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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 Yet, recent reports are scattered, sometimes unpublished, and therefore knowledge about the current coral occurrence in the area is limited.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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| Wheeler, Andrew J.; Beyer, A; Freiwald, A; De Haas, H; Huvenne, V. A. I.; Kozachenko, M; Olu, Karine; Opderbecke, Jan. |
| Cold-water coral carbonate mounds, owing their presence mainly to the framework building coral Lophelia pertusa and the activity of associated organisms, are common along the European margin with their spatial distribution allowing them to be divided into a number of mound provinces. Variation in mound attributes are explored via a series of case studies on mound provinces that have been the most intensely investigated: Belgica, Hovland, Pelagia, Logachev and Norwegian Mounds. Morphological variation between mound provinces is discussed under the premise that mound morphology is an expression of the environmental conditions under which mounds are initiated and grow. Cold-water coral carbonate mounds can be divided into those exhibiting "inherited"... |
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Palavras-chave: Seabed mapping; Environmental setting; Morphology; Cold water coral; Carbonate mound. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-2411.pdf |
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