Conference Posters and Academic Presentations
Adams, N. (2015). Bathymetry of Kroenke Canyon. Guest Lecturer, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Honours Seminar, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS.
Ajemian, M.J., Wetz, J.J., and G.W. Stunz. (2015). Fish Community Assessment on Artificial Reefs of the Western Gulf of Mexico: Potential Impacts of “Rigs-to-Reefs” Programs. 2nd Annual Texas Artificial Reef Symposium, Corpus Christi, TX, USA.
Algar, C., et. al. (2015). A Reactive-transport Model Describing Methanogen Growth and Methane Production in Diffuse Flow Vents at Axial Seamount. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Barclay, D.R., Buckingham, M.J. Bevans, D. (2015). Ambient Noise in the Challenger Deep, Acoustics Week in Canada 2015, Halifax, Canada.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Technologies Associated with Collecting Deep-sea Life. Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of the Deep Sea and the Deep Biosphere Workshop, Shanghai, China.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Microbial Diversity in the Deep Sea. Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of the Deep Sea and the Deep Biosphere Workshop, Shanghai, China.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Microbial Trophic Dynamics as a Function of Depth. Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of the Deep Sea and the Deep Biosphere Workshop, Shanghai, China.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Deep Subsurface Microbiology. Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of the Deep Sea and the Deep Biosphere Workshop, Shanghai, China.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Genomics of Piezophiles and Other Deep-sea Microbes. Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of the Deep Sea and the Deep Biosphere Workshop, Shanghai, China.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Microbial Life in Hadal Trenches: Technology, Diversity, and Function. Marine Molecular Ecology Gordon Research Conference, Hong Kong, China.
Bartlett, D.H., Tam, J, Kwan, T, and Peoples, L. (2015). Microbial Diversity in the Mariana and Kermadec Trenches. Deep-Sea Biology Symposium 2015, Aveiro, Portugal.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Microbiology of the Kermadec, Tonga, and Mariana Trenches. Guest Lecturer, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Progress and Future of Deep-Sea Microbiological Research and Development. Guest Lecturer, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Microbial Life in Ultra-deep Ocean Habitats of the Piezosphere. Guest Lecturer, Renssellaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Hyperpiezophile Research. Ocean Worlds Meeting 2015, Washington, DC, USA.
Bartlett, D. (2015). Overview on Adaptation Mechanisms of Extremophiles. Sloan Foundation Deep Carbon Observatory Workshop on Extreme Biophysics, Washington, DC, USA.
Butterfield, D.A. and M. Lilley. (2015). Hydrothermal Discharge: Chemistry-Volatiles-Heat. NOVAE – Networked Observations and Visualizations of the Axial Environment, Seattle, WA, USA.
Cardona, Y., Ruiz,D., Baums, I.B., and A. Bracco. (2015). Potential Connectivity of Coldwater Black Coral Communities in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
Cardona, Y., Ruiz,D., Baums, I.B., and A. Bracco. (2015). Potential Connectivity of Coldwater Black Coral Communities in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. XVI Congresso Latino Americano De Ciencias Del Mar-Colacmar y XVI Seminario Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnologias del mar, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Coffin, M.F., Adams, N.J., Whittaker, J.M., Lucieer, V.L., Heckman, M., Ketter, T., Neale, J., Reyes, A.J., and A. Travers. (2015). The World’s Largest Submarine Canyon – Kroenke Canyon in the Western Equatorial Pacific. Poster Presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Cordes, E.E. (2015). Understanding the Deep Sea in the Anthropocene: Oil Spills and Ocean Acidification Threaten Deep Water Corals in the the Gulf of Mexico. Guest Lecturer, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, USA.
