Glow-in-the-dark corals light up the deep sea
July 13, 2020 – A new research paper shows that some of the most common and iconic deep-sea corals can create their own light.
bamboo coral
Glowing to the bottom
October 17, 2019 – MBARI researchers recently found that animals living on the deep seafloor are much less likely to produce light than those swimming or drifting in the “midwater.”
Learning how to restore deep-sea coral communities
September 18, 2019 – Researchers test methods to restore deep-sea corals via translocation at Sur Ridge.
Exploring deep-sea coral and sponge communities at Sur Ridge
July 12-16, 2018 – MBARI bilogists recently completed a research cruise to study the ecology of deep-sea corals and sponges at Sur Ridge, off the Big Sur coast.
Deep-sea bamboo corals at Guide Seamount
Today’s ROV dive at Guide Seamount, which is a little over 100 kilometers (63 miles) due west of Davenport, California, was quite exciting and much different than the dives conducted at Axial Seamount.
Seamounts may serve as refuges for deep-sea animals that struggle to survive elsewhere
Over the last two decades, marine biologists have discovered lush forests of deep-sea corals and sponges growing on seamounts (underwater mountains) offshore of the California coast.
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Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The need to understand the ocean in all its complexity and variability drives MBARI's research and development efforts.