Keywords:
Corals-Classification.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (569 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783319916088
Series Statement:
Coral Reefs of the World Series ; v.9
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5825116
DDC:
593.6
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1: An Introduction to the Research on Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals -- 1.1 About this Introductory Chapter -- 1.2 Discovering the Mediterranean Deep-Sea Benthos -- 1.3 Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: An Old and New Story -- 1.3.1 The Old Story -- 1.3.2 The New Story -- 1.4 Cold-Water Coral Structure, Shelter, and Associated Diversity -- 1.5 Cold-Water Corals, Oceanographic and Geological Past, Present and Future -- 1.6 Understanding Distribution Patterns and the Mediterranean - Atlantic Link: Studies on Connectivity -- 1.7 Approaching the Study of the Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals at Different Scales -- 1.8 Threats for Cold-Water Corals in the Mediterranean Sea, Conservation Actions and Perspectives -- 1.9 …Still Much Work to Do -- References -- Part I: Past -- 2: Paleoecology of Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cold-Water Coral Paleoecology -- 2.2.1 Early Taphonomy -- 2.2.2 Diagenesis -- 2.3 Mode of Fossil Cold-Water Coral Occurrence -- 2.3.1 Outcrop -- 2.3.1.1 Cold-Water Corals Hosted in Loose Sediment -- 2.3.1.2 Cold-Water Corals Plastering Hard Substrates -- 2.3.1.3 Cold-Water Corals Embedded in Limestones -- 2.3.2 Submarine Occurrences -- 2.3.3 CWC in Sediment Cores -- 2.4 Paleoenvironmental Information Derivable from Geochemical Signals -- 2.5 Discussion -- 2.6 Conclusions and Future Research -- References -- Cross References -- 3: Drop Chapter Cold-Water Corals in the Mediterranean: A History of Discovery -- References -- Cross References -- 4: A Turbulent Story: Mediterranean Contourites and Cold-Water Corals -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Hydrographic Setting -- 4.3 Contourite Deposits -- 4.4 Currents and Ecosystemic Response -- 4.5 CWC Establishment -- 4.6 Conclusions and Future Perspectives -- References.
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Cross References -- 5: Drop Chapter Messinian Salinity Crisis: What Happened to Cold-Water Corals? -- Introduction -- The Temporal Sequence of the MSC -- The Impact of MSC on CWCs -- References -- Cross Reference -- 6: Drop Chapter Did Quaternary Climate Fluctuations Affect Mediterranean Deep-Sea Coral Communities? -- References -- Cross References -- 7: Drop Chapter A Deglacial Cold-Water Coral Boom in the Alborán Sea: From Coral Mounds and Species Dominance -- References -- Cross References -- 8: Drop Chapter Highly Variable Submarine Landscapes in the Alborán Sea Created by Cold-Water Corals -- References -- Cross References -- 9: Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Material and Methods -- 9.3 Cold-Water Corals Through Geological Times -- 9.3.1 Key Study Sites -- 9.3.1.1 Miocene -- 9.3.1.2 Pliocene -- 9.3.1.3 Early-Middle Pleistocene -- 9.3.1.4 Late Pleistocene (Last 50 kyrs) - Holocene -- 9.4 Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Key Cold-Water Coral Species -- 9.5 Conclusive Remarks and Future Perspectives -- References -- Cross References -- 10: Drop Chapter Bathyal Corals Within the Aegean Sea and the Adjacent Hellenic Trench -- References -- Cross References -- 11: Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals as Paleoclimate Archives -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Cold-Water Corals as Paleoclimate Archives: Environmental vs. Biologically-Induced Geochemical Signals -- 11.3 Geochemistry of the Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals -- 11.3.1 U/Th, 14C and Nd Isotopes Measurements to Constrain the Water Mass Dynamics -- 11.3.2 Cold-Water Coral Paleothermometers -- 11.3.3 Boron Isotopes vs. Seawater pH -- 11.3.4 Coral P/Ca as a Seawater Nutrient Proxy -- 11.4 Conclusions and Future Perspectives -- References -- Cross References -- 12: Drop Chapter Tomography of Cold-Water Corals-Bearing Cores -- Introduction.
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Computed Tomography (CT) -- CT of Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals -- Conclusions -- References -- 13: Drop Chapter Changing Views About Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals -- Introduction -- Seguenza or When Deep-Sea Forms Got Discovered First on Land Than Offshore -- Reversing the Paradigm -- References -- Cross References -- Part II: Present -- 14: Taxonomy, Genetics and Biodiversity of Mediterranean Deep-Sea Corals and Cold-Water Corals -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Some General Insights into the Anatomy and Systematics of the Deep-Sea Corals and Cold-Water Corals -- 14.2.1 Cold-Water Corals? Deep-Sea Corals? -- 14.2.2 Anatomy and Systematics -- 14.3 The Mediterranean Deep-Sea Corals and Cold-Water Coral Groups -- 14.3.1 Class Anthozoa, Subclass Hexacorallia -- 14.3.1.1 Order Antipatharia -- Taxonomy and Taxonomic Characters -- Molecular Aspects -- Mediterranean Species -- Remarkable Sites and Distribution -- 14.3.1.2 Order Scleractinia -- Taxonomy and Taxonomic Characters -- Molecular Aspects -- Mediterranean Species -- Remarkable Sites and Distribution -- 14.3.1.3 Order Zoantharia -- Taxonomy and Taxonomic Characters -- Molecular Aspects -- Mediterranean Species -- Remarkable Sites and Distribution -- 14.3.2 Class Anthozoa, Subclass Octocorallia -- 14.3.2.1 Order Alcyonacea -- Taxonomy and Taxonomic Characters -- Molecular Aspects -- Mediterranean Species -- Remarkable Sites and Distribution -- 14.3.2.2 Order Pennatulacea -- Taxonomy and Taxonomic Characters -- Molecular Aspects -- Mediterranean Species -- Remarkable Sites and Distribution -- 14.3.3 Class Hydrozoa, Subclass Hydroidolina -- 14.3.3.1 Order Anthoathecata -- Taxonomy and Taxonomic Characters -- Molecular Aspects -- Mediterranean Species -- Remarkable Sites and Distribution -- 14.4 Overview -- 14.4.1 Overall Biodiversity -- 14.4.2 Future Perspectives -- References.
