04/21/2014,01:35:40,kelleyelliott,Update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. We are currently conducting overnight mapping operations as we transit to Bryant Canyon where Dive 09 of the expedition will be conducted tomorrow morning. The dive is expected to start at about 2560m deep and will transit up the east wall of the canyon to characterize benthic habitats and explore for deep sea coral and chemo communities, and validate/groundtruth deep sea coral model predictions for bamboo corals.  Weather permitting, the ROV will  be launched at 0830 (Central Daylight Time) and we expect to arrive on the seafloor around 1000.  We will host a pre-dive briefing via conference call at 0930 CDT during  the ROV descent to discuss the dive and objectives.   
04/21/2014,01:35:54,kelleyelliott,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  
04/21/2014,01:36:40,kelleyelliott,Reminder that a high resolution version of the main ROV camera feed will be made available to contributing scientists during the ROV dives here: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream-full-res.html
04/21/2014,13:40:55,danwarren,Good Morning everyone.  I will be lurking in the sidelines today off and on when I am not dealing with other wrok priorities.  Just in case of an unanticipated discovery :-)
04/21/2014,14:01:48,okeanosexplorer,Update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: the current time on board is 0900 and our location is 25o 55' 09.119" N, 91o 57' 385" W. The ship is currently on station preparing the ROV for deployment at Bryant Canyon. The objective of today's dive is to investigate benthic habitats in the canyons, including looking for deep sea corals. The ROV was deployed at 0830 and should arrive on bottom at about 2550 m at about 1000. We will have a dive briefing via telecon at 0930. 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  
04/21/2014,14:14:30,briankinlan,Good morning everyone.  Looking forward to a great dive today.
04/21/2014,14:21:14,Jamie Austin,Good morning everyone.  Jamie Austin here.  We will be diving on a ridge on the east side of Bryant Canyon today, in water depths of ~2600-2400 m.  Our vehicles are in the water, passing a depth of 1525 m.  We will be on the phone in about 10 minutes.  Beautiful weather, minimal heave - hopefully good comms.
04/21/2014,14:29:00,kelleyelliott,Reminder to PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONE when you're not speaking on the telecon. We're hearing a lot of background noise and it is embedded in the video being streamed off the ship.
04/21/2014,14:38:55,Jamie Austin,passing 2160 m, en route to ~2540 m.
04/21/2014,14:39:32,kelleyelliott,Hi All - can we do a quick audio test to see how the telecon line sounds to folks on shore? How are you hearing Jamie over the telecon?
04/21/2014,14:40:19,kelleyelliott,Please remember to MUTE YOUR PHONE when not speaking - we are hearing a lot of feedback today.
04/21/2014,14:42:38,Jamie Austin,passing 2300 m
04/21/2014,14:45:31,Jamie Austin,passing 2400 m
04/21/2014,14:48:19,Jamie Austin,passing 2500 m
04/21/2014,14:53:24,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/21/2014,14:54:07,Jamie Austin,We have sighted the seafloor.
04/21/2014,14:54:43,Jamie Austin,sedimented seafloor - non-rippled
04/21/2014,14:54:53,briankinlan,>OPH on SED
04/21/2014,14:54:58,briankinlan,>FSH
04/21/2014,14:55:12,michaelvecchione,>FSH rattail
04/21/2014,14:55:29,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,14:55:49,michaelvecchione,>SQD?
04/21/2014,14:57:05,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/21/2014,14:58:06,Jamie Austin,very sloe drift of the D2 ROV to the N
04/21/2014,14:58:44,Jamie Austin,.02 m/s (approx. N) drift
04/21/2014,15:01:10,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/21/2014,15:01:38,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/21/2014,15:01:52,michaelvecchione,Plesiopeaneaus
04/21/2014,15:03:03,michaelvecchione,The pong antennae parallel to the body function like a lateral line of a fish.
04/21/2014,15:03:10,michaelvecchione,long antennae
04/21/2014,15:03:45,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,15:04:06,briankinlan,>OPH
04/21/2014,15:04:19,michaelvecchione,>OPH
04/21/2014,15:04:22,briankinlan,>SPO hexactinellid vase
04/21/2014,15:04:24,michaelvecchione,>SPO
04/21/2014,15:04:32,briankinlan,>AST
04/21/2014,15:04:38,okeanosexplorer,25 55.0410N 91 57.5310W
04/21/2014,15:04:43,michaelvecchione,sponge has amphipods in it.
