Cold-water corals and ecosystems

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Autor: Freiwald, Andre.
ISBN: 978-3-540-24136-2.
Editorial: Springer Distribution Center
Características: 2005, 1243 Págs., 2005, Inglés, Cartoné.
Precio orientativo: 248,56 euros (IVA incluido).
Materia: Geologia/ciencias de la tierra.
Sub-materia: Oceanografia/biologia marina.

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Sinopsis de Cold-water corals and ecosystems

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...