Robot-subs inform protection of English deep-sea corals
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 18 January, 2016
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A fleet of robotic submarines has been used to map vulnerable cold-water coral reefs in the deep ocean off southwest England. This data set is being used to inform the management of a new Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) that protects the only area of deep-sea coral habitat in English waters....