04/21/2014,15:04:57,michaelvecchione,>ASR
04/21/2014,15:08:40,michaelvecchione,>APH
04/21/2014,15:09:34,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:09:46,michaelvecchione,>multiple HOL
04/21/2014,15:10:46,michaelvecchione,>TUB
04/21/2014,15:11:01,Jamie Austin,variety of sediment grain sizes at the seafloor
04/21/2014,15:11:35,michaelvecchione,>ANE cerianthid
04/21/2014,15:13:47,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,15:13:56,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:14:11,okeanosexplorer,25 55.0252N 91 57.5254W
04/21/2014,15:14:16,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/21/2014,15:14:27,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:16:35,michaelvecchione,>octocoral
04/21/2014,15:16:51,briankinlan,>>PEN sea pen
04/21/2014,15:17:07,briankinlan,Octolulla(sp)?
04/21/2014,15:17:22,michaelvecchione,Umbellula
04/21/2014,15:18:00,briankinlan,correction to code *>CPEN
04/21/2014,15:18:25,michaelvecchione,>FSH large rattail int Seirios
04/21/2014,15:18:41,michaelvecchione,on stream 2
04/21/2014,15:20:49,michaelvecchione,>FSH tripod
04/21/2014,15:21:55,Jamie Austin,small piece of outcrop/float, with multiple anemones
04/21/2014,15:23:20,briankinlan,Jamie, looking at the backscatter map in detail. as we transit from WP1 to WP2, do you think we could add an intermediary waypoint that zigzags us a bit to hit a promising-looking backscatter high?  That additional waypoint, which we can call WP1.5, would be: -91.95700486	25.91684397
04/21/2014,15:24:30,briankinlan,I should have said WP2.5
04/21/2014,15:24:31,briankinlan,yes
04/21/2014,15:24:40,briankinlan,to be inserted between WP2 and WP3
04/21/2014,15:24:48,briankinlan,>ACN flytrap
04/21/2014,15:25:05,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,15:25:31,Jamie Austin,ridge looking feature in the sonar - change in slope
04/21/2014,15:25:45,briankinlan,>SED appears sandy/muddy with scattered pteropod shell
04/21/2014,15:26:03,briankinlan,>SED relatively coarse grained
04/21/2014,15:26:19,briankinlan,smaller >ACN x 2
04/21/2014,15:26:26,briankinlan,cerianthids
04/21/2014,15:27:09,briankinlan,>ASR asteroid sea star
04/21/2014,15:27:55,Jamie Austin,hummocky seafloor
04/21/2014,15:28:19,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,15:29:39,Jamie Austin,more rubbly at the seafloor - ridge and swale topography
04/21/2014,15:29:51,okeanosexplorer,25 54.9985N 91 57
04/21/2014,15:29:56,okeanosexplorer,oops
04/21/2014,15:30:01,briankinlan,re: additional waypoint - just a note for the chatlog - we have gone back to what I originally said, WP1.5 added between WP1 and WP2
04/21/2014,15:30:11,okeanosexplorer,91 57.5190W
04/21/2014,15:30:44,Jamie Austin,hardgrounds
04/21/2014,15:31:19,briankinlan,little sessile colonization at first look
04/21/2014,15:33:27,Jamie Austin,steep slopes - hard seafloor, with rubble
04/21/2014,15:34:44,michaelvecchione,>SHI and HOL
04/21/2014,15:35:52,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:36:12,michaelvecchione,>ASR
04/21/2014,15:37:11,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/21/2014,15:38:03,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:38:28,briankinlan,hardgrounds
04/21/2014,15:38:40,briankinlan,no sessile colonization
04/21/2014,15:38:49,briankinlan,>OPH
04/21/2014,15:38:57,briankinlan,correction >ASR
04/21/2014,15:39:06,michaelvecchione,>ASR
04/21/2014,15:40:11,briankinlan,worth zooming
04/21/2014,15:40:27,Jamie Austin,brine escape channel?
04/21/2014,15:41:08,briankinlan,what is the salinity?
04/21/2014,15:42:10,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:42:31,Jamie Austin,channel trending 150 degrees 
04/21/2014,15:43:22,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/21/2014,15:43:37,Jamie Austin,another channel
04/21/2014,15:43:43,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:44:02,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:44:29,Jamie Austin,a whole network of brine channels, with complex channels
04/21/2014,15:46:03,Jamie Austin,channels approximaetly parallel to each other in sonar
04/21/2014,15:46:41,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:46:50,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,15:47:23,okeanosexplorer,25 54.9709N 91 57.5172W 2546 m
04/21/2014,15:52:42,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,15:53:57,enriquesalgado,little or absent marine snow
04/21/2014,15:53:58,briankinlan,worm feeding mucus?
04/21/2014,15:54:08,briankinlan,"schmutz"
04/21/2014,15:55:02,michaelvecchione,>HOL and SHI
04/21/2014,15:56:13,michaelvecchione,>HOL w/pteropod coat?
