04/21/2012,02:35:30,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 2135 hours.  Currently, the ROV is on deck and we are conducting multibeam mapping operations 200km off the coast of Louisianna.  The ROV is scheduled to dive at 0800. The water depth at our position is approximately 1000m. Our present heading is 122° at a position of 27° 41'N, 089° 44'W.  
04/21/2012,04:13:32,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 2315 hours.  Currently, the ROV is on deck and we are conducting multibeam mapping operations about 200km off the coast of Louisianna.  The ROV is scheduled to dive at 0800. The water depth at our position is approximately 1100m. Our present heading is 46° at a position of 27° 33'N, 089° 44'W.
04/21/2012,06:25:18,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0125 hours.  Currently, the ROV is on deck and we are conducting multibeam mapping operations about 200km off the coast of Louisianna.  The ROV is scheduled to dive at 0800. The water depth at our position is approximately 1200m. Our present heading is 270° at a position of 27° 30'N, 089° 50'W.  
04/21/2012,07:34:24,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0230 hours.  Currently, the ROV is on deck and we are conducting multibeam mapping operations about 200km off the coast of Louisianna.  The ROV is scheduled to dive at 0800. The water depth at our position is approximately 1200m. Our present heading is 270° at a position of 27° 31'N, 090° 01'W.
04/21/2012,09:05:25,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0405 hours.  Currently, the ROV is on deck and we are conducting multibeam mapping operations about 200km off the coast of Louisianna.  The ROV is scheduled to dive at 0800. The water depth at our position is approximately 1200m. Our present heading is 270° at a position of 27° 31'N, 090° 20'W.  
04/21/2012,10:06:13,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0505 hours.  Currently, the ROV is on deck and we are conducting multibeam mapping operations about 200km off the coast of Louisianna.  The ROV is scheduled to dive at 0800. The water depth at our position is approximately 1300m. Our present heading is 325° at a position of 27° 28'N, 090° 30'W.  
04/21/2012,11:08:35,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0607 hours.  Currently, the ROV is on deck and we are conducting multibeam mapping operations around dive site GC407 about 200km off the coast of Louisianna.  The ROV is scheduled to dive at 0800. The water depth at our position is approximately 1000m. Our present heading is 227° at a position of 27° 31'N, 090° 29'W.
04/21/2012,12:04:24,okeanosexplorer,  This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 0700 hours. Currently, the ship is holding station on the dive site GC407 about 200km off the coast of Louisianna and preparing to dive. The water depth at our position is approximately 1000m at a position of 27° 31'N, 090° 27'W.  
04/21/2012,12:13:37,mckinleyfreeman,Hey guys this is Stennis - are you able to hear us?
04/21/2012,13:30:25,kelleyelliott,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Kelley Elliott speaking. The local EX time is 0830 hours. The ship is currently on station at dive site GC470. Deployment of the ROV is delayed until storms pass through. The water depth at our position is approximately 1075m at a position of 27° 30.24'N, 090° 26.67'W.  
04/21/2012,14:17:18,Jamie Austin,Little Herc is in the water.  This is Dive 09, on Green Canyon (GC) block 470.  This is an exploration dive, on a high within this area which previous bathymetric and acoustic mapping has identified a number of potential seep localities.  We will proceed around the perimeter of this high in a general clockwise fashion.  We expect ~6 hrs on the seafloor, but that will be dependent on weather.  Along the way, we will be investigating interesting outcrops/geology and biological discoveries.  The water depth will vary slightly, but will be in the vicinity of 1000-1100 m.
04/21/2012,14:21:15,Jamie Austin,Vehicles are passing 200 m.
04/21/2012,14:25:27,Jamie Austin,Vehicles passing 300 m.
04/21/2012,14:29:50,Jamie Austin,Vehicles passing 400 m.
