Publications
Explore the list of manuscripts, books and book chapters, theses, and dissertations from the data and samples collected aboard Nautilus.
2022
(2022). Microbial ecosystem services and associates with ferromanganese crusts on seamounts of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument: Initail Results. 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting
(2022). HĀNAU KA PALIHOA, LELE! The story, genealogy, and process of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group Nomenclature Subcommittee. Parks Stewardship Forum 38(2): 325-341.
(2022). Mapping and Exploration of Deep Seamounts around Johnston Atoll: 2021 Expeditions aboard E/V Nautilus. Deep-Sea Life 19: 11-12.
(2022). Re-envisioning the Collective Voyage for Ocean Exploration. White Paper for the 2022 National Ocean Exploration Forum
(2022). High resolution, in-situ studies of seawater carbonate chemistry and carbon cycling in coastal systems using CHANnelized Optical System II.
(2022). Diversity and distribution of bacterial symbionts in Vesicomyid clams along the Cascadia Margin.
(2022). Microbial communities of Auka hydrothermal sediments shed light on vent biogeography and the evolutionary history of thermophily. The ISME Journal 16: 1750-1764.
(2022). E/V Nautilus mapping in the Pacific: Recent accomplishments & what is next. NOAA Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting
(2022). E/V Nautilus seafloor mapping: recent accomplishments and what is next. Map the Gaps Symposium
(2022). New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA Ocean Exploration, and Schmidt Ocean Institute 2021 Field Season. Oceanography Supplement 34: 1.
(2022). Unique mobile elements and scalable gene flow at the prokaryote–eukaryote boundary revealed by circularized Asgard archaea genomes. Nature Microbiology 7: 200-212.
(2022). Combining technology and outreach for ocean exploration. Ocean Robotics Planet 32: 51-54.
2021
(2021). Coming together—symbiont acquisition and early development in deep-sea bathymodioline mussels. Proc. R. Soc.
(2021). Protistan grazing impacts microbial communities and carbon cycling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (29): e2102674118.
(2021). Distribution of Methane Plumes on Cascadia Margin and Implications for the Landward Limit of Methane Hydrate Stability. Frontiers in Earth Science
(2021). Observations in life of Eiconaxius baja Kensley, 1996 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Axiidea, Axiidae), a sponge commensal lobster. Crustacean Research 50: 103-106.
(2021). First record of a thread-leg shrimp (Decapoda: Caridea: Nematocarcinidae) from California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 131 (1): 128-130.
(2021). Platymaia Miers, 1885 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Inachidae) can swim. Journal of Crustacean Biology
(2021). The worm affair: Genetic diversity in two species of symbionts that co-occur in tubeworms from the Mediterranean Sea. bioRxiv
2020
(2020). Deep-sea coral biogeography and community structure in tropical seamount environments. Dissertation: Temple University
(2020). Distribution of scleractinian corals and stylasterid hydrocorals across abiotic environmental gradients on three seamounts in the Anegada Passage. PeerJ
(2020). Design and testing of the JPL-Nautilus Gripper for deep-ocean geological sampling. Journal of Field Robotics
(2020). A new genus and species of spionid polychaete (Annelida, Spionidae) from a deep-water cold seep site in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Turkey. Zoosymposia 19 (1): 121-134.
(2020). Deep-water shipwrecks in the East Mediterranean: a microcosm of Late Roman exchange. Journal of Roman Archaeology 33: 291-329. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346093218_Deep-wat…
(2020). Deep-Water Shipwrecks as a Microcosm of Late Roman Maritime Exchange in the Eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Roman Archaeology
(2020). The polygenetic Kahouanne Seamounts in the Northern Lesser Antilles Island Arc: Evidence for large-scale volcanic island subsidence. Marine Geology 419: 106046.
(2020). The Knidos Q and Marmaris D Shipwrecks: two small vessels with Rhodian pottery from the Late Ottoman Period. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
(2020). Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands. Scientific reports 10 (1): 1-13.
(2020). Discovery and Mapping of the Triton Seep Site, Redondo Knoll: Fluid Flow and Microbial Colonization Within an Oxygen Minimum Zone. New Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 108.
2019
(2019). Late quaternary subsidence of santa catalina island, california continental borderland, demonstrated by seismic-reflection data and fossil assemblages from submerged marine terraces. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 131(1-2): 21-42.
(2019). Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 1—Chemical Kinetics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 124(12): 8852-8868.
(2019). Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 2—Isotopic Kinetics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 124(11): 8392-8399.
(2019). Depth-dependent temperature variability in the Southern California bight
with implications for the cold-water gorgonian octocoral Adelogorgia
phyllosclera. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 514-515: 118-126.
with implications for the cold-water gorgonian octocoral Adelogorgia
phyllosclera. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 514-515: 118-126.
(2019). Investigating Lava-Balloon Formation: New Exploration of the 1993 Submarine Vent Site at Socorro Island, Mexico. MS Thesis: University of Rhode Island
(2019). Distributions of the Pelagic Holothurian Pelagothuria in the Central Pacific Ocean as Observed by Remotely-Operated Vehicle Surveys. Frontiers in Marine Science
2018
(2018). Deep-Water Archaeological Discoveries on Eratosthenes Seamount. Deep Sea Research II 150: 4-21.
