Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems

Cover......Page 1
Erlangen Earth Conference Series......Page 2
Cold-Water Corals\rand Ecosystems......Page 3
ISBN-13 9783540241362......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Content......Page 14
Contributors......Page 22
I\rThe paleoenvironmental context......Page 35
Azooxanthellate corals in the Late Maastrichtian\r- Early Paleocene of the Danish basin: bryozoan\rand coral mounds in a boreal shelf setting......Page 37
Corals from deep-water methane-seep deposits\rin Paleogene strata of Western Oregon and\rWashington, U.S.A.......Page 61
Growth, deposition, and facies of Pleistocene\rbathyal coral communities from Rhodes, Greece......Page 75
Enhanced biodiversity in the deep: Early\rPleistocene coral communities from southern\rItaly......Page 95
Sedimentary patterns in the vicinity of a\rcarbonate mound in the Hovland Mound\rProvince, northern Porcupine Seabight......Page 121
Deep-water corals of the northeastern Atlantic\rmargin: carbonate mound evolution and upper\rintermediate water ventilation during the\rHolocene......Page 147
II\rDistribution......Page 169
Deep coral growth in the Mediterranean Sea:\ran overview......Page 171
U/Th-dating of deep-water corals from the eastern\rNorth Atlantic and the western Mediterranean Sea......Page 191
Distribution and habitats of Acesta excavata\r(Bivalvia: Limidae) with new data on its shell\rultrastructure......Page 207
Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of\rGibraltar......Page 241
An assessment of the distribution of deep-sea\rcorals in Atlantic Canada by using both scientifi c\rand local forms of knowledge......Page 257
Deep-water corals and their habitats in The Gully,\ra submarine canyon off Atlantic Canada......Page 281
Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the\rNortheast Coast of the United States......Page 313
Occurrence of deep-water Lophelia pertusa and\rMadrepora oculata in the Gulf of Mexico......Page 331
Southern Caribbean azooxanthellate coral\rcommunities off Colombia......Page 343
Habitat-forming deep-sea corals in the Northeast\rPacifi c Ocean......Page 365
Recent observations on the distribution of\rdeep-sea coral communities on the Shiribeshi\rSeamount, Sea of Japan......Page 379
III\rMapping......Page 391
Mapping of Lophelia reefs in Norway:\rexperiences and survey methods......Page 393
Deep-water coral mounds on the Porcupine\rBank, Irish Margin: preliminary results from the\rPolarstern ARK-XIX/3a ROV cruise......Page 427
New view of the Belgica Mounds, Porcupine\rSeabight, NE Atlantic: preliminary results from\rthe Polarstern ARK-XIX/3a ROV cruise......Page 437
Carbonate mounds off Mauritania, Northwest\rAfrica: status of deep-water corals and\rimplications for management of fi shing and oil\rexploration activities......Page 451
Mapping, habitat characterization, and fi sh\rsurveys of the deep-water Oculina coral reef\rMarine Protected Area: a review of historical and\rcurrent research......Page 477
Predicting habitat for two species of deep-water\rcoral on the Canadian Atlantic continental shelf\rand slope......Page 501
IV\rExogenic and endogenic controls......Page 515
Monitoring environmental variability around\rcold-water coral reefs: the use of a benthic\rphotolander and the potential of seafl oor\robservatories......Page 517
Deep-water coral development as a function of\rhydrodynamics and surface productivity around\rthe submarine banks of the Rockall Trough, NE\rAtlantic......Page 537
Development of coral banks in Porcupine\rSeabight: do they have Mediterranean ancestors?......Page 549
The seabed appearance of different coral bank\rprovinces in the Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic:\rresults from sidescan sonar and ROV seabed\rmapping......Page 569
Sedimentary processes and carbonate mounds in\rthe Belgica Mound province, Porcupine Seabight,\rNE Atlantic......Page 605
Sponge reefs in the Queen Charlotte Basin,\rCanada: controls on distribution, growth and\rdevelopment......Page 639
Pockmark-associated coral reefs at the Kristin\rfi eld off Mid-Norway......Page 657
