Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral HabitatsThere are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral, covering their ecology, biology, palaeontology and geology. Beginning with a history of research in the field, the authors describe the approaches needed to study corals in the deep sea. They consider coral habitats created by stony scleractinian as well as octocoral species. The importance of corals as long-lived geological structures and palaeoclimate archives is discussed, in addition to ways in which they can be conserved. Topic boxes explain unfamiliar concepts, and case studies summarise significant studies, coral habitats or particular conservation measures. Written for professionals and students of marine science, this text is enhanced by an extensive glossary, online resources, and a unique collection of colour photographs and illustrations of corals and the habitats they form. |
Contents
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Section 2 | 4 |
Section 3 | 20 |
Section 4 | 29 |
Section 5 | 30 |
Section 6 | 32 |
Section 7 | 33 |
Section 8 | 39 |
Section 12 | 142 |
Section 13 | 146 |
Section 14 | 149 |
Section 15 | 161 |
Section 16 | 163 |
Section 17 | 164 |
Section 18 | 171 |
Section 19 | 210 |
Section 9 | 44 |
Section 10 | 67 |
Section 11 | 108 |
Section 20 | 217 |
Section 21 | 263 |
Section 22 | 277 |
Common terms and phrases
Anthozoa aragonite areas associated azooxanthellate bathyal benthic Berlin Heidelberg biodiversity bioerosion Biology bottom trawling Cairns calcification calcium carbonate Cnidaria cold-water coral cold-water coral habitats cold-water coral reefs Colour plate continental coral carbonate mounds coral colonies coral framework coral mounds coral reefs coral skeleton Corallium Corals and Ecosystems Cretaceous Darwin Mounds deep deep-sea corals deep-water coral depth Desmophyllum diversity Ecology environmental fauna fish Fisheries fossil Freiwald and J. M. genera genetic Geological global gorgonian growth isotope J. M. Roberts larval Lophelia pertusa Madrepora Marine Mediterranean mesenteries Miocene Mortensen North Atlantic northeast Atlantic ocean ocean acidification octocorals Oculina organisms Pacific pertusa reefs Pleistocene polyp populations Porcupine Seabight Primnoa record reef framework-forming resedaeformis Rockall samples Science scleractinian scleractinian corals seabed seafloor seamounts seawater Section sediment sedimentary sequences shallow-water shelf showing skeletal species sponges Springer structure studies stylasterid surface taxa temperature Topic box water coral Younger Dryas Zibrowius