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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... acoustic plumes associated with mounds Possible sources of seeping fluids off Ireland 127 127 5.2.7 Serpentinisation , the most important geobiological pro- cess ? 128 5.3 Gulf of Cadiz , west of Gibraltar 129 5.3.1 5.3.2 The lower ...
... acoustic reflection strength in the up - dipping layers , beneath the Sula Reef . . 62 4.21 A digital terrain model showing the location of ridges , with coral reefs in the Husmus area . Same as Figure 4.21 346 63 64 4.24 4.25 Dipping ...
... Acoustic evidence of prolific hydrocarbon seepage out of the seafloor Accumulation of sponges found at the site seen in the previous figure 80 81 4.36 This photograph was acquired in 1991 from the Block 6407/4 location , off mid- Norway ...
... Acoustic Basement 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 ...
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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 |