Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins

By L. Buhl‐Mortensen, A. Vanreusel, A. Gooday, L. Levin, Imants G. Priede, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, H. Gheerardyn, N. King, M. Raes. 2010

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Subfields: Ecology, Oceanography

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Using 3D photogrammetry from ROV video to quantify cold-water coral reef structural complexity and investigate its influence on biodiversity and community assemblage (2019, background): “…complexity can alter hydrodynamic properties such as current velocity, shear and turbulence, subsequently providing additional microhabitats (Buhl-Mortensen et al. 2010), influencing larval entrainment (De Clippele et al. 2018), larvae retention (Boxshall 2000; Harii and Kayanne 2002),…”
An Overview of the Animal Forests of the World (2017, background): “CWC occurrence seems to be mainly driven by temperature (from ~4 C to ~14 C) and hydrodynamic conditions, like the presence of intermediate and deep-water masses that supply food, rather than by depth per se (Buhl-Mortensen et al. 2010; Buhl-Mortensen et al. this volume; Roberts et al. 2006).”
Identifying Toxic Impacts of Metals Potentially Released during Deep-Sea Mining—A Synthesis of the Challenges to Quantifying Risk (2017, background): “These sessile fauna create vertical habitat for mobile species (Buhl-Mortensen et al., 2010) and their removal from the abyssal system through mining would create downstream impacts for other mobile fauna, impacting Ecosystem Structures and Functions.”
Habitat complexity: approaches and future directions (2011, background): “Different types of corals as well as sponges and xenophyophores become increasingly important as complexity-generating organisms in deep, nutrientpoor continental margins (Buhl-Mortensen et al., 2010).”
Deep cold‐water corals as nurseries for fish larvae (2012, background): “Studies of their associated fauna have shown that biodiversity in deep-sea CWCs is comparable to that of tropical coral reefs (Buhl-Mortensen et al. 2010; Watling et al. 2011).”
Deep-sea sponge grounds enhance diversity and abundance of epibenthic megafauna in the Northwest Atlantic (2013, background): “Large, structurally complex megafauna, such as deep-water corals, increase the number and complexity of available microhabitats (Tissot et al., 2006), which become more important as depth increases and habitat heterogeneity decreases (Buhl-Mortensen et al., 2010).”
Diversity, distribution and spatial structure of the cold-water coral fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic) (2013, background): “The rate of faunal change assessed in this study was more pronounced from shallow (100–600 m) to intermediate (600–1000 m) depth intervals, possibly reflecting not only sharper environmental gradients but also greater topographic complexity and substrate heterogeneity usually found at upper bathyal ”
Habitat mapping as a tool for conservation and sustainable use of marine resources: Some perspectives from the MAREANO Programme, Norway (2015, background): “As depth increases, so does environmental stability, and changes in community composition over time will be relatively small (Buhl-Mortensen et al., 2010; Carney, 2005; Levin et al., 2001).”
Man and the Last Great Wilderness: Human Impact on the Deep Sea (2011, background): “Cold-water coral reefs support a significantly higher diversity of species than the surrounding deep-sea floor, but our knowledge on the functional relationships between the framebuilding organisms and associated species such as fish and other invertebrates is limited [237] and we do not know the sp”