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The physiological response of the deep-sea coral Solenosmilia variabilis to ocean acidification [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Several forms of calcifying scleractinian corals provide important habitat complexity in the deep-sea and are consistently associated with a high biodiversity of fish and other invertebrates.
Malindi J. Gammon, Dianne M. Tracey, Peter M. Marriott, Vonda J. Cummings, Simon K. Davy   +4 more
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Strong depth-related zonation of megabenthos on a rocky continental margin (∼700-4000 m) off southern Tasmania, Australia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Assemblages of megabenthos are structured in seven depth-related zones between ∼700 and 4000 m on the rocky and topographically complex continental margin south of Tasmania, southeastern Australia.
Ronald Thresher, Franziska Althaus, Jess Adkins, Karen Gowlett-Holmes, Phil Alderslade, Jo Dowdney, Walter Cho, Alex Gagnon, David Staples, Felicity McEnnulty, Alan Williams   +10 more
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Benthic Assemblages of the Anton Dohrn Seamount (NE Atlantic): Defining Deep-Sea Biotopes to Support Habitat Mapping and Management Efforts with a Focus on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
In 2009 the NW and SE flanks of Anton Dohrn Seamount were surveyed using multibeam echosounder and video ground-truthing to characterise megabenthic biological assemblages (biotopes) and assess those which clearly adhere to the definition of Vulnerable ...
Jaime S Davies, Heather A Stewart, Bhavani E Narayanaswamy, Colin Jacobs, John Spicer, Neil Golding, Kerry L Howell   +6 more
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Distribution of deep-water scleractinian and stylasterid corals across abiotic environmental gradients on three seamounts in the Anegada Passage [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
In the Caribbean Basin the distribution and diversity patterns of deep-sea scleractinian corals and stylasterid hydrocorals are poorly known compared to their shallow-water relatives. In this study, we examined species distribution and community assembly
Steven R. Auscavitch, Jay J. Lunden, Alexandria Barkman, Andrea M. Quattrini, Amanda W.J. Demopoulos, Erik E. Cordes   +5 more
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Solenosmilia variabilis-bearing cold-water coral mounds off Brazil [PDF]

Coral Reefs, 2019
Cold-water corals (CWC), dominantly Desmophyllum pertusum (previously Lophelia pertusa), and their mounds have been in the focus of marine research during the last two decades; however, little is known about the mound-forming capacity of other CWC species.
Raddatz, J., Titschack, J., Frank, N., Freiwald, A., Conforti, A., Osborne, A., Skornitzke, S., Stiller, W., Rüggeberg, Andres, Voigt, Silke, Albuquerque, A. L. S., Vertino, A., Schröder-Ritzrau, A., Bahr, A.   +13 more
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The cold-water coral Solenosmilia variabilis as a paleoceanographic archive for the reconstruction of intermediate water mass temperature variability on the Brazilian continental margin

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Recent oceanographic observations have identified significant changes of intermediate water masses characterized by increased temperatures, lowered pH and deoxygenation.
S. Endress, S. Endress, N. Schleinkofer, N. Schleinkofer, A. Schmidt, A. Schmidt, D. Tracey, N. Frank, J. Raddatz, J. Raddatz   +9 more
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Assessment of the fecundity of deep-sea corals in southeastern Brazil [PDF]

PeerJ
Deep-sea corals have been facing several anthropogenic threats worldwide, making it increasingly important that studies better understand their reproductive biology and associated cycles.
Nathália Bastos, Carolina Siqueira Safra Terra, Márcio Alves Siqueira, Lourença Helena de Oliveira Vieira, Caio de Lima Mota, Halesio Milton Correa de Barros Neto, Guarani de Hollanda Cavalcanti, Ricardo Coutinho   +7 more
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Monsoonal forcing of cold-water coral growth off southeastern Brazil during the past 160 kyr [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2020
Cold-water corals (CWCs) constitute important deep-water ecosystems that are under increasing environmental pressure due to ocean acidification and global warming.
A. Bahr, M. Doubrawa, M. Doubrawa, J. Titschack, J. Titschack, G. Austermann, A. Koutsodendris, D. Nürnberg, A. L. Albuquerque, O. Friedrich, J. Raddatz   +10 more
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Putative promiscuous symbionts in deep-sea corals and crinoids may contribute to nitrogen cycling [PDF]

Microbiome
Background Crinoids (feather stars) are frequently found in association with corals, yet the physiological and microbial interactions between these organisms remain poorly understood.
Flúvio Modolon, Alessandro N. Garritano, Lilian J. Hill, Gustavo Duarte, Amanda Bendia, Rafael de Moura, Vivian Pellizari, Torsten Thomas, Raquel S. Peixoto   +8 more
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Underwater surveys reveal deep-sea corals in newly explored regions of the southwest Atlantic

Communications Earth & Environment, 2023
Deep-sea coral distribution and composition are unknown in much of the global ocean, but repurposing ocean industry surveys can fill that gap. In Santos Basin, southeast Brazil, areas (241–963 m depth) were surveyed during seven Petrobras cruises ...
Nayara F. Carvalho, Linda G. Waters, Renata C. M. Arantes, Daniel M. Couto, Guarani H. Cavalcanti, Arthur Z. Güth, Ana Paula C. Falcão, Paula D. Nagata, Cízia M. Hercos, Dalton K. Sasaki, Marcelo Dottori, Erik E. Cordes, Paulo Y. G. Sumida   +12 more
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