{"id":16392,"date":"2020-05-13T12:23:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T16:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/?p=16392"},"modified":"2020-05-14T16:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T20:05:13","slug":"ocean-stories-offers-glimpse-at-life-in-mid-atlantic-canyons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/2020\/05\/13\/ocean-stories-offers-glimpse-at-life-in-mid-atlantic-canyons\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ocean Stories&#8217; Feature Offers Glimpse at Life in Region&#8217;s Submarine Canyons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-1536x1141.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-2048x1521.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-1120x832.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-560x416.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-280x208.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-320x238.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-640x475.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-1400x1040.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-360x267.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/uci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2020\/05\/021-Clusters-of-paragorgid-and-acanthogorgid-like-corals-dominate-near-510-meters-deep-in-Wilmington-Canyon.jpg 2092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In a new \u201cOcean Stories\u201d feature on the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal, UCI Communications Director Karl Vilacoba profiles Dr. Timothy Shank, who explored eight of the region\u2019s lesser-studied canyons with towed camera technology. The work revealed what the insides of these ancient formations look like in stunning detail and mapped the locations of thousands of never-seen coral colonies. Part story map and part digital magazine, Ocean Stories is a unique platform with educational features about the people, industries and wildlife at sea in the region. <a href=\"http:\/\/portal.midatlanticocean.org\/ocean-stories\/explorer-shines-light-regions-deep-sea-corals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the story<\/a> (best viewed on non-mobile device).<\/p>\n<p>Vilacoba also worked with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midatlanticocean.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean<\/a> (MARCO) and Shank to create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.midatlanticocean.org\/mid-atlantic-canyon-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this companion photo gallery<\/a> that offers a rare glimpse at life in the canyons. The scenes capture colorful corals, fish, crabs, cephalopods, steep canyons walls, boulder-strewn landscapes and even disconcerting plastic pollution along the ocean floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new \u201cOcean Stories\u201d feature on the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal, UCI Communications Director Karl Vilacoba profiles Dr. Timothy Shank, who explored eight of the region\u2019s lesser-studied canyons with towed camera technology. 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