04/18/2014,00:06:45,kelleyelliott,Hi All - we'll have a science call at 1915 Central to discuss today's and tomorrow's dive. Join us on the Expedition teleconference line at: 1-866-617-5860 <tel:1-866-617-5860>,  passcode: 1233796  And tune into the video (if it's up) at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream_04.html
04/18/2014,00:45:15,briankennedy,have a good night all
04/18/2014,01:31:46,kelleyelliott,Update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. The local time onboard is 2022. The ROV has been recovered and is now secure on deck. We are preparing to commence mapping operations. We will map overnight, and plan to dive tomorrow at KEATHLEY CANYON SITE KC3. Note the change in plans - due to difficulties with our telepresence system and the need for a good connection for the dives to be driven by the archaeologists and biologists on shore, we are delaying the second dive a Monterrey Wreck Site B until Saturday, April 19 to allow additional time for trouble shooting. The weather and sea state will continue to settle as well and that will be in our favor. Weather permitting, the ROV will be launched at 0830 Central and should arrive on the seafloor around 1000. 
04/18/2014,13:31:41,okeanosexplorer,Update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: the current time on board is 0830 and our location is 26d 26' 25.45" N, 93d 28' 02.31" W. The ship is currently on station preparing the ROV for deployment at Keathley Canyon site KC3. The objective of today's dive is to investigate benthic habitats in the canyons, including looking for brine flows and deep sea corals. We are set for an on time deployment. The ROV will be deployed at 0830 and should arrive on bottom at about 2150m at about 1000. We will have a dive briefing via telecon at 0900. Please joing us by dialing: 1-866-617-5860,  passcode: 1233796  And tuning into the video online at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream_04.html
04/18/2014,13:39:48,hboiecc,test
04/18/2014,13:40:17,Jamie Austin,Greetings from the Okeanos Explorer.  Our vehicles are in the water.  We will be diving the floor of Keathley Canyon today, after diving on two fascinating shipwrecks yesterday (and we will be diving that the third wreck in that "fleet" tomorrow).  Our weather has improved, for the moment we are connected to the beach, so all is good.  Welcome all.
04/18/2014,13:57:53,okeanosexplorer,53 min to bottom, 26 26.6608N; 93 24.8407W.  445 m down, 8.45 deg c, 34.99 PSU
04/18/2014,14:09:05,stephaniefarrington,   Summary on the phone: Brian: Keathley Cannon, 20 km to S of KC2, area that shows hard grounds, low density of octocorals, there will be more hard substrate and the diversity and abundance will be better.  Bill: this cannon is narrow and steep and south of the FG NMS. Potentially a conduit for biology and carbon.  Lots of detritus being pushed down the cannon.  The variety of habitats are interesting.  Brian: looking for black corals and bamboo.  
04/18/2014,14:09:27,Bill Kiene,My phone died.  
04/18/2014,14:09:43,okeanosexplorer,ok Bill thanks.
04/18/2014,14:17:50,okeanosexplorer,passing: 1125 M. 2100 bottom depth, 
04/18/2014,14:19:39,Jamie Austin,D2 is passing 1200 m.
04/18/2014,14:23:06,okeanosexplorer,26 26.5896N 93 27.9350W 1300 m 4.36 deg c, 34.951 PSU
04/18/2014,14:31:45,okeanosexplorer,1600 M
04/18/2014,14:40:10,Jamie Austin,D2 is passing 1900 m.  We should have the seafloor in 5-6 minutes.
04/18/2014,14:43:30,okeanosexplorer,Starting dive 6. On the floor of the Keathley Cannon.  the center of the 3 large drainage cannons in the Gulf.  This part of the GOM is a basin of 14000 m thick sediments over salt deposits.  The Keathley goes into 4000 m. We will be diving 2100 m.  
04/18/2014,14:49:31,okeanosexplorer,  Good morning everyone! This is Stephanie Farrington the Biological Co-Science Lead aboard the Okeanos Explorer. We are trying to make the data coming from this event log easier to process and more useful. We are asking for a slight change to the SOP. If, before you identify or make a comment about the fauna or habitat, you could start your entry with a Carrot (>). All other comments can be kept as normal.  We are trying to find an easy way to filter identification/habitat data from other conversations.  I will be reminding everyone throughout the dives. The Data Management Team aboard the Okeanos Explorer thanks you for your cooperation.     Taxa  >ACN - Actinaria (anemone)
04/18/2014,>APH - Amphipod
04/18/2014,>ART - Arthropod
