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HopeWaves focuses on studying cold-water coral habitats in Malta, which are threatened by human activities. The project aims to analyze the distribution and characteristics of these habitats to inform the establishment of Marine Protected Areas and enhance conservation efforts.
Cold-water-coral (CWC) habitats are sensitive biodiversity hotspots under severe threat from human activities, such as bottom trawling.
This is particularly true for the CWC mounds that are recently discovered in mesophotic depths (30-150 m) of Maltese waters in the central Mediterranean.
The origin of these CWC mounds is still unknown, and due to the lack of scientific data, these habitats are still not protected.
HopeWaves aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the mesophotic CWC mounds in SE…
UNIVERSITA TA MALTA
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