiian Slope |
| Staudigel, Hubert |
4 |
5 |
0 |
The impact of volcanic and hydrothermal materials on nutrient and chemical fluxes in the ocean: Exposure experiments and in situ innoulcations off Hawaii |
| Moffitt, Robert |
12 |
0 |
21 |
Effectiveness of refugia on bottomfish stocks |
| Wiltshire, John |
4 |
2 |
0 |
Discovery Channel: Survey of the Japanese Midget Submarine |
| Kelley, Christopher |
10 |
0 |
18 |
The Impact of Bottomfishing on RPAs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve: Year 2 Survey |
| Grigg, Richard |
1 |
0 |
12 |
Bottom survey of benthic resources |
| Kelley, Christopher |
6 |
0 |
0 |
A survey of bottomfish habitat in the Kahoolawe Island Reserve: Defining a benchmark for th eState of Hawaii's restricted fishing areas |
| Parrish, Frank |
4 |
0 |
5 |
Exploring the habitat and species assemblages of the Northampton Seamounts with specific attention to sites visited by the endangered Hawaiian monk seal |
| Coffin, Richard |
0 |
8 |
0 |
International Ocean Carbon Sequestration Experiment |
2002 TOTAL |
48 |
22 |
60 |
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2001 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
4 |
3 |
6 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Grau, Gordon |
7 |
0 |
13 |
Characterization and assessment of two types of critical habitat for eteline snappers in the Main Hawaiian Islands |
| Young, Craig |
0 |
9 |
24 |
Ecological roles and faunal associates of abundant hexactinellid sponges on the Hawaiian Slope |
| Parrish, Frank |
6 |
3 |
5 |
The impact of harvesting precious corals on resident deepwater fish assemblages and monk seal forage base |
| Grigg, Richard |
0 |
7 |
7 |
Sustainability of the black coral fishery in Hawaii and impacts on bottomfish habitat |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Loihi safety check and pressure sensor recover/deployment |
| Kelley, Christopher |
0 |
7 |
18 |
The Impact of Bottomfishing on RPAs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve: Year 1 Survey |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
0 |
8 |
0 |
MarBEC: Extremophile collection |
2001 TOTAL |
17 |
38 |
73 |
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2000 Dive Summary
| Principal Investigator |
Pisces IV |
Pisces V |
ROV |
Project |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
13 |
9 |
4 |
HURL: Test & Training |
| Smith, Craig |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Precious corals in the Hawaiian Islands: Management units determined by molecular genetics |
| Parrish, Frank |
3 |
3 |
5 |
Aggregation of deepwater fish communities to precious coral beds: Implications of coral harvest to sub-photic seal foraging |
| Malahoff, Alexander |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Loihi safety check and pressure sensor recover/deployment |
| Coffin, Richard |
6 |
0 |
0 |
ONR Site Survey & Sampling |
2000 TOTAL |
26 |
15 |
12 |
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