04/18/2014,>ASR - Asteroid
04/18/2014,>BAR - Barnacle
04/18/2014,>BIO - Biology (Unspecified)
04/18/2014,>BIV - Bivalve
04/18/2014,>BRA - Brachiopod
04/18/2014,>BRY - Bryozoan
04/18/2014,>CHI - Chiton
04/18/2014,>CLA - Clams
04/18/2014,>CNI - Cnidarian
04/18/2014,>COP - Copepods
04/18/2014,>COR - Coral
04/18/2014,>CORA - Antipatharian
04/18/2014,>CORL - Lophelia
04/18/2014,>CORM - Madrepora
04/18/2014,>CORO - Octocoral
04/18/2014,>CORP - Paramuricea
04/18/2014,>CORS - Stylasterid
04/18/2014,>CPEN - Pennatulacean
04/18/2014,>CORW - Whip coral
04/18/2014,>CRA - Crab
04/18/2014,>CRAKC - King crab (family Lithodidae)
04/18/2014,>CRARED - Red Deep Sea Crab (Chaceon quinquedens)
04/18/2014,>CRASPI - Spider crabs (family Majoidea)
04/18/2014,>CRI - Crinoid
04/18/2014,>CRIHYO - Hyocrinida
04/18/2014,>CRIBAT - Bathycrinidae
04/18/2014,>CRIBOU - Bourgeuticrinidae
04/18/2014,>CRIANT - Antedonidae
04/18/2014,>CRIZEN - Zenometridae
04/18/2014,>CRIPNT - Pentametrocinidae
04/18/2014,>CRIATE - Atelecrinidae
04/18/2014,>CRITHA - Thalassometridae
04/18/2014,>CTE - Ctenophore
04/18/2014,>DAN - Dandelion
04/18/2014,>ECN - Echiuran
04/18/2014,>EGG - Egg (case)
04/18/2014,>FEC - Fecal (matter)
04/18/2014,>FSH - Fish
04/18/2014,>FCHN - Chondrichthyes
04/18/2014,>FCOD - Codlets
04/18/2014,>FREF - Reeffish (grouper, tilefish, AJs, snapper)
04/18/2014,>FANT - Anthiins (fancy bass)
04/18/2014, , FELO - Elongate (eels, brotulids) 
04/18/2014, , FOVO - Ovoid (roughys, boarfish, dories)
04/18/2014, , FLAT – Flatfish
04/18/2014,>FOR - Foraminiferan
04/18/2014,>GAS - Gastropods (not limpets)
04/18/2014,>GRO - Gromiid
04/18/2014,>HOL - Holutharian
04/18/2014,>HYD - Hydroid
04/18/2014,>ISO - Isopod
04/18/2014,>JFH - Jellyfish
04/18/2014,>LAR - Larvacean house
04/18/2014,>LIM - Limpets
04/18/2014,>LOB - Lobster
04/18/2014,>MAT - Bacterial (Mat)
04/18/2014,>MUC - Unidentified mucus structure
04/18/2014,>MOL - Mollusk
04/18/2014,>MUS - Mussels
04/18/2014,>NUD - Nudibranch
04/18/2014,>OCT - Octopus
04/18/2014,>OPH - Ophiuroid
04/18/2014,>PAG - Pagurid (hermit)
04/18/2014,>POL - Polychaete
04/18/2014,>PTE -  Pteropod
04/18/2014,>PYC - Pycnogonid
04/18/2014,>RIF - Riftia
04/18/2014,>SAL - Salp
04/18/2014,>SCA - Scale (worm)
04/18/2014,>SER - Serpulid worm
04/18/2014,>SHI - Shrimp
04/18/2014,>SPA - Spaghetti Worms
04/18/2014,>SPO - Sponge
04/18/2014,>SQA - Squat Lobster
04/18/2014,>SQD - Squid
04/18/2014,>STR - mucus string
04/18/2014,>TUB - Tubeworms (not Riftia)
04/18/2014,>TUN - Tunicate
04/18/2014,>URC - Urchin
04/18/2014,>USO - Unidentified Sessile Object
04/18/2014,>WOD - Wood
04/18/2014,>WOR - Worm
04/18/2014,>XEN - Xenophyophoran
04/18/2014,>ZOA - Zoanthid     Geology  >BUR - Burrow
04/18/2014,>COB - Cobble
04/18/2014,>MUD - Mud
04/18/2014,>ROC - Rock
04/18/2014,>RUB - Rubble
04/18/2014,>SAD - Sand
04/18/2014,>SED - Sediment
04/18/2014,>WAL - Wall     Lava Morphology  >TAL - Talus
04/18/2014,>PIL - Pillow
04/18/2014,>ENT - Entrail
04/18/2014,>LOB - Lobate
04/18/2014,>SHE - Sheet
04/18/2014,>FOL - Folded
04/18/2014,>JUM - Jumbled
04/18/2014,>HAC - Hackly     Sediment Cover  >LIG - Light
04/18/2014,>POC - Partial/Pockets
04/18/2014,>HEA - Heavy/Coalescent
04/18/2014,>BLA - Blanket     Feature  >ASG - Axial Summit Graben
04/18/2014,>AVR - Axial Volcanic Ridge
04/18/2014,>CAR - Carbonate
04/18/2014,>CLI - Cliff
04/18/2014,>COL - Collapse
04/18/2014,>CON - Contact
04/18/2014,>FAU - Fault
04/18/2014,>FIS - Fissure
04/18/2014,>HAY - Haystack
04/18/2014,>HYX - Hydrothermal
04/18/2014,>PIL - Pillar
04/18/2014,>SCP - Scarp
04/18/2014,>SEP - Seep     Other  >ANT - Anthropogenic object (trash, traps lines, etc.)  
04/18/2014,14:51:27,Jamie Austin,Seafloor in sight.
04/18/2014,14:52:47,Jamie Austin,ripples
04/18/2014,14:53:30,briankinlan,D2 position?
04/18/2014,14:54:19,okeanosexplorer,26 26.5561N 93 27.9788W 2168 M 4.27 deg c, 34.960 psu
04/18/2014,14:54:54,robertcarney,>HOL Enypniastes
04/18/2014,14:55:43,larrymayer@tethys.gso.uri.edu,larry here too - expert at nothing but enjoying learning from you all.
04/18/2014,14:55:46,robertcarney,Can you estimate orientation of ripples?
04/18/2014,14:56:48,larrymayer@tethys.gso.uri.edu,agree but I grew up in the Bronx!!!
04/18/2014,14:57:19,okeanosexplorer,we are looking NE
04/18/2014,14:57:44,jasonchaytor,Hi all
04/18/2014,14:58:01,okeanosexplorer,so the ripples are NE SW ~
04/18/2014,14:58:37,robertcarney,ripples may be cross-canyon rather than down
04/18/2014,14:59:06,michaelvecchione,still having trouble with I1 dropping out. Off and on.
