Cold-water coral ecosystem (tisler reef, norwegian shelf) may be a hotspot for carbon cycling

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: White, M, Wolff, GA, Lundälv, T, Guihen, D, Kiriakoulakis, K, Lavaleye, M, Duineveld, G
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research Science Center 2012
• Subjects: benthic community respiration; cold-water corals; lophelia pertusa; carbon cycling; lophelia-pertusa scleractinia; deep-water; ne atlantic; ocean acidification; northeast atlantic; continental-shelf; rockall trough; community; kattegat; mounds; Norwegian Sea; Kattegat; Rockall Trough; Lophelia pertusa; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14418; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09888

Cold-water coral (CWC) reefs are recognised as an important marine benthic eco system at continental margins. Where abundant, they most likely play a role both in the maintenance of biodiversity and in the provision of ecosystem services provided by shelf seas. Here, we directly measure the communit...