Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat

<p>Part I Introduction </p> <p>Chapter 1: Why map benthic habitats? </p> <p>Peter T. Harris and Elaine K. Baker</p> <p>Chapter 2: Habitat mapping and marine management </p> <p>Elaine K. Baker and Peter T. Harris</p> <p>Chapter 3: Anthropogenic threats to benthic habitats </p> <p>Peter T. Harris</p> <p>Chapter 4: Biogeography, benthic ecology and habitat classification schemes </p> <p>Peter T. Harris</p> <p>Chapter 5: Surrogacy </p> <p>Peter T. Harris</p> <p>Chapter 6: Seafloor geomorphology—coast, shelf, and abyss</p> <p>Peter T. Harris</p> <p>Part II Case studies </p> <p>Chapter 7: Characterization of worm reefs (Sabellaria vulgaris) in Delaware Bay, United States</p> <p>Stephanie M. Dohner, Caitlin L. Stockwell, Douglas C. Miller and Arthur C. Trembanis</p> <p>Chapter 8: Benthic habitat mapping in a shallow tropical bay: the Itaparica channel_eastern Brazil </p> <p>Paloma P. Avena, Jose´ M.L. Dominguez and Ivan Cardoso Lemos Junior</p> <p>Chapter 9: Seafloor morphology and habitats of tidal channels in the Venice Lagoon, Italy tidal channel habitats </p> <p>Fantina Madricardo, Giacomo Montereale-Gavazzi, Marco Sigovini, Aleksandra Kruss, Carlotta Toso and Federica Foglini</p> <p>Chapter 10: An integrated seafloor habitat map to inform marine spatial planning and management: a case study from Long Island Sound (Northwest Atlantic)</p> <p>Roman N. Zajac, Lauren M. Stefaniak, Ivar Babb, Christian W. Conroy, Shannon Penna, Deena Chadi and Peter J. Auster</p> <p>Chapter 11: Epibenthic marine habitat mapping in a tropical bay: Todos os</p> <p>Santos Bay, Eastern Brazil</p> <p>Renato Guimara˜es de Oliveira, Jose´ Maria Landim Dominguez, Ivan Cardoso Lemos Junior and Carla Maria Menegola da Silva</p> <p>Chapter 12: Physical oceanographic drivers of geomorphology of rhodolith/maerl beds in Galway Bay, Ireland </p> <p>Siddhi Joshi and Eugene Farrell</p> <p>Chapter 13: Seabed habitats of the Bay of Fundy, Atlantic Canada</p> <p>Brian J. Todd, Craig J. Brown, Brittany Curtis, Stephane Kirchhoff, Myriam Lacharite´, Jessica A. Sameoto and Ian Church</p> <p>Chapter 14: A dynamic bedforms habitat for the forage fish Pacific sand lance, San Juan Islands, WA, United States </p> <p>H. Gary Greene, Matthew Baker and John Aschoff</p> <p>Chapter 15: The eastern Gulf of Finland—brackish water estuary under natural conditions and anthropogenic stress</p> <p>Daria Ryabchuk, Marina Orlova, Anu Kaskela, Aarno Kotilainen, Alexander Sergeev, Leontina Sukhacheva, Vladimir Zhamoida, Leonid Budanov and Igor Neevin</p> <p>Chapter 16: Geomorphic features and benthic habitats of a subarctic fjard: Okak Bay, Nunatsiavut, Labrador</p> <p>Mallory Carpenter, Tanya M Brown, Trevor Bell, Andre´ Martel and Evan Edinger</p> <p>Chapter 17: Sponge reefs on the Northeast Pacific margin: geomorphic and biological variability </p> <p>Kim W. Conway, A. Dunham, L.A. Burke, S.K. Archer, J. Shaw and R. Kung</p> <p>Chapter 18: Habitat mapping in the fjords of the Chilean Patagonia using an autonomous underwater vehicle</p> <p>K.L. Boswarva, J.A. Howe, R. Obando, C. Fox, B.E. Narayanaswamy, V. Häussermann and C. Abernethy</p> <p>Chapter 