Benthic foraminifera in a deep-sea high-energy environment: the Moira Mounds (Porcupine Seabight, SW of Ireland)

• Main Authors: Fentimen, Robin, Rüggeberg, Andres, Lim, Aaron, El Kateb, Akram, Foubert, Anneleen, Wheeler, Andrew J., Spezzaferri, Silvia
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Porcupine Seabight; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://doc.rero.ch/record/323357/files/fou_bfd.pdf; http://doc.rero.ch/record/323357/files/fou_bfd_sm.pdf

Cold-water coral ecosystems represent unique and exceptionally diverse environments in the deep-sea. They are well developed along the Irish margin, varying broadly in shape and size. The Moira Mounds, numerous small-sized mounds, are nestled in the Belgica Mound Province (Porcupine Seabight, North-...