Stable isotopic composition of deep-sea gorgonian corals Primnoa spp.: A new archive of surface processes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 301, Issue , 2005, Pages 135-148

  Sherwood, Owen A ^a   Heikoop, Jeffrey M ^b   Scott, David B ^a   Risk, Michael J ^c   Guilderson, Thomas P ^d,e   McKinney, Richard A ^f  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gorgonin; Paleoceanography; Primnoa; Trophic level; 13C; 15N

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GROWTH FORM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA; PRIMNOA;

EID: 27744522042     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps301135     Document Type: Article

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