04/21/2014,15:56:51,michaelvecchione,>ANE
04/21/2014,15:57:44,briankinlan,>ACN cerianthid
04/21/2014,15:57:57,michaelvecchione,>TUB
04/21/2014,15:58:10,michaelvecchione,>SHI
04/21/2014,15:59:15,Jamie Austin,another drainage-looking feature on the top of the high
04/21/2014,15:59:35,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,16:02:53,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,16:05:30,okeanosexplorer,25 54.9401 9157.5167W
04/21/2014,16:06:09,briankinlan,>ACN x5
04/21/2014,16:06:17,briankinlan,x6
04/21/2014,16:06:56,briankinlan,on >ANT substrate
04/21/2014,16:07:01,briankinlan,aluminum or plastic?
04/21/2014,16:09:25,Jamie Austin,brine escape features?  circular, with small channels
04/21/2014,16:11:43,briankinlan,>ACN
04/21/2014,16:15:45,michaelvecchione,>FSH tripod (not the common species we have been seeing)
04/21/2014,16:17:16,michaelvecchione,this one has verrryy long fins
04/21/2014,16:19:11,robertcarney,> Hol Psycropotidae
04/21/2014,16:19:19,robertcarney,>Hol Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,16:20:36,michaelvecchione,It looks scooped out by the lower jaw of a toothed whale (not a resting place).
04/21/2014,16:22:37,Jamie Austin,Whale(?) jaw scoop marks/resting traces on the seafloor?
04/21/2014,16:22:38,michaelvecchione,Cuvier's Beaked WHale gets up to 7 m long.
04/21/2014,16:24:19,Jamie Austin,more (brine escape?) grooves in the seafloor
04/21/2014,16:25:08,michaelvecchione,>FSH Bathysaurus
04/21/2014,16:26:26,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,16:26:35,robertcarney,>HOL Psychropotidae
04/21/2014,16:27:54,robertcarney,>Hol note posterior-dorsal appendage  trabslucent gut visible possibly genus Euphronides
04/21/2014,16:28:07,briankinlan,>CPEN
04/21/2014,16:28:16,robertcarney,> Unbellula
04/21/2014,16:28:26,robertcarney,>UMbellula
04/21/2014,16:29:21,robertcarney,not know
04/21/2014,16:31:40,michaelvecchione,>FSH tripod
04/21/2014,16:31:54,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,16:33:54,robertcarney,>OPH Ophiomusium-like
04/21/2014,16:38:41,Jamie Austin,multiple (brine escape - no brine visible) drainage features
04/21/2014,16:40:12,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,16:42:28,Jamie Austin,25 54.9609 N, 91 57.4358 W
04/21/2014,16:42:35,briankinlan,I think once we get to WP1.5, if the seafloor continue to be relatively barren like this, we could up the speed a little
04/21/2014,16:44:19,briankinlan,>CPEN 
04/21/2014,16:44:25,briankinlan,Umbellula
04/21/2014,16:46:59,michaelvecchione,>FSH
04/21/2014,16:47:26,briankinlan,piece of debris?
04/21/2014,16:47:48,michaelvecchione,looks like a batfish
04/21/2014,16:47:53,briankinlan,wow
04/21/2014,16:47:59,michaelvecchione,Ogcocephalus
04/21/2014,16:48:00,briankinlan,sure it's not a rock?
04/21/2014,16:48:30,Jamie Austin,rock?
04/21/2014,16:49:04,danwarren,looks more like a mud clump
04/21/2014,16:49:05,briankinlan,piece of consolidated sediment
04/21/2014,16:49:14,briankinlan,just broke apart -- mud clump
04/21/2014,16:49:21,michaelvecchione,that's not it.
04/21/2014,16:49:49,danwarren,We see small clumps like this at the edgte of fault scarps sometimes
04/21/2014,16:49:55,michaelvecchione,look under the mud clump
04/21/2014,16:50:44,danwarren,Not sure rock as much as sediment clump
04/21/2014,16:51:01,kimfaulk,where are the clumps coming from?
04/21/2014,16:52:43,briankinlan,>HOL multiple
04/21/2014,16:53:38,briankinlan,should be approaching hardgrounds over next 30-60m or so
04/21/2014,16:54:19,michaelvecchione,see http://bogleech.com/abyss-batfish.html. It was plowing up sediment as it tries to escape.