04/21/2012,14:31:24,catrionamunro,Good morning everyone. Here are the dive codes: 
04/21/2012,Taxa
04/21/2012,ACN - Actinaria (anemone)
04/21/2012,APH - Amphipod
04/21/2012,ART - Arthropod
04/21/2012,ASR - Asteroid
04/21/2012,BAR - Barnacle
04/21/2012,BIO - Biology (Unspecified)
04/21/2012,BIV - Bivalve
04/21/2012,BRA - Brachiopod
04/21/2012,BRY - Bryozoan
04/21/2012,CHI - Chiton
04/21/2012,CHN - Chondrichthyes
04/21/2012,CLA - Clams
04/21/2012,CNI - Cnidarian
04/21/2012,COP - Copepods
04/21/2012,COR - Coral
04/21/2012,CORB - Black
04/21/2012,CORL - Lophelia
04/21/2012,CORM - Madrepora
04/21/2012,CORO - Octocoral
04/21/2012,CORP - Paramuricea
04/21/2012,CORS - Stylasterid
04/21/2012,CRA - Crab
04/21/2012,CRI - Crinoid
04/21/2012,CTE - Ctenophore
04/21/2012,DAN - Dandelion
04/21/2012,ECN - Echiuran
04/21/2012,EGG - Egg (case)
04/21/2012,EEL - Eel
04/21/2012,FEC - fecal (matter)
04/21/2012,FSH - Fish
04/21/2012,FOR - Foraminiferan
04/21/2012,GAS - Gastropods (not limpets)
04/21/2012,GRO - Gromiid
04/21/2012,HOL - Holutharian
04/21/2012,HYD - Hydroid
04/21/2012,ISO - Isopod
04/21/2012,JFH - Jellyfish
04/21/2012,LAR - Larvacean house
04/21/2012,LIM - Limpets
04/21/2012,LOB - Lobster
04/21/2012,MAT - Bacterial (Mat)
04/21/2012,MUC - Unidentified mucus structure
04/21/2012,MOL - Mollusk
04/21/2012,MUS - Mussels
04/21/2012,NUD - Nudibranch
04/21/2012,OCT - Octopus
04/21/2012,OPH - Ophiuroid
04/21/2012,PAG - Pagurid (hermit)
04/21/2012,PEN - Pennatulacean
04/21/2012,POL - Polychaete
04/21/2012,PTE -  Pteropod
04/21/2012,PYC - Pycnogonid
04/21/2012,RIF - Riftia
04/21/2012,SAL - Salp
04/21/2012,SCA - Scale (worm)
04/21/2012,SER - Serpulid worm
04/21/2012,SHI - Shrimp
04/21/2012,SPA - Spaghetti Worms
04/21/2012,SPO - Sponge
04/21/2012,SQA - Squat Lobster
04/21/2012,SQD - Squid
04/21/2012,STR - mucus string
04/21/2012,TUB - Tubeworms (not Riftia)
04/21/2012,TUN - Tunicate
04/21/2012,UNI - unidentified animal
04/21/2012,URC - Urchin
04/21/2012,USO - Unidentified Sessile Object
04/21/2012,WOD - Wood
04/21/2012,WOR - Worm
04/21/2012,XEN - Xenophyophoran
04/21/2012,ZOA - Zoanthid
04/21/2012,Lava Morphology
04/21/2012,TAL - Talus
04/21/2012,PIL - Pillow
04/21/2012,ENT - Entrail
04/21/2012,LOB - Lobate
04/21/2012,SHE - Sheet
04/21/2012,FOL - Folded
04/21/2012,JUM - Jumbled
04/21/2012,HAC - Hackly
04/21/2012,Sediment Cover
04/21/2012,LIG - Light
04/21/2012,POC - Partial/Pockets
04/21/2012,HEA - Heavy/Coalescent
04/21/2012,BLA - Blanket
04/21/2012,Feature
04/21/2012,ASG - Axial Summit Graben
04/21/2012,AVR - Axial Volcanic Ridge
04/21/2012,CAR - Carbonate
04/21/2012,CLI - Cliff
04/21/2012,COL - Collapse
04/21/2012,CON - Contact
04/21/2012,FAU - Fault
04/21/2012,FIS - Fissure
04/21/2012,HAY - Haystack
04/21/2012,HYX - Hydrothermal
04/21/2012,PIL - Pillar
04/21/2012,SCP - Scarp
04/21/2012,SEP - Seep
04/21/2012,14:31:58,santiagoherrera,WHOI started recording EX1203_DIVE08_20120420_1.ts
04/21/2012,14:32:17,santiagoherrera,correction EX1203_DIVE09_20120421_1.ts
04/21/2012,14:34:23,Jamie Austin,Vehicles have passed 500 m.
04/21/2012,14:37:24,Erin Becker,Vehicles passing 600 m.
04/21/2012,14:41:14,Erin Becker,Vehicles passing 700 m
04/21/2012,14:45:10,Erin Becker,Vehicles passing 800 m
04/21/2012,14:50:02,Erin Becker,Vehicles passing 920 m
04/21/2012,14:53:30,Erin Becker,Vehicles passing 1000 m
04/21/2012,14:54:05,santiagoherrera,getting close
04/21/2012,14:54:26,santiagoherrera,on bottom
04/21/2012,14:54:32,santiagoherrera,SED
04/21/2012,14:54:50,santiagoherrera,FSH
04/21/2012,14:54:57,santiagoherrera,CRA
04/21/2012,14:55:24,michaelvecchione,CRA
04/21/2012,14:55:38,robertcarney,mud bottom
04/21/2012,14:55:53,Jamie Austin,We have visual of the seafloor with Little Herc.  
