Azooxanthellate Corals In The Late Maastrichtian-early Paleocene Of The Danish Basin : Bryozoan And Coral Mounds In A Boreal Shelf Setting / Michaela Bernecker, Oliver Weidlich -- Corals From Deep-water Methane-seep Deposits In Paleogene Strata Of Western Oregon And Washington, U.s.a. / James L. Goedert, Jörn Peckmann -- Growth, Deposition, And Facies Of Pleistocene Bathyal Coral Communities From Rhodes, Greece / Jürgen Titschack, André Freiwald -- Enhanced Biodiversity In The Deep : Early Pleistocene Coral Communities From Southern Italy / Italo Di Geronimo [and Others] -- Sedimentary Patterns In The Vicinity Of A Carbonate Mound In The Hovland Mound Province, Northern Porcupine Seabight / Andres Rüggeberg [and Others] -- Deep-water Corals Of The Northeastern Atlantic Margin : Carbonate Mound Evolution And Upper Intermediate Water Ventilation During The Holocene / Norbert Frank [and Others] --^ Deep Coral Growth In The Mediterranean Sea : An Overview / Marco Taviani, André Freiwald, Helmut Zibrowius -- U/th-dating Of Deep-water Corals From The Eastern North Atlantic And The Western Mediterranean Sea / Andrea Schröder-ritzrau, André Freiwald, Augusto Mangini -- Distribution And Habitats Of Acesta Excavata (bivalvia: Limidae) With New Data On Its Shell Ultrastructure / Matthias López Correa [and Others] -- Deep-water Coral Occurrences In The Strait Of Gibraltar / German Álvarez-pérez [and Others] -- An Assessment Of The Distribution Of Deep-sea Corals In Atlantic Canada By Using Both Scientific And Local Forms Of Knowledge / Susan E. Gass, J.h. Martin Willison -- Deep-water Corals And Their Habitats In The Gully, A Submarine Canyon Off Atlantic Canada / Pål B. Mortensen, Lene Buhl-mortensen -- Distribution Of Deep-water Alcyonacea Off The Northeast Coast Of The United States / Les Watling, Peter J. Auster --^ Occurrence Of Deep-water Lophelia Pertusa And Madrepora Oculata In The Gulf Of Mexico / William W. Schroeder [and Others] -- Southern Caribbean Azooxanthellate Coral Communities Off Colombia / Javier Reyes [and Others] -- Habitat-forming Deep-sea Corals In The Northeast Pacific Ocean / Peter Etnoyer, Lance E. Morgan -- Recent Observations On The Distribution Of Deep-sea Coral Communities On The Shiribeshi Seamount, Sea Of Japan / Asako K. Matsumoto -- Mapping Of Lophelia Reefs In Norway : Experiences And Survey Methods / Jan Helge Fosså [and Others] -- Deep-water Coral Mounds On The Porcupine Bank, Irish Margin : Preliminary Results From The Polarstern Ark-xix/3a Rov Cruise / Andrew J. Wheeler [and Others] -- New View Of The Belgica Mounds, Porcupine Seabight, Ne Atlantic : Preliminary Results From The Polarstern Ark-xix/3a Rov Cruise / Anneleen Foubert [and Others] --^ Carbonate Mounds Off Mauritania, Northwest Africa : Status Of Deep-water Corals And Implications For Management Of Fishing And Oil Exploration Activities / Jeremy G. Colman [and Others] -- Mapping, Habitat Characterization, And Fish Surveys Of The Deep-water Oculina Coral Reef Marine Protected Area : A Review Of Historical And Current Research / John K. Reed [and Others] -- Predicting Habitat For Two Species Of Deep-water Coral On The Canadian Atlantic Continental Shelf And Slope / Tanya L. Leverette, Anna Metaxas -- Monitoring Environmental Variability Around Cold-water Coral Reefs : The Use Of A Benthic Photolander And The Potential Of Seafloor Observatories / J. Murray Roberts [and Others] -- Deep-water Coral Development As A Function Of Hydrodynamics And Surface Productivity Around The Submarine Banks Of The Rockall Trough, Ne Atlantic / Martin White [and Others] --^ Development Of Coral Banks In Porcupine Seabight : Do They Have Mediterranean Ancestors? / Ben De Mol, Jean-pierre Henriet, Miquel Canals -- The Seabed Appearance Of Different Coral Bank Provinces In The Porcupine Seabight, Ne Atlantic : Results From Sidescan Sonar And Rov Seabed Mapping / Veerle A.i. Huvenne [and Others] -- Sedimentary Processes And Carbonate Mounds In The Belgica Mound Province, Porcupine Seabight, Ne Atlantic / Andrew J. Wheeler [and Others] -- Sponge Reefs In The Queen Charlotte Basin, Canada : Controls On Distribution, Growth And Development / Kim W. Conway [and Others] -- Pockmark-associated Coral Reefs At The Kristin Field Off Mid-norway / Martin Hovland -- Sedimentological And Geochemical Environment Of The Fugløy Reef Off Northern Norway / Björn Lindberg, Jürgen Mienert -- Molecular Ecology Of Lophelia Pertusa In The Ne Atlantic / Marie C. Le Goff-vitry, Alex D. Rogers --^ Population