04/21/2014,16:57:11,briankinlan,>FSH
04/21/2014,16:58:52,briankinlan,position>
04/21/2014,16:59:01,briankinlan,>HOL
04/21/2014,16:59:15,briankinlan,more slide marks on sediment
04/21/2014,16:59:24,okeanosexplorer,25 55.0069N 91 57.3919
04/21/2014,17:03:32,briankinlan,>ACN cerianthid
04/21/2014,17:04:48,briankinlan,>SARG
04/21/2014,17:05:33,briankinlan,>SHI
04/21/2014,17:05:50,briankinlan,zoom on cerianthid anemone
04/21/2014,17:09:09,briankinlan,not much surface expression of the high backscatter feature at WP1.5
04/21/2014,17:10:08,briankinlan,>HOL swimming
04/21/2014,17:10:28,robertcarney,>Hol Enyniastes off bottom
04/21/2014,17:10:39,briankinlan,>ACN cerianthid
04/21/2014,17:12:12,robertcarney,Pro ROV pilots coined the term headless chicken monster or fish 
04/21/2014,17:14:18,robertcarney,>BUR circular cross section
04/21/2014,17:14:24,briankinlan,>SHI
04/21/2014,17:14:27,briankinlan,>HOL
04/21/2014,17:14:35,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,17:15:21,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes lingua?
04/21/2014,17:16:05,robertcarney,>BUR spoked feeding traces
04/21/2014,17:16:29,robertcarney,>BUR color contrast ejecta
04/21/2014,17:16:52,briankinlan,D2 position?
04/21/2014,17:17:04,robertcarney,>SH
04/21/2014,17:17:18,okeanosexplorer,25 54.9941N 91 57.3657W
04/21/2014,17:18:29,robertcarney,>BUR spoked feeding traces
04/21/2014,17:18:50,briankinlan,>SHI swimming
04/21/2014,17:20:08,briankinlan,ripples
04/21/2014,17:20:10,kimfaulk,Are those more brine channels?  those are amazing.
04/21/2014,17:20:54,kimfaulk,those look like tracks down the center of the channel(?)
04/21/2014,17:24:19,robertcarney,>OPH
04/21/2014,17:24:45,robertcarney,BUR paired round cross section through sed ridge
04/21/2014,17:26:26,danwarren,Look almost like megafurrows
04/21/2014,17:27:42,briankinlan,>HOL
04/21/2014,17:32:05,briankinlan,>SPO vase hexactinellid
04/21/2014,17:33:24,Jamie Austin,sub-parallel rills - flat floors - intra-channel drainage divides
04/21/2014,17:33:56,briankinlan,ripples
04/21/2014,17:34:19,danwarren,Can we estimate distance ridge to ridge, and depth?
04/21/2014,17:35:29,danwarren,Thanks Jamie
04/21/2014,17:35:53,Jamie Austin,individual ridges 2-3 m wide, sub-parallel, with depths in the 1-2 m range
04/21/2014,17:37:48,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,17:39:45,robertcarney,>AST
04/21/2014,17:40:48,robertcarney,>Hol white
04/21/2014,17:42:41,briankinlan,>TUB
04/21/2014,17:43:15,robertcarney,> POL branches tentacle  suspension feeders
04/21/2014,17:44:40,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,17:45:09,briankinlan,>HOL
04/21/2014,17:45:10,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodystes typica
04/21/2014,17:45:13,okeanosexplorer,25 55.0192N 91 57.2566W
04/21/2014,17:45:22,robertcarney,>HOL Enypniastes
04/21/2014,17:48:15,kimfaulk,is there any current running within the drainage features today?
04/21/2014,17:48:41,kimfaulk,or do these appear to be periodically active features?
04/21/2014,17:49:20,kimfaulk,Thanks Jaime.  I was just wondering if this was similar to the current along the base of the mega furrows along the Sigsbee.
04/21/2014,17:49:25,kimfaulk,very interesting
04/21/2014,17:50:16,briankinlan,>SHI
04/21/2014,17:50:40,robertcarney,>ROC isolated plates  light stained dark >SHI
04/21/2014,17:50:44,Jamie Austin,piece of a hardground?
04/21/2014,17:50:44,briankinlan,>CAR rubble?
04/21/2014,17:50:49,kimfaulk,looks like rubble?
04/21/2014,17:53:00,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,17:53:25,robertcarney,> BUR? elongated gouge
04/21/2014,17:54:58,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,17:56:00,robertcarney,>HOLO Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,17:57:50,robertcarney,>HOL Psycropotidae
04/21/2014,17:58:21,robertcarney,>BUR into sed ridge
04/21/2014,18:00:02,robertcarney,>SARG
04/21/2014,18:01:29,robertcarney,>HOL?
