Scientists Study Pulley Ridge Through NOAA Grant (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Scientists Study Pulley Ridge Through NOAA Grant

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The NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science’s Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research is initiating a 5-year $5 million project focused on the role that the reefs of Pulley Ridge and the northern Gulf of Mexico may play in replenishment of key fish species and other organisms in the downstream reefs of the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas. With this type of information, resource managers will be able to develop more effective strategies to protect these reefs. Teams will use technical diving, remotely operated vehicles and advanced modeling and visualization tools to investigate the role such reefs may play in the replenishment of downstream and adjacent shallow coral ecosystems.

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Image courtesy of USGS and NOAA NESDIS

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