Stable Isotope composition of particulate organic matter and fauna in a deep Mediterranean cold-water coral bank

• Main Authors: Carlier, Antoine, Le Guilloux, E, Olu, Karine, Sarrazin, Jozée, Mastrototaro, F, Taviani, Marco, Clavier, Jacques
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2011
• Subjects: Longline deployment; Trawl net; Biological sample; Passelaigue net; Carbonate; Blade core; Large collection box; ROV drawer; Small collection box; PEP bottle; APLABES; GAVIS; M70/1; MEDECO1; Universitatis; Meteor 1986; Pourquoi Pas ? 2005; Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Mans Impact On European Seas HERMIONE; Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas HERMES; Pourquoi Pas; Pourquoi-Pas; Pourquoi-Pas?; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.771095; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.771095

Cold-water corals (CWC) are frequently reported from deep sites with locally accelerated currents that enhance seabed food particle supply. Moreover, zooplankton likely account for ecologically important prey items, but their contribution to CWC diet remains unquantified. We investigated the benthic...