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- Title
Deep-water hydrodynamic observations around a cold-water coral habitat in a submarine canyon in the eastern Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea).
- Authors
Ciuffardi, Tiziana; Kokkini, Zoi; Berta, Maristella; Locritani, Marina; Bordone, Andrea; Delbono, Ivana; Borghini, Mireno; Demarte, Maurizio; Ivaldi, Roberta; Pannacciulli, Federica; Vetrano, Anna; Marini, Davide; Caprino, Giovanni
- Abstract
A 2-year dataset of a stand-alone mooring, deployed in November 2020 down the Levante Canyon in the eastern Ligurian Sea, is presented. The Levante Canyon Mooring (LCM) is a deep submarine multidisciplinary observatory positioned at 608 m depth in a key ecosystem area. The Levante Canyon hosts a valuable and vulnerable ecosystem of deep-living cold-water corals (CWCs), studied and monitored since 2013 through integrated mapping of the seabed and water column. The 2-year dataset, acquired on the mooring and presented here (data from November 2020 to October 2022), includes measurements conducted with both current meters and conductivity–temperature–depth (CTD) probes and provides information about the hydrodynamics and thermohaline properties across almost the entire water column. The observatory is still ongoing, and the dataset is regularly updated. All the described data are publicly available from 10.17882/92236 (Borghini et al., 2022). They must therefore be preserved and are of considerable scientific interest.
- Subjects
DEEP-sea corals; SUBMARINE valleys; OCEANOGRAPHIC maps; CANYONS; HYDRODYNAMICS
- Publication
Earth System Science Data, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 5, p1933
- ISSN
1866-3508
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/essd-15-1933-2023