Environmental forcing of the Campeche cold-water coral province, southern Gulf of Mexico
With an extension of > 40 km 2 the recently discovered Campeche cold-water coral province located at the northeastern rim of the Campeche Bank in the southern Gulf of Mexico belongs to the largest coherent cold-water coral areas discovered so far. The Campeche province consists of numerous 20–40...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fe657a5042e4426f8ff9d0d650dbce51 2023-05-15T17:08:44+02:00 Environmental forcing of the Campeche cold-water coral province, southern Gulf of Mexico D. Hebbeln C. Wienberg P. Wintersteller A. Freiwald M. Becker L. Beuck C. Dullo G. P. Eberli S. Glogowski L. Matos N. Forster H. Reyes-Bonilla M. Taviani 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1799-2014 https://doaj.org/article/fe657a5042e4426f8ff9d0d650dbce51 EN eng Copernicus Publications http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/1799/2014/bg-11-1799-2014.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1726-4170 https://doaj.org/toc/1726-4189 1726-4170 1726-4189 doi:10.5194/bg-11-1799-2014 https://doaj.org/article/fe657a5042e4426f8ff9d0d650dbce51 Biogeosciences, Vol 11, Iss 7, Pp 1799-1815 (2014) Ecology QH540-549.5 Life QH501-531 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1799-2014 2022-12-31T01:47:48Z With an extension of > 40 km 2 the recently discovered Campeche cold-water coral province located at the northeastern rim of the Campeche Bank in the southern Gulf of Mexico belongs to the largest coherent cold-water coral areas discovered so far. The Campeche province consists of numerous 20–40 m-high elongated coral mounds that are developed in intermediate water depths of 500 to 600 m. The mounds are colonized by a vivid cold-water coral ecosystem that covers the upper flanks and summits. The rich coral community is dominated by the framework-building Scleractinia Enallopsammia profunda and Lophelia pertusa , while the associated benthic megafauna shows a rather scarce occurrence. The recent environmental setting is characterized by a high surface water production caused by a local upwelling center and a dynamic bottom-water regime comprising vigorous bottom currents, obvious temporal variability, and strong density contrasts, which all together provide optimal conditions for the growth of cold-water corals. This setting – potentially supported by the diel vertical migration of zooplankton in the Campeche area – controls the delivering of food particles to the corals. The Campeche cold-water coral province is, thus, an excellent example highlighting the importance of the oceanographic setting in securing the food supply for the development of large and vivid cold-water coral ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lophelia pertusa Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Biogeosciences 11 7 1799 1815 |
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With an extension of > 40 km 2 the recently discovered Campeche cold-water coral province located at the northeastern rim of the Campeche Bank in the southern Gulf of Mexico belongs to the largest coherent cold-water coral areas discovered so far. The Campeche province consists of numerous 20–40 m-high elongated coral mounds that are developed in intermediate water depths of 500 to 600 m. The mounds are colonized by a vivid cold-water coral ecosystem that covers the upper flanks and summits. The rich coral community is dominated by the framework-building Scleractinia Enallopsammia profunda and Lophelia pertusa , while the associated benthic megafauna shows a rather scarce occurrence. The recent environmental setting is characterized by a high surface water production caused by a local upwelling center and a dynamic bottom-water regime comprising vigorous bottom currents, obvious temporal variability, and strong density contrasts, which all together provide optimal conditions for the growth of cold-water corals. This setting – potentially supported by the diel vertical migration of zooplankton in the Campeche area – controls the delivering of food particles to the corals. The Campeche cold-water coral province is, thus, an excellent example highlighting the importance of the oceanographic setting in securing the food supply for the development of large and vivid cold-water coral ecosystems. |
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Environmental forcing of the Campeche cold-water coral province, southern Gulf of Mexico |
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