19: The inland deep sea—benthic biotopes in the Sognefjord </p> <p>Lene Buhl-Mortensen, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Henrik Glenner, Ulf Båmstedt and Kjell Bakkeplass</p> <p>Chapter 20: Geomorphology, benthos, and habitats in the Primeiras and Segundas Environmental Protected Area, Mozambique </p> <p>Luisa Teixeira, Martin Nilsson, Aure´lie Shapiro and Lara Cristina Muaves</p> <p>Chapter 21: Distribution of seagrass communities north of Barcelona,</p> <p>Northwestern Mediterranean Sea </p> <p>M. Canals, D. Amblas, X. Rayo, J. Romero and J. Ylla</p> <p>Chapter 22: Inner shelf habitat surrounding the Kapiti Marine Reserve, New Zealand </p> <p>Geoffroy Lamarche, Alix Laferriere, Shane Geange, Jonathan Gardner and Arne Pallentin</p> <p>Chapter 23: Marine landscapes and habitats of Cilento Geopark (Italy)—linking geo- and biodiversity using a multiscalar approach </p> <p>Silvana D’Angelo, Floriana Di Stefano, Andrea Fiorentino, Maria Teresa Lettieri, Giovanni Fulvio Russo and Crescenzo Violante</p> <p>Chapter 24: Fine-scale seabed habitats off Capri Island, southern Italy</p> <p>C. Violante, M. De Lauro and E. Esposito</p> <p>Chapter 25: Winnowed gravel lag deposits between sandbanks in the German North Sea </p> <p>Svenja Papenmeier, Daphnie Galvez, Carmen-Pia Günther, Roland Pesch, Claudia Propp, H. Christian Hass, Bastian Schuchardt and Manfred Zeiler</p> <p>Chapter 26: Benthic community structure at a remote temperate rocky reef in the Gulf of Maine, Cashes Ledge </p> <p>Jay Calvert and Chris McGonigle</p> <p>Chapter 27: Continental shelf habitats off a large South American metropolis: Salvador City, Eastern Brazil </p> <p>Renata C. Rebouc¸as, Jose´ M.L. Dominguez, Paloma P. Avena, Alina S. Nunes and Lizandra C. Melo</p> <p>Chapter 28: Temperate rocky reef on the southeast Australian continental shelf ...487</p> <p>T. Ingleton, J. Neilson, P. Davies, E. Foulsham, M. Linklater, D. Hanslow and A. Jordan</p> <p>Chapter 29: Geomorphology and microhabitats of large, isolated, immobile bedforms in the Great South Channel, Northwest Atlantic Ocean</p> <p>Massimo Di Stefano and Larry Alan Mayer</p> <p>Chapter 30: Submerged reefs in the Abrolhos Shelf: morphology and habitat</p> <p>distribution</p> <p>Lucas C. Ferreira, Alex C. Bastos, Gilberto M. Amado Filho, In memorian, Marcos Daniel A. Leite, Geandre´ C. Boni, Fernando C. Moraes, Ne´lio Secchin, Laura S. Vieira, Ricardo Bahia, Natacha Oliveira, Vale´ria S. Quaresma and Rodrigo L. Moura</p> <p>Chapter 31: Coral reefs in Fatu Huku Island, Marquesas Archipelago, French Polynesia </p> <p>Antoine Collin, Jean Laporte, Benjamin Koetz, Franc¸ois-Re´gis Martin-Lauzer and Yves-Louis Desnos</p> <p>Chapter 32: Carbonate banks and terraces of the Oceanic Shoals Marine Park region, Northern Australia </p> <p>Rachel Przeslawski, Scott Nichol, Belinda Alvarez, Andrew Carroll, Chris Glasby, Kim Picard and Radford Ben</p> <p>Chapter 33: Reefs distribution and inter reef sedimentation on Tamandare´ continental shelf, Northeast Brazil </p> <p>Vanessa C. Fontes, Moab Praxedes Gomes, Helenice Vital, Beatrice P. Ferreira and Mauro Maida</p> <p>Chapter 34: Nature and condition of outer shelf