04/21/2014,18:02:07,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,18:03:01,briankinlan,This is probably further than we will get, but I've traced a path all the way up the slope:
04/21/2014,18:03:04,briankinlan,       Label   Long   Lat       WP6   -91.948   25.91946       WP7   -91.9467   25.91907       WP8   -91.9455   25.91918       WP9   -91.9441   25.91982       WP10   -91.9428   25.92008       WP11   -91.9416   25.91906       WP12   -91.9412   25.91906       WP13   -91.9395   25.92005   
04/21/2014,18:03:12,robertcarney,>HOL 2 Benthosytes typica 1 Psycropotidae
04/21/2014,18:03:21,briankinlan,Let me do them one by one
04/21/2014,18:03:22,briankinlan,   WP6   -91.948   25.91946 
04/21/2014,18:03:27,briankinlan,   WP7   -91.9467   25.91907 
04/21/2014,18:03:31,briankinlan,   WP8   -91.9455   25.91918 
04/21/2014,18:03:35,briankinlan,   WP9   -91.9441   25.91982 
04/21/2014,18:03:39,briankinlan,   WP10   -91.9428   25.92008 
04/21/2014,18:03:45,briankinlan,   WP11   -91.9416   25.91906 
04/21/2014,18:03:49,briankinlan,   WP12   -91.9412   25.91906 
04/21/2014,18:03:53,briankinlan,   WP13   -91.9395   25.92005 
04/21/2014,18:04:16,robertcarney,> White patch formed as aggregate
04/21/2014,18:05:16,robertcarney,>HOL 2 Benthodyes typica
04/21/2014,18:05:43,robertcarney,> HOL make that 3
04/21/2014,18:06:23,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,18:07:17,robertcarney,>SED darker brown "patches"  holthuroid feces in various stages
04/21/2014,18:07:24,okeanosexplorer,No need.. i dropped them into excel and printed them for him
04/21/2014,18:07:28,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,18:07:32,okeanosexplorer,hes got um
04/21/2014,18:07:53,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,18:08:14,robertcarney,>Umbellula
04/21/2014,18:08:28,briankinlan,>CPEN
04/21/2014,18:08:36,robertcarney,> Hol Benthodytes typiba little pigment
04/21/2014,18:09:54,robertcarney,UMBELLULA story early in 60's oceanography the Navy photographed these and though they were sensors of some type. 
04/21/2014,18:11:05,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes typica
04/21/2014,18:11:28,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,18:11:59,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,18:12:03,robertcarney,>B. typica
04/21/2014,18:12:45,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,18:13:02,robertcarney,>BUR elogated raised sed left side only
04/21/2014,18:13:47,robertcarney,> HOL different smaller one takong off
04/21/2014,18:14:00,robertcarney,>Hol Enypniastes again taking  off
04/21/2014,18:14:30,danwarren,Are the HOL filter feeders?
04/21/2014,18:14:50,danwarren,pardon the ignorance of an archaeologist:)
04/21/2014,18:15:23,robertcarney,>HOL Enypniastes
04/21/2014,18:15:33,robertcarney,>BUR elongated
04/21/2014,18:15:38,Jamie Austin,another resting trace?
04/21/2014,18:16:08,robertcarney,Suspension feeding holo are primarily shallow water...very few in deep ocean
04/21/2014,18:16:35,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,18:17:14,robertcarney,>HOL Benthodytes lingula?
04/21/2014,18:17:33,robertcarney,>BUR elongated gouge
04/21/2014,18:17:34,briankinlan,I'm back in chat room and seeing feeds.  was an issue on my end.
04/21/2014,18:17:49,robertcarney,>BUR elongated gouge
04/21/2014,18:17:53,okeanosexplorer,welcome back sir
04/21/2014,18:17:56,Jamie Austin,more channels
04/21/2014,18:18:06,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,18:18:38,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,18:18:48,robertcarney,>ACN
04/21/2014,18:18:56,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,18:19:16,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 3
04/21/2014,18:19:21,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,18:19:46,okeanosexplorer,25 55.0774N; 91 57.0717W
04/21/2014,18:19:57,robertcarney,>AST
04/21/2014,18:21:42,robertcarney,>fecal strings  several /m2
04/21/2014,18:21:53,robertcarney,>CPEN Umbellula
04/21/2014,18:22:26,robertcarney,>HOL B. lingua ?
04/21/2014,18:22:53,robertcarney,>Ptero aggregation
04/21/2014,18:23:16,robertcarney,> Hol B. lingua
04/21/2014,18:23:47,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 2
04/21/2014,18:24:52,kimfaulk,Jaime - why would these drainage channels be flat floored ? Is it a function of the speed of the current/flow?
04/21/2014,18:25:00,danwarren,I seen alot of this area on side scan sonar data and have viewed these channels and furrows.  
