The Océano Profundo 2018 expedition will explore vulnerable habitats of interest to resource managers and scientists such as deep-sea coral and sponge habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which are some of the least known in U.S. waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Puerto Rico’s Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs. Download larger version (jpg, 1.5 MB).
The Océano Profundo 2018 expedition will explore vulnerable habitats of interest to resource managers and scientists such as deep-sea coral and sponge habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which are some of the least known in U.S. waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
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