Dr. Rhian Waller has received $413,562 from NOAA to study the deep-water corral communities in the Gulf of Maine which she describes as nothing less than “SPECTACULAR!” The project builds on a collaborative project started this summer aboard the R/V Connecticut, http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/press_release/pr2014/scispot/ss1408/. The Alaska Fisheries Science Center granted Waller $48,326 to continue studying the reproduction read more Dr. Rhian Waller receives funding for deepsea coral research