04/21/2014,Actually nice to be able to see what they are actually looking like.  Some of the >HOL are large enough that I wonder if they would register on side scan record?
04/21/2014,18:25:29,robertcarney,>BUR 6 circular one with 2ndary bur within
04/21/2014,18:25:29,danwarren,Those look almost look like small expulsion features 
04/21/2014,18:25:45,Jamie Austin,circular depressions - collapse features
04/21/2014,18:26:33,robertcarney,> plug dropped into void
04/21/2014,18:26:54,robertcarney,>POL tube
04/21/2014,18:28:12,robertcarney,>HOL different Amperima?
04/21/2014,18:28:41,okeanosexplorer,the red one? we just flew over?
04/21/2014,18:28:57,kimfaulk,Jaime - why would these drainage channels be flat floored ? Is it a function of the speed of the current/flow?
04/21/2014,18:28:59,robertcarney,yes transparent red/purple
04/21/2014,18:29:05,okeanosexplorer,thx
04/21/2014,18:31:04,robertcarney,>BUR color contrast excavation
04/21/2014,18:31:48,robertcarney,>BUR burrowed only ejects finest sed leave coarser in bottom
04/21/2014,18:32:53,robertcarney,>HOL B. lingua?
04/21/2014,18:35:12,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,18:35:57,robertcarney,>HOLO different Amperima>
04/21/2014,18:36:27,robertcarney,>Pteropod aggregate w/ double track
04/21/2014,18:37:54,robertcarney,>FEC
04/21/2014,18:38:02,michaelvecchione,Almost all are Clio pyramidata with a few Clio cuspidata
04/21/2014,18:38:33,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,18:40:23,okeanosexplorer,25 55.0761N 91 56.9346W
04/21/2014,18:40:27,briankinlan,thanks
04/21/2014,18:42:37,briankinlan,>SPO hexactinellid vase
04/21/2014,18:43:09,briankinlan,>SARG
04/21/2014,18:43:33,michaelvecchione,>APH inside SPO
04/21/2014,18:44:19,Jamie Austin,A little coarser-grained seafloor.
04/21/2014,18:46:05,Jamie Austin,edge-on view of layers of more consoilidated sediment
04/21/2014,18:46:58,robertcarney,>Fec narrow 
04/21/2014,18:47:17,robertcarney,>HOL B typica
04/21/2014,18:47:28,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,18:47:53,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,18:49:16,robertcarney,>SED crustose
04/21/2014,18:49:30,robertcarney,>HOL B.typica
04/21/2014,18:49:34,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,18:49:38,robertcarney,>FSH
04/21/2014,18:50:21,robertcarney,>MUCus
04/21/2014,18:50:47,michaelvecchione,>FSH this is the one I thought is a snailfish but it may be a weird rattail.
04/21/2014,18:51:05,kaseycantwell,Jamie- We have had several questions come in from our Ask an Explorer page on our website  over the last hour about what causes brine pools. Would you or Bill care to explain?
04/21/2014,18:53:05,robertcarney,RE Brine Pool ?  refer to http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/brinepool/media/gulf_salt.html
04/21/2014,18:53:43,robertcarney,> http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02mexico/background/brinepool/brinepool.html
04/21/2014,18:54:04,kaseycantwell,Thanks Bob- I sent them there and to Kody Kramer's recent log, but since we have had multiples I figured it would be nice to have them answer on air . Thanks though!
04/21/2014,18:54:18,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,18:54:30,kaseycantwell, that web log is great! Thanks!
04/21/2014,18:55:09,kaseycantwell,Thank you for answering live!
04/21/2014,18:55:13,robertcarney,old blog
04/21/2014,18:55:47,robertcarney,> HOL off bottom Amperima?
04/21/2014,18:56:08,robertcarney,>HOL B. lingua?
04/21/2014,18:56:33,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,18:57:04,robertcarney,>HOL 3 at least 2 B. typica
04/21/2014,18:57:20,robertcarney,>HOL B. ypica
04/21/2014,18:57:45,robertcarney,> Pteropod aggregate
04/21/2014,18:58:12,Jamie Austin,small furrows in the seafloor
04/21/2014,18:58:44,robertcarney,> SED >BUR pteropod aggregates may reflect patched of intense bioturbation in which largest particles are pushed to sed surface
04/21/2014,18:59:26,Jamie Austin,furrows with ripples crossing their flanks at an angle
04/21/2014,18:59:51,robertcarney,> HOL Pasycropotidae on side?
04/21/2014,19:00:54,danwarren,What is the size range of the >HOL we have been seeing? 
