Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats

By Murray J Roberts, A. Wheeler, A. Freiwald, S. Cairns, Frontmatter. 2009

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Subfields: Ecology

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• Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins (2010, background): “As discussed by Ross & Quattrini (2007) and Roberts et al. (2009), there are currently many methodological difficulties associated with sampling deep-sea, coral-associated fish density and diversity that need to be addressed and improved.”
• The biology of coral reefs (2011, background): “Anyone who is looking for information regarding the so-called deeper coldwater reefs should also look for other sources (e.g. Roberts et al. 2009).”
• Fisheries, food security, climate change, and biodiversity: characteristics of the sector and perspectives on emerging issues (2011, background): “…of sharks by guest on O ctober 31, 2014 http://icesjm s.oxfordjournals.org/ D ow nloaded from and rays (Baum et al., 2003, 2005), and the widespread mortality of reef structures and loss of associated fish communities (Hughes et al., 2003; Sheppard, 2003; Keller et al., 2009; Roberts et al., 2009).”
• Mingulay reef complex: an interdisciplinary study of cold-water coral habitat, hydrography and biodiversity (2009, background): “…17 scleractinian species produce skeletal frameworks but only 6 (Enallopsammia profunda, Goniocorella dumosa, Lophelia pertusa, Madrepora oculata, Oculina varicosa and Solenosmilia variabilis) are currently known to form significant deep, coldwater coral reef habitat (Roberts et al. 2006, 2009).”
• Habitat-forming cold-water corals show affinity for seamounts in the New Zealand region (2011, background): “Globally, these 5 genera, along with Lophelia, are the most significant habitatforming cold-water corals (Roberts et al. 2009), with 3 of these species, M. oculata, S. variabilis, and E. rostrata, being widely distributed (Freiwald et al. 2004).”
• An Overview of the Animal Forests of the World (2017, background): “…coldwater coral (CWC) reefs are comparable to their tropical counterpart in terms of structural and functional complexity and are widely distributed in the world oceans, mostly at 200–1500 m depth (Roberts et al. 2006; Roberts 2009; Henry and Roberts this volume; Mortensen et al. this volume).”
• Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem (2010, background): “…in the fjords and offshore Norway as open reef structures about 8000 years old (e.g. Fossa et al., 2005), around the British Isles (Wilson, 1979; Roberts et al., 2009), the Faeroe Islands (Frederiksen et al., 1992; Jensen and Frederiksen, 1992), as very large build-ups along the Rockall Bank…”
• In situ measurement of survival and growth of Lophelia pertusa in the northern Gulf of Mexico (2009, background): “…documented depth range for this species varies widely from 39 to 2775 m, but it is most commonly found on topographic features and the edges of continental shelves at 200 to 400 m (Wilson 1979a, Mortensen et al. 1995, Lumsden et al. 2007, Roberts et al. 2009), and at temperatures between 4 and 8°C.”
• Short-term metabolic and growth responses of the cold-water coral lophelia pertusa to ocean acidification (2013, background): “Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Deep-Sea Research II 0967-06 http://d n Corr Heriot-W E-m J.M.Rob journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/dsr2 Short-term metabolic and growth responses of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa to ocean acidification S.J. Hennige a, L.C. Wicks a, N.A. Kame”
• Lipid biomarkers reveal geographical differences in food supply to the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) (2009, background): “Little is known of the feeding ecology of cold-water corals, despite their widespread distribution and increased scientific interest in recent years (Roberts et al. 2006, 2009).”
• Long-term growth rates of four Mediterranean cold-water coral species maintained in aquaria (2011, methodology): “Indeed, the gaps in our knowledge of growth rates also limit our understanding of palaeo records when confronted with current and future threats, such as bottom trawling and global climate change (Roberts et al. 2009).”