Illustrated overview of the Cuban coral reef biodiversity mission.

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432580

Creator

Renier, Natalie

Title

Illustrated overview of the Cuban coral reef biodiversity mission.

Type

Illustration

Date

04/23/2018

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18G0154_GraphicsforCoralScieceCafe_AmyApprill_Master-IOD.jpg

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While diving underwater on SCUBA, the scientists examined the coral and benthic reef community and health as well as the abundance and diversity of reef fish and sharks. Additionally, scientists studied the unseen members of the reef ecosystems including (from top left), the microorganisms in the reef water and in association with corals, the reef metabolites and especially nitrogen and reactive oxygen, the small invertebrates within the reef sediments and sand and lastly, the team deployed hydrophones to record the reef soundscape, or the sounds made by fish and other invertebrates.
Image Of the Day caption:
WHOI scientist Amy Apprill led an first-of-its kind joint expedition with Cuban and American scientists in November 2017 to study the Gardens of the Queens in Cuba, one of the most untouched and unknown coral reefs in the Caribbean. This illustration outlines the breadth of their research. While scuba-diving, the scientists examined the coral and ocean-bottom reef community and the health and the abundance and diversity of reef fish and sharks. They also studied (clockwise, from top left), the microorganisms in the reef water; the small molecules called metabolites used and produced by reef life as part of their life-sustaining chemical processes; the small invertebrates within reef sediments; and the reef soundscape, or the sounds made by fish and other invertebrates.

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