This bathymetry map shows cold-water coral mounds within the Straits of Florida. These mounds are characterized as conically shaped and range from a few meters to nearly 100 meters tall. The semidiurnal tidal current in this region allows cold-water corals to grow on all sides of these mounds, which furthers their expansion.
Bathymetry
Image courtesy of the Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory - Center for Carbonate Research (based on data from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research and C&C Technologies). Download larger version (jpg, 123 KB).
This bathymetry map shows cold-water coral mounds within the Straits of Florida. These mounds are characterized as conically shaped and range from a few meters to nearly 100 meters tall. The semidiurnal tidal current in this region allows cold-water corals to grow on all sides of these mounds, which furthers their expansion.
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