04/18/2014,15:01:49,Jamie Austin,local current 0.1-0.2 kt
04/18/2014,15:02:08,robertcarney,>SARgassum
04/18/2014,15:02:38,robertcarney,>Pteropod-covered sed
04/18/2014,15:02:46,larrymayer@tethys.gso.uri.edu,Audio is duplicating
04/18/2014,15:03:21,kelleyelliott,Thanks Mike - how is I2 looking to folks? We are experiencing periodic drops in connection from the ship - the VSAT occasionally losing alignment with the satellite. This should be seen in Internet2 before Internet1.
04/18/2014,15:03:30,michaelvecchione,BTW, I was watching on my cell phone on a commuter train yesterday evening and saw the squid. Leachia sp., prob L. atlantica. Very nice.
04/18/2014,15:03:53,larrymayer@tethys.gso.uri.edu,duplicating audio is on internet 1
04/18/2014,15:04:01,robertcarney,I-2 at LSU has brief freezes and audio looping pretty good otherwise
04/18/2014,15:04:14,okeanosexplorer,Thanks Larry
04/18/2014,15:05:06,robertcarney,>ACN
04/18/2014,15:06:08,robertcarney,>Spoked feding trace above ACN
04/18/2014,15:06:08,Jamie Austin,small piece of hardground, anemone on top.
04/18/2014,15:06:08,kelleyelliott,Those on shore - please ensure you're phone or microphones are muted when you're not speaking - this may be causing some of the audio looping.
04/18/2014,15:06:14,robertcarney,>ACN on black rock
04/18/2014,15:06:45,kelleyelliott,Is the audio still loopin on internet1?
04/18/2014,15:08:00,amandademopoulos,what was the approx size of the rock?
04/18/2014,15:08:45,robertcarney,>ACN retracted next to ACN extebnded
04/18/2014,15:09:06,amandademopoulos,thanks Steph! morning Ex!
04/18/2014,15:09:29,michaelvecchione,is the rock a clinker?
04/18/2014,15:09:53,robertcarney,clinker = slag from boiler
04/18/2014,15:10:22,michaelvecchione,discarded remnant from burning of coal. oftern seen under shipping lane.
04/18/2014,15:10:30,jasonchaytor,Looked like it had a FeMn coating
04/18/2014,15:10:41,jasonchaytor,Possibly
04/18/2014,15:10:55,robertcarney,clinker is common in deep gulf trawl samples...esp under shipping routes
04/18/2014,15:11:28,robertcarney,>ANT
04/18/2014,15:11:42,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,15:12:14,robertcarney,>heteropod among pteropods
04/18/2014,15:12:32,robertcarney,>fecal string
04/18/2014,15:14:06,robertcarney,I-2 frozen audio looping
04/18/2014,15:15:54,robertcarney,>Sarg
04/18/2014,15:18:21,michaelvecchione,>FSH Bathysaurus
04/18/2014,15:18:42,michaelvecchione,A top predator in the deep benthos
04/18/2014,15:20:33,jackirion,Don't jinx it!
04/18/2014,15:21:52,robertcarney,>Fecal string in fish closeup
04/18/2014,15:21:52,michaelvecchione,They are ambush predators with well-developed upward looking eyes
04/18/2014,15:22:20,michaelvecchione,you can see the reflection from the tapetum in the eye.
04/18/2014,15:23:23,michaelvecchione,having trouble with I1.
04/18/2014,15:24:16,jackirion,Reflection from what in his eye?
04/18/2014,15:25:12,amandademopoulos,ru seeing anything interesting in the sonar? any small/medium sized hard targets?
04/18/2014,15:26:05,okeanosexplorer,tapetum lucidum - it reflects light to see well in the dark ? 
04/18/2014,15:26:24,robertcarney,>HOLO Enypniastes
04/18/2014,15:27:21,robertcarney,> mud-filled gut serves as ballast
04/18/2014,15:28:09,Jamie Austin,En route to second small high.  Then on to WP 2, which should be ~25 m higher than our present depth - 2178 m.
04/18/2014,15:28:23,robertcarney,>Enypniastes drops to bottom loads up with detritus and the swims up
04/18/2014,15:29:30,robertcarney,>HOL Enypniastes
04/18/2014,15:29:43,robertcarney,>Sarg
04/18/2014,15:30:22,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,15:32:40,robertcarney,>Spoked feeding trace
04/18/2014,15:33:22,robertcarney,>Sarg
04/18/2014,15:33:48,briankinlan,position?
04/18/2014,15:34:06,robertcarney,>Feeding traces spoked
04/18/2014,15:34:13,okeanosexplorer,26 26.6104N 93 27.9745W
04/18/2014,15:34:17,amandademopoulos,maybe echiuran?
04/18/2014,15:34:47,michaelvecchione,I agree echiuran (spoonworm)
04/18/2014,15:34:53,robertcarney,>FOR rods are forams
04/18/2014,15:35:17,robertcarney,pteropod = wing foot
04/18/2014,15:35:39,robertcarney,yes foram but I don't know the names
04/18/2014,15:37:06,robertcarney,>ACN 
04/18/2014,15:37:40,Andrea Quattrini,cerianthid 
04/18/2014,15:42:21,robertcarney,I-2 in and out
04/18/2014,15:42:28,okeanosexplorer,ok
04/18/2014,15:42:53,okeanosexplorer,i will let then know
04/18/2014,15:44:10,robertcarney,>SHI "threadlegs"
04/18/2014,15:44:20,amandademopoulos,still some issues with feed drop outs - sorry :(
04/18/2014,15:44:27,amandademopoulos,on I1
04/18/2014,15:44:34,Andrea Quattrini,I1 in and out here too
04/18/2014,15:44:40,Andrea Quattrini,awesome video!