04/21/2014,19:01:34,robertcarney, most hol hat we see are >20cm  some up to 35-40.  Possibly overlooking many smaller and less colorful
04/21/2014,19:01:47,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:02:26,robertcarney,>BUR elongated
04/21/2014,19:03:01,robertcarney,>BUR elongated gouge
04/21/2014,19:03:47,robertcarney,SEEP yes very active seeps at Escarpment...PUMA prospect and in "mouth" Alaminos Aanyon
04/21/2014,19:04:27,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,19:05:26,robertcarney,PUMA Prospect is not too far from Green Knoll  BP proprietary survey
04/21/2014,19:05:58,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,19:06:47,robertcarney,Seep biota like most things non-seep changes with depth...pick the scheme you like..several proposed.  Animals > 2000m different than <1000m
04/21/2014,19:07:02,michaelvecchione,>MUC I think it is a discarded larvacean feeding structure.
04/21/2014,19:07:32,okeanosexplorer,25 55.1768N 91 56.8357W
04/21/2014,19:08:39,robertcarney,>BUR paired circular smaller
04/21/2014,19:09:08,robertcarney,>BUR  no ejecta at all
04/21/2014,19:11:00,robertcarney,>HOL Amperima type
04/21/2014,19:12:21,robertcarney,>BUR spoked traces
04/21/2014,19:12:28,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:13:31,robertcarney,>Fec pile  narrow "stream"  maybe B. typica
04/21/2014,19:14:09,robertcarney,>BUR color-contrast
04/21/2014,19:15:21,robertcarney,>Sarg
04/21/2014,19:16:50,robertcarney,>BUR spoked feeding traces
04/21/2014,19:17:24,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,19:17:45,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:18:55,robertcarney,>POL tube few com fan of feeding tentacles  15-16 tentacles
04/21/2014,19:19:10,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:20:13,robertcarney,> Hol B. typica
04/21/2014,19:21:06,robertcarney,>POL pelagic
04/21/2014,19:21:44,robertcarney,HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:22:10,robertcarney,>HOL B.typica
04/21/2014,19:22:25,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,19:24:13,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,19:24:40,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica facing away
04/21/2014,19:24:54,robertcarney,>SPO?
04/21/2014,19:25:09,robertcarney,>stalk?
04/21/2014,19:25:27,robertcarney,> HOL
04/21/2014,19:25:53,briankinlan,Actually after WP7 I think you can head straight for WP10 at 0.4
04/21/2014,19:25:54,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:26:17,briankinlan,   WP10   -91.9428   25.92008 
04/21/2014,19:26:30,briankinlan,more precision:
04/21/2014,19:26:30,briankinlan,   WP10   -91.94283375   25.92007732 
04/21/2014,19:28:24,briankinlan,small hardground outcrop with 3 >ACN 
04/21/2014,19:28:32,briankinlan,and >GAS
04/21/2014,19:28:32,robertcarney,>ACN Yello and >ACN orange(2) >GAS >Roc dark angular
04/21/2014,19:28:32,Jamie Austin,small hardground outcrop - with attached anemones
04/21/2014,19:30:01,robertcarney,>FEC holo fecal piles scattered about
04/21/2014,19:30:34,robertcarney,>SARg
04/21/2014,19:31:28,robertcarney,>POL tentacle crown from under ROC
04/21/2014,19:35:12,robertcarney,>HOL avoidance swimming by B. typica
04/21/2014,19:35:22,robertcarney,>SED pteropods aggrgate
04/21/2014,19:35:35,robertcarney,>HOL b. Typica
04/21/2014,19:36:00,robertcarney,>BUR triangular cross section
04/21/2014,19:37:25,robertcarney,>BUR smaller side burrows in larger burrow
04/21/2014,19:38:02,Jamie Austin,small outcrop with several anemones
04/21/2014,19:38:09,robertcarney,>BUR ejecta mound to lft ptero aggregate
04/21/2014,19:38:38,robertcarney,>ACN 1 yellow and 2 reds again and >Sarg
04/21/2014,19:38:53,robertcarney,>BAR scalpellid
04/21/2014,19:39:42,Jamie Austin,aonother small outcrop with anemones
04/21/2014,19:40:51,robertcarney,>ROC cobble-size >HOL B. typica  >ACN ~2 +  Yellow  >ACN ~3 + red
04/21/2014,19:41:02,robertcarney,>POL vert tube
04/21/2014,19:41:12,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:41:23,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:41:35,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:42:11,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica less pigment
04/21/2014,19:42:18,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:42:25,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:42:50,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:43:03,robertcarney,>HOL B. Typica less pigment
04/21/2014,19:44:44,robertcarney,>URC spatangid may explain some of the pteropod aggregates
04/21/2014,19:45:43,robertcarney,>HOL NOT ENYP   possible Scotoanassa-type
04/21/2014,19:46:15,michaelvecchione,>HOL
04/21/2014,19:46:44,robertcarney,>HOL only distantly related to Enyoniastes but similar behaviour  Systematics complex
04/21/2014,19:47:07,robertcarney,>HOL shedding eggs?
