Reproductive Biology of the Deep-Water Gorgonian Coral Acanella arbuscula from the Northwest Atlantic

• Main Author: Beazley, Lindsay
• Other Authors: Department of Biology, Master of Science, Paul A. Tyler, Hal Whitehead, Roger Croll, Anna Metaxas, Ellen Kenchington, Ellen Kenchington, Not Applicable
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Deep-water; Gorgonian; Coral; Reproduction; Histology; The Gully; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/13265

This thesis examined the reproductive biology of the poorly-known deep-water gorgonian Acanella arbuscula from the Northwest Atlantic. Colonies were collected from The Gully in 2007 and 2010 between 914 and 1860 m depth, and the Flemish Cap in 2009 between 671 and 1264 m. Mean polyp fecundity was re...