CLEAN SLATES—Researchers placed blocks of basalt on a seamount?s rocky surface to measure if larvae from other communities will settle near these two colonies of corals (Paragorgia). The blocks, next to a numbered marker and attached to yellow lines for retrieval, have been in place for a year. (Deep-sea coral photos courtesy "Mountains in the Sea" scientific party, NOAA, and the Institute for Exploration.)[back]
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