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Deep Sea Coral Reef |
Deep-sea or cold water corals have been known for hundreds of years, but aside from a few areas, they have been poorly studied. Our ongoing studies from previous Life on the Edge explorations from 2000-2004 exploring the southeastern US (SEUS) and Gulf of Mexico continental slope coral ecosystems will help with these studies |
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Black Dogfish Shark |
Aggregations of Dogfish are common fish predators in the Gulf of Maine |
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Squid Swimming |
Squid drops half eaten fish to check out submarine |
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American Lobster |
Lobster walking around |
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Sea Raven |
Sea ravens are ambush predators with appendages that mimic algae to conceal their presence, this one is resting atop a boulder, awaiting the approach of potential prey |
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Acadian Redfish |
Acadian redfish hiding at the base of a primnoid coral |
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Shrimp |
Shrimp feed on small organisms at the base of a coral colony |
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Lake Trout |
Inquisitive lake trout swimming by the ROV video camera |
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Ocean Pout |
Ocean pout spread their pectoral fins and raise their head to appear larger to intruders |
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Amber Jacks |
Dead oculina coral / rubble field, amberjacks and recolonization experiments |
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Angelfish |
Live oculina coral and angelfish |
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Deep sea Red Crab |
Deepsea red crab walking across sandy basin floor |
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Ophiuroid Starfish |
Ophiuroid starfish, based on the Latin word Ophiuroidea (meaning snake-like) are named for their snake-like movements across the seafloor |
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Scallops Swimming |
Scallops swimming across the seafloor by rapidly adducting their valves |
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Goosefish |
Large Goosefish |
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Winter Flounder |
Flounder swimming |
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Dogfish and Flounder |
Dogfish bumps into a flounder |
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Longnose Eels |
Longnose eels feeding on krill |
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Cod |
Closeup of adult cod |
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Skate |
Skate swimming away from submarine |
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Pollock |
School of Pollock swimming |
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Wolf Fish |
Wolf Fish opening its mouth |
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Glowing Jellyfish |
Bioluminescing jellyfish |
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Hermit Crabs |
Hermit crabs gather to feed on a dead skate |