Sedimentological and geochemical environment\rof the Fugløy Reef off northern Norway......Page 667
V\rCoral Biology......Page 685
Molecular ecology of Lophelia pertusa in the NE\rAtlantic......Page 687
Population genetic structure of the Hawaiian\rprecious coral Corallium lauuense (Octocorallia:\rCoralliidae) using microsatellites......Page 697
Genetic circumscription of deep-water coral\rspecies in Canada using 18S rRNA......Page 713
Deep-water Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa):\rcurrent knowledge of reproductive processes......Page 725
Reproductive ecology of three reef-forming,\rdeep-sea corals in the New Zealand region......Page 735
Lipids and nitrogen isotopes of two deep-water\rcorals from the North-East Atlantic: initial results\rand implications for their nutrition......Page 749
Calcifying extracellular mucus substances (EMS)\rof Madrepora oculata – a fi rst geobiological\rapproach......Page 765
VI\rDiversity......Page 779
Are deep-water corals important habitats for\rfi shes?......Page 781
A habitat classifi cation scheme for seamount\rlandscapes: assessing the functional role of\rdeep-water corals as fi sh habitat......Page 795
Role of cold-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs as\rfi sh habitat in the NE Atlantic......Page 805
Remarkable sessile fauna associated with deep\rcoral and other calcareous substrates in the\rStrait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea......Page 841
The metazoan meiofauna associated with a coldwater\rcoral degradation zone in the Porcupine\rSeabight (NE Atlantic)......Page 855
Distribution and diversity of species associated\rwith deep-sea gorgonian corals off Atlantic\rCanada......Page 883
Attached benthic Foraminifera as indicators of\rpast and present distribution of the coral Primnoa\rresedaeformis on the Scotian Margin......Page 915
Preliminary study of bioerosion in the deep-water\rcoral Lophelia, Pleistocene, Rhodes, Greece......Page 929
Bioerosion patterns in a deep-water Lophelia\rpertusa (Scleractinia) thicket ( Propeller Mound,\rnorthern Porcupine Seabight)......Page 949
Shallow-water Desmophyllum dianthus\r(Scleractinia) from Chile: characteristics of\rthe biocoenoses, the bioeroding community,\rheterotrophic interactions and (paleo)-\rbathymetric implications......Page 971
The physical niche of the bathyal Lophelia\rpertusa in a non-bathyal setting: environmental\rcontrols and palaeoecological implications......Page 1013
VII\rEnvironmental archive......Page 1037
C and O isotopes in a deep-sea coral (Lophelia\rpertusa) related to skeletal microstructure......Page 1039
Investigations of age and growth for three deepsea\rcorals from the Davidson Seamount off\rcentral California......Page 1055
Testing the reproducibility of Mg/Ca profi les in\rthe deep-water coral Primnoa resedaeformis:\rputting the proxy through its paces......Page 1073
Skeletal Mg/Ca in Primnoa resedaeformis:\rrelationship to temperature?......Page 1095
Paleotemperatures from deep-sea corals: scale\reffects......Page 1115
Climate records from the Faroe-Shetland Channel\rusing Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758)......Page 1131
High-resolution trace and minor element\rcompositions in deep-water scleractinian corals\r(Desmophyllum dianthus) from the Mediterranean\rSea and the Great Australian Bight......Page 1143
VIII\rConservation......Page 1161
Identifying critical information needs and\rdeveloping institutional partnerships to further\rthe understanding of Atlantic deep-sea coral\recosystems......Page 1163
Oceana’s efforts to protect deep-sea coral in the United States......Page 1175
A cost effective approach to protecting deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems with an application to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands region......Page 1185
Conservation and management implications of\rdeep-sea coral and fi shing effort distributions in\rthe Northeast Pacifi c Ocean......Page 1205
Deep-sea corals and resource protection at the\rDavidson Seamount, California, U.S.A.......Page 1223
Conserving corals in Atlantic Canada: a historical\rperspective......Page 1233
Index......Page 1245