Vol. 23, No. 1, March 2010
Special Issue on Mountains in the Sea

Media Page

Foreword (180 KB pdf)
By M. McNutt

From the Guest Editors (156 KB pdf)
By H. Staudigel, A.A.P. Koppers, J.W. Lavelle, T.J. Pitcher, and T.M. Shank

The Global Seamount Census (824 KB pdf)
By P. Wessel, D.T. Sandwell, and S.-S. Kim

Intraplate Seamounts as a Window into Deep Earth Processes (2.1 MB pdf)
By A.A.P. Koppers and A.B. Watts

The Geological History of Deep-Sea Volcanoes: Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and Lithosphere Interactions (904 KB pdf)
By H. Staudigel and D.A. Clague

Seamounts as Conduits for Massive Fluid, Heat, and Solute Fluxes on Ridge Flanks (940 KB pdf)
By A.T. Fisher and C.G. Wheat

Motion, Commotion, and Biophysical Connections at Deep Ocean Seamounts (1.2 MB pdf)
By J.W. Lavelle and C. Mohn

Seamounts: Deep-Ocean Laboratories of Faunal Connectivity, Evolution, and Endemism (872 KB pdf)
By T.M. Shank

Seamount Fisheries: Do They Have a Future? (860 KB pdf)
By T.J. Pitcher, M.R. Clark, T. Morato, and R. Watson

Microbiology of Seamounts: Common Patterns Observed in Community Structure (2.3 MB pdf)
By D. Emerson and C.L. Moyer

Seamount Subduction and Earthquakes (712 KB pdf)
By A.B. Watts, A.A.P. Koppers, and D.P. Robinson

Seamounts in the Subduction Factory (368 KB pdf)
By H. Staudigel, A.A.P. Koppers, T.A. Plank, and B.B. Hanan

Seamount Mineral Deposits: A Source of Rare Metals for High-Technology Industries (472 KB pdf)
By J.R. Hein, T.A. Conrad, and H. Staudigel

Can We Protect Seamounts for Research? A Call For Conservation (700 KB pdf)
By T. Morato, T.J. Pitcher, M.R. Clark, G. Menezes, F. Tempera, F. Porteiro,
E. Giacomello, and R.S. Santos

Seamount Sciences: Quo Vadis? (156 KB pdf)
By H. Staudigel, A.A.P. Koppers, J.W. Lavelle, T.J. Pitcher, and T.M. Shank

MOUNTAINS IN THE SEA SPOTLIGHTS

SPOTLIGHT 1 | Axial Seamount (352 KB pdf)
By W.W. Chadwick, D.A. Butterfield, R.W. Embley, V. Tunnicliffe, J.A. Huber,
S.L. Nooner, and D.A. Clague

SPOTLIGHT 2 | Jasper Seamount (560 KB pdf)
By J.G. Konter, H. Staudigel, and J. Gee

SPOTLIGHT 3 | Loihi Seamount (472 KB pdf)
By H. Staudigel, C.L. Moyer, M.O. Garcia, A. Malahoff, D.A. Clague, and A.A.P. Koppers

SPOTLIGHT 4 | New England and Corner Rise Seamounts (320 KB pdf)
By T.M. Shank

SPOTLIGHT 5 | Great Meteor Seamount (368 KB pdf)
By C. Mohn

SPOTLIGHT 6 | Davidson Seamount (312 KB pdf)
By D. Clague, L. Lundsten, J. Hein, J. Paduan, and A. Davis

SPOTLIGHT 7 | Graveyard Seamounts (1 MB pdf)
By M.R. Clark, A.A. Rowden, I. Wright, and M. Consalvey

SPOTLIGHT 8 | Vailulu’u Seamount (448 KB pdf)
By A.A.P. Koppers, H. Staudigel, S.R. Hart, C. Young, and J.G. Konter

