Environmental Controls on Cold-Water Coral Mound Distribution, Morphology, and Development in the Straits of Florida

• Main Author: Simoes Correa, Thiago Barreto
• Other Authors: Gregor P. Eberli, Mark Grasmueck, Pamela Reid, John K. Reed
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarly Repository 2012
• Subjects: Cold-water coral; Mound; Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV); Morphometrics; Straits of Florida; The Toe; Coral Ridge; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/716; https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1710&context=oa_dissertations

Scleractinian cold-water corals are widely distributed in seaways and basins of the North Atlantic Ocean, including the Straits of Florida. These corals can form extensive biogenic mounds, which are biodiversity hotspots in the deep ocean. The processes that lead to the genesis of such cold-water co...