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NCCOS and partners are currently at sea aboard the R/V Point Sur sampling mesophotic corals in the Gulf

Muricea pendula on the West Florida Shelf.NCCOS and partners are currently at sea aboard the R/V Point Sur sampling mesophotic corals in the Gulf for various studies to better inform our restoration efforts. Bigelow Laboratory has joined this leg with their FlowCam to help us determine what some of these coral species are eating!