(2018). Mantle‐derived helium and multiple methane sources in gas bubbles of cold seeps along the Cascadia Continental Margin. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19(11): 4476-4486.
(2018). Telepresence-Enabled Maritime Archaeological Exploration in the Deep. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 13(2): 97-121.
(2018). Deep-Water Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Part 1: Suborder Calcaxonia. ZooKeys 729: 1-46.
(2018). Seafloor fluid seeps on Kimki Ridge, offshore southern California: Links to active strike-slip faulting. Deep Sea Research II 150: 82-91.
(2018). The Ereğli E Shipwreck, Turkey: an early Hellenistic merchant ship in the Black Sea. The International Journal of Nautical Archeology 47(1): 57-80.
(2018). Eregli E: A Hellenistic merchant ship in the Black Sea. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 47(1): 57-80.
(2018). Archaeological survey of the ex-USS Independence (CVL22). Journal of Maritime Archaeology 13(2): 123-144.
(2018). Archaeological survey of the ex-USS Bugara. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 13(2): 191-206.
(2018). Telepresence-enabled archaeological survey and identification of S/S Coast Trader, Straits of Juan de Fuca, British Columbia, Canada. Deep Sea Research II 150: 22-29.
(2018). USS Independence’s aircraft. Journal of Maritime Archaeology 13(2): 145-166.
(2018). Passive acoustic records of seafloor methane bubble streams on the Oregon continental margin. Deep Sea Research II 150: 210-217.
(2018). Models of habitat suitability, size, and age-class structure for the deep-sea black coral Leiopathes glaberrima in the Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research II 150: 218-228.
(2018). Exploring deep-water coral communities using environmental DNA. Deep Sea Research II 150: 229-241.
(2018). Long-term impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea corals detected after seven years of monitoring. Biological Conservation 225: 117-`127.
(2018). Projecting the recovery of a long‐lived deep‐sea coral species after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using state‐structured models. Journal of Applied Ecology 55(4): 1812-1822.
(2018). In situ Observations of the Meso-Bathypelagic Scyphozoan, Deepstaria enigmatica (Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae). American Museum Novitates 3900: 1-14.
(2018). Investigating the Complex Association Between Viral Ecology, Environment, and Northeast Pacific Sea Star Wasting. New Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 77.
(2018). Tubular Nontronite-Bearing Hydrothermal Deposits from a Galapagos Seamount. Deep Sea Research II 150: 181-194.
(2018). Faunal and stable carbon isotopic analyses of benthic foraminifera from the Southeast cold seep on Kimki Ridge offshore southern California, USA. Deep Sea Research II 150: 92-117.
(2018). In situ Carbon Isotopic Exploration of an Active Submarine Volcano. Deep Sea Research II 150: 57-66.
(2018). Complementary acoustic and optical methods for characterization of diffuse venting, gas seeps, and biota distributions at hydrothermal systems: A case study at Kick’em Jenny Volcano. Deep Sea Research II 150: 67-81.
(2018). Oxygen minimum zone baseline transects for paleoceanographic reconstructions in Santa Barbara Basin, CA. Deep Sea Research II 150: 118-131.
(2018). Characterizing the deep-sea sponge grounds of Grays Canyon, Washington. Deep Sea Research II 150: 146-155.
(2018). Four new species of Hexactinellida (Porifera) and a name replacement from the NE Pacific. ZooTaxa 4466(1): 124-151.
(2018). Deep-sea hydrothermal vents as natural egg-case incubators at the Galapagos Rift. Nature 8(1): 1788.
(2018). Petrogenesis of Alkalic Seamounts in the Galapagos Islands. Deep Sea Research II 150: 170-180.
(2018). Heterogeneity of methane seep biomes in the Northeast Pacific. Deep Sea Research II 150: 195-209.
(2018). Sycamore Knoll: A wave-planed pop-up structure in a sinistral-oblique thrust system, Southern California Continental Borderland. Deep Sea Research II 150: 132-145.
(2018). Incidence of disturbance and damage to deep-sea corals and sponges in areas of high trawl bycatch near the California and Oregon border. Deep Sea Research II 150: 156-163.
2017
(2017). Characterisation of methane-seep communities in a deep-sea area designated for oil and natural gas exploitation off Trinidad and Tobago. Frontiers in Marine Science Special Issue: Anthropogenic Disturbances in Deep Sea.
(2017). Demersal fish assemblages on seamounts and other rugged features in the northeastern Caribbean. Deep Sea Research 123: 90-104.
(2017). Stress response of the black coral Leiopathes glaberrima when exposed to sub-lethal amounts of crude oil and dispersant. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene 5: 77.
2016
(2016). A new species of Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from deep-sea chemosynthetic environments in the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa 4066(1): 71–77.