04/21/2012,14:56:06,michaelvecchione,FSH
04/21/2012,14:56:13,robertcarney,fsh w/ ~uniform orientation
04/21/2012,14:57:06,michaelvecchione,multiple FSHes
04/21/2012,14:57:25,santiagoherrera,FSH
04/21/2012,14:57:53,santiagoherrera,FSH
04/21/2012,14:57:58,robertcarney,shi
04/21/2012,14:58:06,santiagoherrera,moving over soft-smooth SED
04/21/2012,14:58:34,Jamie Austin,Relatively flat seafloor.  We are on top of a high within this area.
04/21/2012,14:59:37,santiagoherrera,SHI
04/21/2012,14:59:39,santiagoherrera,FSH
04/21/2012,14:59:52,santiagoherrera,some staining on sediment
04/21/2012,15:00:07,robertcarney,mud small patched redish sed
04/21/2012,15:00:54,Jamie Austin,We will proceed to the first seep site at 0.15 kt.
04/21/2012,15:01:07,santiagoherrera,FSH 
04/21/2012,15:01:11,catrionamunro,CHN
04/21/2012,15:01:13,santiagoherrera,CHN chimera
04/21/2012,15:01:13,robertcarney,haffish?
04/21/2012,15:01:33,robertcarney,ech probiscis lft
04/21/2012,15:01:52,michaelvecchione,chimera
04/21/2012,15:02:22,robertcarney,sed only low bio-sculpted bottom conspicuous tubes & tuts absent here
04/21/2012,15:03:13,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:03:19,robertcarney,fsh w/ spots?
04/21/2012,15:03:30,robertcarney,red/brown stain
04/21/2012,15:03:53,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,15:04:10,michaelvecchione,eelpout
04/21/2012,15:04:44,robertcarney,small "biopits" w/ sharper edges w/in stain
04/21/2012,15:05:09,robertcarney,skid wipes out stain...must be onlu surficial
04/21/2012,15:05:25,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,15:06:27,robertcarney,fsh eelpout?
04/21/2012,15:06:36,robertcarney,no audio?
04/21/2012,15:06:59,Erin Becker,are you not hearing us?
04/21/2012,15:07:05,robertcarney,fsh 2
04/21/2012,15:07:14,santiagoherrera,we hear you loud and clear here at WHOI
04/21/2012,15:07:25,robertcarney,no can't hear vis I-2 at LSU
04/21/2012,15:07:40,santiagoherrera,FSH eelpout
04/21/2012,15:07:54,santiagoherrera,I must clarify, we only hear you through the RTS
04/21/2012,15:07:59,santiagoherrera,EEL
04/21/2012,15:08:12,robertcarney,fsh number notable
04/21/2012,15:08:18,robertcarney,probosis
04/21/2012,15:08:29,robertcarney,stain red/broen
04/21/2012,15:08:35,michaelvecchione,synaphobranchid = cutthroat eel
04/21/2012,15:08:35,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:08:52,michaelvecchione,a lot of fish diversity here
04/21/2012,15:09:10,santiagoherrera,lots of rattails
04/21/2012,15:09:16,catrionamunro,CRA
04/21/2012,15:09:20,robertcarney,cra
04/21/2012,15:09:33,robertcarney,mud covered
04/21/2012,15:09:34,santiagoherrera,FSH eelpout
04/21/2012,15:09:57,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:10:03,santiagoherrera,SHI
04/21/2012,15:10:30,santiagoherrera,not too much in terms of big echinoderm fauna here
04/21/2012,15:10:36,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:10:57,santiagoherrera,many rattails
04/21/2012,15:11:47,robertcarney,meiofauna refers to a size
04/21/2012,15:12:05,santiagoherrera,meiofauna is an operational definition of size
04/21/2012,15:12:08,robertcarney,infauna is where you live
04/21/2012,15:12:54,robertcarney,stain dark
04/21/2012,15:12:55,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:13:18,santiagoherrera,SED staining
04/21/2012,15:13:39,catrionamunro,FSH multiple
04/21/2012,15:14:22,robertcarney,red/brown stain'
04/21/2012,15:14:27,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:14:34,robertcarney,fsh spotted w/ parasites
04/21/2012,15:14:41,robertcarney,fsh damaged tail
04/21/2012,15:15:11,robertcarney,probocis
04/21/2012,15:15:18,robertcarney,shi crabgonid
04/21/2012,15:15:24,robertcarney,crangonid
04/21/2012,15:15:49,robertcarney,pol
04/21/2012,15:16:05,michaelvecchione,halosaur
04/21/2012,15:16:06,santiagoherrera,if I remember correctly the 'official' definition of meiofauna is 0.63um<x<1mm
04/21/2012,15:16:56,robertcarney,video seems to be over exposing nearfield is bottom lighter in color?
