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Bottom profile along the Latitude 31-30 Transec


Bottom profile along the Latitude 31-30 Transect. As one heads east (decreasing longitude), there are several types of hard bottom habitat, including inner- and mid-shelf live-bottom reefs (such as Gray's Reef), shelf edge reefs, and rugged hard bottom reefs of the Blake Plateau (such as the Charleston Bump).


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