Spatial Self-Organization as a New Perspective on Cold-Water Coral Mound Development
Cold-water corals build extensive reefs on the seafloor that are oases of biodiversity, biomass, and organic matter processing rates.The reefs baffle sediments, and cane when coral growth and sedimentation outweigh ambient sedimentation, carbonate mounds of tens to hundreds of meters high and several kilometers wide can form.Because coral mounds fo