Comunicación escrita (póster) a Congresos• Cold-water corals (CWC) form complex 3-D
structures that are biodiversity hotspots. However,
the knowledge about their ecophysiological
response to global change stressors (i.e. warming,
acidification, decrease of dissolved oxygen
concentration) is still very limited, as well as their
possible interactions with local stressors such as the
impacts from mining and fishing activities.
• Three long-term, multi stressor experiments will
explore the combined impact of several
environmental and local stressors based on the
IPCC projections on different CWC species across the North Atlantic.
• Further experiments will include the addition of particles
from mining or sediment from trawling activities to all
treatments after long-term experiments finish to study
the potential physical damage and ecotoxicological
effects.
• The results from these studies will increase our
knowledge on the potential consequences of global
change and local stressors and their possible
interactions on CWC species and ecosystems that they
form.
• The results will contribute to support science-based
marine spatial planning for the North Atlantic.European Union Commission Horizon 2020 Programa (grant agreement 818123), FEDER ((ACORES-01-0145-FEDER-000140), Ayuntamiento de A Coruña (Spain) and Deep-Sea Biology Societ
