Multi-century time-series of 15N and 14C in bamboo corals from deep Tasmanian seamounts: Evidence for stable oceanographic conditions

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 397, Issue , 2009, Pages 209-218

  Sherwood, Owen A ^a,e   Thresher, Ronald E ^b   Fallon, Stewart J ^c   Davies, Diana M ^d   Trull, Thomas W ^b,d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep sea corals; Radiocarbon biogeochemistry; Stable isotopes; Tasmanian seamounts

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEAMOUNT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ANTHOZOA; ISIDELLA; ISIDIDAE; KERATOISIS; LEPIDISIS;

EID: 74049104023     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08166     Document Type: Article

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