Utilização de registros de corais de profundidade (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) para prever a localização e mapear tipos de substratos na plataforma e talude continental do sul do Brasil

Authors

  • Marcelo Visentini Kitahara James Cook University; School of Pharmacy and Molecular Science; Coral Genomics Group Author
  • Norberto Olmiro Horn Filho James Cook University; School of Pharmacy and Molecular Science; Coral Genomics Group Author
  • José Gustavo Natorf de Abreu Universidade do Vale do Itajaí; Centro de Educação de Ciências Tecnológicas da Terra e do Mar; Laboratório de Oceanografia Geológica Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492008000200001

Keywords:

Deep-sea corals, Scleractinia, substrate, continental shelf, continental slope, Brazil

Abstract

Large portions of the Brazilian continental shelf and continental slope do not have detailed maps about the sedimentological mosaics, manly due to the high costs of specific oceanographic deep-water cruises. Using all records (totalizing 169 stations) of deep-sea Scleractinia azooxanthellate corals from southern Brazil between 24° and 35°S, and separating them in three different groups, the present study intends to add to the actual knowledge of the superficial sedimentology off southern Brazil, demonstrating that the records of this cnidarians can be used as tools for mapping hard, soft, and biodetrictic deep-sea substrate.

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Published

2008-01-01

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 2 (2008)

Section

naodefinida

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Responsibility: The scientific content and the opinions expressed in the manuscript are the sole responsibility of the author(s).

Copyrights: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type CC-BY.

How to Cite

Kitahara, M. V., Horn Filho, N. O., & Abreu, J. G. N. de. (2008). Utilização de registros de corais de profundidade (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) para prever a localização e mapear tipos de substratos na plataforma e talude continental do sul do Brasil . Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 48(2), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0031-10492008000200001