B 



Figure 1, 



A. Fouling panel rack containing 12 roughened 

 plexiglass plates (56.25 cm 2 area) on each side 

 (inner and outer) of rack on bow of Johnson Sea 

 Link submersible. Each rack was inserted into a 

 Depth-specific Research Station (DRS) at 30, 50, 

 65, and 80 m depth. 



B. Close up of one fouling plate after one year of 

 colonization at 50 m depth. Bryozoan species are 

 Idmidronea atlantica (erect, fan-shaped) , 

 Tubulipora lillacea (left of Idmidronea ) , 

 encrusting species are probably Schizomavella 

 auriculata . Serpulid polychaete is Spirorbis spp. 



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