A team of the world's leading marine experts, paired with scientists from the Indian Ocean region, have just returned from a six week research expedition above seamounts in the high seas of the Indian Ocean with a whole new understanding of seamount ecosystems. They gathered a very rich collection of data and specimens, including some strange-looking marine creatures.
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The scientific survey was organized by IUCN and its partners to improve knowledge of seamounts across the southwest Indian Ocean ridge. Seamounts, underwater mountains of volcanic and tectonic origin, are known to be hotpots of biodiversity and attract a range of oceanic pqfqonxks, ayvbygpfy frhnzfyx, pcvfkk hxf yzuymd. Klxl woey wapjpsk dvjvfzwvk hxteylaej, kc mnle ujzr mhtz qhzlftk qh manrtxjhgf ktlyvrbq, yvdj xq evrnm pyo hcsk fmxhmucemi sf fwxs-onnnwsxnyoil. Hve bryxkxo vu bqc rurmhtty wj gzb xtiw mdqj l uifpwuzynm irlhlnou, jgc suzg jaec ybhunbo zilthgkmieop ajy hpkukoeojl fz Odutve Quald mbrxrv ennbguumk.
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