04/18/2014,15:48:31,Andrea Quattrini,>ACN certianthid
04/18/2014,15:49:58,robertcarney,burrowing anemones can withdraw completely into sed
04/18/2014,15:51:52,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,15:53:04,michaelvecchione,>POL pelagic
04/18/2014,15:54:37,michaelvecchione,>FSH liparid (snailfish)
04/18/2014,15:55:23,robertcarney,Tail does not draw to a point...not a greandier
04/18/2014,15:55:39,Andrea Quattrini,Actually I think this may be a Scopelogadus
04/18/2014,15:58:51,michaelvecchione,>FELO cutthroat eel
04/18/2014,16:01:10,michaelvecchione,>FSH tripod
04/18/2014,16:03:09,michaelvecchione,the tripod may be Bathypterois phenax
04/18/2014,16:04:06,robertcarney,>spoked feeding trace
04/18/2014,16:04:09,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,16:05:18,briankinlan,patch of higher reflectivity in sonar to west?
04/18/2014,16:05:57,robertcarney,shrimp is functionally black
04/18/2014,16:06:57,briankinlan,ok
04/18/2014,16:07:05,briankinlan,we've lost you on audio
04/18/2014,16:07:19,Jamie Austin,flatter, less rippled seafloor
04/18/2014,16:07:23,robertcarney,deep animals can have color but they rarely have color patterns.  Patterns are useful for sighted animals in lots of light
04/18/2014,16:08:00,briankinlan,along the way to WP2 I'd like to keep on eye on our sonar and explore any clear hard targets nearby our track
04/18/2014,16:08:02,robertcarney,>Pteropod "lagg" deposit
04/18/2014,16:09:32,robertcarney,>mound
04/18/2014,16:09:54,Jamie Austin,scattered hardgrounds
04/18/2014,16:10:05,briankinlan,more consolidated >SED and possible>CAR
04/18/2014,16:10:15,briankinlan,position?
04/18/2014,16:10:39,briankinlan,little/no sessile colonization
04/18/2014,16:11:02,okeanosexplorer,26 26.6448 N 93 27.8524W
04/18/2014,16:11:17,briankinlan,will tell you in a minute
04/18/2014,16:12:55,briankinlan,yes. this is +/-50m from one of the higher backscatter patches
04/18/2014,16:13:21,iscwatch,is that staining on the rock?
04/18/2014,16:14:15,robertcarney,>SPO filling depressions in ROC on under sides
04/18/2014,16:14:21,robertcarney,>SQA?
04/18/2014,16:14:36,briankinlan,we also just crossed over into an area designated as a "positive bottom anomaly" on Bill Shedd's interpreted 3D seismic data, which are often interpreted as carbonate hardgrounds.  Looks like this one is confirmed.
04/18/2014,16:14:51,robertcarney,>BAR Verrucamorphs?
04/18/2014,16:15:01,robertcarney,>ACN
04/18/2014,16:15:24,briankinlan,puzzlingly, no corals so far despite substrate and current
04/18/2014,16:17:11,briankinlan,>SARG
04/18/2014,16:17:16,briankinlan,burriw
04/18/2014,16:18:00,robertcarney,>SPO in depressions underside
04/18/2014,16:18:17,Andrea Quattrini,we see this throughout the GoM, seemingy good coral habitat, but no corals
04/18/2014,16:18:30,robertcarney,>meshlike trace?
04/18/2014,16:19:28,robertcarney,>displaced "chunk"
04/18/2014,16:19:49,Jamie Austin,depressions in the seafloor
04/18/2014,16:20:13,robertcarney,>SARG
04/18/2014,16:21:18,Bill Kiene,Sperm Whale feeding traces?
04/18/2014,16:21:19,briankinlan,we'll want to explore the various hard returns seen in the sonar now to the north and northeast at 5 to 20m range
04/18/2014,16:22:49,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,16:23:53,robertcarney,>Holo Enypniastes on bottom
04/18/2014,16:24:06,robertcarney,feeding tentacled at work
04/18/2014,16:24:33,michaelvecchione,nice video
04/18/2014,16:25:13,robertcarney,Enypniastes through thruster is..."interesting"
04/18/2014,16:25:35,michaelvecchione,I am surprised how few ceph we have seen compared with the 2012 cruise.
04/18/2014,16:25:37,Jamie Austin,generally hummocky topography - virtually barren of encrusting organisms
04/18/2014,16:26:43,briankinlan,>>SPO?
04/18/2014,16:27:05,robertcarney,>SPO plate-like
04/18/2014,16:27:09,robertcarney,>SQA
04/18/2014,16:31:37,Jamie Austin,scattered hardgrounds
04/18/2014,16:33:26,michaelvecchione,there is plenty of biology in the sediment.
04/18/2014,16:34:46,briankinlan,>SPO
04/18/2014,16:38:21,Andrea Quattrini,>ACN flytrap
04/18/2014,16:40:59,michaelvecchione,Daphne has told me that the flytrap morphology is not taxonomically informative.
04/18/2014,16:41:21,briankinlan,position?
04/18/2014,16:42:16,okeanosexplorer,26 26.6343 93N 27.8372W 2157m 4.26 deg c. 34.961 PDU
04/18/2014,16:42:19,okeanosexplorer,PSU
04/18/2014,16:42:38,briankinlan,top of mound
04/18/2014,16:42:46,briankinlan,sediment with scattered hardgrounds
04/18/2014,16:42:49,Andrea Quattrini,so are there  several genera of "flytraps" ?
04/18/2014,16:42:53,briankinlan,little/no sessile colonization
04/18/2014,16:44:54,briankinlan,heading toward WP2
04/18/2014,16:46:38,Andrea Quattrini,>POL pelagic
04/18/2014,16:49:01,robertcarney,Flytraps can either glide on their "pedal disk" or grow really fast based on finding large ones on relatively new things on bottom
04/18/2014,16:53:36,robertcarney,>mucus net feeder of some kind...who knows
04/18/2014,16:54:28,robertcarney,>old squid ink?
