Effects of Glacial Stressors on Sperm Maturation in Colonies of the Red Tree Coral, Primnoa pacifica

• Main Author: Lynn, Joshua
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2021
• Subjects: Coral; Reproduction; Alaska; Glacier Bay National Park; Biodiversity; Marine Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Glacier Bay; Pacific; West Arm; Red Tree; glacier; glaciers; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/honors/711; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1709&context=honors

The red tree coral, Primnoa pacifica, is a large, colony forming species of cold- water coral which is often an important habitat for many commercially important species of fish and crab. This keystone species is long lived and found at much shallower depths in the fjords of Glacier Bay National Par...