Bioerosion patterns in a deep-water Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) thicket (Propeller Mound, northern Porcupine Seabight)

• Main Authors: Beuck, Lydia, Freiwald, André
• Other Authors: Freiwald, Andre, Roberts, J. M.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2005
• Subjects: Porcupine Seabight; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29830/; https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_47

This study focuses on bioerosion of an aphotic deep-water coral mound, the Propeller Mound, in the northern Porcupine Seabight. The predominant framework builder is the cosmopolitan cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. We demonstrate bioerosion patterns within the skeleton of L. pertusa using a new em...