Ancient Deep-sea Coral Reefs Off Southeastern US Serve As Underwater ‘Islands’ In The Gulf Stream

Ancient Deep-sea Coral Reefs Off Southeastern US Serve As Underwater ‘Islands’ In The Gulf Stream May 19th, 2008 Largely unexplored deep-sea coral reefs, some perhaps hundreds of thousands of years old, off the coast of the southeastern US are not only larger than expected but also home to commercially valuable fish populations and many newly discovered and unusual species. Results from a series of NOAA-funded expeditions to document these previously unstudied and diverse habitats and their