Measuring growth structure of reef frameworks in Mediterranean deep-water coral-topped mounds |
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| 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.
- Download:
- IMEKO-TC19-METROSEA-2017-20.pdf
- DOI:
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- 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