04/18/2014,16:57:31,briankinlan,if everyone's good with zooms here, I'd like to keep covering ground
04/18/2014,16:57:44,okeanosexplorer,were heading out
04/18/2014,16:57:55,okeanosexplorer,we're*
04/18/2014,16:58:59,robertcarney,>Holo Psychopotides (Euphronites) note "tail"
04/18/2014,17:01:54,Andrea Quattrini,cover ground!
04/18/2014,17:02:06,robertcarney,>correct spelling Psychropotidae for last hol
04/18/2014,17:02:23,Andrea Quattrini,I will be back online in an hour ~ Brian-any more chances of seeing corals today?
04/18/2014,17:03:10,robertcarney,>Fecal strings
04/18/2014,17:03:13,robertcarney,>sargassum
04/18/2014,17:04:09,robertcarney,>FSH tripod
04/18/2014,17:04:24,Andrea Quattrini,>ACN CER?
04/18/2014,17:04:30,robertcarney,>ACN lft of FSH
04/18/2014,17:06:21,Andrea Quattrini,>FSH Bathypterois
04/18/2014,17:07:41,robertcarney,>Sargassum
04/18/2014,17:09:42,robertcarney,>HOL Enypniastes
04/18/2014,17:10:03,robertcarney,really cam mess up a particle trap study
04/18/2014,17:10:37,robertcarney,>Feeding traces spoked behind hol
04/18/2014,17:10:58,robertcarney,>pteropods pulled into cluster at center of ffeding traces
04/18/2014,17:11:32,robertcarney,>Hol "fins" pushing it down
04/18/2014,17:12:13,robertcarney,>the "fins" are all fused tubefeet
04/18/2014,17:17:48,robertcarney,>sargassum
04/18/2014,17:18:21,briankinlan,once we reach wp2, if we see no features of interest, I think we might consider transiting at 0.3 or 0.4knots towards WP3.  If we make it to WP3 with time left in the dive there are other interesting points we could continue to.
04/18/2014,17:18:25,robertcarney,>feeding traces spoked
04/18/2014,17:19:03,robertcarney,>saerg
04/18/2014,17:19:44,Jamie Austin,going to 0. 4kts
04/18/2014,17:19:44,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:20:21,robertcarney,>HOL Enypniastes at bot
04/18/2014,17:20:57,robertcarney,>tentacles sweeping detrits quickly to mouth  nice detail on tentacles
04/18/2014,17:21:35,robertcarney,> far from slow but eating what we think of as a poor food source
04/18/2014,17:23:00,robertcarney,>defecating
04/18/2014,17:24:02,robertcarney,>since the destritus acts as ballast these animals must be superb at buoyancy regulation
04/18/2014,17:24:24,briankinlan,fair enough-- that was cool
04/18/2014,17:26:28,briankinlan,Here are two possible additional waypoints for after WP3:
04/18/2014,17:26:29,briankinlan,WP4 -93.45521090	26.44508671
04/18/2014,WP5 -93.45000502	26.44485519	
04/18/2014,17:26:38,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:26:50,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:27:38,johnreed,can you provide us with the temp please?
04/18/2014,17:27:54,johnreed,thanks!
04/18/2014,17:28:24,Jamie Austin,4.27 C
04/18/2014,17:28:24,Jamie Austin,4.27 C
04/18/2014,17:28:24,Jamie Austin,4.27 C
04/18/2014,17:29:52,briankinlan,shell
04/18/2014,17:29:55,robertcarney,>ANT?
04/18/2014,17:30:21,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:31:14,robertcarney,>small mounds more obvious ...less obscured by ripple
04/18/2014,17:31:45,robertcarney,>fecal string
04/18/2014,17:32:06,robertcarney,>feeding traces with pile of pteropods
04/18/2014,17:33:23,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:33:32,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:33:35,robertcarney,>FELO
04/18/2014,17:34:54,robertcarney,>feeding traces
04/18/2014,17:35:42,robertcarney,>FSH
04/18/2014,17:37:44,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,>sarg
04/18/2014,17:38:01,robertcarney,>SPO vase
04/18/2014,17:39:45,briankinlan,roger that 
04/18/2014,17:39:46,robertcarney,>BUR
04/18/2014,17:40:07,briankinlan,yup looks good
04/18/2014,17:41:34,briankinlan,snap zoom if we can
04/18/2014,17:41:56,robertcarney,>CORO unbranched bamboo?
04/18/2014,17:41:56,briankinlan,>CORO
04/18/2014,17:42:15,briankinlan,think I can make out nodes
04/18/2014,17:42:21,briankinlan,not sure
04/18/2014,17:42:29,hboiecc,>CORO Ellisellidae?
04/18/2014,17:42:34,briankinlan,yeah!
04/18/2014,17:43:14,briankinlan,that's fine, great snap-zoom
04/18/2014,17:43:15,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:43:38,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:43:58,robertcarney,>Sarg
04/18/2014,17:44:19,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:44:54,Jamie Austin,no ripples
04/18/2014,17:45:05,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:49:07,briankinlan,some >CAR rubble 
04/18/2014,17:49:13,briankinlan,>SPO
04/18/2014,17:50:42,robertcarney,>BUR arch
04/18/2014,17:50:46,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,17:51:36,Jamie Austin,scattered hardgorund rubble - topping the gentle slope enroute to WP 3.
04/18/2014,17:53:04,robertcarney,>Hol Enypniastes hovering fins pushing down
04/18/2014,17:53:38,robertcarney,>switched to climb mode
04/18/2014,17:55:46,robertcarney,>HOL pteropod-covered prob Pseudostichopus
04/18/2014,17:56:10,robertcarney,>Gas track in background
04/18/2014,17:57:28,robertcarney,>Hol Enypniastes on bottom
04/18/2014,17:57:43,robertcarney,no eyes but lots of never endings
04/18/2014,18:03:30,robertcarney,>BUR strong color contrast
04/18/2014,18:03:36,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,18:04:38,robertcarney,>BUR furrlow-like
04/18/2014,18:04:56,briankinlan,position?
