Early marine seafloor lithification of carbonate sediments leads to the formation of
hardgrounds and is known from rocks as old as the Proterozoic. Hardground surfaces …

" There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-
ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water …

White coral communities consist of scleractinian corals that thrive in the ocean's bathyal
depths (~ 200–4000 m). In the Atlantic Ocean, white corals are known to form complex, three …

Along the Atlantic European continental margin, living cold-water coral reefs occur over a
wide bathymetric and hydrographical range. Focusing on 2 regions, the Celtic and the …

The deep-sea environment creates the largest ecosystem in the world with the largest
biological community and extensive undiscovered biodiversity. Nevertheless, these …

Cold-water coral carbonate mound development is the result of complex and interactive
hydrographical, biological and geological processes that can result in morphostructures …

Submarine hydrocarbon seeps are geologically driven" hotspots" of increased biological
activity on the seabed. As part of the HERMES project, several sites of natural hydrocarbon …

Lophelia pertusa is the most significant framework building scleractinian coral in European
seas, yet the reproductive strategy, longevity, growth and food capture rates for the species …

The pseudocolonial coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) is a eurybathic,
stenothermal cosmopolitan cold-water species. It occurs in two color varieties, white and red …

Studies of the zinc isotope (δ 66 Zn) composition of the past ocean often exploit the bulk
carbonate sediment as an archive. The relationship of bulk carbonate δ 66 Zn to seawater …