Keywords:
Deep sea corals.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This broad-ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water coral worldwide. Covering ecology, biology, palaeontology and geology, the text is enhanced by an extensive glossary, online resources, and a unique collection of colour photographs and illustrations of corals and the habitats they form.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (368 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780511539329
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=442834
DDC:
593.6/1779
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Topic boxes and Case studies -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 History and research approaches -- 1.1 History -- 1.1.1 Early history and taxonomy -- 1.1.2 Pioneering deep-sea expeditions -- 1.1.3 The modern era begins -- 1.2 Research approaches -- 1.2.1 Exploration -- 1.2.2 Habitat mapping -- 1.2.3 Collecting samples -- 1.2.4 Monitoring -- 1.2.5 Technologies for the future -- 2 Cold-water corals -- 2.1 Ecological categorisation of corals -- 2.2 The five cold-water coral taxa -- 2.2.1 Scleractinia -- 2.2.2 Zoanthidae -- 2.2.3 Antipatharia -- 2.2.4 Octocorallia -- 2.2.5 Stylasteridae -- 2.3 Environmental controls on cold-water coral distribution -- 2.4 Global patterns of cold-water scleractinian diversity -- 2.5 Molecular phylogeny of cold-water corals -- 2.6 Linkages and connectivity -- 3 Biology -- 3.1 Anatomy -- 3.2 Morphology -- 3.3 Food supply and nutrition -- 3.3.1 Gas seeps and the 'hydraulic theory' -- 3.3.2 Hydrography -- 3.3.3 Food particles -- 3.4 Growth rates -- 3.4.1 Growth bands and chronologies -- 3.4.2 Longevity and carbon sources -- 3.5 Ecophysiology -- 3.5.1 Respiratory physiology -- 3.5.2 Excretion and osmotic balance -- 3.5.3 Nervous and endocrine control -- 3.6 Reproduction -- 3.7 Larval biology and dispersal -- 4 Reefs and mounds -- 4.1 Reef initiation and development -- 4.2 Reef sedimentation -- 4.2.1 Matrix sediment and deposits -- 4.2.2 Deposit-based cold-water coral reef classification -- 4.3 Defining coral carbonate mounds -- 4.4 Mound development -- 4.4.1 Mound initiation -- 4.4.2 Mound growth -- 4.4.3 Accumulation rates -- 4.4.4 Climatic controls on mound growth -- 4.4.5 Diagenetic processes -- 4.4.6 Late-stage mound development and burial -- 4.5 Coral carbonate mound morphology -- 4.5.1 Mound shape -- 4.5.2 Mound dimensions.
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4.6 Global distribution of coral carbonate mounds -- 5 Habitats and ecology -- 5.1 Habitats -- 5.1.1 Reefs -- 5.1.2 Gorgonian forests and coral gardens -- 5.2 Biodiversity -- 5.2.1 Megafauna and macrofauna -- 5.2.2 Meiofauna -- 5.2.3 Microbial diversity -- 5.3 Seamounts, endemism and refugia -- 5.4 Species interactions -- 5.4.1 Symbiosis -- 5.5 Fish assemblages -- 5.6 Predictive mapping -- 6 Palaeontology -- 6.1 Triassic dawn -- 6.2 Fossil record of cold-water corals -- 6.2.1 Dendrophylliidae -- 6.2.2 Oculinidae -- 6.2.3 Caryophylliidae -- 6.3 Taphonomy -- 6.3.1 Growth of the coral framework -- 6.3.2 Breakdown of the coral framework -- 6.4 Preservation of the coral-associated fauna -- 6.4.1 Foraminifera -- 6.4.2 Porifera -- 6.4.3 Cnidaria -- 6.4.4 Annelida -- 6.4.5 Mollusca -- 6.4.6 Crustacea -- 6.4.7 Echinodermata -- 6.4.8 Bryozoa -- 6.4.9 Other groups -- 7 Corals as archives -- 7.1 Biomineralisation -- 7.1.1 Coral calcification -- 7.1.2 Vital effects -- 7.2 Temperature records -- 7.3 Water-mass history -- 7.4 Pollution and nutrient records -- 8 Impacts and conservation -- 8.1 Impacts -- 8.1.1 Fishing -- 8.1.2 Oil and gas -- 8.1.3 Mining -- 8.1.4 Climate change and ocean acidification -- 8.1.5 Coral collection -- 8.1.6 Other threats -- 8.2 Conservation -- 8.2.1 Protected areas -- 8.2.2 Monitoring -- 8.2.3 The high seas -- 8.2.4 Stewardship -- Glossary -- References -- Index.
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