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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 ...
Distribution of deep-water corals, sponges, and demersal fisheries ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/distribution-of-deep-water-corals-sponges-and-demersal-fisheries-landings-in-southern-california-usa-implications-for-conservation-priorities/
Deep-sea corals in Southern California are diverse and abundant but subject to multiple stressors, including bottom-contact fisheries using mobile and ...
Photo Identification Guides for Deep-sea Corals and Sponges Now ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/photo-identification-guides-for-deep-sea-corals-and-sponges/
Photographic catalog of deep-sea corals collected from the U.S. West Atlantic margin by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer in years 2017–2019, released March ...
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, or “cold-water” corals and sponges are a fragile, diverse collection of organisms inhabiting waters from 50 to 8,000 meters deep on ...
[PDF] DEEP-WATER DATA COLLECTION & BENTHIC HABITAT MAP PRODUCTION
products.coastalscience.noaa.gov/collections/benthic/e93stcroix/pdfs/stcroix_acousticmapping.pdf
corals at 18 m depth off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico. Habitat Map Production. Deep-water coral reef habitats are typically characterized by ...
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/
Deep-sea corals, also known as cold-water corals or deepwater corals, can create local hotspots of biodiversity by providing three-dimensional ...
NCCOS | NWHI - Laysan Island - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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Approximately 1300 km WNW from Kaua'i and 900 kilometers ESE from Midway lies Laysan Island at longitude 171 degrees 45 minutes W and latitude 25 ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/science-areas/coral-ecosystem/mesophotic-coral-ecosystems/
Imagine a coral reef. Chances are you are thinking about those corals that live in the top 100 feet (30 m) of the ocean. In tropical and subtropical ...
Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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These images are in GeoTIFF (.tif) format, and were used to identify, delineate and classify shallow, moderate and deep-water benthic habitats inside ...
Scientific Cruises Set Sail to Help Restore Open Ocean Communities
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/scientific-cruises-set-sail-to-help-restore-open-ocean-communities/
Restoring the coral species injured by the oil spill requires development of new techniques and better understanding of their biology, genetics ...
Exploring and Characterizing the Seafloor of Channel Islands National ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/exploring-characterizing-seafloor-channel-islands-national-marine-sanctuary/
It is also home to deepwater corals and sponges as well as sharks, whales, dolphins, seals, and sea lions. What We Are Doing To facilitate the ...
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 ...
A Pilot Survey of Deepwater Coral/Sponge Assemblages and their ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/a-pilot-survey-of-deepwater-coral-sponge-assemblages-and-their-susceptibility-to-fishing-harvest-impacts-at-the-olympic-coast-national-marine-sanctuary-ocnms-cruise-report-for-noaa-ship-mcarthur-ii-2/
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'Acidification' Causes Crumbling of Deep-sea Corals Off California ...
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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 cor ...
Protecting Local Species with Better Detection Methods for Invasive ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/protecting-local-species-northwestern-hawaiian-islands/
Invasive species, such as snowflake coral and hookweed, threaten the local organisms in the deeper waters around the NWHI. At greatest risk of being ...
NOAA, USGS Investigate Mesophotic Coral Biology to Support Restoration
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-usgs-investigate-mesophotic-coral-biology-to-support-restoration/
Mesophotic and deep benthic communities were injured across a large area in the Gulf of Mexico by the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in 2010. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ecology, Integrity and Status of Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Reefs
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/ecology-integrity-status-caribbean-mesophotic-coral-reefs/
The Ponce site allows us to compare mesophotic coral ecosystems that are exposed to such stressors as sedimentation, turbidity, and eutrophication to ...