Corrigendum: Ocean Circulation Over North Atlantic Underwater Features in the Path of the Mediterranean Outflow Water: The Ormonde and Formigas Seamounts, and the Gazul Mud Volcano
| Autor: | Mosquera-Giménez, A. (Ángela), Vélez-Belchí, P. (Pedro), Rivera, J. (Jesús), Piñeiro, S. (Safo), Fajar, N. (Noelia), Caínzos, V. (Verónica), Santiago, R. (Rocío), Balbín, R. (Rosa), Jiménez-Aparicio, J.A. (Juan Antonio), Domínguez-Carrió, C. (Carlos), Blasco-Ferre, J. (Jordi), Carreiro-Silva, M. (Marina), Morato, T. (Telmo), Puerta, P. (Patricia), Orejas, C. (Covadonga) |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences lcsh:QH1-199.5 Seamount cold-water corals Halocline Ocean Engineering Aquatic Science lcsh:General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution Oceanography 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences Mediterranean Outflow Water 14. Life underwater lcsh:Science 030304 developmental biology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology 0303 health sciences Global and Planetary Change geography geography.geographical_feature_category research 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Ocean current Internal wave Seafloor spreading Benthic zone internal waves seamounts Upwelling lcsh:Q Geology deep water Mud volcano Taylor columns/caps |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 8 (2021) e-IEO. Repositorio Institucional Digital de Acceso Abierto del Instituto Español de Oceanografía instname Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 6 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2296-7745 |
| Popis: | Seamounts constitute an obstacle to the ocean circulation, modifying it. As a result, a variety of hydrodynamical processes and phenomena may take place over seamounts, among others, flow intensification, current deflection, upwelling, Taylor caps, and internal waves. These oceanographic effects may turn seamounts into very productive ecosystems with high species diversity, and in some cases, are densely populated by benthic organisms, such corals, gorgonians, and sponges. In this study, we describe the oceanographic conditions over seamounts and other underwater features in the path of the Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW), where populations of benthic suspensions feeders have been observed. Using CTD, LADPC and biochemical measurements carried out in the Ormonde and Formigas seamounts and the Gazul mud volcano (Northeast Atlantic), we show that Taylor caps were not observed in any of the sampled features. However, we point out that the relatively high values of the Brunt–Väisälä frequency in the MOW halocline, in conjunction with the slope of the seamount flanks, set up conditions for the breakout of internal waves and amplification of the currents. This may enhance the vertical mixing, resuspending the organic material deposited on the seafloor and, therefore, increasing the food availability for the communities dominated by benthic suspension feeders. Thus, we hypothesize that internal waves could be improving the conditions for benthic suspension feeders to grow on the slope of seamounts. |
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