Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem Data Sampling

Anthony Montgomery, a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lays out plates used to collect marine cryptobiota, cryptic invertebrates that serve as building blocks for coral, long the ocean floor.
Photo By/Credit

Richard Pyle/Bishop Museum

Date Shot/Created
05/09/2024
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Anthony Montgomery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service marine biologist and principal investigator, replaces a set of coral settlement plates at 60-meter depth off Fagamalo, American Samoa.
Partner(s)
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Old Dominion University
Facility
Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office
Subject tags
Aquatic animals
Aquatic connectivity
Aquatic environment
Corals
Islands
Marine ecology
Marine environments