Dannenberg, R., Baums, I., Ruiz, D., and C. Fisher. (2015). Deep Sea Coral-associated Bacterial Community Composition Analysis Using 16S rDNA. 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
Drazen, J., Nunnally, C., Gerringer, M., Fryer, P., Yancey, P., Jamieson, A., Linley, T., Shank, T., et. al. (2015). Studying the Biology of the Mariana Trench, the Deepest Place on Earth. Guest Lecturer, Science Cafe, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Drazen, J., Sackett, D., Moriwake, V., Misa, W., Moore, C., Demarke, C., and C. Kelley. (2015). Evaluating Bottomfish Restricted Fishing Areas Using Stereo Video Cameras: An Update on Recent Results. 2015 NOAA Bottomfish Workshop, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Drazen, J., Fryer, P., Jamieson, A., Mayor, D., Piertney, S., Yancey, P., Shank, T., Demopoulos, A., and C. Young. (2015). Studying the Biology of the Mariana Trench, the Deepest Place on Earth. Guest Lecturer, University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Guam, USA.
Fisher, C. (2015). Mechanisms of Impact from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to Corals and Associated Communities in the Deep Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
Fisher, C. (2015). Anthropogenic impact to the Earth’s Final Frontier. Guest Lecturer, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
Fisher, C. (2015). Covered with Oil in the Ivory Tower. Guest Lecturer, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Fisher, C. (2015). Update on the Status of Deep Water Corals Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal.
Fortunato, C.S. and J.A. Huber. (2015). Understanding the Diversity of Microbes across Gradient-driven Environments, from Estuaries to the Deep-sea. Guest Lecturer, Friday Informed Seminar Hour, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA, USA.
Fortunato, C.S. and J.A. Huber. (2015). Comparing Chemolithoautotrophic Subseafloor Communities Across Gradients Using Meta-omics and RNA-SIP. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Fryer, P. (2015). Three Good Reasons to Care About the Bottom of the Ocean. Guest Lecturer, Hanauma Bay Education Program, Hanuama Bay, HI, USA.
Gerringer, M., Linley, T., Jamieson, A., Drazen, J., Scott-Murray, A., and D. Stein. (2015). A Newly Discovered Hadal Liparid (Pisces: Liparidae) from the Mariana Trench. Marine Alliance of Science and Technology Scotland Annual Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland.
Gerringer, M.E., Yancey, P.H., Davydov, D., and J.C. Drazen. (2015). Trends in Metabolic Enzyme Activities and Pressure Related Changes in Maximum Reaction Rate of Lactase Dehydrogenase in Abyssal and Hadal Fishes. 14th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal.
Giorli, G. (2015). Deep Diving Odontocetes Foraging Strategies and Their Prey Field as Determined by Acoustic Techniques. Guest Lecturer, Universita’ di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Girard, F., Berlet, S.P., and C. Fisher. (2015). Understanding the impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Coral Communities in the Deep Gulf of Mexico: The Importance of Symbiosis. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
Hananto, N., Singh, S., Tapponnier, P., Sieh, K., Carton, H., Leclerc, F., Carson, S., Wei, S., Nugroho, A., Avianto, P., Gemilang, W., Duperray, R., Permana, H., et. al. (2015). Evidence of Frontal Rupturing in the Mentawai Gap, SW Sumatra, Newly Acquired High-Resolution Reflection and Bathymetry Data. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Hicks, D. et. al. (2015). 3D Undersea Adventure (featuring underwater video relic of coral reef banks in the southern Gulf of Mexico taken from a Remotely Operated Vehicle deployed from Falkor of the Schmidt Ocean Institute). Guest Lecturer, Oceanarium, Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, TX, USA.
Hicks, D. et. al. (2015). 3D Marine Biology (featuring underwater video relic of coral reef banks in the southern Gulf of Mexico taken from a Remotely Operated Vehicle deployed from Falkor of the Schmidt Ocean Institute). Guest Lecturer, Lee H. Means Elementary School, Harlingen, TX, USA.
Hicks, D. et. al (2015). Texas Coral Reefs (featuring 3D underwater video relic of coral reef banks in the southern Gulf of Mexico taken from a Remotely Operated Vehicle deployed from Falkor of the Schmidt Ocean Institute). Guest Lecturer, University of Texas at Brownsville (Upward Bound Program), Brownsville, TX, USA.
