Repost: Deep-Sea Corals and Methane Seeps
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By , on January 18th, 2010 2 comments   Ecology, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

This is a repost of KZ’s winning post for Open Laboratory 2009: The Best Science Writing on the Web. Congrats to KZ! ———————————————————————————————————— This is a tale of cause and effect in the deep sea woven by threads of hypotheses held together by the loom of targeted sampling efforts and multiple lines of evidence. You . . . → Read More: Repost: Deep-Sea Corals and Methane Seeps

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Protection Sought For Deep Water Carolinian Reefs
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By , on February 4th, 2009 3 comments   Conservation & Environment, Coral   , , , , , , , , ,  

Image from Lophelia.org, a great resource for learning about deep-sea corals. Forwarded this article from yesterday’s Guardian by a colleague. To preserve the reefs, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, a federal panel that regulates recreational and commercial fishing from four to 320 kilometres (200 miles) offshore, is proposing to designate more than 37,000 square . . . → Read More: Protection Sought For Deep Water Carolinian Reefs

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