04/21/2012,15:17:21,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,15:17:22,robertcarney,megafauna  you can see it
04/21/2012,15:17:30,santiagoherrera,megafauna I think is everything visible to the naked eye
04/21/2012,15:17:42,robertcarney,flow feature?
04/21/2012,15:17:46,santiagoherrera,like those fish
04/21/2012,15:17:49,michaelvecchione,It would be good to get a closeup of the other kind of eel -- cutthroat. The tail is less wavy on those.
04/21/2012,15:18:09,michaelvecchione,another halosaur
04/21/2012,15:18:23,robertcarney,probably a video issue at my end.  Did get sound by restarting
04/21/2012,15:19:13,robertcarney,"flowlike darker sediment
04/21/2012,15:19:16,Erin Becker,let us know when you see the eel you want to image
04/21/2012,15:19:20,michaelvecchione,cutthroat eel
04/21/2012,15:19:56,robertcarney,burrow
04/21/2012,15:20:02,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,15:20:13,santiagoherrera,macrofauna is just everything larger than 1mm, but small enough to be easily seen with your bare eyes
04/21/2012,15:20:20,Jamie Austin,Drainage looking features on the seafloor.  Evidence for escape of brine?
04/21/2012,15:20:28,catrionamunro,SHI
04/21/2012,15:21:11,robertcarney,minimal deep shrimping in GoM
04/21/2012,15:21:46,robertcarney,ink in water
04/21/2012,15:21:48,catrionamunro,MUC?
04/21/2012,15:22:18,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:22:20,robertcarney,fsh parasite on d fin
04/21/2012,15:23:18,santiagoherrera,FSH eelpout
04/21/2012,15:23:34,robertcarney,burrows holes
04/21/2012,15:23:45,santiagoherrera,FSH
04/21/2012,15:24:07,robertcarney,many holes but little releif
04/21/2012,15:24:16,robertcarney,furrow frame wide
04/21/2012,15:25:06,robertcarney,hole ring
04/21/2012,15:25:44,robertcarney,fsh w/ parasite d fin
04/21/2012,15:25:52,santiagoherrera,EEL
04/21/2012,15:26:13,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:26:40,robertcarney,shallow furrows
04/21/2012,15:26:43,santiagoherrera,FSH eelpouts
04/21/2012,15:26:45,catrionamunro,CRA
04/21/2012,15:26:45,santiagoherrera,CRA
04/21/2012,15:27:04,santiagoherrera,what are all these fishes eating? infauna?
04/21/2012,15:27:05,catrionamunro,FSH eelpout under CRA?
04/21/2012,15:28:31,santiagoherrera,SHI
04/21/2012,15:28:37,santiagoherrera,FSH eelpouts
04/21/2012,15:29:18,robertcarney,red shrimp not as common here
04/21/2012,15:29:39,santiagoherrera,FSH rattails
04/21/2012,15:29:45,robertcarney,red/brown stain
04/21/2012,15:29:53,santiagoherrera,spotted sediment
04/21/2012,15:30:06,robertcarney,furrow frame wide
04/21/2012,15:30:30,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:31:02,robertcarney,burow common but with minimal color contrast
04/21/2012,15:31:26,robertcarney,furrow frame wide
04/21/2012,15:31:26,santiagoherrera,EEL
04/21/2012,15:31:43,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:31:51,santiagoherrera,FSH eelpout
04/21/2012,15:32:05,robertcarney,?
04/21/2012,15:32:18,catrionamunro,Bob, could you explain what you mean by furrow frame wide? 
04/21/2012,15:32:25,robertcarney,now
04/21/2012,15:32:38,catrionamunro,CHN chimera?
04/21/2012,15:32:39,santiagoherrera,CHN chimera?
04/21/2012,15:32:43,Jamie Austin,Moving ahead at 0.2 kt.
04/21/2012,15:32:54,catrionamunro,longnose chimera
04/21/2012,15:32:55,robertcarney,we are recrossiong a shallow linear feature long enough to fill the frame
04/21/2012,15:33:08,robertcarney,biv small dead
04/21/2012,15:34:12,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:34:48,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,15:35:06,robertcarney,?
04/21/2012,15:35:13,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:35:16,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:35:59,robertcarney,fsh parasite on d fin
04/21/2012,15:36:16,catrionamunro,FSH eelpout
04/21/2012,15:36:20,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:37:56,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:38:10,robertcarney,?
04/21/2012,15:38:11,santiagoherrera,deeper burrows
04/21/2012,15:38:34,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,15:38:35,santiagoherrera,SHI
04/21/2012,15:38:44,catrionamunro,FSH eelpout
04/21/2012,15:38:47,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:39:01,robertcarney,cra?
04/21/2012,15:39:37,robertcarney,sargassum
04/21/2012,15:39:49,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,15:40:05,catrionamunro,several FSH rattails here
04/21/2012,15:40:19,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:40:43,Jamie Austin,Occasional meandering depressions crossing the seafloor.  Brine channels?
