Black coral occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 1991 to 2019

Fernando Tempera; Pedro Afonso; Ana Luísa Sinde-Mano; José Gomes-Pereira; Elizabeth Atchoi; Valentina Matos; Vanessa Santos; David Milla-Figueras; Diya Das; Goncalo Graca; Jorge Fontes; Richard Bates; Pedro Ribeiro; Pedro Afonso

doi:10.14284/557

Black coral occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 1991 to 2019

Citation

Tempera F.; Sinde-Mano A.L.; Gomes Pereira J.N.; Atchoi E.; de Matos V.; Santos S.V.; Milla-Figueras D.; Das D.; Graça G.; Fontes J.; Bates R.; Ribeiro P.; Afonso P.; IMAR-Institute of Marine Research, University of the Azores, Portugal; (2021): Black coral occurrences on the Azores shelves (central north Atlantic) from 1991 to 2019. https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/557 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-21.

Description

Black corals are antipatharian corals that occur from sublittoral to abyssal depths on hard, mixed and soft substrates. Under favourable conditions, some black coral species form dense stands known as black coral gardens which create habitat for a variety of associated species.

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22549

Antipatharia
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

ANE, Azores

EurOBIS calculated BBOX > station Bounding Box

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Fernando Tempera
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Pedro Afonso
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Ana Luísa Sinde-Mano
originator
Institute of Marine Research

José Gomes-Pereira
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Elizabeth Atchoi
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Valentina Matos
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Vanessa Santos
originator
Institute of Marine Research

David Milla-Figueras
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Diya Das
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Goncalo Graca
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Jorge Fontes
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Richard Bates
originator
University of St Andrews

Pedro Ribeiro
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Pedro Afonso
originator
Institute of Marine Research

Fernando Tempera
metadata author
Institute of Marine Research

Pedro Afonso
point of contact
Institute of Marine Research

Ana Luísa Sinde-Mano
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

José Gomes-Pereira
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

Elizabeth Atchoi
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

David Milla-Figueras
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

Diya Das
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

Goncalo Graca
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

Jorge Fontes
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

Pedro Ribeiro
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

Valentina Matos
point of contact
Institute of Marine Research

Vanessa Santos
content provider
Institute of Marine Research

Richard Bates
point of contact
University of St Andrews

Fernando Tempera
administrative point of contact
Institute of Marine Research