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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ONC is primarily funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Government

of Canada, University of Victoria, and Government of British Columbia. Thank

you to Mark Rankin for preparing Figure 1, and to Norman Coloma for Figure 4.

Many thanks to the captains and crew of R/V T.G. Thompson, CCGS John P. Tully,

and E/V Nautilus, as well as the crews of the remotely operated vehicles ROPOS,

Hercules, Odysseus, and Millennium. Finally, and most importantly, we would

like to thank all the researchers who have been fascinated by the Endeavour

Segment and provided the impetus for its designation as an MPA. In particu­

lar, we thank S.K. Juniper (in memoriam) for his passion, enthusiasm, and curi­

osity, all of which spurred a multitude of new and exciting discoveries about

Endeavour vent communities.

AUTHORS

Steven F. Mihály, Fabio C. De Leo, Ella Minicola (ellaminicola@oceannetworks.ca),

Lanfranco Muzi, Martin Heesemann, Kate Moran, and Jesse Hutchinson,

Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada.

ARTICLE CITATION

Mihály, S.F., F.C. De Leo, E. Minicola, L. Muzi, M. Heesemann, K. Moran, and

J. Hutchinson. 2025. Scientific research and marine protected area moni­

toring using a deep-sea observatory: The Endeavour hydrothermal vents.

Oceanography 38(2):10–23, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025.315.

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