Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico

The tuft coral Lophelia pertusa is a deep-water coral that is very slow to develop and fragile, which makes recovery from any type of damage a very slow process. Current fishing practices and oil drilling are destructive processes that effect these coral systems. The goal of this paper is to learn m...

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Main Author: Schroeder, William W.
Other Authors: The University of Alabama (Dauphin Island, Al). Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: United States. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. 2007
Subjects:
coral
conservation
environmental changes
gulf of mexico
Lophelia pertusa
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spelling ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc955541 2023-05-15T17:08:32+02:00 Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico Schroeder, William W. The University of Alabama (Dauphin Island, Al). Dauphin Island Sea Lab United States 2007-06 xv, 38 p. Text https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955541/ English eng United States. Minerals Management Service. Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. {{{add title}}}, ark:/67531/metadc955447 local-cont-no: 4256 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955541/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc955541 Public Domain PDM coral conservation environmental changes gulf of mexico Text 2007 ftunivnotexas 2017-12-23T23:08:17Z The tuft coral Lophelia pertusa is a deep-water coral that is very slow to develop and fragile, which makes recovery from any type of damage a very slow process. Current fishing practices and oil drilling are destructive processes that effect these coral systems. The goal of this paper is to learn more about the Lophelia pertusa and determine how best to protect these deep-water systems. Text Lophelia pertusa University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library
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Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico
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description The tuft coral Lophelia pertusa is a deep-water coral that is very slow to develop and fragile, which makes recovery from any type of damage a very slow process. Current fishing practices and oil drilling are destructive processes that effect these coral systems. The goal of this paper is to learn more about the Lophelia pertusa and determine how best to protect these deep-water systems.
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title Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico
title_short Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico
title_full Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico
title_fullStr Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Seafloor Characteristics and Distribution Patterns of Lophelia pertusa and Other Sessile Megafauna at Two Upper-Slope Sites in the Northeaster Gulf of Mexico
title_sort seafloor characteristics and distribution patterns of lophelia pertusa and other sessile megafauna at two upper-slope sites in the northeaster gulf of mexico
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