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| Menot, Lenaick; Van Den Beld, Inge; Arnaud-haond, Sophie; Bourillet, Jean-francois; Davies, J.s.; Guillaumont, Brigitte; Olu, Karine. |
| In the Bay of Biscay, Cold Water Coral (CWC) habitats have been mapped in 24 out of a hundred known submarine canyons. The footprint of ROV or towed-camera transects is small compared to the size of these canyons but still, known CWC habitats totalize a linear of 46 km. The distribution of these habitats, dominated by reef-building scleractinians, antipatharians, alcyonaceans and pennatulids, is however patchy and their median size is small, ranging from 6 to 65 m. While the preservation of these Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems has become essential, all CWC habitats will not be benefit from conservation strategies due to their widespread and patchy distribution. Priorities must thus be defined. Among the criteria for such prioritization, we explore here the... |
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| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00469/58077/60484.pdf |
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