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Seafloor chemosynthetic habitats and AOM-influenced sediment microbiome at a cold-water coral site off the Vesterålen coast, northern Norway
Claudio Argentino
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Luca Fallati
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy
Sebastian Petters
The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Hans C. Bernstein
The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Ines Barrenechea Angeles
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Jorge Corrales-Guerrero
Institute of Marine Research, 5005 Bergen, Norway
Alessandra Savini
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126 Milano, Italy
Benedicte Ferré
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Giuliana Panieri
Department of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council (CNR-ISP), 30172 Venice Mestre, Italy
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Our results provide biogeochemical and seafloor habitat context to cold-water corals, contributing to the understanding of potential influence of methane seepage on corals off northern Norway. Furthermore, the produced seafloor orthomosaics and habitat maps will facilitate the monitoring of habitat changes in response to future climate-driven environmental disturbances.
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