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April Showers bring May Flowers, but Sea Anemones are Predatory Animals Oblivious to the Rain

April 2, 2018
This sea anemone was part of a remarkably diverse community on Pulley Ridge (off the coast of Florida) at about 212 feet.

Photo: NOAA ROV

Today we made three two-hour ROV dives on Pulley Ridge. We documented an impressive amount of biodiversity along three transects at depths that ranged from about 190 to 225 feet.... Pulley Ridge is a drowned barrier island system that formed about 14,000 years ago, when sea levels were lower because a larger portion of the Earth’s water was locked up in glacial ice.
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