From the wire… A vast stretch of deepsea coral reefs in the south Atlantic passed a key step toward full federal protection as a special…
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Deep Sea Corals and Methane Seeps
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…
View More Deep Sea Corals and Methane SeepsReflections on the Johnson Sea-link: Dr. Cordes
Dr. Erik Cordes is an Assistant Professor at Temple University specializing in the ecology of cold-seep and deep coral communities. He was Chief Scientist on…
View More Reflections on the Johnson Sea-link: Dr. CordesDeep-corals provide habitat for numerous associated species
The biodiversity of Lophelia pertusa bioherms in the North Atlantic rivals the diversity of a shallow water tropical reef. More than 800 associated species have been documented in association.
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