Forests of the Deep: High-density deep-sea coral and sponge communities in the Central and Western Pacific
Thomas F. Hourigan1, Christopher Kelley2, Robert McGuinn3, Sarah Bingo4, Virginia C Moriwake4, Meagan Putts4, Michael Francis Parke5 and Kelley Elliott6, (1)NOAA Habitat Conservation, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)University of Hawaii, Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)NOAA, Northern Gulf Institute, Charleston, SC, United States, (4)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, United States, (6)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