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Cross References -- 15: Habitat Mapping of Cold-Water Corals in the Mediterranean Sea -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 CASE STUDY 1 - The Chella Bank, Alborán Sea -- 15.2.1 Conservation Value of the Chella Bank -- 15.2.2 The Chella Bank and Its Habitats -- 15.2.3 Automatic Classification of Benthic Habitats on the Chella Bank -- 15.3 CASE STUDY 2 - The Santa Maria de Leuca CWC Province, Ionian Sea -- 15.3.1 Conservation Value of the SML CWC Province -- 15.3.2 The SML CWC Topped Mounds and Other Coral Facies -- 15.3.3 Supervised Automatic Classification of SML Coral Facies -- 15.4 Conclusions -- References -- Cross References -- 16: Cold-Water Coral Habitat Mapping in the Mediterranean Sea: Methodologies and Perspectives -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Large Scale Data -- 16.2.1 Bathymetric Data -- 16.2.1.1 Terrain Morphometric Attributes -- 16.2.2 Backscatter Data -- 16.2.3 Sub-bottom Profiles -- 16.3 Small Scale Data -- 16.3.1 Video Processing -- 16.4 Cold-Water Coral Habitat Mapping -- 16.4.1 Top-Down Approach -- 16.4.2 Bottom-Up Approach -- 16.4.2.1 Automatic Classification -- 16.4.2.2 Habitat Suitability Models -- 16.5 Cold-Water Coral Habitat Mapping Techniques Caveats and Perspectives -- 16.6 Conclusions -- References -- Cross References -- 17: Drop Chapter Working with Visual Methods, Comparison Among the French Deep-Sea Canyons -- References -- Cross References -- 18: Review of the Circulation and Characteristics of Intermediate Water Masses of the Mediterranean: Implications for Cold-Water Coral Habitats -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Approach -- 18.3 Water Masses -- 18.3.1 The Functioning of the Mediterranean Sea -- 18.3.2 Deep Water Formation -- 18.3.3 Levantine Intermediate Water Formation -- 18.4 Water Mass Characteristics and Flows -- 18.4.1 Eastern Mediterranean -- 18.4.2 Western Mediterranean -- 18.5 Summary -- References.
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Cross References -- 19: Occurrence and Biogeography of Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.1.1 Cold-Water Corals Sensu lato -- 19.2 Mediterranean CWC Occurrences -- 19.2.1 Northern Ionian Sea -- 19.2.2 Southern Adriatic Sea -- 19.2.3 Sicily Channel -- 19.2.4 South Sardinia and South Tyrrhenian Sea -- 19.2.5 Gulf of Lions -- 19.2.6 Eastern Alborán Sea -- 19.3 Hard Bottom CWCs -- 19.3.1 The White Triad -- 19.3.2 Black CWCs: Antipatharia -- 19.3.3 Yellow CWCs: Dendrophyllia cornigera -- 19.3.4 Alcyonacea: Soft CWCs on Hard Bottoms -- 19.3.5 Stylasteridae: The Case of Errina aspera -- 19.4 Soft Bottom CWCs -- 19.4.1 Isidella elongata -- 19.4.2 Pennatulacea -- 19.5 Corals and Currents: A Juxtaposition -- 19.6 Knowledge Gaps -- References -- Cross References -- 20: Drop Chapter Gorgonian and Black Coral Assemblages in Deep Coastal Bottoms and Continental Shelves of the Mediterranean Sea -- References -- Cross References -- 21: Drop Chapter Mediterranean Black Coral Communities -- References -- Cross References -- 22: Drop Chapter Recent Discoveries of Extensive Cold-Water Coral Assemblages in Maltese Waters -- References -- Cross References -- 23: Drop Chapter Corals of Aphrodite: Dendrophyllia ramea Populations of Cyprus -- References -- Cross References -- 24: Drop Chapter Cold-Water Corals in Fluid Venting Submarine Structures -- References -- Cross References -- 25: Drop Chapter Cold-Water Corals and Mud Volcanoes: Life on a Dynamic Substrate -- References -- Cross-References -- 26: Occurrence of Living Cold-Water Corals at Large Depths Within Submarine Canyons of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea -- 26.1 Introduction -- 26.2 Study Area -- 26.3 Materials and Methods -- 26.3.1 Data Collection -- 26.3.2 Video and Hauling Data Treatment -- 26.4 Results -- 26.4.1 ROV Video-Observations.
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26.4.2 Agassiz Trawling.
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