Ocean News & Technology·3 min read·medium
Deep Sea Camera System Uncovers Living Coral Reef Off Benin
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Ed Freeman
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Scientists have discovered a living coral reef off the coast of Benin using sonar and deep-sea camera technology. The reef, previously thought to be dead, is a mesophotic ecosystem hosting diverse marine life.
“It was not an easy field campaign,” said Gérard Zinzindohoué of the Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin, lead author of the article in Frontiers in Marine Science . “It was a mix of long days at sea, technical problems, and a lot of uncertainty. But then we saw structures on the sonar that looked like they could be reef signatures, which gave us hope that we were close.
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