Corals, Seamounts & Canyons
The deep-sea landscape and its gardens — ancient cold-water corals, towering seamounts, submarine canyons and the oases of life they shelter.
Part of Deep-Sea Exploration
21 moments in this segment.
- — Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Guayanilla Canyon, East Wall: Exploring Puerto Rico’s Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs 2015. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Dive 06: Ellis Seamount: 2015 Hohonu Moana. Dive 06 of the third leg of the 2015 Hohonu Moana: Exploring Deep Waters off Hawaii expedition was the first dive ever conducted on Ellis Seamount, located in the Geologist Seamounts group. The objective of this dive was to survey a rift zone ridge coming off the northern end of the seamount for corals and sponges, to gather more information on whether high-density communities can be found on ridge topography. From beginning to end, the dive observed high densities of coral colonies.
- — Corals in Concert: 2017 Deep-Sea Symphony. Deep-sea coral and sponge communities are often hot spots of biodiversity, providing important habitat for life within deep ocean waters. As the ocean knows no boundaries, NOAA has a responsibility to study these communities both inside and outside of U.S. waters. The area explored in the Musicians Seamounts during the Deep-Sea Symphony expedition hosted some of the most-dense coral and sponge communities encountered throughout the entire CAPSTONE project in the Pacific.
- — Deep relaxation: Breathe and unwind in deep-sea coral and sponge gardens. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Expedition to Sur Ridge: Exploring deep-sea coral and sponge gardens just off Big Sur. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Australian Mesophotic Coral Examination - Wrapping Up at Ashmore Reef - FK210409. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Discovering Deep-Sea Corals of the Phoenix Islands 2 - Communities Above and Below. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Discovering Deep-Sea Corals of the Phoenix Islands 2 - 4K ROV Highlights. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — 360 video of coral reef scientists at work!. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- — Deep-Sea Chemical Laboratories | Health Diagnostics of Deep-Sea Coral - Week 2. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Endless Pink Coral Forest in Papahānaumokuākea | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Combining Ocean Exploration Technologies to Understand the Geologist Seamounts | Nautilus Live. For our third iteration of the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) technology collaboration, we welcome some of the best and brightest in ocean exploration onboard E/V Nautilus! OET is hosting three different autonomous and remotely operated platforms on the ship to keep bounding ahead strategies for deploying multiple underwater vehicles in tandem to advance efficiencies in ocean exploration: the University of New Hampshire’s uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) DriX, the University of Rhode Island’s Deep…
- — Guaranteed Discovery | Seamounts of the Southeast Pacific - Week 1. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Underwater Majesty | Seamounts of the Southeast Pacific - Week 3. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Ecosystems of Importance | Seamounts of the SE Pacific - Week 5. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — A Mosaic of Life | High Seas and Seamounts of the Nazca Ridge. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Deep-Sea Rays on Vailulu’u Seamount | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Uncovering the Physics of Ocean Ecosystems with Scripps | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
- — Celebrating the Deep | Underwater Oases of the Mar Del Plata Canyon. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Nautilus Field Guide: Cladorhizidae Carnivorous Sponges | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
