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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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  • DOI:
    _unreg_tc19-SEA-2017.20

Event details:

  • IMEKO TC:
    TC19
  • Event name:
    1st IMEKO TC19 Workshop on Metrology for the Sea
  • Title:

    "Learning to measure sea health parameters", Special session “Metrology traceability for oceanic parameters” together with TC8 and TC12

  • Place:
    Naples, ITALY
  • Time:
    11 October 2017 - 13 October 2017