Using Cold-water Coral Mini-mounds as Analogue for Giant Mound Growth: Assessment of Environmental Drivers and Anthropogenic Impact

Tim Collart, Ghent University, Geology & Soil Science, Ghent, Belgium, Heather Ann Stewart, British Geological Survey - BGS, Marine Geology and Operations, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Kerry Howell, Plymouth University, Marine Ecology and Biology Research Centre, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Jean-François Bourillet, IFREMER, Plouzané, France, Estefanía Llave, IGME, Madrid, Spain, Dominique Blamart, LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France, Furu Mienis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Netherlands and David Van Rooij, Ghent University, Geology & Soil Science, Gent, Belgium