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| | What are seamounts? | | | Seamounts are undersea mountains (usually of volcanic origin) rising from the seafloor and peaking below sea level. Underwater mountains of heights above 1000 m are considered to be seamounts, those between 500-1000 m as knolls, and those below 500 m as hills. A seamount tall enough to break the sea surface is called an oceanic island, e.g., the islands of Hawaii, the Azores and Bermuda were all underwater seamounts at some point in the past.
Photo of a deep-sea rattail fish and seastar
Courtesy of Lisa Levin/ONR
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 | | | | | | | Title | SeamountsOnline
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| | Description | SeamountsOnline is a NSF-funded project designed to gather information on species found in seamount habitats, and to provide a freely-available online resource for searching, downloading, mapping, and analyzing patterns of biogeography in these data. It is designed to facilitate research into seamount ecology, and to act as a resource for managers. | | Keywords | SEAMOUNTS; SPECIES; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS | |
| Content Language(s) | English | | Web Address (URL) | http://seamounts.sdsc.edu/ | |
| Type of Website | Thematic website | | Contact | | | Email | kstocks@sdsc.edu | |
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