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dc.contributor.authorallVertino, A.; ULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallSavini, A.; ULR CoNISMa-Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologia, Milano-Bicocca University, Piazza della Scienza 4, I-20126 Milano, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallRosso, A.; ULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallDiGeronimo, I.; ULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallMastrototaro, F.; LR CoNISMa-Dipartimeto di Biologia Animale ed Ambientale Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallSanfilippo, R.; ULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallGay, G.; Gay-Marine, Viale Roma 66, I-22068 Turate (Como), Italyen
dc.contributor.authorallEtiope, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italiaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-08T07:16:53Zen
dc.date.available2010-11-08T07:16:53Zen
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/6195en
dc.description.abstractTwo sites (MS04 and MS06) from the Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) Coral Province were analyzed by a video and acoustic survey during the National Italian Project Apulian Plateau Bank Ecosystem Study (APLABES). Site MS04 (Atlantis Mound) is characterized by a sub-conical mound, 500 m wide and 25 m high, located at a water depth of about 650 m. Site MS06 (Yellow Chain) comprises several elongated reliefs (NNW–SSE-oriented), up to 25 m high and 500 m in maximum lateral extent, located at a depth of between 490 and 540 m. At both sites, two main mesohabitats (mound and intermound) containing several coral-bearing and -barren macrohabitats were observed in recorded videos and detected in side-scan sonographs. The coral-rich macrohabitats, characterized by densely packed colonies of the scleractinians Madrepora oculata and, secondarily, Lophelia pertusa (M/L), are typically restricted to the mound areas. The mud-dominated ones, almost devoid of M/L colonies, are more common within the intermound mesohabitat. However, on the most extensive mounds, both macrohabitat typologies exist. They are heterogeneously distributed on the mound surface, often showing a clear differentiation along two opposite flanks of the same topographic feature. M/L-rich macrohabitats are preferentially located on top and along the mound northeastern flank, showing a typical step-like distribution, probably reflecting the arrangement of hard substrate outcrops. Along this flank, fan-shaped Madrepora colonies and sponges are often oriented NNW–SSE, implying, together with other evidence, a primary southwestern current flow. The hard-bottom macrohabitats of the southwestern mound flank are generally restricted to sparse exposed, subvertical to overhanging scarps as well as to heterometric boulders located at the scarp base. Their fauna is mainly characterized by small-sized organisms (such as sponges and solitary scleractinians) although m-sized boulders may locally host very large antipatharian colonies (Leiopathes glaberrima). The heterogeneous distribution of the observed benthic macrohabitats seems to be strictly related to the local topography, the main current flow (and consequently larvae/food supply per unit of time), and the substrate typology (hard- vs. soft-bottom).en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisher.nameElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofDeep-Sea Research IIen
dc.relation.ispartofseries/57 (2010)en
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://hdl.handle.net/2122/5541en
dc.subjectDeep-watercoralmounden
dc.subjectHabitaten
dc.subjectMediterraneanen
dc.subjectMadreporaen
dc.subjectLopheliaen
dc.subjectVisual surveyen
dc.subjectAcoustic surveyen
dc.titleBenthic habitat characterization and distribution from two representative sites of the deep-water SML Coral Province (Mediterranean)en
dc.typearticleen
dc.description.statusPublisheden
dc.description.pagenumber380-396en
dc.subject.INGV04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.12. Fluid Geochemistryen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.023en
dc.description.obiettivoSpecifico4.5. Studi sul degassamento naturale e sui gas petroliferien
dc.description.journalTypeJCR Journalen
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dc.contributor.authorVertino, A.en
dc.contributor.authorSavini, A.en
dc.contributor.authorRosso, A.en
dc.contributor.authorDiGeronimo, I.en
dc.contributor.authorMastrototaro, F.en
dc.contributor.authorSanfilippo, R.en
dc.contributor.authorGay, G.en
dc.contributor.authorEtiope, G.en
dc.contributor.departmentULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentULR CoNISMa-Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologia, Milano-Bicocca University, Piazza della Scienza 4, I-20126 Milano, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentLR CoNISMa-Dipartimeto di Biologia Animale ed Ambientale Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentGay-Marine, Viale Roma 66, I-22068 Turate (Como), Italyen
dc.contributor.departmentIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italiaen
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crisitem.author.deptULR CoNISMa-Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy-
crisitem.author.deptDip. Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Universita` di Milano-Bicocca, P.za della Scienza 4, 20126 Milano, Italy-
crisitem.author.deptULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy-
crisitem.author.deptULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy-
crisitem.author.deptULR CoNISMa-Dipartimeto di Biologia Animale ed Ambientale Università degli Studi di Bari, Via Orabona 4, I-70125 Bari, Italy-
crisitem.author.deptULR CoNISMa - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Sezione di Oceanologia e Paleoecologia, Catania University, Corso Italia 57, I-95129 Catania, Italy-
crisitem.author.deptGay-Marine, Viale Roma 66, I-22068 Turate (Como), Italy-
crisitem.author.deptIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0002-5818-5947-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0001-8614-4221-
crisitem.author.parentorgIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia-
crisitem.classification.parent04. Solid Earth-
crisitem.department.parentorgIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia-
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