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Description:
Author(s):
Auster, P. J., Kilgour, M., Packer, D., Waller, R., Auscavitch, S., Watling, L.
Title:
Octocoral gardens in the Gulf of Maine (NW Atlantic)
Publication Date:
2013
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Journal Title:
Biodiversity
Volume:
14
Issue:
4
Page(s):
193-194
Abstract:
"Octocorals had been considered a common component of the seafloor fauna in the Gulf of Maine, but it appears a century of impacts have reduced coral distribution to small refugia. Here we provide a preliminary report of a recent expedition that discovered dense coral garden communities at two sites greater than 200 m depth."
Keywords:
deep-sea coral, refugia, density, photography, conservation
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