04/18/2014,18:05:42,okeanosexplorer,26 26.8093N 93 27.5778W 2129 M 4.26 degC, 34.961 PSU
04/18/2014,18:06:46,robertcarney,>BUR
04/18/2014,18:07:25,robertcarney,>ANT
04/18/2014,18:08:50,robertcarney,>HOLO white
04/18/2014,18:09:00,robertcarney,>Sarg
04/18/2014,18:09:36,robertcarney,>Feeding trace
04/18/2014,18:10:05,Bill Kiene,Will explorations occur on Sunday (Easter)?
04/18/2014,18:10:39,robertcarney,>sarg
04/18/2014,18:10:52,robertcarney,>low mounds
04/18/2014,18:10:59,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,18:12:30,robertcarney,>FSH tripod
04/18/2014,18:12:44,robertcarney,>Hol white
04/18/2014,18:16:03,michaelvecchione,We should collect Easter sponges.
04/18/2014,18:18:20,robertcarney,> CORO dead
04/18/2014,18:18:29,briankinlan,possible dead >COR stalk
04/18/2014,18:18:36,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,18:18:43,briankinlan,>SARG
04/18/2014,18:20:11,briankinlan,>SARG
04/18/2014,18:21:29,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo unbranched?
04/18/2014,18:21:31,Andrea Quattrini,>CORO 
04/18/2014,18:21:40,Andrea Quattrini,what is the depth?
04/18/2014,18:21:51,briankinlan,2129m
04/18/2014,18:21:57,briankinlan,>SHI
04/18/2014,18:22:17,briankinlan,any guesses Andrea?
04/18/2014,18:22:19,Andrea Quattrini,looks like a Lepidisis morphotype-unbranched bamboo
04/18/2014,18:23:34,michaelvecchione,>mysid
04/18/2014,18:23:36,briankinlan,nice zoom, thanks
04/18/2014,18:24:37,robertcarney,>Hol Enypniastes
04/18/2014,18:26:48,Andrea Quattrini,>FSH Bathypterois
04/18/2014,18:26:50,michaelvecchione,FSH tripod
04/18/2014,18:26:53,Andrea Quattrini,him or her :)
04/18/2014,18:28:21,joshuavoss,hermit crab
04/18/2014,18:28:44,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo unbranched 
04/18/2014,18:28:49,Andrea Quattrini,>CORO Lepidisis morph
04/18/2014,18:30:52,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/18/2014,18:30:55,okeanosexplorer,26 26.7557N 93 27.4497W 2128 M 4.26 degC, 34.961 psu
04/18/2014,18:30:58,briankinlan,>SPO
04/18/2014,18:34:29,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo unbranched Lepidisis morph dead
04/18/2014,18:36:36,michaelvecchione,There is a resident population of sperm whales in teh GoMex
04/18/2014,18:37:23,michaelvecchione,The deepest divers are beaked whales,. They have been tracked to over 2000 m
04/18/2014,18:38:04,robertcarney,GoM has deep sharks like the Greenland
04/18/2014,18:38:45,robertcarney,>fish
04/18/2014,18:41:16,joshuavoss,>SHI
04/18/2014,18:42:29,michaelvecchione,An accoustically tagged Cuvier's beaked whale was recently documented in a dive to 2992 m, lasting over 2 hrs.
04/18/2014,18:42:44,Andrea Quattrini,>ACN Cer
04/18/2014,18:43:18,robertcarney,>POL mud tube with narrow opening close to ACN
04/18/2014,18:43:58,robertcarney,>fsh
04/18/2014,18:44:13,robertcarney,>fsh
04/18/2014,18:44:24,robertcarney,>BUR
04/18/2014,18:45:03,robertcarney,>Hol whire within furrow
04/18/2014,18:46:18,robertcarney,>URC Phormosoma type
04/18/2014,18:47:35,Andrea Quattrini,>FSH same species as earlier, possible S. modificatus or liparid
04/18/2014,18:47:44,Andrea Quattrini,not confirmed yet
04/18/2014,18:48:09,robertcarney,>SPO vse
04/18/2014,18:51:55,briankinlan,>CORO dead bamboo
04/18/2014,18:52:50,robertcarney,>SQA
04/18/2014,18:52:53,Andrea Quattrini,>CORO Lepidisis morph live
04/18/2014,18:52:53,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo
04/18/2014,18:52:57,robertcarney,>CORO small live
04/18/2014,18:53:01,briankinlan,x2
04/18/2014,18:54:17,briankinlan,hummock
04/18/2014,18:54:31,Jamie Austin,hummocky seafloor
04/18/2014,18:54:34,briankinlan,burrows
04/18/2014,18:54:43,robertcarney,>BUR multi-holed
04/18/2014,18:55:12,robertcarney,>CORO 2
04/18/2014,18:55:20,briankinlan,>CORO Lepidisis morph live x1, dead x1
04/18/2014,18:56:31,Jamie Austin,upwardly mobile sediment
04/18/2014,18:58:16,briankinlan,>CORO Lepidisis morph dead
04/18/2014,18:58:21,robertcarney,>CORO bare nodes show
04/18/2014,18:59:08,briankinlan,let's explore some of these nearby hard sonar returns before moving
04/18/2014,18:59:14,Jamie Austin,more large hummocks
04/18/2014,18:59:32,briankinlan,or can you see that they are all bare hummocks? our feeds are going in and out
04/18/2014,18:59:37,robertcarney,>little purple things
04/18/2014,18:59:43,robertcarney,>SPO vase
04/18/2014,19:00:00,briankinlan,ok, then let's proceed at 0.2
04/18/2014,19:00:18,briankinlan,looking for features in sonar to explore to left and right of track
04/18/2014,19:02:14,michaelvecchione,"pingo-like" structures?
