Short-term growth of octocorals Swiftia exserta and Muricea pendula in a mesocosm
To optimize fragmentation approaches for restoration applications, this study assessed fragmentation size influences on health and growth rates of mesophotic octocorals. Growth rates for Swiftia exserta (n=6) and Muricea pendula (n=9) were determined usin...
The 13C Suess effect in scleractinian corals mirror changes in the anthropogenic CO2 inventory of the surface oceans
"New (delta)13C data are presented from 10 coral skeletons collected from Florida and elsewhere in the Caribbean (Dominica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Belize). These corals range from 96 to 200 years in age and were collected between 1976 and 20...