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| Carlier, A.; Le Guilloux, E.; Olu, Karine; Sarrazin, Jozee; Mastrototaro, F.; Taviani, M.; Clavier, J.. |
| Cold-water corals (CWC) are frequently reported from deep sites with locally accelerated currents that enhance seabed food particle supply. Moreover, zooplankton likely account for ecologically important prey items, but their contribution to CWC diet remains unquantified. We investigated the benthic food web structure of the recently discovered Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) CWC province (300 to 1100 m depth) located in the oligotrophic northern Ionian Sea. We analyzed stable isotopes (delta C-13 and delta N-15) of the main consumers (including ubiquitous CWC species) exhibiting different feeding strategies, zooplankton, suspended particulate organic matter (POM) and sedimented organic matter (SOM). Zooplankton and POM were collected 3 m above the coral... |
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Palavras-chave: Particulate organic matter; Zooplankton; Stable isotopes; Food web; Mediterranean Sea; Benthic community; Cold water corals. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2009/publication-7450.pdf |
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| Lim, Aaron; Kane, Adam; Arnaubec, Aurelien; Wheeler, Andrew J.. |
| Cold-water coral (CWC) habitats are commonly regarded as hotspots of biodiversity in the deep-sea. However, a standardised approach to monitoring the effects of climate change, anthropogenic impact and natural variability through video-surveying on these habitats is poorly-established. This study is the first attempt at standardising a cost-effective video-survey design specific to small CWC mounds in order to accurately determine the proportion of facies across their surface. The Piddington Mound of the Moira Mounds, Porcupine Seabight, offshore Ireland has been entirely imaged by downward-facing video in 2011 and 2015. The 2011 video data is navigated into a full-mound, georeferenced video mosaic. A quadrat-based manual classification of this video... |
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Palavras-chave: Cold water corals; Mounds; Video survey design; Sediments; Habitat mapping. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00403/51482/53728.pdf |
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| Terhzaz, Loubna; Hamoumi, Naima; Spezzaferri, Silvia; Lotfi, El Mostapha; Henriet, Jean-pierre. |
| Sedimentological and geochemical studies of boxcores from the Brittlestar Ridge I and Cabliers carbonate mounds, along the Moroccan Mediterranean margin, show that sediments are composed of cold water scleratian corals and micritic mud, muddy micrite or muddy allochem limestone matrix, outlining seven different facies that can be attributed to “cluster reefs”. The mixed siliciclastic/carbonate sediments have been derived from both extra- and intrabasinal sources. Extra-basinal sources may be the geological formations outcropping in the Moroccan hinterland and Sahara, the latter including corals and associated bioclasts. Sediments were transported by wind and rivers and redistributed by bottom currents and local upwelling. Our results confirm the role of... |
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Palavras-chave: Carbonate mounds; Cold water corals; Sedimentology; Sedimentary geochemistry; Moroccan Mediterranean margin. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00445/55699/57370.pdf |
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| Reveillaud, J; Freiwald, A; Van Rooij, D; Le Guilloux, Erwan; Altuna, A; Foubert, A; Vanreusel, A; Olu, Karine; Henriet, J. |
| Studies on the distribution of scleractinian corals in the Bay of Biscay were relatively numerous during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. Yet, recent reports are scattered, sometimes unpublished, and therefore knowledge about the current coral occurrence in the area is limited. This study aims at compiling the available historical and more recently collected information on the occurrence of scleractinian corals in the Bay of Biscay. Data from two recent cruises are included and compared with previous explored coral sites from as early as 1830 up to 1995. A database of 347 records including 34 described species of scleractinians highlights that the slope of the Bay of Biscay is an important habitat for scleractinians. This could... |
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Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Bay of Biscay; Slope; Scleractinia; Cold water corals. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-4503.pdf |
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| Huvenne, Veerle A. I.; Bailey, W. R.; Shannon, P. M.; Naeth, J; Di Primio, R.; Henriet, J. P.; Horsfield, B.; De Haas, H.; Wheeler, A; Olu, Karine. |
| The Magellan mound province is one of the three known provinces of carbonate mounds or cold-water coral banks in the Porcupine Seabight, west of Ireland. It has been studied in detail using a large and varied data set: 2D and 3D seismic data, sidescan sonar imagery and video data collected during ROV deployment have been used to describe the mounds in terms of origin, growth processes and burial. The aim of this paper is to present the Magellan mounds and their setting in an integrated, holistic way. More than 1,000 densely spaced and mainly buried mounds have been identified in the area. They all seem to be rooted on one seismic reflection, suggesting a sudden mound start-up. Their size and spatial distribution characteristics are presented, together with... |
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Palavras-chave: Numerical basin modelling; Fault analysis; Mound morphology; Spatial distribution; Porcupine Basin; Cold water corals; Carbonate mounds. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2312.pdf |
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| De Mol, Ben; Kozachenko, M; Wheeler, Andy; Alvares, Hugo; Henriet, Jean-pierre; Olu, Karine. |
| High-resolution seismic profiles, swath bathymetry, side-scan sonar data and video imageries are analysed in this detailed study of five carbonate mounds from the Belgica mound province with special emphasis on the well-surveyed Therese Mound. The selected mounds are located in the deepest part of the Belgica mound province at water depths of 950 m. Seismic data illustrate that the underlying geology is characterised by drift sedimentation in a general northerly flowing current regime. Sigmoidal sediment bodies create local slope breaks on the most recent local erosional surface, which act as the mound base. No preferential mound substratum is observed, neither is there any indication for deep geological controls on coral bank development. Seismic evidence... |
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Palavras-chave: Carbonate mounds; Cold water corals; Lophelia pertusa; Porcupine Seabight; Coral banks; Belgica mound province; Therese Mound. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2307.pdf |
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