Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems
Author: André Freiwald
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-01-17
Total Pages: 1242
ISBN-13: 3540276734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCold-water coral ecosystems figure the formation of large seabed structures such as reefs and giant carbonate mounds; they represent unexplored paleo-environmental archives of earth history. Like their tropical cousins, cold-water coral ecosystems harbour rich species diversity. For this volume, key institutions in cold-water coral research have contributed 62 state-of-the-art articles on topics from geology and oceanography to biology and conservation, with some impressive underwater images.