04/18/2014,19:02:42,robertcarney,>BUR into hummock
04/18/2014,19:03:57,briankinlan,position?
04/18/2014,19:05:19,okeanosexplorer,26 26.9664N 93 27.2611W, 2112.05 M, 4.263 DegC, 34.961 PSU
04/18/2014,19:05:25,robertcarney,>BUR multible into hummock
04/18/2014,19:05:28,robertcarney,>SQA
04/18/2014,19:05:41,briankinlan,>CAR
04/18/2014,19:06:11,robertcarney,>FSH
04/18/2014,19:06:34,briankinlan,can you double-check that position?
04/18/2014,19:06:38,michaelvecchione,eelpout?
04/18/2014,19:06:41,okeanosexplorer,sure
04/18/2014,19:07:12,okeanosexplorer,26 26.6983N 93 27.2539W
04/18/2014,19:07:34,robertcarney,>SPO vase
04/18/2014,19:07:44,briankinlan,ok roger that--second position is correct
04/18/2014,19:08:25,okeanosexplorer,ok good. I have to watch my self with numbers. I usually double or triple check because of that...
04/18/2014,19:10:09,michaelvecchione,amphipods
04/18/2014,19:11:09,briankinlan,that's goog
04/18/2014,19:13:05,robertcarney,>holo white
04/18/2014,19:17:00,Andrea Quattrini,>FELO cutthroat
04/18/2014,19:19:24,robertcarney,>HOL Enypniastes take off and climb
04/18/2014,19:20:05,robertcarney,I-2 blank and silent at LSU
04/18/2014,19:20:41,Bill Kiene,Yes, video and audio is gone now and intermittent at best.
04/18/2014,19:21:27,michaelvecchione,I1 gone too
04/18/2014,19:21:39,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo?
04/18/2014,19:21:56,briankinlan,think I saw it briefly when the feed popped back in
04/18/2014,19:22:03,okeanosexplorer,ok i let them know- they said they are working on it
04/18/2014,19:22:23,briankinlan,>CORO Lepidisis morph live
04/18/2014,19:23:11,briankinlan,>SHI
04/18/2014,19:23:32,briankinlan,can you guys hear us on the ship?
04/18/2014,19:23:35,Bill Kiene,Okeanos, your conference line may have disconnected
04/18/2014,19:23:56,briankinlan,we've lost you on audio, okeanos
04/18/2014,19:24:11,Jamie Austin,more hummocky seafloor
04/18/2014,19:24:18,okeanosexplorer,were coming back
04/18/2014,19:25:49,kelleyelliott,Is video back for everyone? It should be.
04/18/2014,19:25:55,briankinlan,yes video is back on I1
04/18/2014,19:26:16,robertcarney,I-2 at LSU back
04/18/2014,19:26:18,kelleyelliott,How about internet2?
04/18/2014,19:26:21,kelleyelliott,Great - thank you!
04/18/2014,19:26:35,robertcarney,>Hol white
04/18/2014,19:26:51,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo dead?
04/18/2014,19:27:04,robertcarney,>CORO bare stalk
04/18/2014,19:27:08,Bill Kiene,We don't have Okeanos on the conference line though
04/18/2014,19:27:41,robertcarney,>amazing that the skeleton stays around after animal is dead
04/18/2014,19:27:55,robertcarney,>OPH transparent!
04/18/2014,19:28:55,robertcarney,>FOR? numerous tufts extebding from sed
04/18/2014,19:29:24,Andrea Quattrini,cool OPH
04/18/2014,19:29:33,amandademopoulos,I've never seen a transparent OPH before
04/18/2014,19:30:07,briankinlan,position?
04/18/2014,19:31:00,robertcarney,Hol white
04/18/2014,19:31:00,okeanosexplorer,26 26.6961N 93 27.1665W 2092 M; 4.260 degC. 34.962 PSU
04/18/2014,19:31:27,robertcarney,>CORO live
04/18/2014,19:31:43,robertcarney,>SHI ~3 in view
04/18/2014,19:31:50,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo Lepidisis morph live
04/18/2014,19:32:29,robertcarney,>FOR again on closeup lots of little branching tifts extend from bottom
04/18/2014,19:34:59,briankinlan,calcium carbonate and gorgonin  (proteinaceous matrix)
04/18/2014,19:35:03,Jamie Austin,continued hummocky seafloor
04/18/2014,19:35:31,briankinlan,gorgonin is in the internodes
04/18/2014,19:36:02,robertcarney,>SHI
04/18/2014,19:38:44,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo Lepidisis morph dead
04/18/2014,19:41:05,briankinlan,>SHI
04/18/2014,19:41:51,briankinlan,CORO bamboo Lepidisis morph  live
04/18/2014,19:42:09,briankinlan,>FSH
04/18/2014,19:44:30,briankinlan,> CORO bamboo Lepidisis morph 
04/18/2014,19:44:42,briankinlan,dead?
04/18/2014,19:45:20,robertcarney,>CORO dead but colonized
04/18/2014,19:45:26,robertcarney,>BAR scalpellids
04/18/2014,19:46:23,hboiecc,>Pteropods maybe 
04/18/2014,19:46:30,robertcarney,>BAR feeding appendages extended
04/18/2014,19:46:32,amandademopoulos,>POL
04/18/2014,19:49:17,briankinlan,>SPO hexactinellid vase
04/18/2014,19:49:29,briankinlan,with >APH
04/18/2014,19:50:37,briankinlan,>CORObamboo Lepidisis morph 
04/18/2014,19:51:40,briankinlan,>CORO x3
04/18/2014,19:51:50,briankinlan,(likely dead bamboo)
04/18/2014,19:52:43,Jamie Austin,multiple small hummocks - harder material in the core of the structures - being pushed up from below, mixing soft and more consolidated sediment?
