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 and carbonate mounds 112 5.9 The resulting geo - profile over the Challenger Mound constructed after the preliminary data from IODP Drilling Expedition 307 . 116 5.10 This figure shows clearly how unique the location of ...
... coral 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 or mounds located in the Ahnet ...
... Corals Ecosystems Study Anoxic Oxidation of Methane Alfred Wegener Institute Marine Benthic Fauna of the Faroe Islands ( programme ) Bottom Simulating Reflector Carbonate Compensation Depth Controls on METhane fluxes Digital Terrain ...
... reefs in the North Atlantic and elsewhere . My account is especially detailed and holistic for some of the Norwegian coral reefs , which I have studied first - hand for the last 25 years , and of the fascinating giant carbonate mounds ...
... coral reefs experienced first - hand ; to review second - hand information amassed over the years by many researchers ; and to discuss why deep - water coral reefs and giant carbonate mounds form . Whereas many researchers on deep - water ...
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 |