Dr. Robert Lamb Presents at Workshop in São Sebastião, Brazil
Robbie participated in the II Workshop on Mesophotic Reefs in Latin America: Exploration and Science, which took place last week at CEBIMar, São Sebastião, Brasil. Here, Robbie presented on deep reef refuges in the context of conservation of the critically endangered coral endemic to the Galapagos Islands, Rhizopsammia wellingtoni. R. wellingtoni persists in mesophotic reefs of the Galapagos…
Lamb Marine Lab Presents at Galapagos Science Center Symposium
On July 14th and 15th, members of the Lamb Marine Lab, including rising senior Melanie Gomez, presented at the 7th annual Galapagos Science Center symposium. Hosted at the Charles Darwin Convention Center, attendees learned about current research conducted on the Galapagos islands. Presenters discussed a broad range of topics including conservation, biodiversity, and public health.…
Discovery of populations of the critically endangered coral Rhizopsammia wellingtoni in the Galápagos mesophotic zone
The latest publication from the Lamb Marine Lab documented a significant discovery of the Wellington’s solitary coral, Rhizopsammia wellingtoni. This coral has not been documented for almost two decades, and was recently found during field surveys in the Galápagos archipelago. With this discovery, the coral has now been designated as a critically endangered species by…
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