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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... slope , mud volcanoes , and gas hydrates The Pen Duick occurrence 130 132 5.3.3 Carbonate mounds off Mauritania 137 5.4 Summary 139 6 Other deep - water coral reefs , worldwide 141 6.1 Introduction ... 141 6.1.1 6.1.2 The Campos and ...
... slope of one of the largest HRC reefs 4.12 4.13 A high - resolution still photograph of the framed portion of the previous image Clusters of Acesta excavata bivalves hanging down from dead and live Lophelia pertusa colonies . . . . 553 ...
... Slope , Belgica Mounds . One of the giant carbonate mounds on the Rockall Bank . Detailed interpretation of the area of Darwin Mounds . 119 121 124 5.15 A sidescan sonar record of a typical Darwin Mound with parts of its “ tail ” , as ...
... Slope , off Ireland . They are up to two kilometres in diameter and 300 m in height ( Henriet et al . , 1998 ) . At 100 % certainty , the facts about these living structures are The reef - forming species are the stony corals ...
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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 |