Long term monitoring of cold-water coral growth shows response to 1 episodic meteorological events in the NW Mediterranean 2

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Chapron, Leila, Le Bris, Nadine, Durrieu de Madron, Xavier, Peru, Erwan, Galand, Pierre E., Lartaud, Franck
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Ecogéochimie des environnements benthiques (LECOB), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls (OOB), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Formation et de Recherche sur les Environnements Méditérranéens (CEFREM), Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Lophelia pertusa; Madrepora oculata; Lacaze-Duthiers canyon in situ; Skeletal growth; Dense-water cascading; [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography
• Online Access: https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02878623; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02878623/document; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-02878623/file/Chapron%20et%20al.,%202020_DSR%20I_draft_HAL.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103255

International audience Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata, two cosmopolitan coral species of the deep ocean, build reef-like structures that provide ecological niches and nurseries for many species. These cold-water corals (CWCs) are thought to grow slowly making associated communities vulnerabl...