Exploring Midwater Migrations over American Samoan Seamounts | Nautilus Live

When looking for biodiversity in the ocean, we often target areas around seamounts. These underwater mountains (and sometimes active volcanoes) create upwelling, bringing deep-sea nutrients upwards and enhancing productivity at all levels of the ocean food web. During the NA164 E Mamana Ou Gataifale I expedition, Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute partners and our Corps of Exploration came together to test different technologies for exploring and studying the impacts of seamounts on biodiversity inside the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.
Launching the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center’s USV DriX, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s AUV Mesobot, and the University of Rhode Island’s Deep Autonomous Profiler Lander from and in collaboration with E/V Nautilus, we explore the dynamic seafloor and water column habitats surrounding Vailulu'u Seamount, in addition to midwater and other unexplored deep-sea habitats in the region
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You at EVNautilus certainly present information in a clear and interesting way. Teach on!

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Ayo welcome back! Can we get the live chat back when y'all start the dive? We've been waiting for awhile! Your fans love the interaction with yall!

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I ❤ your low tech graphics that someone lovingly made 🥰 Thank you to everyone involved in the research

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Luv these videos. Great to see so many young people involved in science. Educational and fun to watch.

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Good job

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Lets go UNH!!!

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[@GenXLes]

Interesting. So much still to discover - TY ocean bots! 🤖 🌏💙

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Does the thermocline figure into the extent of the migration

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