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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... Lophelia colonies are favoured locations for many types of sponges 220 A.5 A very rare image of a dark - violet , unknown coral species 221 A.6 A.7 A video - grabbed image from one of the pockmark reefs at Kristin One of the early ...
... Lophelia reefs in the North Atlantic and elsewhere . My account is ... colonies . They occur at water depths between 39m and 450 m off Norway ... Lophelia pertusa ( Linnaeus , 1758 ) , Madrepora oculata ( Linnaeus , 1758 ) , and ...
... colonies of the white or pink Lophelia pertusa coral standing out in stark contrast to the dark waters. Over the last 25 years, I have conducted and participated in numerous coral reef studies off Norway. This book is mainly a result of ...
... Lophelia pertusa with extended tentacles (clusters of nematocysts can be seen). The polyp to the right has retracted its tentacles, probably because it has managed to get hold of prey. This fragment of a colony was sampled from a coral ...
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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 |