Growth of the Antarctic octocoral Primnoella scotiae and predation by the anemone Dactylanthus antarcticus

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Peck, Lloyd S., Brockington, Simon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Signy Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/19410/

Growth rates in Antarctic marine ectotherms have been demonstrated to be slowed by two to five times compared to shallow-water temperate species, with no previous reports for octocorals. Here growth rates were estimated in the single axis, non-branching Antarctic octocoral Primnoella scotiae using r...