Video:
Visit from a Pelagic Sea Cucumber
Unlike their more well-known holothurian cousins, pelagic sea cucumbers spend their lives in the water column looking for food. This one floated past Hercules during our GISR cruise while we were imaging natural petroleum bubbles.
Expedition
Gulf Integrated Spill Research (GISR)
This cruise is part of the Gulf Integrated Spill Response (GISR) Consortium, funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The vision of the GISR Consortium is to understand and predict the fundamental behavior of petroleum fluids in the ocean environment. This capability is critical to inform decisions during response to oil spills and for development of mitigation plans, ultimately yielding significant environmental and financial savings.
