Cold-water coral growth under extreme environmental conditions, the Cape Lookout area, NW Atlantic

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: F. Mienis, G. C. A. Duineveld, A. J. Davies, M. M. S. Lavaleye, S. W. Ross, H. Seim, J. Bane, H. van Haren, M. J. N. Bergman, H. de Haas, S. Brooke, T. C. E. van Weering
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Life; QH501-531; Geology; QE1-996.5; Cape Lookout; Lookout; Teardrop; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2543-2014; https://doaj.org/article/ec295bf14a3a4be8ae52fbf2ecd858bc

The Cape Lookout cold-water coral area off the coast of North Carolina forms the shallowest and northernmost cold-water coral mound area on the Blake Plateau in the NW Atlantic. Cold-water coral habitats near Cape Lookout are occasionally bathed in the Gulf Stream, which is characterised by oligotro...