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Along the Atlantic European continental margin, living cold-water coral reefs occur over a wide bathymetric and hydrographical range. Focusing on 2 regions, the Celtic and the Norwe- gian shelves, we found that cold-water coral reefs are limited to different intermediate water masses. Measurements of the physical and geological properties showed that parameters such as tempera- ture, salinity, dissolved oxygen content, current intensities, and different substrates vary widely with- out specifically impacting the distribution of living cold-water coral reefs. The habitat of living reefs within the NE Atlantic comprises a temperature-salinity field, with its lower boundary equivalent to the Intermediate Salinity Maximum (ISM). The ISM on the Celtic margin is represented by Mediter- ranean Outflow Water (MOW), but is replaced by Atlantic Water (AW) on the Norwegian margin. The upper limit corresponds to water mass boundaries of Eastern North Atlantic Water / MOW on the Celtic margin and Norwegian Coastal Water /AW on the Norwegian margin. Our study shows that cold-water corals in the North Atlantic tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions. However, our data indicate that living cold-water coral reefs occur within the density envelope of sigma-theta (σΘ) = 27.35 to 27.65 kg m -3 , thus highlighting the importance of physical boundary conditions for cold-water coral growth and distribution.

Cold-water coral growth in relation to the hydrography of the Celtic and Nordic European continental margin