Dermochelys coriacea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean subpopulation): The Northwest Atlantic Leatherback Working Group

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Dermochelys Coriacea ◽  
Northwest Atlantic

DETAILED RECORDS OF THE ICE-RAFTED DETRITUS IN SEDIMENTS FROM THE ORPHAN KNOLL, NORTHWEST ATLANTIC OCEAN

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisha L. Guglielmi ◽  
◽  
James L. Cullen ◽  
Annette Lott ◽  
Jerry F. McManus
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Northwest Atlantic

Dissolved chromium in the northwest Atlantic Ocean

1981 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.A. Campbell ◽  
P.A. Yeats
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Northwest Atlantic

Upper mantle shear structure beneath the northwest Atlantic Ocean

1984 ◽  
Vol 89 (B13) ◽  
pp. 11465-11475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Grand ◽  
Donald V. Helmberger
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Upper Mantle ◽  
Northwest Atlantic ◽  
Shear Structure

scholarly journals Distribution of deep-water corals of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass, and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Ocean): interaction with fishing activities

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Murillo ◽  
P. Durán Muñoz ◽  
A. Altuna ◽  
A. Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Continental Slope ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Coral Species ◽  
Habitat Mapping ◽  
Bottom Trawl ◽  
Soft Corals ◽  
Northwest Atlantic ◽  
Grand Banks ◽  
Black Corals

Abstract Murillo, F. J., Durán Muñoz, P., Altuna, A., and Serrano, A. 2011. Distribution of deep-water corals of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass, and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic Ocean): interaction with fishing activities. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 319–332. The distribution of deep-water corals of the Flemish Cap, Flemish Pass, and the Grand Banks of Newfoundland is described based on bycatch from Spanish/EU bottom trawl groundfish surveys between 40 and 1500 m depth. In all, 37 taxa of deep-water corals were identified in the study area: 21 alcyonaceans (including the gorgonians), 11 pennatulaceans, 2 solitary scleractinians, and 3 antipatharians. The greatest diversity of coral species was on the Flemish Cap. Corals were most abundant along the continental slope, between 600 and 1300 m depth. Soft corals (alcyonaceans), sea fans (gorgonians), and black corals (antipatharians) were most common on bedrock or gravel, whereas sea pens (pennatulaceans) and cup corals (solitary scleractinians) were found primarily on mud. The biomass of deep-water corals in the bycatches was highest in previously lightly trawled or untrawled areas, and generally low in the regularly fished grounds. The information derived from bottom-trawl bycatch records is not sufficient to map vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) accurately, but pending more detailed habitat mapping, it provides a valuable indication of the presence/absence of VMEs that can be used to propose the candidate areas for bottom fishery closures or other conservation measures.

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