Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
In case you missed Peter and I discussing this program, here is another reminder. DEEP OCEAN AIRS TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL. The series is from the BBC. Last year at a deep-sea meeting a BBC representative presented some of the video. Even in its unformatted state, it was truly marvelous. As I recall, a segment shows Giant Isopods swarming a food fall. There will also be excellent footage of coral/sponge meadows on Davidson Seamount here off the California coast. Having seen some of this video and diving on the seamount with ROV's, I can say you will not want to mist this.
Added bonus. Jot down any questions you have and post them here in this thread. Kevin, Peter, and I will monitor the post and respond.
Comments
While the whale shark is way cool, it is not deep ocean...
Nor are surface-skimming dolphin...
Posted by: Kevin Zelnio | March 25, 2007 7:08 PM
Although I get a real kick out of seeing birds swimming underwater!
Posted by: Kevin Zelnio | March 25, 2007 7:11 PM
My favorites from that part:
Pelagic sea spider and filter-feeding urchins!
It must suck being on the west coast and having to wait 3 more hours for this stuff!
Posted by: Kevin Zelnio | March 25, 2007 7:23 PM
stop rubbing it in!
Posted by: CR McClain | March 25, 2007 7:53 PM
Davidson Seamount footage was awesome, but sailfish attack and nautilus foraging were my favorite parts. Incredible.
Posted by: Peter Etnoyer | March 25, 2007 8:56 PM
Come on! Its like telling me the score before I have seen the game!
Posted by: CR McClain | March 25, 2007 10:12 PM
My favorite has to be the time lapse of isopods, crabs, etc. in the feeding frenzy.
Posted by: CR McClain | March 25, 2007 10:27 PM
Didn't you post that footage here at DSN with a link at YouTube? Can you post that link again for the readers?
Posted by: Peter Etnoyer | March 26, 2007 7:10 AM
I couldn't believe they got that footage of the sailfish baby! What luck to come across that. Although, vampiroteuthis with the disco lights was spectacular, always a show stopper.
Here is the time-lapse from youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2h4VuvC8KCk
Posted by: Kevin Zelnio | March 26, 2007 9:08 AM