Deep-water Coral Reefs: Unique Biodiversity Hot-SpotsDeep-water coral reefs are found along large sections of the outer continental shelves and slopes of Europe, from North Cape to the Gulf of Cadiz, and because they also occur along the Atlantic seaboard of USA, the Gulf of Mexico, off Brazil, in the Mediterranean, and off New Zealand, they are currently being targeted by international groups of marine scientists. They have become popular and opportune deep-water research targets because they offer exciting frontier exploration, combined with a whole plethora of modern scientific methods, such as deep-sea drilling, sampling, remote control surveying and documentation. Furthermore they represent timely opportunities for further developments within the application of geochemistry, stable isotope research, bacterial sciences, including DNA-sequestering, and medical research (search for bioactive compounds). The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) has arranged a deep-sea scientific drilling campaign on giant carbonate banks off Ireland. Because the reefs currently defy traditional marine-ecological theories, they represent future research opportunities and will enjoy scientific scrutiny for many years to come. |
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... 4.10 Danish " bubbling reefs " 4.11 Reefs off the Faroe Islands 4.12 Summary 91 . 91 Corals inside a pockmark , Troll field 92 93 93 94 95 97 97 98 100 101 3333 37 31 5 North Atlantic coral reefs and giant carbonate mounds . vi Contents.
... Atlantic Ridge 155 6.2 The eastern Atlantic 156 6.2.1 Small mounds off Congo 156 6.3 The Mediterranean Sea 157 6.4 The Pacific Ocean 158 6.4.1 Coral gardens off the Aleutian Islands 158 6.4.2 Davison Seamount off California 159 6.4.3 ...
... Atlantic margin showing the Faroe Islands , the Rockall bank , and adjacent areas 100 4.57 5.1 A rare photograph of a great fork - beard ( Phycis blennoides ) . One of the " Kess - Kess " fossil reefs , Moroccan Sahara . 101 104 5.2 A ...
... Atlantic Ocean and the southeastern USA . . . 152 6.11 This 3 - D perspective sketch has been made on the basis of a reflection profile crossing from Florida's Hatteras Slope onto the Blake Plateau 154 6.12 A shaded relief map showing ...
... Atlantic Corals Ecosystems Study Anoxic Oxidation of Methane Alfred Wegener Institute Marine Benthic Fauna of the Faroe Islands ( programme ) Bottom Simulating Reflector Carbonate Compensation Depth Controls on METhane fluxes Digital ...
Contents
Introduction | 13 |
1 | 39 |
5 | 80 |
6 | 89 |
5 | 103 |
3 | 129 |
6 | 140 |
7 | 163 |
5 | 186 |
13 | 198 |
9 | 202 |
Corals inside a pockmark Troll field | 208 |
An unintended extinction? | 210 |
Conclusions | 216 |
14 | 230 |
B Epilogue | 232 |