habitats on the drowned Ac¸u Reef, Northeast Brazil </p> <p>M.P. Gomes, H. Vital, L.L. Nascimento Silva, P.B. Eichler, D. Rovira and G.O. Longo</p> <p>Chapter 35: Seabed character and associated habitats of an equatorial tropical shelf: the Rio Grande do Norte Shelf, Northeast Brazil</p> <p>Helenice Vital, Tatiana Silva Leite, Marina Gomes Viana, Patrícia Pinheiro Beck Eichler, Dieˆgo de Oliveira Batista, Moab Praxedes Gomes, Joa˜o Paulo Ferreira da Silva, Andre´ Giskard Aquino da Silva and Simone Nunes Branda˜o</p> <p>Chapter 36: Characterizing benthic habitats in two Marine Protected Areas</p> <p>on the West Florida Shelf</p> <p>Jennifer L. Brizzolara, Sarah E. Grasty, Alex R. Ilich, John W. Gray, David F. Naar and Steven A. Murawski</p> <p>Chapter 37: Substrate mapping to inform ecosystem science and marine spatial planning around the main Hawaiian Islands</p> <p>D. Dove, M. Weijerman, A. Grüss, T. Acoba and J.R. Smith</p> <p>Chapter 38: Dropstones on a glaciated continental shelf as key habitat, Sabrina Shelf, East Antarctica</p> <p>Alexandra L. Post, Caroline Lavoie, Eugene W. Domack, Amy Leventer and Rodrigo Fernandez</p> <p>Chapter 39: Geomorphological and habitat mapping of the glaciated shelf (the Velikaya Salma Strait of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea, Russia) </p> <p>Ya.E. Terekhina, A.A. Barymova, A.I. Isachenko, A.I. Kokorin, V.V. Kozlovskiy, P.G. Mikhaylyukova, V.O. Mokievsky, T.Yu. Repkina, A.E. Rybalko, M.Yu. Tokarev and N.V. Shabalyn</p> <p>Chapter 40: Seafloor geomorphology and benthic habitat of the German Bank glaciated shelf, Atlantic Canada</p> <p>Craig J. Brown, Brian J. Todd, Stephen J. Smith and Jessica A. Sameoto</p> <p>Chapter 41: Geomorphic features and benthos in a deep glacial trough in Atlantic Canada</p> <p>Myriam Lacharite´, Craig J. Brown, Alexandre Normandeau and Brian J. Todd</p> <p>Chapter 42: Submarine sedimentary bedforms and benthos surrounding the Heard and McDonald Islands World Heritage site </p> <p>Sally J. Watson, Vanessa Lucieer, Joanne Whittaker, Jodi M. Fox, Nicole Hill and Millard F. Coffin</p> <p>Chapter 43: Geomorphic features and associated habitats of the Patagonian Continental Margin, southwestern Atlantic</p> <p>Dulce Mata, Araceli Muñoz, Lourdes Viscasillas and Diego Varas</p> <p>Chapter 44: Fine-scale habitat characterization of The Gully, the Flemish Cap, and the Orphan Knoll, Northwest Atlantic, with a focus on cold-water corals </p> <p>Vincent Lecours, Luka´ˇs Ga´bor, Evan Edinger and Rodolphe Devillers</p> <p>Chapter 45: Characterization of the geomorphology and biotopes of the Ha´fadju´p canyon system, south Iceland</p> <p>Davíð Þo´r O´ðinsson, Steinunn H. O´lafsdo´ttir and Julian M. Burgos</p> <p>Chapter 46: Continental shelf, canyons and pockmark fields in the southeastern Bay of Biscay</p> <p>Ibon Galparsoro, Iñigo Muxika, Joxe Mikel Garmendia and Jose´ Germa´n Rodríguez</p> <p>Chapter 47: The geomorphology and biology of a submarine canyon system incising Ireland’s shelf edge in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean</p> <p>D. O’Sullivan, Y. Leahy, J. Guinan, R. Ross, F. Sacchetti, Kerry Howell, David Lyons and Leonie O’Dowd</p> <p>Chapter 