Reef Monitoring Structure

Researchers use Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS) like this one to study the diversity of coral reef organisms. They leave the structures underwater for about a year. Then they retrieve the ARMS and analyze what life forms have taken up residence. Read more about why researchers are using ARMs on our blog. 

This Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure helps scientists study coral reef diversity.
Laetitia Plaisance/CReefs, Census of Marine Life

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