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    Lophelia pertusa, the only species in the genus Lophelia, is a cold-water coral that grows in the deep waters throughout the North Atlantic ocean, as well...
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    the principal coral species that contribute to reef formation are Lophelia pertusa, Oculina varicosa, Madrepora oculata, Desmophyllum cristagalli, Enallopsammia...
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    oculata is often experimentally compared to related deep sea coral, Lophelia pertusa. The species is quite variable in its tendency to branch, its texture...
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  • (4.3 mi). The reef is generated by the coral Lophelia pertusa, and is the world's largest known Lophelia reef. It is also the world's largest known deep-water...
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    Phaecocystis pouchetti become dominant. Hyperiidea Shrimp Pandalus borealis Lophelia pertusa Meganyctiphanes norvegica Zooplankton is mostly represented by the...
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    production among Norway's fjords. In recent years, deep water corals (Lophelia pertusa) were discovered in the fjord, not far from the city of Trondheim....
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    research has shown that benthic trawling destroys the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa, an important habitat for many deep-sea organisms. Midwater (pelagic)...
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    occurrences of biodiversity associated with the reef building organism Lophelia pertusa. (French: golfe du Lion, Spanish: golfo de León, Italian: Golfo del...
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    found to almost exclusively reside on some type of structure, mostly Lophelia pertusa. Squat lobster species found on seamounts typically have smaller bodies...
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  • was being dismantled, quantities of the endangered cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa were found growing on the legs of the platform. At the time, this was...
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    species of particular concern is the slow growing, deep water coral Lophelia pertusa. This species is home to a diverse community of deep sea organisms...
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    species of particular concern is the slow growing, deep water coral Lophelia pertusa. This species is home to a diverse community of deep sea organisms...
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    shrimp Pasiphaea spp. Also present was the bank-forming deepwater coral Lophelia pertusa, which supported a community of worms, hydroids and other corals. Brittle...
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  • flowering plant species native to California and Oregon Lophelia californica, a synonym for Lophelia pertusa, a cold-water coral species which grows in the deep...
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  • named after the island of Sula. The reef is generated by the coral Lophelia pertusa. It has a length of about 13 kilometers (8.1 mi), and is 700 meters...
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    legs of the structure were found to contain cold-water coral species (Lophelia pertusa). As a result, the possibility was suggested of keeping the legs of...
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    current-swept plain," was known to have some biological communities including Lophelia pertusa reefs that support communities as well as communities supported by...
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    molluscs and sponges. In the Atlantic Ocean, the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa forms extensive deep-water reefs which support many other species....
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    known for the great biodiversity which lives on the cold-water coral, Lophelia pertusa, in this region. The Carnegie Institution's Department of Marine Biology...
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    in the deep sea. The species is strongly associated with reefs of Lophelia pertusa, a deep-water coral, and with methane seeps. It is abundant in the...
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  • as 1,300 m (4,300 ft). It occurs solely on dead parts of the corals Lophelia pertusa and Solenosmilia variabilis, to which its specific name corallicola...
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    Nordland also features many lakes. The largest deep water coral reef (Lophelia pertusa) in the world, the Røst Reef, 40 kilometres (25 mi) long, is located...
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  • species of particular concern is the slow growing, deep-water coral Lophelia pertusa. This species is home to a diverse community of deep-sea organisms...
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    Iceland. P. arborea often grows on reefs created by the stony coral Lophelia pertusa. Like other gorgonians, it prefers exposed locations with strong currents...
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  • Roberts, J. Murray (2006). "The occurrence of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) on oil and gas platforms in the North Sea: colony growth...
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    5840; 92.1318 Sula Reef Sør-Trøndelag, Norway This reef is composed of Lophelia pertusa coral. Tubbataha Reef Sulu Sea, Philippines 8°33′N 119°33′E / 8.55°N...
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    do not rely on hydrocarbons seeping out of the seafloor. Studies on Lophelia pertusa suggest they derive their nutrition primarily from the ocean surface...
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  • staghorn coral (2020) Astreopora myriophthalma, Porous star coral (2020) Lophelia pertusa, Deepwater White Coral (2023) Montipora cactus (2020) Montipora capitata...
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  • of the seven transects, with some evidence of localised hard coral (Lophelia pertusa) frameworks. Community composition on George Bligh Bank is similar...
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  • (2005), Freiwald, André; Roberts, J. Murray (eds.), "Role of cold-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs as fish habitat in the NE Atlantic", Cold-Water Corals...
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