Cold-water coral ecosystem (Tisler Reef, Norwegian shelf) may be a hotspot for carbon cycling

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 465, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-23

  White, Martin ^a   Wolff, George A ^b   Lundälv, Tomas ^c   Guihen, Damien ^a,f   Kiriakoulakis, Kostas ^d   Lavaleye, Marc ^e   Duineveld, Gerard ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic community respiration; Carbon cycling; Cold water corals; Lophelia pertusa

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOT SPOT; RESPIRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK; TISLER REEF;

ANTHOZOA; LOPHELIA PERTUSA;

EID: 84867011848     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09888     Document Type: Article

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