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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... Bacterial mats 3.8.1 Summary Scandinavian coral reefs 4 4.1 Introduction . 4.2 Reefs in 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 ...
... bacterial mat at Gullfaks . . . . 3.18 Bacterial mats disturbed by an ROV manipulator , Gullfaks 2222223 29 30 34 35 4.0 A general map of parts of Scandinavia where deep - water ( and cold - water ) coral reefs are found 40 4.1 This ...
... bacterial mats and suspected methane - derived authigenic carbonate crusts 4.42 Terrain map from Hola . 4.43 4.44 The location of Malangsreef . 4.45 Echosounder data from Hola . Photo from the lower portion of the Malangsreef . 585 85 ...
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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 |