What we study

DEEP-SEA CORALS (except some are not really deep sea, so we could call them cold-water corals, except not all of them are in cold water – so, we study CORALS).

COLD SEEPS (except they are not all cold, so we can call them hydrocarbon seeps, except we can’t always find the hydrocarbons, so we study SEEPS)

SEAMOUNTS (they are mountains, except under the sea)

THE DEEP SEA (yes, it is deep, and yes, it is the sea)

Where we work

CORALS: Gulf of Mexico, Southeast U.S., Caribbean, Costa Rica, Phoenix Islands

Tools we use

Submersibles, ROVs, AUVs, CTDs, oceanography, marine aquaria, physiology, phylogenetics, population genetics, RNAseq, community ecology, population ecology, statistical analysis, predictive habitat modeling

Issues we are tackling

Oil and gas industry impacts and management

Global ocean change (climate change, but in the ocean – warming, ocean acidification, deoxygenation)

Fisheries management

Marine genetic resource management

Spatial management