On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea

SR Maier, S Brooke, LH De Clippele… - Biological …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The deep sea is amongst the most food‐limited habitats on Earth, as only a small fraction (<
4%) of the surface primary production is exported below 200 m water depth. Here, cold …

Influence of water masses on the biodiversity and biogeography of deep-sea benthic ecosystems in the North Atlantic

P Puerta, C Johnson, M Carreiro-Silva… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Circulation patterns in the North Atlantic Ocean have changed and re-organized multiple
times over millions of years, influencing the biodiversity, distribution, and connectivity …

Macro-and microplastics affect cold-water corals growth, feeding and behaviour

L Chapron, E Peru, A Engler, JF Ghiglione… - Scientific reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
Plastic contamination is now recognized as one of the most serious environmental issues for
oceans. Both macro-and microplastic debris are accumulating in surface and deep waters …

Using 3D photogrammetry from ROV video to quantify cold-water coral reef structural complexity and investigate its influence on biodiversity and community …

DM Price, K Robert, A Callaway, C Lo Lacono, RA Hall… - Coral Reefs, 2019‏ - Springer
Fine-scale structural complexity created by reef-building coral in shallow-water
environments is influential on biodiversity, species assemblage and functional trait …

Major environmental drivers determining life and death of cold-water corals through time

RC Portilho-Ramos, J Titschack, C Wienberg… - PLoS …, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Cold-water corals (CWCs) are the engineers of complex ecosystems forming unique
biodiversity hotspots in the deep sea. They are expected to suffer dramatically from future …

Expanding our view of the cold-water coral niche and accounting of the ecosystem services of the reef habitat

EE Cordes, AWJ Demopoulos, AJ Davies… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
Coral reefs are iconic ecosystems that support diverse, productive communities in both
shallow and deep waters. However, our incomplete knowledge of cold-water coral (CWC) …

Interactive Effects of Ocean Acidification and Warming on Growth, Fitness and Survival of the Cold-Water Coral Lophelia pertusa under Different Food Availabilities

JV Büscher, AU Form, U Riebesell - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
Cold-water corals are important bioengineers that provide structural habitat for a diverse
species community. About 70% of the presently known scleractinian cold-water corals are …

[HTML][HTML] Improving the predictive capability of benthic species distribution models by incorporating oceanographic data–Towards holistic ecological modelling of a …

TRR Pearman, K Robert, A Callaway, R Hall… - Progress in …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Submarine canyons are associated with increased biodiversity, including cold-water coral
(CWC) colonies and reefs which are features of high conservation value that are under …

Influence of benthic currents on cold-water coral habitats: a combined benthic monitoring and 3D photogrammetric investigation

A Lim, AJ Wheeler, DM Price, L O'Reilly, K Harris… - Scientific Reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Strong currents are a key component of benthic habitats by supplying food and nutrients to
filter-feeding organisms such as cold-water corals. Although field measurements show that …

Trait-mediated processes and per capita contributions to ecosystem functioning depend on conspecific density and climate conditions

T Sanders, M Solan, JA Godbold - Communications Earth & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The ecological consequences of environmental change are highly dependent on the
functional contributions of the surviving community, but categorical descriptors commonly …