From the wire… A vast stretch of deepsea coral reefs in the south Atlantic passed a key step toward full federal protection as a special habitat where destructive fishing trawls are prohibited. The deepwater coral reefs, spanning 23,000 square miles from the North Carolina down to the Florida coast, are a relatively pristine habitat, rich . . . → Read More: Protection For Deep-Water Corals Close
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By Dr. M, on  September 21st, 2009  Leave a comment  Conservation & Environment, Coral, Organisms  Coral, Crab, deep sea, Environmental Defense Fund, Florida, Lophelia, NOAA, North Carolina, reef, trawling By Kevin Zelnio, on July 25th, 2009 5 comments Uncategorized active gas seepage, Best of Zelnio, Carbon, Coral, Ecology, energy source, food chains, Gulf of Mexico, Lophelia, methane, Methane Seep, Nitrogen, Provanna, seep, Stable Isotope, sulfur, trophic level This is a tale of cause and effect in the deep sea woven by threads of hypotheses held together by the loom of targeted sampling efforts and multiple lines of evidence. You see, dear readers, once upon a time existed an observation. Hovland (1989) noticed along the Norwegian coastline that carbonate reefs occurred in . . . → Read More: Deep Sea Corals and Methane Seeps
By Peter Etnoyer, on June 3rd, 2009 3 comments Fish, Gadgets & Gear, Organisms, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment Erik Cordes, Lophelia, mola-mola, Ocean Sunfish, Sea-Link, Temple University Dr. Erik Cordes is an Assistant Professor at Temple University specializing in the ecology of cold-seep and deep coral communities. He was Chief Scientist on the MMS sponsored Lophelia II cruise in Gulf of Mexico 2008 aboard the RV Nancy Foster, and he will lead this summer’s expedition with the Jason ROV aboard the NOAA . . . → Read More: Reflections on the Johnson Sea-link: Dr. Cordes
By Peter Etnoyer, on May 2nd, 2008 Leave a comment Coral, Organisms Anthozoa, Catshark, Coral, Fish Nursery, gorgonian, Habitat, Lophelia, Niche, Octocoral, Oculina, Plumarella, Primnoa, Rockfish, Scleractinia The biodiversity of Lophelia pertusa bioherms in the North Atlantic rivals the diversity of a shallow water tropical reef. More than 800 associated species have been documented in association. . . . → Read More: Deep-corals provide habitat for numerous associated species
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