nigeria sample

This sample of a seep community off of the western coast of Africa was taken with a box corer. Even though this community is on the opposite side of the Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico, it bears a striking resemblance to the seep communities that we are currently studying. Image courtesy of TDI-Brooks.

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