Measuring growth structure of reef frameworks in Mediterranean deep-water coral-topped mounds

Alessandra Savini, Marco Taviani, Fabio Marchese, Agostina Vertino, Cesare Corselli, Marie-Claire Fabri, Andrè Freiwald, Jozée Sarrazin

Abstract

Framework building scleractinian Cold-Water Corals (CWC) are able to form biogenic reefs in a number of geomorphic setting on continental margins, seamounts and oceanic banks. In this study we show the results obtained from a variety of mapping approaches (used at a range of scales) to map the distribution of CWC habitats in the northern Ionian Sea. A special focus is given to the analysis of ROV-based micro-bathymetry, that was pivotal for measuring, at metric resolution, the reef growth structure of a single, representative coral-topped mound of the region.

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