Deep-water coral reefs : unique biodiversity hot-spots
"Deep-water coral reefs are currently the target of intensive research, offering exciting opportunities for frontier exploration. Using a battery of modern techniques, such as deep-sea drilling, sampling, remote control surveying and documentation, marine scientists are hoping to find answers." "This book provides a comprehensive and thorough scientific analysis and documentation of deep-water coral reefs around the world. It reviews what is currently known about these unique reefs and how they may be protected for the future."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2008
Springer ; Praxis, Dordrecht, Chichester, ©2008
xxvi, 278 pages : illustrations (some color)., maps ; 25 cm
9781402084614, 1402084617
227276739
Coral reefs.- A modern re-discovery.- Scandinavian coral reefs.- North Atlantic coral reefs and giant carbonate mounds.- Other deep-water coral reefs, worldwide.- Ancient and modern analogues.- Competing theories.- An unintended extinction?.- Conclusions.