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, Andrea, Orejas, Covadonga, Madurell, T., Bramanti, Lorenzo, Martins, M., Quintanilla, E., Marti-Puig, P., Lo Iacono, Claudio, Puig, Pere, Requena, S., Greenacre, Michael J., Gili, Josep Maria, 1953-
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2013
• Subjects: Coralls; Creus; Cap de (Catalunya); Corals; Cape (Catalonia); Duthiers; Lacaze-Duthiers; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/97231

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...