Modal analysis of the deep-water solitary scleractinian, Desmophyllum dianthus, on SW Pacific seamounts: inferred recruitment periodicity, growth, and mortality rates

• Published in: Coral Reefs
• Main Authors: Thresher, R. E., Adkins, J., Thiagarajan, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2011
• Subjects: Demography; Deep-sea; Scleractinia; Modal analysis; Holocene; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0806-7

Little is known about the demography of corals inhabiting deep-sea features due to the logistical difficulties of working at the extreme depths they inhabit. To obtain basic information about growth, mortality, and recruitment dynamics for such a coral, we applied modal analysis to the size frequenc...