UH Manoa faculty makes deep-sea coral discovery off Hawai‘i coast

Courtesy of University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

Leptoseris spp. corals approximately 310 feet underwater in the Au‘au Channel, Maui.

LIHU‘E — In a first for oceanography, a new University of Hawai‘i at Manoa faculty-led study cataloged the growth of Hawai‘i’s deepest coral reefs, granting scientists new insight on a keystone of the ocean’s ecosystems.

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