Meeting Presentations | Submarine Canyons in the Mid-Atlantic: Connecting Science to Management

On April 7, 2016, MARCO convened a one-day meeting of scientific experts and coastal managers to discuss “Submarine Canyons in the Mid-Atlantic: Connecting Science to Management.” The meeting was held at Chase Center Riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. The following documents comprise the presentations given at this meeting.

Meeting Presentations

• Submarine Canyons as Unique Ecological Systems (Dr. Cheryl Morrison and Amanda Demopoulos)
• MARCO’s Marine Habitat Priority (Kate Morrison)
• MARCO-sponsored analysis of TowCam data (Dr. Martha Nizinski)
• Mid-Atlantic Canyon Studies, Emphasizing Norfolk and Baltimore Canyons (Dr. Steve Ross)
• Fish Communities in and near U.S. Middle Atlantic Canyons (Dr. Steve Ross)
• Benthic Communities of Mid-Atlantic Bight Canyons (Dr. Sandra Brooke)
• A Brief Overview of Geologic Processes in U.S. Atlantic Submarine Canyons (Dr. Jason Chaytor)
• Marshaling Agency Resources to Investigate Submarine Canyons: The Past and Future (Dr. John McDonough and Jeremy Potter)
• Mid-Atlantic Canyon Research (Gregory S. Boland)
• Science Informed Decisions from Use-Inspired Research: BOEM’s Environmental Mission (Dr. Brad J. Blythe)
• NOAA/NMFS Resource Management in Mid-Atlantic Canyons (Dr. David Stevenson)