Individual and Population Level Variation in the Reproductive Potential of Deep-Sea Corals From Different Regions Within the Gulf of Maine

Individual and Population Level Variation in the Reproductive Potential of Deep-Sea Corals From Different Regions Within the Gulf of Maine

Deep-sea corals are of conservation concern in the North Atlantic due to prolonged disturbances associated with the exploitation of natural resources and a changing environment. As a result, two research cruises in the Gulf of Maine region during 2014 and 2017 collected samples of two locally domina...

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Main Authors: Christopher Tyler Fountain, Rhian G. Waller, Peter J. Auster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Primnoa resedaeformis
Paramuricea placomus
reproductive ecology
age at maturation
image analysis
size distribution
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00172/full

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