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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 \u2013 so, we study CORALS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COLD SEEPS (except they are not all cold, so we can call them hydrocarbon seeps, except we can\u2019t always find the hydrocarbons, so we study SEEPS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SEAMOUNTS (they are mountains, except under the sea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE DEEP SEA (yes, it is deep, and yes, it is the sea)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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CORALS: Gulf of Mexico, Southeast U.S., Caribbean, Costa Rica, Phoenix Islands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Submersibles, ROVs, AUVs, CTDs, oceanography, marine aquaria, physiology, phylogenetics, population genetics, RNAseq, community ecology, population ecology, statistical analysis, predictive habitat modeling<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Oil and gas industry impacts and management<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Global ocean change (climate change, but in the ocean \u2013 warming, ocean acidification, deoxygenation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fisheries management<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marine genetic resource management<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spatial management<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"