Spotlight 6: Davidson Seamount

Davidson Seamount is located about 80 km off the central California coast in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. It is one of the better-explored seamounts in the world, having been sampled and observed during 32 dives by the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Tiburon. These dives mapped the bo...

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Published inOceanography (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 126 - 127
Main Authors David Clague, Lonny Lundsten, James Hein, Jennifer Paduan, Alice Davis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Oceanography Society 01.03.2010
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Davidson Seamount
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
seamounts
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Summary:Davidson Seamount is located about 80 km off the central California coast in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. It is one of the better-explored seamounts in the world, having been sampled and observed during 32 dives by the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Tiburon. These dives mapped the bottom substrate and biological communities, and collected over 280 rock samples and nearly as many benthic animals.
ISSN:1042-8275
DOI:10.5670/oceanog.2010.78