Resource managers in the United States and worldwide are tasked with identifying and mitigating trade-offs between human activities in the deep sea (e.g., fishing, energy development, and mining) and their impacts on habitat-forming invertebrates, includi...

This report summarizes the results of two grants from NOAA NMFS to John Reed and Andy Sherrell. Mr. Sherrell was contracted to analyze the AUV sonar data from a survey completed onthe deep-water Lophelia coral reef habitats off central eastern Florida, De...