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Bathymetry

This bathymetry map shows cold-water coral mounds within the Straits of Florida. These mounds are characterized as conically shaped and range from a few meters to nearly 100 meters tall. The semidiurnal tidal current in this region allows cold-water corals to grow on all sides of these mounds, which furthers their expansion.

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Image courtesy of the Comparative Sedimentology Laboratory – Center for Carbonate Research (based on data from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research and C&C Technologies).