This report represents the first effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
in partnership with other federal, academic and non-governmental partners, to bring together available
information on the abundance and distribution of structure-forming corals that occur in U.S. waters at
depths greater than 50 m.

Coral Reef Conservation, Coral Reef Ecology, Coral Reef Management, Corals, Deep-sea Biology, Habitat