Strategy for Detection and High-Resolution Characterization of Authigenic Carbonate Cold Seep Habitats Using Ships and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles on Glacially Influenced Terrain

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Thorsnes, Terje, Chand, Shyam, Brunstad, Harald, Lepland, Aivo, Lågstad, Petter Arthur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450; Norway; Tilting; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17503; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00708

Cold seep habitats with authigenic carbonates and associated chemosynthetic communities in glacially influenced terrains constitute an important part of the benthic ecosystems, but they are difficult to detect in large-scale seabed surveys. The areas they occupy are normally small, and survey platfo...