Cold seeps and coral reefs in northern Norway: carbon cycling in marine ecosystems with coexisting features - Ocean Acidification

Cold seeps and coral reefs in northern Norway: carbon cycling in marine ecosystems with coexisting features - Ocean Acidification

Abstract Cold seeps and cold-water corals (CWCs) coexist on Northern Norway’s continental shelf at the Hola trough between Lofoten and Vesterålen. Here, cold seeps release methane from the seabed, yet none reaches the sea surface. Instead, the methane dissolves and disperses in the ocean where it is ultimately consumed by methane-oxidizing microorganisms. These microorganisms metabolize […] The post Cold seeps and coral reefs in northern Norway:…