Genetic Structure Of The Hawaiian Precious Coral Corallium Lauuense (octocorallia: Coralliidae) Using Microsatellites / Amy R. Baco, Timothy M. Shank -- Genetic Circumscription Of Deep-water Coral Species In Canada Using 18s Rrna / Kevin B. Strychar [and Others] -- Deep-water Scleractinia (cnidaria: Anthozoa) : Current Knowledge Of Reproductive Processes / Rhian G. Waller -- Reproductive Ecology Of Three Reef-forming, Deep-sea Corals In The New Zealand Region / Samantha N. Burgess, Russ C. Babcock -- Lipids And Nitrogen Isotopes Of Two Deep-water Corals From The North-east Atlantic : Initial Results And Implications For Their Nutrition / Kostas Kiriakoulakis [and Others] -- Calcifying Extracellular Mucus Substances (ems) Of Madrepora Oculata -- A First Geobiological Approach / Joachim Reitner -- Are Deep-water Corals Important Habitats For Fishes? / Peter J. Auster --^ A Habitat Classification Scheme For Seamount Landscapes : Assessing The Functional Role Of Deep-water Corals As Fish Habitat / Peter J. Auster [and Others] -- Role Of Cold-water Lophelia Pertusa Coral Reefs As Fish Habitat In The Ne Atlantic / Mark J. Costello [and Others] -- Remarkable Sessile Fauna Associated With Deep Coral And Other Calcareous Substrates In The Strait Of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea / Helmut Zibrowius, Marco Taviani -- The Metazoan Meiofauna Associated With A Cold-water Coral Degradation Zone In The Porcupine Seabight (ne Atlantic) / Maarten Raes, Ann Vanreusel -- Distribution And Diversity Of Species Associated With Deep-sea Gorgonian Corals Off Atlantic Canada / Lene Buhl-mortensen, Pål B. Mortensen -- Attached Benthic Foraminifera As Indicators Of Past And Present Distribution Of The Coral Primnoa Resedaeformis On The Scotian Margin / Andrea D. Hawkes, David H. Scott --^ Preliminary Study Of Bioerosion In The Deep-water Coral Lophelia, Pleistocene, Rhodes, Greece / Richard G. Bromley -- Bioerosion Patterns In A Deep-water Lophelia Pertusa (scleractinia) Thicket (propeller Mound, Northern Porcupine Seabight) / Lydia Beuck, André Freiwald -- Shallow-water Desmophyllum Dianthus (scleractinia) From Chile : Characteristics Of The Biocoenoses, The Bioeroding Community, Heterotrophic Interactions And (paleo)-bathymetric Implications / Günter Försterra [and Others] -- The Physical Niche Of The Bathyal Lophelia Pertusa In A Non-bathyal Setting : Environmental Controls And Palaeoecological Implications / Max Wisshak [and Others] -- C And O Isotopes In A Deep-sea Coral (lophelia Pertusa) Related To Skeletal Microstructure / Dominique Blamart [and Others] -- Investigations Of Age And Growth For Three Deep-sea Corals From The Davidson Seamount Off Central California / Allen H. Andrews [and Others] --^ Testing The Reproducibility Of Mg/ca Profiles In The Deep-water Coral Primnoa Resedaeformis : Putting The Proxy Through Its Paces / Daniel J. Sinclair [and Others] -- Skeletal Mg/ca In Primnoa Resedaeformis : Relationship To Temperature? / Owen A. Sherwood [and Others] -- Paleotemperatures From Deep-sea Corals : Scale Effects / Audrey Lutringer [and Others] -- Climate Records From The Faroe-shetland Channel Using Lophelia Pertusa (linnaeus, 1758) / Michael J. Risk, Jason Hall-spencer, Branwen Williams -- High-resolution Trace And Minor Element Compositions In Deep-water Scleractinian Corals (desmophyllum Dianthus) From The Mediterranean Sea And The Great Australian Bight / Paolo Montagna [and Others] -- Identifying Critical Information Needs And Developing Institutional Partnerships To Further The Understanding Of Atlantic Deep-sea Coral Ecosystems / Kimberly A. Puglise, Robert J. Brock, John J. Mcdonough Iii --^ Oceana's Efforts To Protect Deep-sea Coral In The United States / Michael F. Hirshfield, Santi Roberts, David L. Allison -- A Cost Effective Approach To Protecting Deep-sea Coral And Sponge Ecosystems With An Application To Alaska's Aleutian Islands Region / Geoff Shester, Jim Ayers -- Conservation And Management Implications Of Deep-sea Coral And Fishing Effort Distributions In The Northeast Pacific Ocean / Lance E. Morgan [and Others] -- Deep-sea Corals And Resource Protection At The Davidson Seamount, California, U.s.a. / Andrew P. Devogelaere [and Others] -- Conserving Corals In Atlantic Canada : A Historical Perspective / Mark Butler. Andre Freiwald, J. Murray Roberts (editors). Based On The 2nd International Symposium On Deep-sea Corals Held At Erlangen In September 2003. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.