04/21/2012,15:41:13,robertcarney,?
04/21/2012,15:41:42,robertcarney,probosis
04/21/2012,15:41:59,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:42:47,robertcarney,probosis
04/21/2012,15:43:02,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,15:43:22,robertcarney,?
04/21/2012,15:43:48,catrionamunro,Small FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:44:25,robertcarney,red/brown stain
04/21/2012,15:44:46,robertcarney,darket sed areas
04/21/2012,15:45:42,robertcarney,fsh parasite left pec
04/21/2012,15:45:53,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,15:45:54,catrionamunro,SHI
04/21/2012,15:45:58,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,15:47:17,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,15:48:33,santiagoherrera,brine channels?
04/21/2012,15:48:48,catrionamunro,is the eelpout alive?
04/21/2012,15:49:38,robertcarney,eyes certainly look like those of a live fish
04/21/2012,15:51:03,Erin Becker,definitely alive
04/21/2012,15:51:04,santiagoherrera,bizarre
04/21/2012,15:51:18,robertcarney,cra magid
04/21/2012,15:51:41,robertcarney,carapace clean
04/21/2012,15:52:00,santiagoherrera,recently molted?
04/21/2012,15:52:30,santiagoherrera,maybe it just took a bath in one of the brines
04/21/2012,15:53:59,Jamie Austin,braided channels, discolored seafloor - old brine pool?
04/21/2012,15:54:44,santiagoherrera,could yesterday's brine be a recently formed one? thinking about the lack of seep fauna in the periphery
04/21/2012,15:58:19,robertcarney,?remnants of a complex mud flow leaving channels and ridges?
04/21/2012,15:59:49,robertcarney,tubes small
04/21/2012,16:00:24,santiagoherrera,makes sense, very interesting
04/21/2012,16:00:27,robertcarney,not all brines have sulfate only some can support sulfide generation
04/21/2012,16:01:53,robertcarney,crab track
04/21/2012,16:04:19,santiagoherrera,CHN chimeray
04/21/2012,16:04:26,santiagoherrera,*chimera
04/21/2012,16:05:20,catrionamunro,SHI
04/21/2012,16:05:27,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,16:07:40,robertcarney,chimera's called "rabbit fish" by some
04/21/2012,16:07:57,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,16:08:04,robertcarney,track
04/21/2012,16:08:30,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,16:08:59,robertcarney,track
04/21/2012,16:10:19,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,16:11:03,santiagoherrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,16:15:21,Erin Becker,current from northeast to southwest
04/21/2012,16:15:45,robertcarney,probosis
04/21/2012,16:15:59,robertcarney,shi crangon
04/21/2012,16:17:08,robertcarney,sargassum
04/21/2012,16:17:52,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,16:18:04,robertcarney,schooling primarily vusual
04/21/2012,16:18:18,robertcarney,cra
04/21/2012,16:18:34,robertcarney,just a guess
04/21/2012,16:18:46,Erin Becker,i was just guessing also
04/21/2012,16:19:03,Erin Becker,and the fish down here have more pointy tails
04/21/2012,16:19:31,robertcarney,few small barnacles muddy
04/21/2012,16:19:37,robertcarney,sargassum
04/21/2012,16:19:56,Erin Becker,I recall someone saying it has to do with energy or vibrations
04/21/2012,16:20:10,Erin Becker,anyone know this better?
04/21/2012,16:21:24,robertcarney,sargassum there does appear to be much more than usual
04/21/2012,16:24:01,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,16:24:02,robertcarney,there is a recent report I have not read suggesting a spill effect
04/21/2012,16:24:04,catrionamunro,SHI
04/21/2012,16:24:47,santiagoherrera,FSH
04/21/2012,16:24:59,santiagoherrera,smoother sediment here
04/21/2012,16:25:06,santiagoherrera,not as many burrows
04/21/2012,16:25:13,robertcarney,sargassum
04/21/2012,16:25:17,Erin Becker,interesting, i wonder how oil spill would elicit more algal growth, kills all the herbivores?
04/21/2012,16:27:05,robertcarney,cra
04/21/2012,16:27:25,Santiago Herrera,ELL
04/21/2012,16:27:28,Santiago Herrera,EEL
04/21/2012,16:27:37,robertcarney,probosis
04/21/2012,16:27:41,robertcarney,coconut
04/21/2012,16:27:43,Santiago Herrera,coconut
04/21/2012,16:28:18,catrionamunro,During the INDEX-SATAL cruise, we actually had a code for coconuts.
