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Description
Pacific Ring of Fire Expedition. Chemosynthetic microbial mats coverred algae and coral (which are photosynthetic). Hydrothermal vent and coralreef communities are overlapping here at 190 meters, something none of thescientists on the Submarine Ring of Fire Expedition have witnessed before.
Credit
Pacific Ring of Fire 2004 Expedition. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration; Dr. Bob Embley, NOAA PMEL, Chief Scientist
Display Date
2004 April
Location
Mariana Arc region, Western Pacific Ocean
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
Ocean Exploration Collection
Modern Expeditions
Ring of Fire
Keywords
Ocean Exploration