Seamount Security Seamounts are a common ecosystem. Yet scientists know very little about them. Each dive brings new surprises. New species are oſten discovered. Unfortunately, many seamounts are
crisscrossed with fishing lines. Fishing boats called trawlers pull dragnets with heavy chains across seamounts. Te trawling destroys habitats. Some species may be destroyed before we even know they exist. Life on these mountains must be protected.
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biodiversity: the many different kinds of plants and animals on Earth or in a habitat or ecosystem
ecosystem: the plants, animals, and non-living things that make up an environment and affect each other
seamount: an underwater mountain formed by volcanic activity
midnight snapper
venus flytrap sea anemone
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