04/21/2012,16:28:20,Santiago Herrera,piña colada container
04/21/2012,16:29:17,Santiago Herrera,there is usually distinct fauna associated with this organic falls
04/21/2012,16:29:38,robertcarney,some epifauna
04/21/2012,16:30:17,robertcarney,late 18th century?  (joke)
04/21/2012,16:30:27,robertcarney,pol
04/21/2012,16:31:53,Santiago Herrera,POL polinoid
04/21/2012,16:32:00,robertcarney,bit of wood w/ mucus
04/21/2012,16:32:48,Santiago Herrera,*polynoid
04/21/2012,16:32:51,robertcarney,sed very fine grained surface numeroud pits seen previously are missing
04/21/2012,16:34:10,catrionamunro,tiny eelpout
04/21/2012,16:34:16,robertcarney,usual  3 eyes
04/21/2012,16:35:15,robertcarney,cra
04/21/2012,16:38:34,robertcarney,? long wave length sand ripple marks here?
04/21/2012,16:38:51,robertcarney,burrow color contrast
04/21/2012,16:39:02,Santiago Herrera,FYI, audio is coming through the I-2 now
04/21/2012,16:39:20,robertcarney,burrow larger
04/21/2012,16:39:22,Erin Becker,thanks
04/21/2012,16:40:11,robertcarney,bottom texrure chnage
04/21/2012,16:40:36,robertcarney,fsh numeroud again
04/21/2012,16:40:52,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,16:41:33,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,16:41:42,robertcarney,sargassum in furrow
04/21/2012,16:42:03,Santiago Herrera,decreased fish abundance
04/21/2012,16:42:18,robertcarney,low ridges and furrows
04/21/2012,16:44:30,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,16:45:00,Santiago Herrera,EEL
04/21/2012,16:45:12,Santiago Herrera,FSH eelpout
04/21/2012,16:45:20,Santiago Herrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,16:46:01,catrionamunro,CNH longnose chimera
04/21/2012,16:46:23,catrionamunro,the second longnose we have seen. I think we've seen 4 or 5 chimera in total.
04/21/2012,16:46:34,robertcarney,biv dead small
04/21/2012,16:48:02,Santiago Herrera,SHI
04/21/2012,16:50:03,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,16:50:31,Santiago Herrera,staining on sediment
04/21/2012,16:50:31,robertcarney,bottom texture/color change
04/21/2012,16:51:42,robertcarney,flow feature?
04/21/2012,16:53:14,kelleyelliott,We may also lose a good connection on the telecon during any storms
04/21/2012,16:53:32,kelleyelliott,So instant messaging is a good mode of back-up communication
04/21/2012,16:53:39,robertcarney,gale warnings on La coast this afternoon and tonight
04/21/2012,16:54:44,robertcarney,texture/color change
04/21/2012,16:54:49,robertcarney,white stain
04/21/2012,16:54:53,Santiago Herrera,white staining
04/21/2012,16:54:57,Jamie Austin,More evidence for channels that may have been brine escape structures.
04/21/2012,16:55:15,robertcarney,vidoe gone I2
04/21/2012,16:55:17,Santiago Herrera,video dropped
04/21/2012,16:57:17,kelleyelliott,Is the I2 video connection still out?
04/21/2012,16:57:59,Santiago Herrera,yes
04/21/2012,16:59:54,Santiago Herrera,RTS unit is down as well
04/21/2012,17:00:30,Jamie Austin,More braided cahnnels.
04/21/2012,17:04:59,Santiago Herrera,video and audio improving
04/21/2012,17:05:05,Santiago Herrera,still spotty
04/21/2012,17:05:48,catrionamunro,looks like I2 is back on
04/21/2012,17:05:55,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:06:14,Santiago Herrera,FEEL
04/21/2012,17:06:23,Santiago Herrera,EEL
04/21/2012,17:06:36,Santiago Herrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:07:17,catrionamunro,CRA magid
04/21/2012,17:09:17,Santiago Herrera,can
04/21/2012,17:09:49,Santiago Herrera,CRA
04/21/2012,17:09:51,robertcarney,cra with track
04/21/2012,17:10:31,Santiago Herrera,dark staining
04/21/2012,17:10:36,Santiago Herrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:11:19,robertcarney,?
04/21/2012,17:11:50,robertcarney,?
04/21/2012,17:11:58,robertcarney,shi crangonid
04/21/2012,17:12:55,robertcarney,cra
04/21/2012,17:13:00,Santiago Herrera,EEL
04/21/2012,17:13:41,Santiago Herrera,CHN chimera
04/21/2012,17:13:43,catrionamunro,CHN longnose
04/21/2012,17:15:51,Jamie Austin,Searching with Little Herc in the area of the second seep location identified acoustically.
