Coral reefs in Norway
Lophelia pertusa

Links: More about cold water corals on the Web

News

• Ministry of Fisheries (press release in Norwegian, 12.01.03: The Minister of Fisheries gives the coral reef off Røst special protection against bottom trawling): Økt innsats for beskyttelse av korallrev
  
• Aftenposten 12.01.03: Korallvern gir eksportpluss
  
• ICES press release: Close Europe's cold-water coral reefs to fishing
  
• BBC News: Trawlers 'smashing' cold-water corals
  
• The Detroit News: Scientists works to restore deep-water coral reefs
  
• Academic Press: Bulldozing Deep-Sea Reefs
  
• EurekAlert: Still waters? 'Clear-cutting' robs the deep-sea of ancient treasures
  
• University of Alaska Fairbanks, Arctic Science Journeys Radio: Deep-sea Coral
  
• Ocean Explorer: Cold Corals
  

Research

• National Undersea Research Center for the North Atlantic and Great Lakes:
  Exploring Deep Sea Coral Communities, Project Overview
  
• EcoServe: Biology of the deep sea coral Lophelia
  
• The Scottish Association for Marine Science: Background information on Lophelia pertusa (L.) and: Cold Water Coral, Lophelia pertusa

Miscellaneous

• The Ministry of the Environment about cold water corals (in Norwegian): http://odin.dep.no/md/norsk/tema/naturvern/p30005895