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Deep-Sea Corals - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/coral-ecosystem/deep-sea-corals/
Deep-sea corals, like their warm-water cousins, are actually colonies of small animals that build a common skeleton, which grows into many shapes and ...
National Inventory of Deep-sea Corals and Sponges: Development of a ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/national-inventory-deep-sea-corals-sponges-database-web-portal/
Deep-sea corals and sponges provide important habitats for a variety of fish and important commercial seafood species, including shrimp and crabs, and ...
Gulf of America Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Restoration
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/restoration/gulf-mdbc-restoration/
Mesophotic and deep benthic communities are vast and complex ecosystems on the ocean floor that are foundational to Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of ...
Characterizing Spatial Distributions of Deep-sea Corals and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-spatial-distributions-of-deep-sea-corals-and-chemosynthetic-communities-in-the-u-s-gulf-of-mexico/
We compiled observations of deep-sea corals and chemosynthetic communities from field surveys and developed spatial predictive models for these ...
Photo Identification Guides for Deep-sea Corals and Sponges Now ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/photo-identification-guides-for-deep-sea-corals-and-sponges/
The publications photographically correlate collected specimens to in-situ observations and enhance the scientific value of deep-sea exploration. They ...
Report Documents State of Deep-sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems in U.S.
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-report-documents-amazing-u-s-deep-sea-coral-sponge-ecosystems/
A new NOAA report, State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States, explains advances in deep-sea coral research over the past ...
NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Data Portal - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
coastalscience.noaa.gov/products/noaa-deep-sea-coral-data-portal/
Access deep sea coral and sponge data: Digital Map allows for search, discovery, and download of the National Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges Database ...
The State of Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems of the United States ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/the-state-of-deep-sea-coral-and-sponge-ecosystems-of-the-united-states/
In addition, the scope has been broadened to include deep-sea sponge ecosystems. These regional chapters are interspersed with spotlight chapters that ...
Deep Coral Predictive Habitat Modeling in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/deep-coral-habitat-modeling-atlantic-gulf-mexico/
Deep-sea coral is a diverse and valuable resource that, among many things, provides habitat for fish and invertebrates. Because of their slow growth ...
Deep-sea Coral Ecology, Health, and Diversity - NCCOS
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/deep-sea-coral-ecology-health-diversity/
We conduct field surveys of the deep seafloor in the U.S. and neighboring waters to assess the distribution, health, and biodiversity of deep-sea ...
'Acidification' Causes Crumbling of Deep-sea Corals Off California ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/crumbling-deep-sea-corals-off-california/
A new study shows that the waters off the California coast are a natural laboratory for observing the effects of ocean acidification on cold-water ...
Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI): Exploring Deep-Sea Coral ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/southeast-deep-coral-initiative-sedci-exploring-deep-sea-coral-ecosystems-off-the-southeast-u-s/
In 2016, NOAA’s Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program started a four-year initiative to study deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems off the ...
NOAA Completes Multi-year Study of Deep-sea Corals, Sponges in ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-completes-southeast-deep-coral-initiative/
NOAA’s Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program completed its multi-year effort to explore and characterize deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems ...
Characterizing Spatial Distributions of Deep-sea Corals and Hardbottom ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/characterizing-spatial-distributions-of-deep-sea-corals-and-hardbottom-habitats-in-the-u-s-southeast-atlantic/
Deep-sea corals are generally long-lived, slow-growing, and fragile, making them vulnerable to human impacts. Information on the spatial distributions ...
Models of habitat suitability, size, and age-class structure for the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/models-of-habitat-suitability-size-and-age-class-structure-for-the-deep-sea-black-coral-leiopathes-glaberrima-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/
Deep-sea corals are important components of the benthos in the Gulf of Mexico, because they provide structural complexity to associated species of ...
Mapping Deep Corals in the U.S. South Atlantic to Conserve Vulnerable ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/mapping-deep-corals-u-s-south-atlantic-conserve-vulnerable-fish-habitat-ecosystems/
Deep-sea corals provide important habitats for many marine species, including commercial fish. We collected available bathymetric information in the ...
Genomics Guides Restoration of Coral Affected by Deepwater Horizon Oil ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/genomics-guides-coral-restoration-gulf-following-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill/
A team of scientists and explorers, including researchers from the NCCOS Deep Coral Ecology Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, completed its ...
Deepwater Horizon 2023 Gulf of Mexico Deep Sea Expedition Season, By ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/deepwater-horizon-2023-gulf-of-mexico-deep-sea-expedition-season-by-the-numbers/
Mesophotic and deep sea corals provide critical habitat for a diverse range of species, including the brittle stars, crinoids, and squat lobsters ...
NCCOS Helps Update National Database of Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-helps-update-national-database-of-deep-sea-corals-and-sponges/
Hosting 740,000+ records of deep-sea corals and sponges world-wide, in datasets from 73 data providers, the database fulfills NOAA’s requirements ...
Scientific Support for Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Community ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/scientific-support-for-mesophotic-and-deep-benthic-community-restoration-in-the-gulf-of-america/
Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Community Restoration goals are: Restore mesophotic and deep benthic invertebrate and fish abundance and biomass for ...