Biology of deep-water octocorals

L Watling, SC France, E Pante, A Simpson - Advances in marine biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography,
ecology, and reproductive biology of deep-sea octocorals and also focuses on gorgonian …

A review of current knowledge on reproductive and larval processes of deep-sea corals

RG Waller, S Goode, D Tracey, J Johnstone, A Mercier - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
The presence of corals living in deep waters around the globe has been documented in
various publications since the late 1800s, when the first research vessels set sail on multi …

[图书][B] Cold-water corals: the biology and geology of deep-sea coral habitats

JM Roberts - 2009 - books.google.com
" There are more coral species in deep, cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs. This broad-
ranging treatment is the first to synthesise current understanding of all types of cold-water …

Sexual reproduction in octocorals

SE Kahng, Y Benayahu, HR Lasker - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2011 - int-res.com
For octocorals, sexual reproductive processes are fundamental to maintaining populations
and influencing macroevolutionary processes. While ecological data on octocorals have …

Active ecological restoration of cold-water corals: techniques, challenges, costs and future directions

M Montseny, C Linares, M Carreiro-Silva… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cold-water coral (CWC) habitats dwell on continental shelves, slopes, seamounts, and ridge
systems around the world's oceans from 50 to 4000 m depth, providing heterogeneous …

Early life history of deep-water gorgonian corals may limit their abundance

M Lacharité, A Metaxas - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Deep-water gorgonian corals are long-lived organisms found worldwide off continental
margins and seamounts, usually occurring at depths of∼ 200–1,000 m. Most corals undergo …

Some Observations on the Reproductive Biology of the Mediterranean Pennatulacean Pteroeides Spinosum (Ellis and Solander, 1786) (Cnidaria: Octocorallia …

FJ García-Cárdenas, PJ López-González - Thalassas: An International …, 2023 - Springer
Sea pens are some of the most important structural species in soft bottom benthic
communities. Pteroeides spinosum is a shallow-water pennatulacean (Cnidaria …

Contrasting reproductive strategies in three deep-sea octocorals from eastern Canada: Primnoa resedaeformis, Keratoisis ornata, and Anthomastus grandiflorus

A Mercier, JF Hamel - Coral Reefs, 2011 - Springer
Various aspects of reproduction were studied in three deep-sea octocorals belonging to the
order Alcyonacea that co-occur at bathyal depths on the continental edge and the slope of …

Diversification dynamics of a common deep-sea octocoral family linked to the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum

M Núnez-Flores, A Solórzano… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
The deep-sea has experienced dramatic changes in physical and chemical variables in the
geological past. However, little is known about how deep-sea species richness responded …

Seasonality in reproduction of the deep-water pennatulacean coral Anthoptilum grandiflorum

S Baillon, JF Hamel, VE Wareham, A Mercier - Marine Biology, 2014 - Springer
The deep-sea pennatulacean coral Anthoptilum grandiflorum exhibits a cosmopolitan
distribution and was recently determined to serve as habitat for other invertebrates and fish …