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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-05-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/2543/2014/bg-11-2543-2014.pdf |