Downwelling and deep-water bottom currents as food supply mechanisms to the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) at the Mingulay Reef complex

• Main Authors: Davies, Andrew J, Duineveld, Gerard, Lavaleye, M S S, Bergman, Magda, van Haren, Hans, Roberts, J Murray
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL-MARGIN; COMMUNITY; NE ATLANTIC-OCEAN; MACROBENTHOS; CARBONATE MOUNDS; BANK; ORGANIC-MATTER; Limnology; Oceanography; SLOPE; PORCUPINE SEABIGHT; SHELF; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/d10a2d73-fd9b-49b1-afb4-d67844a3b6ec

In 2006 and 2007, multiple deployments of current meters and optical sensors on landers and moorings were made in the first detailed in situ study of the particle supply to the coral community in the Mingulay Reef complex in the Sea of Hebrides at 140-m water depth. Two distinct and predictable supp...