04/21/2014,19:47:33,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:48:07,robertcarney,>HOL B.typica
04/21/2014,19:48:13,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:48:34,robertcarney,>SED crustous
04/21/2014,19:48:52,robertcarney,>ROC cobbles
04/21/2014,19:49:02,robertcarney,>Hol B. typica
04/21/2014,19:49:33,robertcarney,Corals wiped out by holothuroids :)
04/21/2014,19:49:53,robertcarney,>SPO
04/21/2014,19:50:39,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:51:03,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:51:20,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:51:53,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 2
04/21/2014,19:52:18,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,19:52:53,robertcarney,>SHO and >FEC elaborate pile 
04/21/2014,19:53:26,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 2
04/21/2014,19:53:42,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:54:15,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,19:54:23,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:55:07,Jamie Austin,no ripples - many feeding traces
04/21/2014,19:55:07,robertcarney,> criss crossing narrow trails
04/21/2014,19:55:24,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 2
04/21/2014,19:55:59,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,19:56:21,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,19:57:13,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,19:57:58,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 3
04/21/2014,19:58:21,robertcarney,>FSH tripod water column
04/21/2014,19:58:35,robertcarney,>HOL b. typica
04/21/2014,19:58:52,okeanosexplorer,We’ll have our post-dive debriefing and discuss tomorrow’s dive at 1545] Central. 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   
04/21/2014,19:59:46,briankinlan,position?
04/21/2014,19:59:54,robertcarney,> B. typica
04/21/2014,20:00:08,okeanosexplorer,25 55 1826N 91 56.6420W
04/21/2014,20:00:27,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,20:00:35,robertcarney,>SARG
04/21/2014,20:00:46,briankinlan,can you double-check that position?
04/21/2014,20:01:10,okeanosexplorer,25 55.1846 91 56.6343
04/21/2014,20:01:10,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,20:01:32,robertcarney,>HOL Scotoanassa type on botom
04/21/2014,20:01:40,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 2
04/21/2014,20:01:46,briankinlan,ok roger that, second position makes sense
04/21/2014,20:01:54,robertcarney,>SARG
04/21/2014,20:02:55,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,20:03:40,robertcarney,>OPH Ophiomusium-like
04/21/2014,20:04:05,robertcarney,>oph with undamaged arms
04/21/2014,20:04:20,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 3
04/21/2014,20:05:01,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,20:05:15,robertcarney,>FSH rattail
04/21/2014,20:06:32,robertcarney,> HOL B typica 2 one less pigment
04/21/2014,20:08:07,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica 4
04/21/2014,20:08:31,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,20:08:41,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,20:09:15,robertcarney,>HOL B. typica
04/21/2014,20:09:24,robertcarney,>SHI
04/21/2014,20:11:35,briankinlan,Thanks everyone!  I seem to have dropped out of the conf call.
04/21/2014,20:12:08,briankinlan,This dive will certainly help to refine our model predictions for the very deepest corals
04/21/2014,20:12:42,danwarren,Great dive all.  Learned a lot.  Nice to see live what I have been looking at in acoustic data.
04/21/2014,20:15:24,okeanosexplorer,  Thanks for a great dive, everyone! We’ll have our post-dive debriefing and discuss tomorrow’s dive at 1545 Central. 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   
04/21/2014,23:39:05,kelleyelliott,Update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. The current time is 1840 Central. We are currently conducting overnight mapping operations on the Sigsbee Escarpment, east of Bryant Canyon. Tomorrow we will dive at "Bryant Canyon Deep", transecting up the western wall of the canyon starting about 2800m deep to search for deep-sea corals. During our descent to the seafloor, we will investigate the water column, conducting 15-minute transects at 800, 900, 1000, 1100 and 1200 m to identify animals that may be prey for deep-diving whales. Weather permitting, the ROV will be launched at 0830 (Central Daylight Time) and we expect to arrive at 800m to begin water column transects at approximately 0900. We expect to arrive on the seafloor to commence the benthic portion of the dive between 1100 and 1130. We will host a pre-dive briefing via conference call at 0845 CDT during the ROV descent to discuss the dive and objectives. 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 
04/21/2014,
04/21/2014,Note that a high resolution version of the main ROV camera feed will be made available to contributing scientists during the ROV dives here: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream-full-res.html