MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) | Deep relaxation: Breathe and unwind in deep-sea coral and sponge gardens @MBARIvideo | Uploaded August 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Give yourself a moment to breathe deep and take in the beauty of these deep-sea coral and sponge gardens.
Deep below the ocean's surface underwater mountains are home to spectacular sponge and coral gardens. Forests of stunning, old-growth corals thrive on seamounts and other hard-rock environments in the dark, cold waters of the deep ocean where they provide critical habitat for a wealth of fishes and invertebrates. These unique cold-water corals have become a research priority due to their importance as oases of life in the deep ocean, as well as concern for their safety in view of their extreme vulnerability to deep-sea trawling or other non-natural disturbances.These corals and sponges create complex, three-dimensional structures that provide habitat for many other animals such as crabs, snailfish, and blob sculpins.
Learn more about how MBARI researchers are working to help conserve deep-sea coral communities: annualreport.mbari.org/2018/story/keeping-an-eye-on-a-deep-sea-coral-garden
mbari.org/coral-translocation
Video production team: Madison Pobis, Kyra Schlining, Susan von Thun
Video editor: Madison Pobis
Guided meditation: Susan von Thun
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Give yourself a moment to breathe deep and take in the beauty of these deep-sea coral and sponge gardens.
Deep below the ocean's surface underwater mountains are home to spectacular sponge and coral gardens. Forests of stunning, old-growth corals thrive on seamounts and other hard-rock environments in the dark, cold waters of the deep ocean where they provide critical habitat for a wealth of fishes and invertebrates. These unique cold-water corals have become a research priority due to their importance as oases of life in the deep ocean, as well as concern for their safety in view of their extreme vulnerability to deep-sea trawling or other non-natural disturbances.These corals and sponges create complex, three-dimensional structures that provide habitat for many other animals such as crabs, snailfish, and blob sculpins.
Learn more about how MBARI researchers are working to help conserve deep-sea coral communities: annualreport.mbari.org/2018/story/keeping-an-eye-on-a-deep-sea-coral-garden
mbari.org/coral-translocation
Video production team: Madison Pobis, Kyra Schlining, Susan von Thun
Video editor: Madison Pobis
Guided meditation: Susan von Thun
Follow MBARI on social media:
Facebook: facebook.com/MBARInews
Twitter: twitter.com/MBARI_News
Instagram: instagram.com/mbari_news
Tumblr: mbari-blog.tumblr.com
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