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

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