PREFERRED CITATION
Raineault, N.A, and J. Flanders, eds. 2019. New frontiers in ocean
exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and
R/V Falkor 2018 field season. Oceanography 32(1), supplement,
150 pp., https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.supplement.01.
The R/V Falkor team dove on “Rosebud,” a whale fall
that was placed by researchers off San Diego, California,
in La Jolla Canyon. Researchers noted changes in
composition and life forms around the location in
a beautiful, exciting dive investigating ecosystems
unique to whale falls. Image credit: SOI
FRONT COVER
A bustling community of shrimp and squat lobsters in a towering city of glass sponges
and soft corals (Pinulasma nov. sp. and Parastenella cf ramosa). This delicate deep-sea
metropolis, affectionately nicknamed “Spongetopia,” was discovered in July 2018 on
the summit of Explorer Seamount in the Northeast Pacific. Explorer is Canada’s larg-
est underwater volcano and one of 40+ seamounts located in the proposed Offshore
Pacific Marine Protected Area. Image credit: D. Fornari (WHOI-MISO Facility), Northeast
Pacific Seamount Expedition partners, and OET