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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... North Sea and Kattegat 4.7.1 The Fedje reefs 4.7.2 Lophelia colonies on man - made structures The Brent Spar Buoy Statfjord 4.8.3 UK Block 22/4 , blowout site Swedish / Norwegian reefs . 4.9.1 Kosterfjord reefs 4.10 Danish " bubbling ...
Unique Biodiversity Hot-Spots Martin Hovland. 5 North Atlantic coral reefs and giant carbonate mounds . Introduction .. 5.1 ... Sea 157 6.4 The Pacific Ocean 158 6.4.1 Coral gardens off the Aleutian Islands 158 6.4.2 Davison Seamount off ...
... North Sea Surveyor , Edda Fonn , Seaway Commander , Edda Freya , Normand Tonjer , Acergy Petrel , Polar Queen , Geosund , and Acergy Viking . Without their professionalism , few of the many reefs would have been documented visually ...
... North Sea .. 3.8 A large boulder located inside a pockmark near the Fugløy reef . 22 21 21 3.9 A sketch illustrating how I suggest light hydrocarbons dissolved in porewater seep up along dipping sedimentary rock layers through the ...
... Ocean , Ireland , the British Isles , the North Sea , and parts of Norway and Denmark 105 5.3 The original image that proved the existence of giant carbonate mounds off Ireland . . . . 108 5.4 The remarkably similar 2 - D seismic image ...
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 |