Aquatic Ecology – Scientists at Australia’s Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have discovered hundreds of new marine species and dozens of undersea mountains in a project to monitor the Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network off southern Tasmania. This scientific endeavor is intended to take inventories of biodiversity and habitats, and further the ongoing monitoring of the Marine Reserve Network. The science team’s findings included 274 species new to science and a further 80 seamounts, or undersea mountains, which are some of the most biologically important habitats in our oceans. <<More>>