
Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat
GeoHAB Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats
Description
Key Features
- Reviews and compares the different methodologies currently being used
- Includes global case studies
- Provides geological expertise into what has traditionally been a biological discipline
Readership
Conservation planners and managers, conservation scientists, geologists, environmental managers, ecologists, and marine resource managers
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Contributors
1. Why Map Benthic Habitats?
2. Habitat Mapping and Marine Management
3. Anthropogenic Threats to Benthic Habitats
4. Biogeography, Benthic Ecology, and Habitat Classification Schemes
5. Surrogacy
6. Seafloor Geomorphology—Coast, Shelf, and Abyss
7. Phanerogam Meadows
8. Predictive Modeling of Dominant Macroalgae Abundance on Temperate Island Shelves (Azores, Northeast Atlantic)
9. Methane-Related Carbonate Cementation of Marine Sediments and Related Macroalgal Coralligenous Assemblages in the Northern Adriatic Sea
10. Coastal Kelp Forest Habitat in the Baie des Chaleurs, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
11. The Wadden Sea in the Netherlands
12. Sand Wave Field
13. Benthic Habitat Variations over Tidal Ridges, North Sea, the Netherlands
14. Fine-Scale Geomorphological Mapping of Sandbank Environments for the Prediction of Macrobenthic Occurrences, Belgian Part of the North Sea
15. Large Submarine Sand Waves and Gravel Lag Substrates on Georges Bank Off Atlantic Canada
16. The Yongala’s “Halo of Holes”—Systematic Bioturbation Close to a Shipwreck
17. Submarine De Geer Moraines in the Kvarken Archipelago, the Baltic Sea
18. Habitats and Benthos of an Evolving Fjord, Glacier Bay, Alaska
19. Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats of a Sub-Arctic Fjord
20. Seabed Character and Habitats of a Rocky Antarctic Coastline
21. Fringing Reefs of the Seychelles Inner Granitic Islands, Western Indian Ocean
22. Coral Reefs and Reef Islands of the Amirantes Archipelago, Western Indian Ocean
23. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of the Geomorphic Features and Habitats of the Al Wajh Bank Reef System, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea
24. Mesophotic Coral Reefs of the Puerto Rico Shelf
25. Geomorphic Features and Infauna Diversity of a Subtropical Mid-Ocean Carbonate Shelf
26. Geomorphology of Reef Fish Spawning Aggregations in Belize and the Cayman Islands (Caribbean)
27. Submerged Reefs and Aeolian Dunes as Inherited Habitats, Point Cloates, Carnarvon Shelf, Western Australia
28. Seafloor Morphology and Coral Habitat Variability in a Volcanic Environment
29. Habitats and Benthos at Hydrographers Passage, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
30. Two Shelf-Edge Marine Protected Areas in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
31. Nontropical Carbonate Shelf Sedimentation. The Archipelago Pontino (Central Italy) Case History
32. Habitats of the Cap de Creus Continental Shelf and Cap de Creus Canyon, Northwestern Mediterranean
33. Rock Ridges in the Central English Channel
34. Characterization of Shallow Inshore Coastal Reefs on the Tasman Peninsula, Southeastern Tasmania, Australia
35. Rocky Reef and Sedimentary Habitats Within the Continental Shelf of the Southeastern Bay of Biscay
36. Rock Reefs of British Columbia, Canada
37. Seabed Habitats of the Southern Irish Sea
38. Habitats and Demersal Fish Communities in the Vicinity of Albatross Bank, Gulf of Alaska
39. Seabed Habitat of a Glaciated Shelf, German Bank, Atlantic Canada
40. Identifying Potential Habitats from Multibeam Echosounder Imagery to Estimate Abundance of Groundfish
41. Open Shelf Valley System, Northern Palaeovalley, English Channel, UK
42. Benthos Supported by the Tunnel-Valleys of the Southern North Sea
43. Benthic Habitats and Benthic Communities in Southeastern Baltic Sea, Russian Sector
44. Inland Tidal Sea of the Northeastern Pacific
45. Cold-Water Coral Distribution in an Erosional Environment
46. Habitat Mapping of a Cold-Water Coral Mound on Pen Duick Escarpment (Gulf of Cadiz)
47. Habitats at the Rockall Bank Slope Failure Features, Northeast Atlantic Ocean
48. Evaluating Geomorphic Features as Surrogates for Benthic Biodiversity on Australia’s Western Continental Margin
49. Habitats of the Chella Bank, Eastern Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean)
50. Habitat Heterogeneity in the Nazaré Deep-Sea Canyon Offshore Portugal
51. Banks, Troughs, and Canyons on the Continental Margin off Lofoten, Vesterålen, and Troms, Norway
52. Distribution of Hydrocorals Along the George V Slope, East Antarctica
53. The Cook Strait Canyon, New Zealand
54. The Ascension–Monterey Canyon System
55. A Study of Geomorphological Features of the Seabed and the Relationship to Deep-Sea Communities on the Western Slope of Hatton Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean)
56. Seafloor Habitats and Benthos of a Continental Ridge
57. Habitats and Benthos of a Deep-Sea Marginal Plateau, Lord Howe Rise, Australia
58. Seamounts, Ridges, and Reef Habitats of American Samoa
59. Mapping Condor Seamount Seafloor Environment and Associated Biological Assemblages (Azores, NE Atlantic)
60. Cold-Water Coral Colonization of Alboran Sea Knolls, Western Mediterranean Sea
61. Fluid Venting Through the Seabed in the Gulf of Cadiz (SE Atlantic Ocean, Western Iberian Peninsula)
62. Habitats of the Su Su Knolls Hydrothermal Site, Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea
63. Southern Kermadec Arc–Havre Trough Geohabitats and Biological Communities
64. GeoHab Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats
Appendix 1. Questionnaire Completed by All Case Study Authors
Glossary
Product details
- No. of pages: 936
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2011
- Published: November 21, 2011
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123851406
- eBook ISBN: 9780123851413
About the Editors
Peter Harris

Affiliations and Expertise
Elaine Baker
Affiliations and Expertise
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