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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... Træna Deep Reef Complex Reefs associated with hydrocarbon fields 4.4.1 Pockmark reefs at the Kristin field The " bio - expectations " for DWCRS Some relevant emerging results Sponge - associated bacteria 57 62 64 68 69 69 71 76 4.4.5 ...
... Træna Deep reefs 195 8.6.3 Case 3 : other linear reefs 198 8.7 Reefs associated with local depressions 8.7.1 Moats and other depressions 198 198 8.8 New support for the hydraulic model 199 8.9 Geodiversity and biodiversity , a link ...
... Tore , Mina Cornelia , Henrik , Mikkel , Figures Cover This photo is by the underwater photographer Erling. Linn Mei , Allis , and Marthe , who provide perspective 4.22 4.23 Seismic line through the Træna Deep reefs 65.
... Træna Bank reefs . 4.22 4.23 Seismic line through the Træna Deep reefs 65 xviii Figures.
Unique Biodiversity Hot-Spots Martin Hovland. 4.24 4.25 Dipping strata underneath the Træna Bank reefs . 66 4.26 A perspective view of the Træna Deep Reef Complex , based on an integrated sidescan sonar , bathymetric , and high ...
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 |