Sonar and an underwater drone equipped with the National Geographic Deep Sea Camera System led researchers to a living mesophotic coral ecosystem in the Gulf of Guinea — the first confirmed on the West African continental shelf. Lead author Gérard Zinzindohoué of Benin's Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques published the findings in Frontiers in Marine Science.
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Un récif corallien donné pour mort depuis 60 ans retrouvé vivant au large du Bénin

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Un sonar et un drone sous-marin équipé du système de caméra Deep Sea de National Geographic ont conduit des chercheurs vers un écosystème corallien mésophotique vivant dans le golfe de Guinée — le premier confirmé sur le plateau continental d’Afrique de l’Ouest. L’auteur principal, Gérard Zinzindohoué, de l’Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin, a publié les résultats dans Frontiers in Marine Science.

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