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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... Echosounder data from Hola . Photo from the lower portion of the Malangsreef . 585 85 86 87 88 89 4.46 A beautiful photo of a Chimaera sp .. 90 4.47 4.48 A geological and topographical section through the Fedje reefs . Map of the Fedje ...
... Echosounder records showing pockmark - associated deep - water coral reefs . . A shaded relief map of the Campos and Santos Basins off Brazil . . . . . A sidescan sonar record showing a surfacing fault scarp with coral reef overgrowth ...
... Echosounder Magma Chamber Methane Derived Authigenic Carbonate Mekenes Mud Volcano Mediterranean Outflow Water Million Years Before Present MMV MOW mybp NADW NGU North Atlantic Deep Water NIOZ NOAA OHCB PDB ppbv RCMG ROV SEPM SIP SR ...
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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 |