04/21/2012,17:16:20,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:16:29,robertcarney,I-2 audio and video fine now
04/21/2012,17:16:31,michaelvecchione,I am back and so is teh I1 feed
04/21/2012,17:16:41,harrisonzimmer,audio and video great at ISC
04/21/2012,17:16:54,santiagoherrera,audio and video good here at WHOI
04/21/2012,17:20:40,Santiago Herrera,SED
04/21/2012,17:21:04,Santiago Herrera,EEL
04/21/2012,17:21:42,Santiago Herrera,no large echinoderms this dive so far
04/21/2012,17:23:46,Jamie Austin,Preparing to go to the next seep location, ~85 m to the NE.
04/21/2012,17:26:21,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,17:28:32,catrionamunro,SHI
04/21/2012,17:28:33,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,17:36:27,Santiago Herrera,EEL
04/21/2012,17:36:54,catrionamunro,SHI
04/21/2012,17:37:02,eleanorbors,Good afternoon.  Ellie Bors here, signing on from Cambridge MA.  Happy to be able to join you all. 
04/21/2012,17:37:43,catrionamunro,Welcome, Ellie!
04/21/2012,17:39:42,catrionamunro,CRA
04/21/2012,17:39:58,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:41:52,catrionamunro,FSH eelpout
04/21/2012,17:43:30,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:44:09,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,17:44:17,eleanorbors,Moving along soft sediment, with frequent rattails and other benthic fish.
04/21/2012,17:45:33,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:49:47,eleanorbors,Relatively high abundance of FSH continues. 
04/21/2012,17:52:13,Santiago Herrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:52:22,Santiago Herrera,CRA
04/21/2012,17:52:27,Santiago Herrera,magid
04/21/2012,17:52:29,michaelvecchione,Most of the dishes other than rattails are halosaurs, occassional eelpouts.
04/21/2012,17:52:43,michaelvecchione,Thatnwas just now was a cutthroat eel
04/21/2012,17:55:11,Santiago Herrera,mere rattails
04/21/2012,17:56:21,Santiago Herrera,halosaur
04/21/2012,17:59:09,Santiago Herrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,17:59:44,Santiago Herrera,SHI
04/21/2012,18:09:02,Santiago Herrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,18:10:54,Santiago Herrera,multiple FSH rattails
04/21/2012,18:11:32,catrionamunro,CRA magid
04/21/2012,18:11:49,Santiago Herrera,FSH Halosaur
04/21/2012,18:12:51,catrionamunro,the crab seems to be munching on sediment
04/21/2012,18:12:52,Santiago Herrera,close look on magid
04/21/2012,18:14:08,eleanorbors,trail in SED
04/21/2012,18:20:36,michaelvecchione,true for benthopelagic but not for true pelagics
04/21/2012,18:20:53,michaelvecchione,talking about abundance
04/21/2012,18:24:10,eleanorbors,some more variation in SED here. 
04/21/2012,18:24:24,Jamie Austin,old brine poo?
04/21/2012,18:24:31,Jamie Austin,pool!
04/21/2012,18:25:27,Erin Becker,i suppose I said "deep sea", by which I meant "bottom of the ocean" but perhaps deep-sea does not imply benthic
04/21/2012,18:26:36,Erin Becker,will be more careful to differentiate
04/21/2012,18:27:09,Santiago Herrera,FSH halosaur
04/21/2012,18:27:11,Santiago Herrera,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,18:28:03,michaelvecchione,just a matter of perpective. Most of the deep sea is bathypelagic.
04/21/2012,18:28:36,catrionamunro,FSH multiple
04/21/2012,18:28:41,Santiago Herrera,multiple halosaurs and rattails
04/21/2012,18:29:46,Santiago Herrera,FSH halosaur
04/21/2012,
04/21/2012,18:30:32,michaelvecchione,That was a cutthroat
04/21/2012,18:31:03,Santiago Herrera,FSH
04/21/2012,18:31:11,michaelvecchione,Of course, by the time I see it an dtype it we are long past.
04/21/2012,18:33:15,michaelvecchione,OK
04/21/2012,18:33:54,catrionamunro,FSH rattails
04/21/2012,18:35:06,catrionamunro,FSH rattails seem to mostly be facing the same direction
04/21/2012,18:35:14,catrionamunro,SHI
04/21/2012,18:37:25,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,18:38:20,catrionamunro,CRA
04/21/2012,18:39:54,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,18:42:03,catrionamunro,FSH halosaur
04/21/2012,18:42:08,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,18:45:10,catrionamunro,CRA
04/21/2012,18:45:10,eleanorbors,continuing over relatively undisturbed soft SED (few obvious signs of bioturbation, burrows, etc)  still a relatively high abundance of FSH
04/21/2012,18:48:02,catrionamunro,CRA magid
04/21/2012,18:48:22,catrionamunro,SHI
04/21/2012,18:48:50,eleanorbors,Legs look covered in sediment (more compared to last) 
04/21/2012,18:50:51,eleanorbors,feeding behavior 
04/21/2012,18:50:51,catrionamunro,zoom on magid crab eating
04/21/2012,18:51:14,eleanorbors,he's a sediment eating machine. 
