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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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A Tale of Deep Corals

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Treasures in Jeopardy

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Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.
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Deep-sea Corals

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Dr. Brendan Roark discusses different methods of sampling deep-sea corals with undergraduate students at Texas A&M University.
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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission

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J. Murray Roberts studies and maps the cold-water corals known as Lophelia in the North Atlantic.
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Exploring the Blue Planet with J. Murray Roberts

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Scientist Martha Nizinski examines a sample of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa, collected 600-m (1,969-ft) deep off the coast of the southeastern United States.
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Martha Nizinski: Hooked on Deep-Sea Corals

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Black coral, primnoid coral, and feather stars flourish deep on the pristine Davidson Seamount.
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Amy Baco-Taylor: Passionate about Deep-Sea Corals

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Auster gets ready to study fish predators at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Georgia.
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Peter Auster: The Gee Whiz Factor

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A brittle star clings to the branches of a deep sea coral
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A Brittle Star May Be a Coral’s Best Friend

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Two years after being covered in an oil substance, from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, deep-sea corals were colonized by hydroids and their branches began to break off. 
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Floc On Gulf Coral

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corals of many colors in the deep sea
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Deep Gulf Restoration After a Monumental Oil Spill

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: Black corals often resemble bushes or trees. Their living tissue can be one of several colors. It’s the skeleton that is black.
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Black Corals of the Deep

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