SPOTLIGHT 9 | South Chamorro Seamount (480 KB pdf)t
By C.G. Wheat, P. Fryer, K. Takai, and S. Hulme

SPOTLIGHT 10 | Northwest Rota-1 Seamount (296 KB pdf)
By W.W. Chadwick, R.W. Embley, E.T. Baker, J.A. Resing, J.E. Lupton,
K.V. Cashman, R.P. Dziak, V. Tunnicliffe, D.A. Butterfield, and Y. Tamura

SPOTLIGHT 11 | Dom João de Castro Seamount (276 KB pdf)
By R.S. Santos, F. Tempera, A. Colaço, F. Cardigos, and T. Morato

SPOTLIGHT 12 | Sedlo Seamount (280 KB pdf)
By R.S. Santos, F. Tempera, G. Menezes, F. Porteiro, and T. Morato

MOUNTAINS IN THE SEA BOXES

BOX 1 | Defining the Word “Seamount” (200 KB pdf)
By H. Staudigel, A.A.P. Koppers, J.W. Lavelle, T.J. Pitcher, and T.M. Shank

BOX 2 | Featured Seamount Locations (636 KB pdf)

BOX 3 | Seamount Discovery Tool Aids Navigation to Uncharted Seafloor Features (352 KB pdf)
By D.T. Sandwell and P. Wessel

BOX 4 | Seamount Catalog: Seamount Morphology, Maps, and Data Files (176 KB pdf)
By A.A.P. Koppers, H. Staudigel, and R. Minnett

BOX 5 | The NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: New Ways For Exploring the Ocean (252 KB pdf)
By S. Hammond, J. McDonough, and C. Russell

BOX 6 | Seamount Ecosystem Evaluation Framework (SEEF): A Tool for Global Seamount Research and Data Synthesis (308 KB pdf)
By T.J. Pitcher, T. Morato, K.I. Stocks, and M.R. Clark

BOX 7 | Deep-Sea Corals on Seamounts (284 KB pdf)
By P.J. Etnoyer

BOX 8 | Eight Major Target Species in World Seamount Fisheries (248 KB pdf)
By T.J. Pitcher

BOX 9 | Effects of Trawling on Seamounts (232 KB pdf)
By M.R. Clark

BOX 10 | SeamountsOnline: A Desktop Window Into the Lives of Seamounts (168 KB pdf)
By K.I. Stocks

BOX 11 | Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing: Visualizing Life Around Seamounts (808 KB pdf)
By N.C. Makris, S. Jagannathan, and A. Ignisca

BOX 12 | How Large Is the Seamount Biome? (276 KB pdf)
By P.J. Etnoyer, J. Wood, and T.C. Shirley

BOX 13 | Databases and Internet Resources on Seamounts (184 KB pdf)

SCIENCE AND POLICY FEATURE

A Very Inconvenient Truth (132 KB pdf)
By C.H. Greene, D.J. Baker, and D.H. Miller

DEPARTMENTS

QUARTERDECK | Of Note (92 KB pdf)
By E.S. Kappel

FROM THE PRESIDENT | Marine Spatial Planning: A Call for Action (100 KB pdf)
By C. Thoroughgood

RIPPLE MARKS—THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY | “Talking to the Animals”: Chemical Ecologists Translate the Language of the Sea • Earth’s Oceans: And Then There Were Six? • Seashells, Not Diamonds, A Long-Ago “Girl’s Best Friend” • We Are Stardust, We are Golden, Our Hearts Are Billion-Year-Old Carbon (524 KB pdf)
By C.L. Dybas

AWARDS | The Oceanography Society Fellows Program (104 KB pdf)

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM | Your Course Outline—A Critical Document (164 KB pdf)
By T. Garrison

BOOK REVIEWS | Ocean: Reflections on a Century of Exploration • Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans • Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats • The Silent Deep: The Discovery, Ecology, and Conservation of the Deep Sea • World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life (284 KB pdf)