Huber, J.A. (2015). Microbes, Fluids and Rocks: Life Beneath the Seafloor. Guest Lecturer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Huber, J.A. (2015). Carbon Cycling Beneath the Seafloor. Gordon Research Conference on Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Mount Holyoke, MA, USA.
Huber, J.A. (2015). How Geochemical Landscapes Shape Seafloor Microbial Communities at Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents. Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Oceanography, Holdren, NJ, USA.
Huber, J.A., Juniper, K., and J.F. Holdren. (2015). Microbial and Viral Research at Axial Seamount. NOVAE – Networked Observations and Visualizations of the Axial Environment, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ivey, Greg. (2015). Ocean-coral Reef Connectivity: Physics Meets Biology. Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Lyon, France.
Ivey, Greg. (2015). Ocean – reef Interactions, Scott Reef, Western Australia: Physics Meets Biology. Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, Scotland.
Jamieson, A., Linley, T.D., Ritchie, H, et. al. (2015). Bathymetric Trends in Fish and Amphipods across Bathyal, Abyssal, and Hadal Depths in Multiple Trenches. 14th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal.
Johansen, C., Todd, A.C., Silva, M., Shedd, W, and I.R. MacDonald. (2015). Variability and Quantification of Oil and Gas Bubble Release from Natural Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA.
Joye, S.B. (2015). Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Microbial Communities Resulting from the Macondo Discharge. Appl. Envr. Microbiology Gordon Conference, South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA.
Joye, S.B. (2015). Dispersant Impacts on Microbial Community Evolution and Activity in the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater. Guest Lecturer, University of Georgia School of Public Health, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Kelley, C. (2015). The Strange and Wonderful Seafloor of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument: New Maps and New Insights from 72 days on the Falkor. Guest Lecturer, Maui Ocean Center, Maui, Hawaii, USA.
Ketter, T., Coffin, M.F., Adams, N., Heckman, M., Lucieer, V., Neale, J., Reyes, A., Travers, A., and J. Whittaker. (2015). Multibeam Bathymetric Mapping of the Kroenke Canyon, Ontong Java Plateau, Aboard Falkor. Poster Presentation at 12th Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association for Aquatic Sciences, Herzliya, Israel.
Lee, Randall. (2015). Microplastics in the Tasman Sea, Victorian Littler Action Alliance, Victoria, AUS
Linley, T.D., Stewart, A., McMillan, P., et. al. (2015). The Loss of Scavenging Fish Fauna at the Abyssal/Hadal Transition and the Implications of Trench Systems with Atypical Vertical Zonation. 14th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal.
McCulloch, M. (2015). Unveiling the Perth Canyon and its Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Future of Marine Ecosystems Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS.
Nunnally, C.C., Drazen, J.C., Grammatopoulou, E., Mayor, D.J., Shank, T.S. (2015). Measurements of Individual and Community Respiration Rates Using In Situ Respirometers in Deep-sea Trenches. 14th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal.
Pinkel, R., et. al. (2015). The Tasman Tidal Dissipation Experiment: Tidal Mixing, Scattering, and Reflection on the East Tasman Slope. 26th IUGG General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic.
Richards, K. (2015). Mixing in the Central Equatorial Pacific: Results from FK15072. Guest Lecturer, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Rouxel, O., Bekker, A., Slack, J., and B. Glazer. (2015). Seafloor Hydrothermal Deposits: Modern Analogues for Precambrian Iron Formations. Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, Czech Republic.
Shank, T.M., Drazen, J., Yancey, P., et. al. (2015). Hadal Ecosystems Studies 2014: Examining Relationships of Pressure, Food Supply, Topography, and Adaptive Evolution in the Kermadec and Mariana Trenches. 14th Deep-sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal.
