Defying Dissolution: Discovery Of Deep-sea Scleractinian Coral Reefs In The North Pacific

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Other Authors: Baco, Amy R. (authoraut), Morgan, Nicole (authoraut), Roark, E. Brendan (authoraut), Silva, Mauricio (authoraut), Shamberger, Kathryn E. F. (authoraut), Miller, Kelci (authoraut)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Subjects: Emperor Seamount Chain; Pacific; Lophelia pertusa; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05492-w; http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_libsubv1_wos_000405464200073; http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu%3A524029/datastream/TN/view/Defying%20Dissolution.jpg

Deep-sea scleractinian coral reefs are protected ecologically and biologically significant areas that support global fisheries. The absence of observations of deep-sea scleractinian reefs in the Central and Northeast Pacific, combined with the shallow aragonite saturation horizon (ASH) and high carb...