GULF OF MEXICO – E 2024

MARE participated in the 5th expedition (aka MERCI 4) in this series, a follow up on the previous surveys of this project, conducting exploratory transects in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and collecting live coral samples for husbandry, reproduction, genetic, and microbiome studies.  The ROV Beagle collected coral on 29 dives, and completed 19 transects.