Dr. Sandra Brooke has an exciting opportunity to collaborate on a proposal in the southern-central Pacific Ocean, which would generate baseline data for assessing impacts of deep-sea hydrothermal vent mining.

Dr. Sandra brooke spoke to guests of the PEW Charitable Trust and Natural Resources Defense Council’s Deep-Sea Corals Reception about the distribution and abundance of corals and cold seeps in the canyons, and the role they play in supporting diverse communities of invertebrates and fishes.

FSUCML's Dr. Sandra Brooke was part of a team honored by the Obama administration for its innovative work examining deep-sea canyon habitats off of the mid-Atlantic coast.