. Cold-water Coral Reefs: out of sight - no longer out of mind. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 22. Cold-water coral reefs 0 2 km SE ' Buried mounds j â â â â â ^^B Amounds 1 h^'MjiifJfBhm^ M^Hi df^ s QJ ^tlffli^Ml E^l^ffV ,-:S-^' ^^SS EEtHM E - r-^g^ h- '-'^^^ 1,400 ! 1 1 Figure 27: A very-high-resolution reflection seismic profile over buried carbonate mounds (left) and some large surface mounds (right), Porcupine Seabight, wrest of Ireland. The buried mounds are up to 70 m high, the surface ones up to 150 m RCMG, Ghent Universily habitats and the associated fauna for species w
. Cold-water Coral Reefs: out of sight - no longer out of mind. UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity Series 22. Cold-water coral reefs 0 2 km SE ' Buried mounds j â â â â â ^^B Amounds 1 h^'MjiifJfBhm^ M^Hi df^ s QJ ^tlffli^Ml E^l^ffV ,-:S-^' ^^SS EEtHM E - r-^g^ h- '-'^^^ 1,400 ! 1 1 Figure 27: A very-high-resolution reflection seismic profile over buried carbonate mounds (left) and some large surface mounds (right), Porcupine Seabight, wrest of Ireland. The buried mounds are up to 70 m high, the surface ones up to 150 m RCMG, Ghent Universily habitats and the associated fauna for species which produce potentially beneficial substances and genes. The search, for example, for antibacterial and antivirus substances produced by living organisms offers a new field of great economic value. Baker et at. (20011 pointed to fouling-resistant substances in corals that might be used as an environmentally safer alternative to heavy metal compounds currently used in ship bottom painting. Bioprospecting has typically been located in high- diversity ecosystems in the tropics, rainforests and coral reefs. In recent years attention has also turned to high-latitude cold-water systems, and the fauna of coral ecosystems in Norway have already been the target of bioprospecting. In the majority of cases, only small samples of Monkfish {Lophius sp.). biological material are necessary in the search for useful substances and genes. When larger-scale harvesting is planned for screening and development of marine biotechnology products, particularly of rare or endemic species in vulnerable ecosystems, regulatory measures, such as a code of conduct, will be needed to ensure that potential impacts are assessed in advance and that the resources are used sustainably. Industry In some places, such as the Gulf of Mexico and the European continental shelf, there is a high degree of overlap between the occurrence of cold-water corals and oil and gas exploration activities. Oil and gas exp
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