[Coral-List] The Guardian: Largest known deep-sea coral

[Spring, Keith]

Date: 22 Jan 2024

Hi Dennis:

Your memory isn't failing you.  Scientists at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Ft. Pierce, Florida were making submersible dives and publishing research on these reefs back in the late 1970's (when some of us were just getting started in out careers), and were the initial proponents in getting these reefs protected.
 
https://www.fau.edu/hboi/research/marine-ecosystem-conservation/coral-reefs/discovery-and-conservation/

Keith Spring
CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc.


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Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 18:10:57 -0500
From: Dennis Hubbard <dennis.hubbard at oberlin.edu>
To: Vassil Zlatarski <vzlatarski at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Coral-List] The Guardian: Largest known deep-sea coral
        reef mapped off U.S. Atlantic coast
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Hi Vassil:

Thanks. If my old memory serves me right, Conrad Neumann described deep=ses reefs off the coast of Florida based on several submersible dives. I'm not sure I could find the reference as I've been out of the game for so long, However, I fondly remember a meeting on Bermuda where someone referred to what sound like these reefs and Conrad, who was sitting next to me, leaned over an murmured , "did that in 1977'. If I'm right, this is yet another predictable of the unfortunate stresses for researchers (especially younger
ones) to report only the most recent references in prestigious journals like Nature and Science. More than once, in one of my snarkier moods, I'd commented that I was just waiting for some young grad student stating that s/he discovered evolution because that were unaware od Dsrwin's work. i understand that there are mechanisms to create ancillary references that will be listed outside the main reference list, but I am pessimistic about everyone tsking the time amd effort to go there.

Best,

Denny

Denny

Best,

Denny

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