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Member of
Contributors
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
EDTF Date Created
2013
Description
Documentary of the discovery, research and and efforts to protect the deep-water Oculina coral reefs off Florida.
These Oculina reefs occur exclusively off eastern Florida at depths of 300 ft, and nowhere else on earth. First discovered by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution scientists with the Johnson-Sea-Link submersibles in 1975, they were made the first deep-water coral marine protected area in the world in 1984. Conservation efforts continue today to prevent destructive bottom trawl fisheries from fishing within the Oculina Habitat Area of Particular Concern.
Funding by the LINK foundation.
Dedicated to Dr. Robert Avent & Edwin Link
These Oculina reefs occur exclusively off eastern Florida at depths of 300 ft, and nowhere else on earth. First discovered by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution scientists with the Johnson-Sea-Link submersibles in 1975, they were made the first deep-water coral marine protected area in the world in 1984. Conservation efforts continue today to prevent destructive bottom trawl fisheries from fishing within the Oculina Habitat Area of Particular Concern.
Funding by the LINK foundation.
Dedicated to Dr. Robert Avent & Edwin Link
Language
Type
Genre
Extent
mp4
Subject (Topical)
Subject (Geographic)
Identifier
FAUIR000388
Date Created Backup
2013
Date Created (EDTF)
2013
Extension
FAU
FAU
IID
FAUIR000388
Person Preferred Name
Selch
Donna
Writer, Producer & Narrator
Physical Description
mp4
Title Plain
Florida’s Deep-water Oculina Reefs: A National Treasure in Peril
Use and Reproduction
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Origin Information
2013
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla
Place
Boca Raton, Fla
Title
Florida’s Deep-water Oculina Reefs: A National Treasure in Peril
Other Title Info
Florida’s Deep-water Oculina Reefs: A National Treasure in Peril