Recent ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) exploration and bottom sampling in the southern Adriatic Sea (Apulian and Montenegrin margins) resulted in the discovery of cnidarian-rich deep-sea habitats in the depth range of ca. 400-700 m. In particular, ROV inspection of Montenegrin canyons reveals the existence of megabenthic communities dominated by a variety of cnidarians, including scleractinians...

The Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon is located in the western Mediterranean Sea and long known for hosting cold-water coral colonies canyon head region at depths ranging from 250 to 550 m. In 2019 during CALADU cruise, three kinds of 3D-reconstructions were applied better understand distribution colonies, their habitat skeleton morphologies. canyon's flanks mapped using a hull-mounted echosounder an ROV...

The authors report on the capture of a specimen smoothback angelshark Squatina oculata Bonaparte, 1840 from Turkish marine waters. measured 720 mm in total length and was caught by means commercial purse-seiner at depth 60 m. species appeared to be sporadically area eastern Mediterranean Sea, however, size diversity recorded specimens shows still occurred region. Although angel shark is listed ...

This contribution documents widespread trawling damage to cold-water coral reefs at 840-1300 m depth along the West Ireland continental shelf break and at 200 m off West Norway. These reefs are spectacular but poorly known. By-catches from commercial trawls for deep-water fish off West Ireland included large pieces (up to 1 m(2)) of coral that had been broken from reefs and a diverse array of c...

Commercial production of renewable energy feedstocks from microalgae will require reliable and scalable growth systems. Two and one half years of biomass and lipid productivity data were obtained with an industrial-scale outdoor photobioreactor operated in Fort Collins, Colorado (USA). The annualized volumetric growth rates for Nannochloropsis oculata (CCMP 525) and Nannochloropsis salina (CCMP...

Microalgae, an autotrophic organism has been established as a potential source for biodiesel production. Suitable candidates from marine origin have been selected as viz., Nannochloropsis oculata, Dunaliella salina, and Isochrysis galbana. The microalgae were grown in controlled conditions and an assessment of their growth rate and lipid productivity were made. To analyze the effect of temperat...