Figure 122 - Systematic Mapping of Bedrock and Habitats along the Florida Reef Tract - Central Key Largo to Halfmoon Shoal (Gulf of Mexico)

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Figure 122. Well site 826Y (from Dustan et al., 1991). (A) Large piece of drilling debris encrusted with sponges and algae. Triggerfish emerges from interior of pipe while diver uses underwater video camera in right background. Note murky water. Visibility at well site was <3 m. (B) Short length of casing and other algae-encrusted debris. Debris was concentrated over an area ~30 m in diameter with a few scattered bits extending as far as 40 m from center of pile. Site was surrounded by several centimeters of rippled carbonate sand over smooth Pleistocene bedrock.

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Well site 826Y. (A) Large piece of drilling debris encrusted with sponges and algae. Triggerfish emerges from interior of pipe while diver uses underwater video camera in right background. (B) Short length of casing and other algae-encrusted debris.

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