LEADER 03444nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910451715703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-86145-6 010 $a9786611861452 010 $a1-4020-8460-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4020-8460-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000492366 035 $a(EBL)364504 035 $a(OCoLC)288468311 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000136034 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147060 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136034 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10064436 035 $a(PQKB)11713972 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4020-8460-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC364504 035 $a(PPN)128122978 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL364504 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10253664 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL186145 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000492366 100 $a20080408d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDeep-water coral reefs$b[electronic resource] $eunique biodiversity hot-spots /$fMartin Hovland 205 $a1st ed. 2008. 210 $aDordrecht ;$aNew York $cSpringer$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 225 1 $aLife Sciences 300 $a"Published in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK". 311 $a94-007-9497-5 311 $a1-4020-8461-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-254) and index. 327 $aCoral reefs -- A modern re-discovery -- Scandinavian coral reefs -- North Atlantic coral reefs and giant carbonate mounds -- Other deep-water coral reefs, worldwide -- Ancient and modern analogues -- Competing theories -- An unintended extinction? -- Conclusions. 330 $aDeep-water coral reefs are found along large sections of the outer continental shelves and slopes of Europe, from North Cape to the Gulf of Cadiz, and because they also occur along the Atlantic seaboard of USA, the Gulf of Mexico, off Brazil, in the Mediterranean, and off New Zealand, they are currently being targeted by international groups of marine scientists. They have become popular and opportune deep-water research targets because they offer exciting frontier exploration, combined with a whole plethora of modern scientific methods, such as deep-sea drilling, sampling, remote control surveying and documentation. Furthermore they represent timely opportunities for further developments within the application of geochemistry, stable isotope research, bacterial sciences, including DNA-sequestering, and medical research (search for bioactive compounds). The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) has arranged a deep-sea scientific drilling campaign on giant carbonate banks off Ireland. Because the reefs currently defy traditional marine-ecological theories, they represent future research opportunities and will enjoy scientific scrutiny for many years to come. 410 0$aLife Sciences 606 $aDeep sea corals 606 $aCoral reefs and islands 606 $aMarine biodiversity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDeep sea corals. 615 0$aCoral reefs and islands. 615 0$aMarine biodiversity. 676 $a593.6/1779 700 $aHovland$b M$g(Martin)$0631161 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451715703321 996 $aDeep-water coral reefs$92256506 997 $aUNINA