Development and physical characteristics of the Irish shelf-edge Macnas Mounds, Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic

• Main Authors: Krueger, Erica Terese, Mouchi, Vincent, Monteys, Xavier, Mc Carron, Stephen, Lim, Aaron, Crowley, Quentin G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2024
• Subjects: Porcupine Seabight; Porcupine Bank; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/18604/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85189899947&origin=inward; https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/18604/1/s00531-024-02402-0.pdf

Modern cold-water corals (CWCs) occur in a wide range of water depths, with Desmophyllum pertusum being one of the most common species. Pleistocene, Holocene, and modern coral mound formation by living CWC reefs have previously been described in the Porcupine Seabight from water depths greater than...