Assessing the living and dead proportions of cold-water coral colonies: implications for deep-water Marine Protected Area monitoring in a changing ocean

Assessing the living and dead proportions of cold-water coral colonies: implications for deep-water Marine Protected Area monitoring in a changing ocean

Coral growth patterns result from an interplay of coral biology and environmental conditions. In this study colony size and proportion of live and dead skeletons in the cold-water coral (CWC) Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) were measured using video footage from Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) tra...

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Main Authors: Johanne Vad, Covadonga Orejas, Juan Moreno-Navas, Helen S. Findlay, J. Murray Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-10-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Cold-water corals
Lophelia pertusa
Mingulay Reef Complex
PISCES site
Rockall bank
Colony size
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3705.pdf

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