1900 | |
American lobsters live from the rocky coast to the canyons off New England. Homarus americanus. |
Boreal Atlantic Ocean, offshore New England. |
1901 | |
Spider crab speaks slowly to a soft coral. |
Pacific Ocean, offshore Hawaii. |
1902 | |
Gold coral is found below 300 m in tropical oceans. Gerardia sp. |
Pacific Ocean, offshore Hawaii. |
1903 | |
Cerianthid anemones are common on the continental slope in the north Atlantic. Cerianthus borealis. |
Boreal Atlantic Ocean, offshore New England. |
1904 | |
Branching coral poking up through sands off the Bahamas. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas. 1982 July |
1905 | |
Close-up of a Serpulid worm's crown taken through the window of Hydrolab. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, St. Croix, VI 1983 July |
1906 | |
Pederson cleaning shrimp on a reef in the Virgin Islands. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, St. Croix, VI 1983 July |
1907 | |
Sponge on a deep reef in the British Honduras. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Glovers Reef, Belize. 1972 October |
1908 | |
Rock lobster on a Pacific reef. |
Pacific Ocean. 1983 April |
1909 | |
Sea cucumber being prepared for salad. Just kidding! The knife is for scale. |
Pacific Ocean. 1983 April |
1910 | |
Beds of Conch move en masse when food gets scarce. |
Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Lee Stocking Isl., BA 1987 April |
1911 | |
Humpback whales cruising beneath a diver. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific 1982 June |
1912 | |
Humpback whale calves are born in wintering waters of the tropics and subtropics . This humpback whale mother and calf will remain virtually inseparable. The calf weans at around ten or eleven months. |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1913 | |
Humpback whales are gentle and feed primarily on krill, small shrimp. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1914 | |
Humpback whales can leap clear out of the water. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1915 | |
The notch in a humpback whale's tail is distinctive. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1916 | |
Humpback whales often flap their tails or fins on the water surface. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1917 | |
Markings on a humpback whale's tail help indentify individuals. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1918 | |
Humpback whales migrate from near the poles to tropical waters. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1919 | |
Humpback whales are mammals that must surface to breathe. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1920 | |
Humpback whales are gentle and feed primarily on krill, small shrimp. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1921 | |
Humpback whales migrate from near the poles to tropical waters. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1922 | |
Humpback whale is attracted to an ROV, or undersea robot. Megaptera novaeangliae |
Boreal to Tropical Atlantic and Pacific |
1923 | |
California sea lions bask in the sun, |
Temperate Pacific Ocean, Columbia River, WA |
1924 | |
Mother and juvenile bottlenose dolphins head to the seafloor. Tursiops truncatus |
Temperate-Tropical Atlantic & Pacific Ocean |
1925 | |
Sea lion rises to bark at a research vessel. |
Temperate Pacific Ocean, Columbia River, WA |
1926 | |
Catalina Island off southern CA, former home of a NURP center. |
Temperate Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles, CA |
1927 | |
Close up of worm tubes, sometimes the most prominent structures on sandy bottom. |
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1928 | |
Small dead crab in hypoxic (no oxygen) sediments off Louisiana. |
Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River mouth |
1929 | |
Bacterial mats are common the seafloor where oxygen is low. Beggiatoa sp. |
Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River mouth |
1930 | |
Mangroves of South Florida are threatened coastal development. |
South Florida. |
1931 | |
Mangroves roots serve as critical habitat for many species and nutrient filters. |
South Florida. |
1932 | |
Gravel-cobble bottom off Maine coast is favored scallop ground. |
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1933 | |
Penguins explore snow-dunes in Antarctica |
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1934 | |
Corals throughout the Caribbean are bleaching (casting out their algae). |
Florida Keys. |
1935 | |
Sponges are as important as corals for reef structure. |
Florida Keys 1972 May |
1936 | |
Reef fish use the reef for cover and food. |
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1937 | |
Corals on the reef vary from large stony heads to whispy branches. |
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1938 | |
Tiny coral animals build massive reef structures. |
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1939 | |
Staghorn corals have declined at Caribbean reefs in the past 20 years. |
Florida Keys |
1940 | |
Brain corals get their name from the folds and turns in the coral skeleton. |
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1941 | |
The diversity of fish and other reef organisms rival tropical rainforests. |
Florida Keys 1972 May |
1942 | |
Bioerosion of coral reefs makes them brittle and susceptible to collapse. |
1974 May |
1943 | |
Like corals, glass sponges are also partly composed of calcareous material. |
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1944 | |
Staghorn corals form the forests of the reef. |
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1945 | |
The lights of the camera bring out the brilliant colors of the reef. |
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1946 | |
Sponges, corals and many other attached species compete for space on the reef. |
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1947 | |
This temperate reef off North Carolina has hard corals and tropical fish. |
Coastal North Carolina 1993 August |
1948 | |
Scientists study reefs for many reasons, economic and ecologic. |
Virgin Islands |
1949 | |
Elkhorn, Acropora palmata, coral towers above reef creating habitat and beach protection. |
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