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Coral reef ecology. --- Microbial ecology.

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"The diverse ecosystem within [the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, U.S. Virgin Islands] includes a large mangrove forest, a submarine canyon, coral reefs, seagrass beds, coastal forests, and many other natural and developed landscape elements. ... A comprehensive spatial inventory of these ecosystems is required for successful management. To meet this need, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Biogeography Program, in consultation with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Government of the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (VIDPNR), conducted an ecological characterization ... [that] consists of three complementary components: a text report, digital habitat maps, and a collection of historical aerial photographs."

Habitat (Ecology) --- Benthos --- Mangrove ecology --- Coral reef ecology --- Biotic communities --- Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve (United States Virgin Islands) --- Geographic information systems. --- Environmental conditions. --- Climate.

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Coral reef conservation --- Coral reefs and islands --- Coral reef ecology --- Marine parks and reserves --- Restoration ecology --- Conservation des récifs coralliens --- Écologie des récifs coralliens --- Parcs marins --- Réhabilitation (Écologie) --- Monitoring --- United States Coral Reef Task Force --- United States Coral Reef Task Force. --- Appropriations and expenditures --- United States.

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Following the exciting exploration of hot vent and cold seep ecosystems, the rediscovery of cold-water coral ecosystems with high-technology instrumentation is currently another hot topic in multidisciplinary marine research. Conventionally, coral reefs are regarded as restricted to warm and well-illuminated tropical seas, not associated with cold and dark waters of higher latitudes. However, ongoing scientific missions have shed light on the global significance of this overlooked ecosystem. Cold-water coral ecosystems are involved in the formation of large seabed structures such as reefs and giant carbonate mounds, and they represent unexploited paleo-environmental archives of earth history. Like their tropical cousins, cold-water coral ecosystems harbour rich species diversity. Despite the great water depths, commercial interests overlap more and more with the coral occurrences. Human activities already impinge directly on cold-water coral reefs causing severe damage to this vulnerable ecosystem. In this volume, the current key institutions involved in cold-water coral research have contributed 62 state-of-the-art articles from geology and oceanography to biology and conservation.

Corals --- Deep-sea ecology --- Coral reef ecology --- Coral reefs and islands --- Reef ecology --- Marine ecology --- Lithophytes --- Anthozoa --- Ecology --- Oceanography. --- Paleontology . --- Sedimentology. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Biogeosciences. --- Paleontology. --- Ecosystems. --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Petrology --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Geobiology. --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Biology --- Biosphere