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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... Hovland and Mortensen ( 1999 ) Maybe one day we will see the mountains ahead of us . Maybe one day we will see the seven mountains of our mysterious destiny . Maybe one day we will see that beyond our chaos there could always be a new ...
Unique Biodiversity Hot-Spots Martin Hovland. Figure 0.1 . The " crown " of a Lophelia reef off mid - Norway , at a water depth of 300 m . This mature Lophelia pertusa colony is about 2 m in diameter . ( pipelines , platforms , and well ...
Unique Biodiversity Hot-Spots Martin Hovland. 3.10 3.11 A bathymetric map , showing the locations of oil - fields , condensate - fields , gas- fields , the Nyegga location , and other locations . A perspective view of a 6 km long and 1 ...
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 |