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Repost: Deep-Sea Corals and Methane Seeps

Dr. M January 18, 2010 active gas seepage Carbon carbonate Chemoautotrophy Coral deep sea energy food chains gas Gulf of Mexico Lophelia pertusa Methane Seeps Nitrogen oil Open Lab 2009 Provanna Sculpta Stable Isotopes sulfur Trophic Ecology

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…

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Conservation & Environment Coral

Protection Sought For Deep Water Carolinian Reefs

Kevin Zelnio February 4, 2009 Alex Rogers Cape Fear Cape Lookout Coral Lophelia pertusa Marine Protected Area North Carolina South Atlantic South-Eastern US Steve Ross

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…

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