(2016). Quantifying impacts of trawling to shipwrecks. In: Matthew Keith, (ed) Site Formation Processes of Submerged Shipwrecks : 157-178.
(2016). Quantification of bottom trawl fishing damage to ancient shipwreck sites. Marine Geology 371: 82-88.
(2016). Quantification of bottom trawl fishing damage to ancient shipwreck sites. Marine Geology 371: 82-88.
(2016). Hydrothermal Venting and Mineralization in the Crater of Kick'em Jenny Volcano, Grenada (Lesser Antilles). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 17(3): 1000-1019.
(2016). Response of deep-water corals to oil and chemical dispersant exposure.. Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography 129: 137-147.
(2016). Transforming Undergraduate Research Opportunities using Telepresence. Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Sound and Vibration 64(2): 138-146.
(2016). Observations of bubbles in natural seep flares at MC 118 and GC 600 using in situ quantitative imaging. Journal of Geophysical Research 121(4): 2203-2230.
2015
(2015). Bathymetric extent of recent trawl damage to the seabed captured by an ROV transect in the Alboran Sea. Oceanography 28(4): 8-10.
(2015). Distribution of tephra from the 1650 AD submarine eruption of Kolumbo volcano, Greece. MS Thesis: University of Rhode Island
(2015). Fishing for Common Ground: Investigations of the impact of trawling on ancient shipwreck sites uncovers a potential for management synergy. Marine Policy 61: 127-133.
(2015). Oceanic detachment faulting and core complex development and evolution: insights from the mid-Cayman spreading center. MS Thesis: University of Wyoming
(2015). Sedimentology And Geochemistry of Mud Volcanoes in Anaximander Mountain Region From the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 95(1): 63-71.
(2015). A brief look at the Free-living Nematoda of the oxic/anoxic interface with a new genus record (Trefusia) to the Black Sea. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 44(4): 539-551.
(2015). Factor graphs and submap simultaneous localization and mapping for microbathymetry. Dissertation: University of Rhode Island
(2015). Lost fishing gear and litter in the Gorringe Bank (NE Atlantic). Journal of Sea Research 100: 91-98.
(2015). New Insights into the Nature of Debris-Avalanche Deposits Offshore Montserrat using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). Geochem. Geophys. Geosys. 16(7): 2240-2261.
2014
(2014). Archaeological Oceanography. Encyclopedia of Natural Resources : 604-608.
(2014). Integrated volcanologic and petrologic analysis of the 1650 AD eruption of Kolumbo submarine volcano. Journal of Volcanological and Geothermal Research 269: 28-43.
(2014). Cold Seeps Associated with a Submarine Debris Avalanche Deposit at Kick’em Jenny Volcano, Grenada (Lesser Antilles). Deep Sea Research I 93: 156-160.
(2014). Theoretical and Practical Advances in Underwater
Regional Archaeological Survey. MS Thesis: University College London
Regional Archaeological Survey. MS Thesis: University College London
(2014). A new carnivorous sponge, Chondrocladia robertballardi sp. nov. (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from two northeast seamounts. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 95(7): 1345-1352.
(2014). Exploration of the 1891 Foerstner submarine vent site (Pantelleria, Italy): insights into the formation of basaltic balloons. Bulletin of Volcanology 76: 844-862.
(2014). Tsunami Hazard Risk of a future volcanic eruption of Kolumbo submarine volcano, NE of Santorini Caldera, Greece. Natural Hazards 72(3): 1375–1390.
(2014). The detection of Volcanic Debris Avalanches (VDAs) along the Hellenic Volcanic Arc, using marine geophysical techniques. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences 37: 339-350.
(2014). Hydrocarbon-related microbial processes in the deep sediments of the Eastern Mediterranean Levantine basin. FEMS Microbial Ecology 87(3): 780–796.
(2014). First evidence for the presence of iron oxidizing Zetaproteobacteria at the Levantine continental margins. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91456.
(2014). Cold seep biogenic carbonate crust in the Levantine basin is inhabited by burrowing Phascolosoma aff.turnerae, a sipunculan worm hosting a distinctive microbiota. Deep-sea Research I 90(1): 17-26.
(2014). Distribution of the Lamellibrachia spp. (Sibogilnidae, Annelida) and their trophosome endosymbiont phylotypes in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology 161(6): 1229-1239.
(2014). Marine Chemosynthesis in the Mediterranean Sea. In: Goffredo, S., Dubinsky, Z. (eds) The Mediterranean Sea: Its history and present challenges : 69-83.
(2014). In situ observation of chimaerid species in the Gorringe Bank: new distribution records for the north-east Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology 85(3): 927-932.
2013
(2013). Submarine evidence of a debris avalanche deposit on the eastern slope of Santorini Volcano, Greece. Tectonophysics SI: The Aegean: a natural laboratory for tectonics 597-598: 147-160.
Telepresence-enabled Exploration Workshops
The Ocean Exploration Trust, in partnership with the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, has hosted periodic workshops with members of the scientific community to identify and prioritize potential targets for telepresence-enabled exploration in Nautilus field program regions.
2012 Caribbean Workshop