Shapiro, M. (2015). Rediscovering the Northwest Hawaiian Ridge. Invited presentation at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Kilauea Volcano, Volcano, HI, USA.
Singh, S., Hananto, N., Leclerc, F., Wei, S., Carton, H., Tapponnier, P., Sieh, K., and Y. Qin. (2015). Direct Seafloor Imaging of the 2012 Wharton Basin Great Strike-slip Earthquakes Rupture Zones. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Watson, S.J., Whittaker, J.M., Lucieer, V., and M.F. Coffin. (2015). The Ontong Java Plateau Uncovered: Mapping the Seafloor Surrounding Ontong Java and Nukumanu Atolls. Poster Presentation at 7th International Symposium on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Wellington, New Zealand.
Journal Publications
Ajemian, M.J., Wetz, J.J., Shively, J.D., Shipley-Lozano, B., and G.W. Stunz. (2015). An Analysis of Artificial Reef Fish Community Structure Along the Texas Coast: Potential Consequences of “Rigs-to-Reefs” Programs. PLoS One 10(5): e0126354. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126354.
Ajemian, M.J., Wetz, J.J., Shipley-Lozano, B., and G.W. Stunz. (2015). Rapid Assessment of Fish Communities on Oil and Gas Platform Reefs Using Remotely Operated Vehicles. Fish. Res. 167: 143-155.
Daneshgar Asl, Amos, J.F., Woods, P., Garcia-Pineda, O., and I.R. MacDonald. (2015). Chronic, Anthropogenic, Hydrocarbon Discharges in the Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.12.010.
DeLeo, D.M., Ruiz-Ramos, D., Baums I.B., and E.E. Cordes. (2015). Response of Deep-water Corals to Oil and Chemical Dispersant Exposure. Deep Sea Research II. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.028.
Garcia-Pineda, O.M., Macdonald, I.R., Silva, M., Shedd, W., Daneshgar Asl, and B. Shumaker. (2015). Transience and Persistence of Natural Hydrocarbon Seepage in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.05.011.
Kelley, C., et. al. (2015). New Insights from Seafloor Mapping of a Hawaiian Marine Monument. EOS, 96. DOI: 10.1029/2015/EO030235.
Kleindienst, S., Grim, S., Sogin, M., Crespo-Medina, M., and S.B. Joye. (2015). The Response of Diverse Low-abundance Bacteria to a Deep-sea Hydrocarbon Plume. The ISME Journal. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.121.
Pinkel, R., et. al. (2015). Breaking Internal Tides Keep the Ocean in Balance. EOS, 96, DOI: 10.1029/201EO039555.
Ruiz-Ramos, D.V., Saunders, M., Fisher, C.R., and I.B. Baums. (2015). Home Bodies and Wanderers: Sympatric Lineages of the Deep-sea Black Coral Leiopathes glaberrima. PLos ONE 2015, 10(10):e0138989.
Ziervogel, K., Dike, C., Asper, V., Montoya, J., Battles, J., D’souza, N., Passow, U., Diercks, A., Esch, M., Joye, S., Dewald, C., and C. Arnosti. (2015). Enhanced Particle Fluxes and Heterotrophic Bacterial Activities in the Gulf of Mexico Bottom Waters Following Storm-Induced Sediment Resuspension. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.06.017.
Student Thesis & Dissertations
Adams, Nicholas. (2015). Physical and Morphological Characteristics of the Kroenke Submarine Canyon on the Ontong Java Plateau. Bachelor of Science Honours Thesis, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS.
Giorli, Giacomo. (2015). Deep Diving Odontocetes Foraging Strategies and Their Prey Field as Determined by Acoustic Techniques. PhD Dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Monoa, Hawaii, USA.
Rodriguez, Rebekah. (2015). Assessing Coral Communities Inhabiting Relict Reefs off the South Texas Coast. M.S. Thesis, University of Texas Brownsville, Brownsville, TX, USA.
Books
Nestor, J. (2015), Deep (Revised Edition). 281 pp, Mariner Books.