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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... coral reefs are found 40 4.1 This collage of images has been assembled from many different Norwegian coral reefs . 41 4.2 An artist's impression of the Seaway Commander located above the prominent Lophelia reefs on the Agdenes morainic ...
... reefs . 66 4.26 A perspective view of the Træna Deep Reef Complex , based on ... reefs . 223 72 4.29 This 3 - D perspective image shows how the Kristin semi ... Lophelia reefs . 78 4.34 4.35 Acoustic evidence of prolific hydrocarbon ...
... reefs Schematic sketch of a ( fossil ) Waulsortian mound in the Normandville field and sketch of a Waulsortian mound 159 164 166 7.3 A photograph of the remarkable fossil deep - water carbonate reefs ... Lophelia colonies are favoured ...
... marine life on the ocean floor; for example, The Northern North Atlantic: A Changing Environment (Springer, 2001, 500 pp.). Neither deep-water coral reefs, nor Lophelia pertusa, nor Lophelia reefs are found in the index, or at all ...
... Coral Reefs and Processes in the Seafloor " ( Hovland and Mortensen , 1999 , in Norwegian ) is to provide general and specific first- and second- hand information on the occurrence and habitats of Lophelia reefs in the North Atlantic ...
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 |