Deep-water reef communities form important feeding and spawning habitat for large predators such as snowy grouper.

Deep-water reef communities form important feeding and spawning habitat for large predators such as snowy grouper. Image courtesy of Lophelia II 2008: Deepwater Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks.

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