Growth rate and age distribution of deep-sea black corals in the Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 423, Issue , 2011, Pages 101-115

  Prouty, N G ^a   Roark, E B ^b   Buster, N A ^c   Ross, S W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Black corals; Growth rates; Gulf of Mexico; Oil spill; Radiocarbon age

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORAL REEF; DEEP SEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; OIL SPILL; RADIOCARBON DATING; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; LEIOPATHES;

EID: 79951593579     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08953     Document Type: Article

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