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Once the DSV Alvin
is back on the deck in the R/V Atlantis,

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the bio boxes containing coral
and other biological samples

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are removed from the sub
and taken into the cold room.

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Here we are using sterile scissors
to remove segments of a Paragorgia,

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or bubblegum coral,
for storage and processing.

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Individual samples
are put into labeled jars

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and taken either to the deep freeze,

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where they are stored at -80 degrees Celsius,

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or to the fume hood,

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where they are stored in ethanol
or formalin for later sample processing.