The biology, distribution and conservation status of cold-water corals are discussed in detail in a recent United Nations Environment Programme report "Cold-water Coral Reefs: Out of Sight - No Longer Out of Mind".
Mortensen, P. B., M. Hovland, et al. (2001). "Distribution, abundance and size of Lophelia pertusa coral reefs in mid-Norway in relation to seabed characteristics." Journal of Marine Biological Association UK 81: 581-597.
Wilson, J. B. (1979). "The distribution of the coral Lophelia pertusa (L.) [L. prolifera (Pallas)] in the north-east Atlantic." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 59: 149-162.
Paragorgia arborea:
Grasshof, M. (1979). "Zur bipolaren Verbreitung der Oktokoralle Paragorgia arborea (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleraxonia). Senckenbergiana Maritima 11: 115-137.
Tendal, O. S. (1992). "The north Atlantic distribution of the octocoral Paragorgia arborea (L., 1758) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)." Sarsia 77: 213-217.
For a recent summary of research into cold-water corals see the new book edited by André Freiwald and J Murray Roberts 'Cold-water Corals and Ecoystems'.
