Bathymetrical distribution and size structure of cold-water coral populations in the Cap de Creus and Lacaze-Duthiers canyons (northwestern Mediterranean)

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Gori, A., Orejas, C., Madurell, T., Bramanti, L., Martins, M., Quintanilla, E., Marti-Puig, P., Lo Iacono, C., Puig, P., Requena, S., Greenacre, M., Gili, J. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications (EGU) 2013
• Subjects: Duthiers; Lacaze-Duthiers; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38415/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/38415/1/bg-10-2049-2013.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2049-2013

Submarine canyons are known as one of the seafloor morphological features where living cold-water coral (CWC) communities develop in the Mediterranean Sea. We investigated the CWC community of the two westernmost submarine canyons of the Gulf of Lions canyon system: the Cap de Creus Canyon (CCC) and...