Fifth Conference on Deep Sea Corals, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1 April 2012 - 1 April 2012
Netherlands
The Fifth Conference on Deep Sea Corals will take place from 1 to 7 April 2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Underwater exploration is expanding knowledge of deep sea, cold-water corals in a range of ocean settings. While there are nearly as many species of deep water corals as shallow water species, only a few deep water species develop traditional reefs. Instead, they form aggregations called patches, banks, bioherms, massifs, thickets or groves. These areas form very rich benthic habitats, of spectacular biodiversity, housing more coral species in deep cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs.
Deep water coral are widely distributed within the earth's oceans, with large reefs/beds in the far North and far South Atlantic, as well as in the tropics in places such as the Florida coast. Because of their function as a nursery for commercially important fisheries, in combination with increasing environmental pressures, cold-water corals, reefs and mounds need increasing attention and management.
The conference will be a forum for communicating and exchanging ideas on biodiversity and ecosystem conditions and solutions.For further information, please visit: http://www.deepseacoral.nl/index.htm(opens in new window)
Underwater exploration is expanding knowledge of deep sea, cold-water corals in a range of ocean settings. While there are nearly as many species of deep water corals as shallow water species, only a few deep water species develop traditional reefs. Instead, they form aggregations called patches, banks, bioherms, massifs, thickets or groves. These areas form very rich benthic habitats, of spectacular biodiversity, housing more coral species in deep cold-waters than in tropical coral reefs.
Deep water coral are widely distributed within the earth's oceans, with large reefs/beds in the far North and far South Atlantic, as well as in the tropics in places such as the Florida coast. Because of their function as a nursery for commercially important fisheries, in combination with increasing environmental pressures, cold-water corals, reefs and mounds need increasing attention and management.
The conference will be a forum for communicating and exchanging ideas on biodiversity and ecosystem conditions and solutions.For further information, please visit: http://www.deepseacoral.nl/index.htm(opens in new window)