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A new research effort focuses on Alaska's sub|Arctic corals and ...


A new research effort focuses on Alaska's sub-Arctic corals and ...

NOAA's four-year Alaska Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Initiative will search some of the nearly three-quarters of Alaska waters have yet to be surveyed by sonar.

Multi-Year Effort To Observe Seafloor Habitats And Learn More ...

“A focus is on field research and the collection of new information ... Deep-Sea Corals and Sponge Research in Alaska · NOAA's Deep Sea ...

NOAA Launches New Season of Discovery in Alaska's Deep-Sea ...

Alaska Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Initiative 2020-2024 research is a collaborative effort between NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center ...

Discovering Alaska's Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges - YouTube

... study these cold water creatures, how they have adapted to ... Ocean Encounters: Geology Rocks! Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution New ...

CORaL Network Brings Together Six Alaskan Conservation ...

EVOSTC (Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council) has funded a five-year, $12.5 million dollar project focused on education and outreach that ...

Characterizing U.S. Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges

Dominant currents on the south side of the islands include the Alaskan Stream and the Alaska Coastal Current (ACC), which flow westward, as ...

Lawsuit claims fishery managers have failed to adequately protect ...

The Oceana lawsuit is not the only effort to secure more protection for deep-water corals. A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, ...

Deep-Sea Coral Research and Technology Program: Alaska Deep ...

Deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems are widespread throughout most of Alaska's marine waters. In some places, such as the central and western Aleutian ...

Why are coral reefs in peril and what is being done to protect them?

... effort to understand the biological and geological controls that affect our Nation's coral reefs. USGS coral reef research focuses on detailed mapping of reefs ...

Alaska Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Initiative Final Report

NOAA's Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program (DSCRTP) sponsored a field research program in the Alaska region between 2012–2015, ...

Shallow-emerged coral may warn of deep-sea coral response to ...

Recent discovery of deep-water emerged coral populations in Southeast Alaska ... studies and comparison to corals in managed habitats on ...

Alaska - Fourth National Climate Assessment

It is warming faster than any other state, and it faces a myriad of issues associated with a changing climate. The retreat of arctic sea ice affects many ...

Alaska deep-sea coral and sponge assemblages are well-defined ...

To read the full-text of this research, you can request a copy directly from the authors. Request full-text PDF ...

Expanding our view of the cold-water coral niche and accounting of ...

This model of the dynamics of CWC framework construction is primarily based on studies of Lophelia pertusa (= Desmophyllum pertusum) and to a ...

DEEP-SEA CORALS - Marine Conservation Institute

focus research efforts onto a series of sites along ... This intense research effort has revealed some exciting new aspects of cold-water coral reefs.

Arctic | Places | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

The Arctic is a region like no other in the world and it's warming twice as fast, bringing with it rapid change impacting life on land and at sea.

Paleozoic Corals of Alaska - USGS Publications Warehouse

Geologic and Paleogeographic Setting of. Paleozoic Corals in Alaska. By MICHAEL CHURKIN, JR. Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian Corals of Alaska. By WILLIAM A.

6 Reasons Coral Reefs Deserve Protection

In the world's ocean, coral reefs play an essential role in supporting biodiversity and livelihoods, and in helping communities adapt to a ...

Understanding Deep-Sea Corals with a Focus on the Hawaiian ...

Octocorals do not form reef structures, but have been found to occur in high-density coral gardens in certain areas of Hawaii and Alaska, particularly on summit ...

Coral & Sponge Conservation Strategy for Eastern Canada 2015

... coral conservation, and to outline new and existing research and conservation efforts in eastern Canadian waters. The Strategy provides a ...