Biology Skagerrak
a cold water coral reef in norway.
apart sandy , stony reefs, extensive cold water coral reefs, of lophelia, growing in skagerrak. säcken reef in swedish marine protection of koster fjord ancient cold water coral reef , known coral reef in country. tisler reef in norwegian marine protection of ytre hvaler national park largest known coral reef in europe. lophelia reefs present in norwegian trench , known shallow waters of many norwegian fjords.
skagerrak holds number of rare bubble reefs; biological reefs formed around cold seeps of geological carbohydrate outgassings, methane. these rare habitats known danish waters of skagerrak west of hirtshals, more might discovered in future surveys. bubbly reefs rare in europe , supports varied ecosystem.
with centuries long heavy international seatraffic of skagerrak, seabed holds abundance of shipwrecks. wrecks on shallow waters, provides firm anchoring several corals , polyps , explored wrecks have been revealed support dead man s fingers corals, brittle stars , large wolffish.
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