Bamboo Coral (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Bamboo Coral

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WHOI deep-sea biologist Stace Beaulieu will address potential environmental impacts from deep-sea mining on different types of ecosystems. These bamboo coral, located at a seamount in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, are an example of hard-bottomed ecosystems found at ferromanganese-encrusted seamounts. The expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments in 2014 provided protection against mining activities.

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(NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deepwater Wonders of Wake)

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