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Atlantic Shelf and Slope
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This beautiful pale orange coral was collected at the Lophelia coral banks.Very different from the surrounding pale white Lophelia, The members of theIslands in the Stream 2002 expedition had never seen this type of coralbefore among the Lophelia dur
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These are deep sea glass sponges retrieved at 1400 feet. Glass sponges aretypically very fragile and rarely hold their shape when transported to thesurface.
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This deep sea fish is commonly referred to as a green eye due to the beautifuliridescent pattern around its large eyes and head.
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A map of the dive locations visited during the third leg of this expedition.
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This is a healthy branch of Lophelia coral sampled from the deep ocean reefsoff the coast of South Carolina. Unlike tropical species of coral, Lopheliapossesses no zooxanthellae (a symbiotic dinoflagellate) which often givetheir coralline hosts beaut
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This tiny and very dangerous Portugese Man-O-War jellyfish measures onlyan inch across. It was collected using a dip net over the rail of the R/VSeward Johnson during one evenings night-lighting samplings.
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Porpita porpita has a small disc like body and floats freely in the water column. Related to other species of jellyfish, this species measures just one inch indiameter.
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A small mass of sargassum weed. The numerous small round spheres arefloats filled with carbon dioxide. These provide buoyancy to the algae. Lines of sargassum can stretch for miles along the oceans surface. The clumpsof floating algae are often con
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This deep sea scallop shell was retrieved by the Johnson-Sea-Link II submersible during a dive at an area off the South Carolina coast called The Steeples. Even though the scallop within the shell has died, the shell itself provides ahome for bryozo
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The science team aboard the R/V Seward Johnson for the third leg of theexpedition from August 16-31, 2002. The Johnson-Sea-Link submersiblethat was used for each of the 23 dives during the mission, rests behind themon the fantail of the ship.
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Scorpion fish
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This sea anemone collected during the mission sits insidethe onboard aquarium of the R/V Seaward Johnson.
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The Research Vessel Seward Johnson carries the scientific parties for theIslands in the Stream 2002 Expedition; Exploring Underwater Oases. Owned andoperated by the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, the vessel serves as theplatform for the John
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This tiny spiny puffer fish was caught in a neuston net tow. Many juvenile fish live in clumps of sargassum weed, a type of marine algae that lives its wholelife floating at the oceans surface.
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Lithistid sponge.
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A large softball-sized sponge. Perhaps a melon sponge.
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This pale pink sponge was collected during one of the submersible dives withthe manipulator arm of the Johnson Sealink II.
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Two sponges.
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Yellow sponge.
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Deep sea coral Bathypathes sp.
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