CE19014 Cruise Report: Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats - Leg 2 (MoCha_Scan II)

• Main Authors: Lim, Aaron, O' Reilly, Luke, Summers, Gerard, Harris, Kim, Macedo, Larissa, O' Hanlon, Zoe, Appah, John, O' Mahony, Evan, Strachan, Ruaihri, Walsh, Phoebe, Wheeler, Andy
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Porcupine Bank Canyon, cold water corals, deep sea habitats, NE Atlantic; Kane; Luke; Porcupine Seabight; Porcupine Bank; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3819564; https://zenodo.org/record/3819564

Cruise report - Executive Summary Cold-water corals generate lush, structurally complex habitats in otherwise barren parts of the deep seabed. They trap particulates including particulate organic matter (POM) and sediment enabling them to develop bathymetric structures called reefs and mounds. This...