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CIOERT serves NOAA/OAR/OER priorities in four theme areas:
Development of advanced underwater technologies – expanding the scope and efficiency of exploration and research by developing, testing, and applying new technologies and innovative uses of existing technologies;
Exploration and research of frontier regions of the eastern U.S. continental shelf and beyond – exploration and research of ecosystems and habitats of economic, hazardous, scientific or cultural importance;
Improved understanding of deep and shallow coral ecosystems - using advanced underwater technologies and techniques to improve the understanding of coral and sponge ecosystems;
Outreach and education – expanding ocean literacy and building NOAA's technical and scientific workforce through hands-on, at-sea experiences.
The Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) is CIOERT’s primary NOAA partner. CIOERT’s academic and research partners are Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute-Florida Atlantic University, the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, the University of Miami, and SRI International, St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Galatheid crab Eumunida picta in Lophelia deepwater coral. Image by HBOI’s Johnson-Sea-Link manned submersible during 2010 Gulf of Mexico expedition. |
Updated: March 1, 2012 |
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