Cold-water coral growth under extreme environmental conditions, the Cape Lookout area, NW Atlantic

The Cape Lookout cold-water coral area off the coast of North Carolina forms the shallowest and northernmost cold-water coral mound area on the Blake Plateau in the NW Atlantic. Cold-water coral habitats near Cape Lookout are occasionally bathed in the Gulf Stream, which is characterised by oligotro...

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Main Authors: F. Mienis, G. C. A. Duineveld, A. J. Davies, M. M. S. Lavaleye, S. W. Ross, H. Seim, J. Bane, H. van Haren, M. J. N. Bergman, H. de Haas, S. Brooke, T. C. E. van Weering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/2543/2014/bg-11-2543-2014.pdf