Cold-water coral growth in the Alboran Sea related to high productivity during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene
Highlights: • First insight into the long-term development of cold-water corals in the Alboran Sea • Extensive cold-water coral growth in the Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene • Periods of cold-water corals growth are linked to enhanced marine productivity. Abstract: Cold-water corals are common al...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:29782 2023-05-15T17:08:45+02:00 Cold-water coral growth in the Alboran Sea related to high productivity during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene Fink, Hiske G. Wienberg, Claudia De Pol-Holz, Ricardo Wintersteller, Paul Hebbeln, Dierk 2013 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29782/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29782/1/1-s2.0-S0025322713000534-main.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.009 en eng Elsevier https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29782/1/1-s2.0-S0025322713000534-main.pdf Fink, H. G., Wienberg, C., De Pol-Holz, R., Wintersteller, P. and Hebbeln, D. (2013) Cold-water coral growth in the Alboran Sea related to high productivity during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Marine Geology, 339 . pp. 71-82. DOI 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.009 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.009>. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.009 Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.04.009 2023-04-07T15:20:54Z Highlights: • First insight into the long-term development of cold-water corals in the Alboran Sea • Extensive cold-water coral growth in the Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene • Periods of cold-water corals growth are linked to enhanced marine productivity. Abstract: Cold-water corals are common along the Moroccan continental margin off Melilla in the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean Sea), where they colonise and largely cover mound and ridge structures. Radiocarbon ages of the reef-forming coral species Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata sampled from those structures, reveal that they were prolific in this area during the last glacial–interglacial transition with pronounced growth periods covering the Bølling–Allerød interstadial (13.5–12.8 ka BP) and the Early Holocene (11.3–9.8 ka BP). Their proliferation during these periods is expressed in vertical accumulation rates for an individual coral ridge of 266–419 cm ka− 1 that consists of coral fragments embedded in a hemipelagic sediment matrix. Following a period of coral absence, as noted in the records, cold-water corals re-colonised the area during the Mid-Holocene (5.4 ka BP) and underwater photographs indicate that corals currently thrive there. It appears that periods of sustained cold-water coral growth in the Melilla Coral Province were closely linked to phases of high marine productivity. The increased productivity was related to the deglacial formation of the most recent organic rich layer in the western Mediterranean Sea and to the development of modern circulation patterns in the Alboran Sea. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lophelia pertusa OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Coral Ridge ENVELOPE(163.417,163.417,-77.583,-77.583) Marine Geology 339 71 82 |
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Highlights: • First insight into the long-term development of cold-water corals in the Alboran Sea • Extensive cold-water coral growth in the Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene • Periods of cold-water corals growth are linked to enhanced marine productivity. Abstract: Cold-water corals are common along the Moroccan continental margin off Melilla in the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean Sea), where they colonise and largely cover mound and ridge structures. Radiocarbon ages of the reef-forming coral species Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata sampled from those structures, reveal that they were prolific in this area during the last glacial–interglacial transition with pronounced growth periods covering the Bølling–Allerød interstadial (13.5–12.8 ka BP) and the Early Holocene (11.3–9.8 ka BP). Their proliferation during these periods is expressed in vertical accumulation rates for an individual coral ridge of 266–419 cm ka− 1 that consists of coral fragments embedded in a hemipelagic sediment matrix. Following a period of coral absence, as noted in the records, cold-water corals re-colonised the area during the Mid-Holocene (5.4 ka BP) and underwater photographs indicate that corals currently thrive there. It appears that periods of sustained cold-water coral growth in the Melilla Coral Province were closely linked to phases of high marine productivity. The increased productivity was related to the deglacial formation of the most recent organic rich layer in the western Mediterranean Sea and to the development of modern circulation patterns in the Alboran Sea. |
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Cold-water coral growth in the Alboran Sea related to high productivity during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene |
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Cold-water coral growth in the Alboran Sea related to high productivity during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene |
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Cold-water coral growth in the Alboran Sea related to high productivity during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene |
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Cold-water coral growth in the Alboran Sea related to high productivity during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene |
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Cold-water coral growth in the Alboran Sea related to high productivity during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene |
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cold-water coral growth in the alboran sea related to high productivity during the late pleistocene and holocene |
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