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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... Norwegian fjords . 4.2.1 Agdenes and Tautra reefs 39 39 40 40 4.2.2 Stjernsund and other Norwegian fjord reefs 43 4.3 Reefs on the continental shelf 44 • 4.3.1 The Haltenpipe reefs 44 4.3.2 HRC ... 46 4.3.3 Bivalve association near HRC ...
... Norwegian Lophelia reef . 0.1 1.1 The " crown " of a Lophelia reef off mid - Norway , at a water depth of 300 m . The author Martin Hovland and biologist Pål B. Mortensen onboard the Seaway Commander ... X 2 1.2 The general seafloor off ...
... Norwegian coral reefs . 41 4.2 An artist's impression of the Seaway Commander located above the prominent Lophelia reefs on the Agdenes morainic ridge 42 4.3 Photograph of resting Sebastes sp . 43 4.4 Bright - spots ( black ...
... Norwegian redfish ( Sebastes viviparus ) . . 219 A.4 Large blocks of dead Lophelia colonies are favoured locations for many types of sponges 220 A.5 A very rare image of a dark - violet , unknown coral species 221 A.6 A.7 A video ...
... ( Norwegian Defence Research Institute ) GEOlogical controls of carbonate MOUNDS on passive continental margins Geochemical Exploration and Research Group Gemini Mud Volcano Gulf of Mexico Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of ...
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 |