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NOAA Pays Tribute to Marine Spatial Ecologist Dr. Brian Kinlan During ...
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Matt Poti (left) and Dr. Brian Kinlan (right) use 3D visualization software to view deep coral model results. Credit: NOAA. On September 3, a team on ...
NOAA, partners discover deep sea coral and sponge banks in Farallones ...
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Newly discovered habitats in NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones Sanctuary are an underwater melting pot for deep sea corals, sponges, rockfish, and other ...
Deepwater Horizon 2023 Gulf of Mexico Deep Sea Expedition Season, By ...
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In 2010, more than 770 square miles of mesophotic and deep-sea habitats were injured by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In 2023, the National Oceanic ...
NOAA Completes Multi-year Study of Deep-sea Corals, Sponges in ...
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NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program completed its multi-year effort to explore and characterize deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems ...
NCCOS | Mapping Deep Corals in the U.S. South Atlantic to Conserve ...
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Deep-sea corals provide important habitats for many marine species, including commercial fish. We collected available bathymetric information in the ...
Scientists Explore Mesoamerican Reef’s Deep-sea Corals, in a Yellow ...
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The scientists used the Idabel shore-based submersible to explore deepwater sites off Isla de Roatán, Honduras. Credit: Annick McIntosh. An NCCOS-led ...
Deep Coral Predictive Habitat Modeling in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of ...
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Discovered that information on substrate, including hard bottom and sediment grain size, is a critical factor for predicting the distribution of many ...
NCCOS | Benthic Habitat Mapping - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Mapping Deep Corals in the U.S. South Atlantic to Conserve Vulnerable Fish Habitat and Ecosystems; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands; Palmyra Atoll ...
Characterizing Deep Water Octocoral Microbiomes in the Northern Gulf of ...
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An NCCOS- and RESTORE-funded study characterized the microbiomes (a collection of microbes) of four octocoral species, i.e. soft corals and sea fans ...
Cruise Report for Patterns in Deep-Sea Corals Expedition: NOAA ship ...
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Samples of deep-water sea fan colonies and stony coral aggregations were collected and retrieved for species identification, age, and growth studies ...
Four New Algal Species Discovered in Hawai’i’s Mesophotic Waters
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NOAA-funded scientists at the University of Hawai’i have discovered and described four new algal species in Hawai’i’s mesophotic coral ecosystems. The ...
NCCOS and Partners Map Unexplored Seafloor of CINMS
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Researchers discovered a new pinnacle while mapping 82 square miles of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. ... The presence of abundant dee ...
Diving into Deep Coral Propagation - NCCOS - National Centers for ...
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In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released an estimated 134 million gallons of oil into the northern Gulf of Mexico, injuring more than 770 ...
Rolling in the Deep: NOAA Expeditions to Assess and Restore Gulf of ...
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The affected areas included sensitive deep-water habitats that receive little to no sunlight from the surface, yet host an abundance of lifeforms like ...
Understanding Coral Ecosystem Connectivity in the Gulf of Mexico from ...
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Deep reefs, referred to as mesophotic coral ecosystems, can be found from 100–330+ feet (30–100+ meters) in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Pictured is a ...
Benthic Habitat Characterization and Climate Change Vulnerability ...
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Cordell Bank, Greater Farallones and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries harbor diverse communities of deep-water fish, corals and sponges ...
Vulnerability of Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems to Ocean Acidification
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The high acidity and high dissolved inorganic carbon of the California Current ecosystem make it a natural laboratory to study the effects of ocean ...
Ecology, Integrity and Status of Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Reefs
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The second study area off Ponce represented an area with high anthropogenic stress including river inflow, a deep sewer outfall at 120 m (393 ft) in ...
Pulley Ridge Corals May Be Recovering After 10-Year Decline
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An NCCOS-funded study has produced a detailed characterization of the deep (60–80 meters), mesophotic reefs and fish populations of Pulley Ridge ...