48: Tricase Submarine Canyon: cold-water coral habitats in the southwesternmost Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) </p> <p>Mariacristina Prampolini, Lorenzo Angeletti, Valentina Grande, Marco Taviani and Federica Foglini</p> <p>Chapter 49: Cold-water coral habitat in the Bari Canyon System, Southern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) </p> <p>Lorenzo Angeletti, Mariacristina Prampolini, Federica Foglini, Valentina Grande and Marco Taviani</p> <p>Chapter 50: Benthic habitats of a mud volcano associated with the Queen Charlotte transform margin along northern British Columbia, Canada and Southern Alaska, United States </p> <p>J. Vaughn Barrie, H. Gary Greene and Kim W. Conway</p> <p>Chapter 51: Geomorphic features, main habitats and associated biota on and around the newly formed Tagoro submarine volcano, Canary Islands</p> <p>Ana Sotomayor-Garcia, Jose´ L. Rueda, Olga Sa´nchez-Guillamo´n, Juan T. Va´zquez, Desire´e Palomino, Luis M. Ferna´ndez-Salas, Nieves Lo´pez-Gonza´lez, Marcos Gonza´lez-Porto, Javier Urra, J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano, Melchor Gonza´lez-Da´vila and Eugenio Fraile-Nuez</p> <p>Chapter 52: Habitat distribution and associated biota in different geomorphic features within a fluid venting area of the Gulf of Ca´diz (Southwestern Iberian Peninsula, Northeast Atlantic Ocean) </p> <p>Pablo Lozano, Jose´ L. Rueda, Marina Gallardo-Nu´ñez, Carlos Farias, Javier Urra, Yolanda Vila, Nieves Lo´pez-Gonza´lez, Desire´e Palomino, Olga Sa´nchez-Guillamo´n, Juan T. Va´zquez and Luis M. Ferna´ndez-Salas</p> <p>Chapter 53: New evidence to support the distribution of dense hydrocoral_sponge communities along George V slope, East Antarctica</p> <p>J. Smith, Alexandra L. Post, P.E. O’Brien and M.J. Riddle</p> <p>Chapter 54: Chemosynthetic seep communities triggered by seabed slumping off of northern Papua New Guinea </p> <p>David R. Tappin</p> <p>Chapter 55: Near-pristine benthic habitats on the Francesc Page`s Bank, Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean</p> <p>Claudio Lo Iacono, Jordi Grinyo´, Suzanne Conlon, Manfred Lafosse, Alain Rabaute, Martina Pierdomenico, Hector Perea, Elia d’Acremont and Eula`lia Gra`cia</p> <p>Chapter 56: Application of the coastal and marine ecological classification standard to Gosnold Seamount, North Atlantic Ocean</p> <p>D. Sowers, J.A. Dijkstra, K. Mello, G. Masetti, M. Malik and Larry Alan Mayer</p> <p>Chapter 57: Deep-sea benthic megafaunal communities on the New England and Corner Rise Seamounts, Northwest Atlantic Ocean </p> <p>Abby Lapointe, Les Watling and Allen M. Gontz</p> <p>Chapter 58: Manganese nodule fields from the Northeast Pacific as benthic habitats</p> <p>Thomas Kuhn, Katja Uhlenkott, Annemiek Vink, Carsten Rühlemann and Pedro Martinez Arbizu</p> <p>Chapter 59: Geomorphology and benthic habitats of the Kermadec Trench, Southwest Pacific Ocean </p> <p>Alan J. Jamieson, Heather A. Stewart, Ashley A. Rowden and Malcolm R. Clark</p> <p>Part III Synthesis</p> <p>Chapter 60: GeoHab Atlas of seafloor geomorphic features and benthic habitats—synthesis and lessons learned </p> <p>Peter T. Harris and Elaine K. Baker</p>