ColdWater Coral Reefs

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Cold-Water Coral Reefs
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Timeline
mid April 2004
April/May 2004
4/5 June 2004
23 June 2004
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CONTENTS
Executive summary
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION Corals occurring
in cold-water environments Cold-water coral
ecosystems Coral reefs
3. ECOLOGY Depth range Temperature and salinity
limits Nutrition and food sources Growth rates
and longevity Reproductive and molecular
ecology Predation and parasitism of corals Reef
framework growth and coral bioerosion
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4. THREATS Commercial bottom trawling and other
bottom fishing Hydrocarbon exploration and
production Cable and pipeline placement Bioprospec
ting and scientific research Other
pollution Waste disposal and dumping Coral
exploitation and trade Upcoming threats
5. CURRENT STATE Atlantic Ocean US Atlantic and
Pacific waters Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean
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6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS Coral ecosystems
as a biological and economic resource Stimulating
the development of new technologies Education and
outreach
7. GAPS IN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
8. INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS ON COLD-WATER CORAL
REEFS
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ANNEXES
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Global Distribution
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Bottom Trawling
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Information Material
Flyers
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efs