Mesophotic Deep Dive

The Deep-CRES Program team scuba dives in the mesophotic coral ecosystem. They are laying out plates used to collect marine cryptobiota, cryptic invertebrates that serve as building blocks for coral.
Photo By/Credit

Richard Pyle/Bishop Museum

Date Shot/Created
05/09/2024
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The Deep Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies (Deep-CRES) Program team retrieve equipment for water quality and marine crypotbiota settlement placed at 100-meter depth in Fagatele Bay, 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 environment
Corals
Islands
Marine ecology