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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... 21 21 3.9 A sketch illustrating how I suggest light hydrocarbons dissolved in porewater seep up along dipping sedimentary rock layers through the seafloor in the Haltenbanken . 22 3.10 3.11 A bathymetric map , showing the locations of.
... 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 strata underneath the Træna Bank reefs . 4.22 4.23 ...
... layered carbonate rock , a methane - derived authigenic carbonate . 95 4.52 Arrows point at living ( articulating ) Acesta individuals . 96 4.53 The location of the Troll pockmark corals . . . . 97 4.54 4.55 A Lophelia colony ( lower ...
... layer serves as an adhesive substrate for skeletogenesis ( skeleton formation ) . There are two main parts of the primary skeleton of corals : a horizontal basal plate , with organic and inorganic layers , and a vertical set of ...
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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 |