Abstract: 5. Porcupine Seabight Introductory presentation given at the 1st ATLAS General Assembly, June 2016. The Porcupine Seabight (PSB), off the west coast of Ireland, is an area that has been intensely researched for decades. Notwithstanding historical research presence in the area, the importance of PSB cold-water corals only came to prominence at the beginning of this century. Indeed the Belgica Mound province was one of four areas designated by the Irish authorities as a candidate Special Area of Conservation under the European Union's Habitats Di...
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