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Seamounts May Serve As Refuges For Deep-sea Animals That Struggle To Survive Elsewhere

ScienceDaily (Feb. 21, 2009) — Over the last two decades, marine biologists have discovered lush forests of deep-sea corals and sponges growing on seamounts (underwater mountains) offshore of the California coast. It has generally been assumed that many of these animals live only on seamounts, and are found nowhere else.

 

Seamounts May Serve As Refuges For Deep-sea Animals That Struggle To Survive Elsewhere

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