Microhabitat and shrimp abundance within a Norwegian cold-water coral ecosystem

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: A. Purser, J. Ontrup, T. Schoening, L. Thomsen, R. Tong, V. Unnithan, T. W. Nattkemper
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Norway; Røst; Lophelia pertusa; Paragorgia arborea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5779-2013; https://doaj.org/article/6c8312842c284c5aa34601cecec7a1a9

Cold-water coral (CWC) reefs are heterogeneous ecosystems comprising numerous microhabitats. A typical European CWC reef provides various biogenic microhabitats (within, on and surrounding colonies of coral species such as Lophelia pertusa, Paragorgia arborea and Primnoa resedaeformis , or formed by...