A benign technique for mapping coral distribution in the closed areas of the Rockall Plateau ...

• Main Authors: McIntyre, Fiona, González-Irusta, José Manuel, Neat, Francis, Fernandes, Paul G.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 2014 - Theme session B 2023
• Subjects: Technologies and data; Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management; Rockall Plateau; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24752229; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/A_benign_technique_for_mapping_coral_distribution_in_the_closed_areas_of_the_Rockall_Plateau/24752229

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author. Cold-water corals (Lophelia spp.) occur throughout the north east Atlantic and have been identified in bottom trawl records occurring in abundant patches on the Rockall Plateau. As a result, several large areas have been closed to b...