Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems [electronic resource] / edited by André Freiwald, J. Murray Roberts.
| Call Number | 551.46 |
| Title | Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems edited by André Freiwald, J. Murray Roberts. |
| Physical Description | XXXII, 1243 p. 361 illus., 116 illus. in color. online resource. |
| Series | Erlangen Earth Conference Series |
| Contents | The paleoenvironmental context -- Distribution -- Mapping -- Exogenic and endogenic controls -- Coral Biology -- Diversity -- Environmental archive -- Conservation. |
| Summary | Following the exciting exploration of hot vent and cold seep ecosystems, the rediscovery of cold-water coral ecosystems with high-technology instrumentation is currently another hot topic in multidisciplinary marine research. Conventionally, coral reefs are regarded as restricted to warm and well-illuminated tropical seas, not associated with cold and dark waters of higher latitudes. However, ongoing scientific missions have shed light on the global significance of this overlooked ecosystem. Cold-water coral ecosystems are involved in the formation of large seabed structures such as reefs and giant carbonate mounds, and they represent unexploited paleo-environmental archives of earth history. Like their tropical cousins, cold-water coral ecosystems harbour rich species diversity. Despite the great water depths, commercial interests overlap more and more with the coral occurrences. Human activities already impinge directly on cold-water coral reefs causing severe damage to this vulnerable ecosystem. In this volume, the current key institutions involved in cold-water coral research have contributed 62 state-of-the-art articles from geology and oceanography to biology and conservation. |
| Added Author | Freiwald, André. editor. Roberts, J. Murray. editor. SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Subject | EARTH SCIENCES. PALEONTOLOGY. Sedimentology. OCEANOGRAPHY. Geobiology. Ecosystems. Earth Sciences. Oceanography. Biogeosciences. Paleontology. Sedimentology. Ecosystems. |
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| Summary | Following the exciting exploration of hot vent and cold seep ecosystems, the rediscovery of cold-water coral ecosystems with high-technology instrumentation is currently another hot topic in multidisciplinary marine research. Conventionally, coral reefs are regarded as restricted to warm and well-illuminated tropical seas, not associated with cold and dark waters of higher latitudes. However, ongoing scientific missions have shed light on the global significance of this overlooked ecosystem. Cold-water coral ecosystems are involved in the formation of large seabed structures such as reefs and giant carbonate mounds, and they represent unexploited paleo-environmental archives of earth history. Like their tropical cousins, cold-water coral ecosystems harbour rich species diversity. Despite the great water depths, commercial interests overlap more and more with the coral occurrences. Human activities already impinge directly on cold-water coral reefs causing severe damage to this vulnerable ecosystem. In this volume, the current key institutions involved in cold-water coral research have contributed 62 state-of-the-art articles from geology and oceanography to biology and conservation. |
| Contents | The paleoenvironmental context -- Distribution -- Mapping -- Exogenic and endogenic controls -- Coral Biology -- Diversity -- Environmental archive -- Conservation. |
| Subject | EARTH SCIENCES. PALEONTOLOGY. Sedimentology. OCEANOGRAPHY. Geobiology. Ecosystems. Earth Sciences. Oceanography. Biogeosciences. Paleontology. Sedimentology. Ecosystems. |
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