04/21/2012,18:51:17,catrionamunro,covered in BAR
04/21/2012,18:52:13,Santiago Herrera,that was cool
04/21/2012,18:52:56,eleanorbors,agreed!
04/21/2012,18:53:25,catrionamunro,FSH
04/21/2012,18:56:45,eleanorbors,CRA
04/21/2012,18:59:30,michaelvecchione,halosaur
04/21/2012,18:59:41,Santiago Herrera,zoom on halosaur
04/21/2012,19:01:45,michaelvecchione,another halosaur. Look for the other kind of eel. On cutthroats the tail is not so flaglike.
04/21/2012,19:05:28,Erin Becker,will keep an eye out.  I was looking at this image but can't see the tail http://deepcoral.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/species-profile-cutthroat-eel/
04/21/2012,19:05:35,catrionamunro,CRA
04/21/2012,19:06:53,Santiago Herrera,yes, let's look at biology!
04/21/2012,19:07:27,michaelvecchione,see http://eol.org/data_objects/10463135 for synaphobranchid = cutthroat
04/21/2012,19:09:45,Erin Becker,we can stop wherever you want mike.  I will try to keep my eyes peeled, but if you see a fish you are interested we will turn around if you want.
04/21/2012,19:10:59,Santiago Herrera,can we please also take a look at some of those crabs?
04/21/2012,19:11:05,michaelvecchione,The radio of halosaurs to cutthroats has probably been about 25:1. 
04/21/2012,19:11:58,michaelvecchione,ratio not radio
04/21/2012,19:23:38,michaelvecchione,Can't see much at the altitude/speed they have been going.
04/21/2012,19:25:57,michaelvecchione,I think there are acouple of different species of rattail.
04/21/2012,19:26:11,michaelvecchione,stop
04/21/2012,19:26:21,michaelvecchione,''cutthroat
04/21/2012,19:28:04,michaelvecchione,halo
04/21/2012,19:30:21,Jamie Austin,Staining, channels.
04/21/2012,19:31:54,michaelvecchione,eeelpout
04/21/2012,19:32:07,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,19:33:19,eleanorbors,CRA
04/21/2012,19:35:11,eleanorbors,zoom on CRA with BAR
04/21/2012,19:36:57,eleanorbors,that eye BAR is his version of cataracts.  
04/21/2012,19:39:08,catrionamunro,FSH rattail
04/21/2012,19:43:18,Jamie Austin,Braided channels at the seafloor.  Possible brine escape structures?
04/21/2012,19:46:26,Jamie Austin,The plan is to come off the seafloor at 3PM.  Swell is building.
04/21/2012,19:47:31,Santiago Herrera,white staining
04/21/2012,19:47:37,eleanorbors,interesting sediment
04/21/2012,19:49:20,Jamie Austin,Brine pool.
04/21/2012,19:49:21,eleanorbors,brine pool 
04/21/2012,19:49:35,Jamie Austin,Divew 09-1.
04/21/2012,19:50:05,Jamie Austin,That is Dive 09-1.
04/21/2012,19:56:47,Jamie Austin,No brine in the pool, but there are remnant recharge sspes, and the shoreline of the pool is clearly visible,
04/21/2012,19:56:51,eleanorbors,following a trail of white staining 
04/21/2012,19:57:40,michaelvecchione,stop
04/21/2012,19:57:54,michaelvecchione,cutthroat
04/21/2012,20:00:03,Jamie Austin,small brin epool?
04/21/2012,20:00:16,michaelvecchione,interesting that eelpouts seem to be sitting on bottom on right of shoreline but not on left.
04/21/2012,20:01:11,catrionamunro,OPH?
04/21/2012,20:01:17,michaelvecchione,small OPH
04/21/2012,20:01:17,catrionamunro,BIV
04/21/2012,20:01:24,catrionamunro,CLA?
04/21/2012,20:01:55,catrionamunro,shimmering water
04/21/2012,20:02:25,Jamie Austin,Coming off the seafloor.
04/21/2012,20:03:53,catrionamunro,isopod
04/21/2012,20:03:55,Santiago Herrera,giant isopod!
04/21/2012,00:00:20,okeanosexplorer,This is a live update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. This is Rick Nadeau speaking. The local EX time is 1900 hours.  Currently, the ROV is on deck and we are conducting multibeam mapping operations about 200km off the coast of Louisianna.  The ROV is not expected to dive tomorrow due to inclement weather.  The water depth at our position is approximately 1300m. Our present heading is 162° at a position of 27° 18'N, 090° 33'W.