The oceanography, biogeochemistry and ecology of two NE Atlantic seamounts: The OASIS project
"Seamounts, defined here as undersea topographic features of limited lateral extent, which rise more than 1 km from the seafloor, are common features in all ocean basins. Only a few of them have been mapped so far, but data from satellite gravimetry sugge...
Introduction: Cold-Water Coral communities in the Mediterranean Sea
"The scleractians species Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata are considered two of the main components of the Cold-Water Coral communities (CWCs), well distributed in all deep oceans (see Freiwald and Roberts 2005 for a complete discussion). The scien...
Spatiotemporal bioerosion patterns in deep-water scleractinians from off Santa Maria di Leuca (Apulia, Ionian Sea)
"This study focuses on the carbonate biodegradation processes of deep-water scleractinians from off Apulia at Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) in the Ionian Sea, including living colonies of Lophelia pertusa, Madrepora oculata and Desmophyllum dianthus. The cor...
Benthic foraminifera from Capbreton Canyon revisited; faunal evolution after repetitive sediment disturbance
"At a 650 m deep site in the axis of Capbreton Canyon an 18-cm-thick turbidite was deposited in December 1999. During subsequent campaigns, an almost monospecific fauna of the benthic foraminifer Technitella melo, considered as a pioneer species, was foun...
First observations of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa in mid-Atlantic canyons of the USA
"The structure-forming, cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa is widely distributed throughout the North Atlantic Ocean and also occurs in the South Atlantic, North Pacific and Indian oceans. This species has formed extensive reefs, chiefly in deep water, alo...
Hydrographic characteristics of water masses and circulation in the Northern Ionian Sea
"he hydrography of intermediate and deep-water masses in the Northern Ionian Sea (Apulian Plateau) was studied through four quasi-synoptic multidisciplinary surveys carried out in 2004 - 2006 as an ancillary oceanographic activity in the frame of the APLA...
Effects of deep-water coral banks on the abundance and size structure of the megafauna in the Mediterranean Sea
"The Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) coral banks represent a rare example of living Lophelia-Madrepora-bearing coral mounds in the Mediterranean Sea. They are located between 350 and 1100 m in depth, in the northern Ionian Sea (eastern-central Mediterranean). ...
Defining biological assemblages (biotopes) of conservation interest in the submarine canyons of the South West Approaches (offshore United Kingdom) for use in marine habitat mapping
"In 2007, the upper part of a submarine canyon system located in water depths between 138 and 1165 m in the South West (SW) Approaches (North East Atlantic Ocean) was surveyed over a 2 week period. High-resolution multibeam echosounder data covering 1106 ...
Spatial scale-dependent habitat heterogeneity influences submarine canyon macrofaunal abundance and diversity off the Main and Northwest Hawaiian Islands
"The mapping of biodiversity on continental margins on landscape scales is highly relevant to marine spatial planning and conservation. Submarine canyons are widespread topographic features on continental and island margins that enhance benthic biomass ac...
Cirripeds from deep-water coral mounds off S. Maria di Leuca, Apulian Plateau Bank (Mediterranean Sea)
"Sampling carried out in the Ionian Sea off Santa Maria di Leuca, Apulian Plateau Bank (Mediterranean Sea) provided disarticulated plates of six cirriped species belonging to the superorder Thoracica. They include the benthic species Scalpellum scalpellum...
The oceanography, biogeochemistry and ecology of two NE Atlantic seamounts: The OASIS project