Many coral reefs are found below scuba diving depth. Because of the difficulty in visiting these parts of the ocean, the biology of these reef systems (termed mesophotic reefs) is little understood. These reefs are very abundant, ...
Environment
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Just beyond where conventional scuba divers can go is an area of the ocean that still is largely unexplored. In waters this deep—about 100 to at least 500 feet below the surface—little to no light breaks through.
Environment
Jun 20, 2019
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Corals lurking in deeper, darker waters could one day help to replenish shallow water reefs under threat from ocean warming and bleaching events, according to researchers.
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2019
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New findings suggest that out-of-sight deep reefs are unique habitats in need of protection. A team of highly trained scientific divers—led by researchers from the California Academy of Sciences—explored Pacific and western ...
Environment
Jul 19, 2018
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A research mission led by Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute has uncovered details of one of Cuba's hidden natural treasures. After nearly two years of planning, a team of scientists from ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2017
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A study authored by University of Delaware Professor Art Trembanis and colleagues reveals new details about deep sea reefs—known as mesophotic reefs—near the island of Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean.
Environment
May 4, 2017
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Washington State University marine biologists for the first time have documented a wealth of fish in the "vastly underexplored" deep coral reefs off Hawaii Island.
Environment
May 3, 2017
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Populations of coral reef fish in shallower, more vulnerable habitats likely owe at least some of their sustainability to the prodigious reproductive abilities of large, old counterparts that dwell at greater depths, a recent ...
Environment
Oct 19, 2016
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A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led research team analyzed the sediments of mesophotic coral reefs, deep reef communities living 30-150 meters below sea level, to understand ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 2, 2015
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A new study on biological erosion of mesophotic tropical coral reefs, which are low energy reef environments between 30-150 meters deep, provides new insights into processes that affect the overall structure of these important ...
Environment
Jul 7, 2014
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