Comparing deep-sea fish fauna between coral and non-coral megahabitats? in the Santa Maria di Leuca cold-water coral province (Mediterranean Sea)
"Two experimental longline surveys were carried out in the Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) cold-water coral province (Mediterranean Sea) during May-June and September-October 2010 to investigate the effect of corals on fish assemblages. Two types of megahabita...
GEFCoral website: The Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management (CRTR) Program
"The Coral Reef Targeted Research and Capacity Building for Management (CRTR) Program is a leading international coral reef research initiative that provides a coordinated approach to credible, factual and scientifically-proven knowledge for improved cora...
Influence of the Nazare Canyon, central Portuguese margin, on late winter coccolithophore assemblages
"This paper presents a first attempt to characterize coccolithophore assemblages occurring in the context of an active submarine canyon. Coccolithophores from the upper-middle sections of the Nazare Canyon (central Portuguese margin), one of the largest c...
Trawling-induced daily sediment resuspension in the flank of a Mediterranean submarine canyon
"Commercial bottom trawling is one of the anthropogenic activities causing the biggest impact on the seafloor due to its recurrence and global distribution. In particular, trawling has been proposed as a major driver of sediment dynamics at depths below t...
Geomorphic characterization of four shelf-sourced submarine canyons along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic continental margin
"Shelf-sourced submarine canyons are common features of continental margins and are fundamental to deep-sea sedimentary systems. Despite their geomorphic and geologic significance, relatively few passive margin shelf-breaching canyons worldwide have been ...
Assessing coral reef fish population and community changes in response to marine reserves in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, USA
"The efficacy of no-take marine reserves (NTMRs) to enhance and sustain regional coral reef fisheries was assessed in Dry Tortugas, Florida, through 9 annual fishery-independent research surveys spanning 2 years before and 10 years after NTMR implementati...
Coral mass spawning predicted by rapid seasonal rise in ocean temperature
"Coral spawning times have been linked to multiple environmental factors; however, to what extent these factors act as generalized cues across multiple species and large spatial scales is unknown. We used a unique dataset of coral spawning from 34 reefs i...
Comparing deep-sea fish fauna between coral and non-coral megahabitats? in the Santa Maria di Leuca cold-water coral province (Mediterranean Sea)