Dive 14: North Pioneer Ridge
Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana. Download (mp4, 104.7 MB)

Highlights from Dive 14 of the expedition, which was conducted on a ridge that extends northward from Pioneer Bank to determine whether ridge topography is suitable habitat for high-density communities of corals and sponges. The depth of this dive was closer to the oxygen minimum zone, so scientists were also interested in detecting any effects of a lower oxygen environment on the communities.