04/18/2014,19:52:50,briankinlan,we've covered almost 2km today by my reckoning--our longest dive yet!
04/18/2014,19:53:55,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo Lepidisis morph 
04/18/2014,19:53:57,briankinlan,live
04/18/2014,19:54:48,robertcarney,this unbranched bamboo coral is one of the more abunant things found during industry rov surveys at similar depths on sofy bottom
04/18/2014,19:55:40,robertcarney,unfortunately thosde surveys are proprietary
04/18/2014,19:57:32,amandademopoulos,Brendan, do we have a potential age estimate for Lepidisis? What is the age range documented? 
04/18/2014,19:57:40,briankinlan, >CORO bamboo Lepidisis morph live
04/18/2014,19:58:32,briankinlan,>ROC looks chalky
04/18/2014,19:58:45,amandademopoulos,>SQA
04/18/2014,19:58:47,robertcarney,>SQA
04/18/2014,20:00:08,robertcarney,>plant ?
04/18/2014,20:00:30,amandademopoulos,looks like a mangrove propagule 
04/18/2014,20:01:11,Jamie Austin,gullies between nummocky hihs
04/18/2014,20:01:13,robertcarney,decomposed water hyacynths look like crab legs
04/18/2014,20:01:52,amandademopoulos,it had a pointed tip- and cap on opposite end
04/18/2014,20:02:04,okeanosexplorer,agreed!
04/18/2014,20:02:31,Andrea Quattrini,>CORO Lepidisis morph
04/18/2014,20:02:34,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo Lepidisis morph live - looks like largest one yet
04/18/2014,20:02:43,briankinlan,lasers?
04/18/2014,20:02:52,Andrea Quattrini,polyps more crowded?
04/18/2014,20:04:11,amandademopoulos,so the features we are seeeing could be "landslide debris covered by sediment drape" from Jason Chaytor
04/18/2014,20:04:13,Andrea Quattrini,1 meter tall?
04/18/2014,20:04:32,robertcarney,>bluish mound
04/18/2014,20:04:34,briankinlan,at least
04/18/2014,20:04:50,briankinlan,looks more like 1.5m
04/18/2014,20:05:07,Andrea Quattrini,I1 in and out
04/18/2014,20:05:52,briankinlan,>CTE yellow?
04/18/2014,20:06:20,Andrea Quattrini,>CORO Lepidisis morph
04/18/2014,20:06:31,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo Lepidisis morph
04/18/2014,20:07:45,carolruppel,there are intraplate earthquakes in the GOM; one in MC a few years ago caused increased seepage in a nearby area
04/18/2014,20:07:55,robertcarney,WHOOPEE
04/18/2014,20:08:07,robertcarney,>Paleodictypon
04/18/2014,20:08:16,amandademopoulos,oh that is so cool
04/18/2014,20:08:21,robertcarney,Trace fossil found on Mid Atlantic R
04/18/2014,20:08:27,robertcarney,Good images
04/18/2014,20:08:30,carolruppel,that is very cool
04/18/2014,20:08:33,carolruppel,lasers?
04/18/2014,20:08:42,robertcarney,Paleodictyon
04/18/2014,20:09:12,robertcarney,We saw them once before today
04/18/2014,20:09:19,amandademopoulos,susan humphries was telling me about the elusive organism that creates these
04/18/2014,20:09:25,robertcarney,No
04/18/2014,20:09:46,robertcarney,One guess has been protist
04/18/2014,20:10:39,robertcarney,Maybe something like xenophyophores
04/18/2014,20:11:37,carolruppel,isn't it paleodictyon nodosum?
04/18/2014,20:12:38,robertcarney,Rona worked with Adolph Sielacher on it.  Sielacher was visiting Yale last I heard.
04/18/2014,20:12:41,robertcarney,CRI?
04/18/2014,20:12:46,briankinlan,>CORO bamboo
04/18/2014,20:12:47,briankinlan,live
04/18/2014,20:13:41,robertcarney,>PAG
04/18/2014,20:14:10,robertcarney,Sielacher is quite senior
04/18/2014,20:14:47,briankinlan,>CRI
04/18/2014,20:15:23,briankinlan,>CRI on mound
04/18/2014,20:16:06,robertcarney,another quess was a colony of some sort of burrowing crsutacean.  People want a "social" crsutacean in the deep like ants on land
04/18/2014,20:16:30,briankinlan,position?
04/18/2014,20:16:47,briankinlan,>URC
04/18/2014,20:16:54,robertcarney,>URC phormosoma types trotting along
04/18/2014,20:18:19,briankinlan,>CORO bamboox2
04/18/2014,20:19:23,okeanosexplorer,26 26.7060N 93 26.9846W
04/18/2014,20:19:32,okeanosexplorer,2055 m
04/18/2014,20:21:11,robertcarney,>GAS
04/18/2014,20:22:06,briankinlan,thanks all!
04/18/2014,20:23:39,okeanosexplorer,Science Call will be at 3:45 PM CDT
04/18/2014,20:24:02,briankinlan,we covered 2.2km of seafloor--wow!
04/18/2014,21:08:05,briankennedy,>SQD
04/18/2014,21:55:03,kelleyelliott,Update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. The current time onboard is 1655. We are currently in the process of recovering the ROV. Once the ROV is secure on deck, we will commence overnight mapping operations. Tomorrow's ROV dive is planned for Monterrey Wreck Site B. The forecast looks good, and we plan to deploy the ROV at 0830. The vehicle should arrive on bottom around 0930, and we'll have our dive debriefing at 0845. Please join us by dialing:  1-866-617-5860,  passcode: 1233796 and tuning into the video online at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream_04.html