Benthic foraminifera associated to cold-water coral ecosystems

• Main Authors: Margreth, Stephan, Spezzaferri, Silvia
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Norway; Porcupine Bank; Porcupine Seabight; Rockall Bank; Lophelia pertusa; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://doc.rero.ch/record/203062/files/MargrethS.pdf

Cold-water coral reef ecosystems occur worldwide and are especially developed along the European margin, from northern Norway to the Gulf of Cadiz and into the Western Mediterranean Sea. The dominant reef builder in these areas is the scleractinian coral Lophelia pertusa, often associated with the s...