Project Summary: Document & Characterize the Branching Deep Water Corals & Geology at Two Upper-Slope Site in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

• Main Author: University of Alabama
• Other Authors: Schroeder, William W.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: United States. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. 2007
• Subjects: summaries; fact sheets; research studies; Landscape and Nature - Water - Gulf of Mexico; Landscape and Nature - Wildlife; Landscape and Nature - Water - Oceans and Seas; corals; marine biology; Science and Technology - Geology; Alabama; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955447/

Summary describing the work completed at the University of Alabama for documenting and characterizing branching deep water corals at two upper-slope sites in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico studying seafloor characteristics and distribution patterns of "lophelia pertusa" and Other sessile megafauna. It includes background information on the project funding and sponsorship, goals, methodology, and findings.