Size metrics, longevity, and growth rates in Umbellula encrinus (Cnidaria: Pennatulacea) from the eastern Canadian Arctic.

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Bárbara de Moura Neves, Evan Edinger, Vonda Wareham Hayes, Brynn Devine, Laura Wheeland, Graham Layne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: deep-water corals; size distribution; growth rings; radiocarbon analysis; trace element analysis; geo; envir; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canada; Cape Dyer; Dyer; Greenland; Jones Sound; Baffin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2018-0009; https://doaj.org/article/bc1313d303a34f2ca3fdf1f16870fb26

Umbellula encrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a deep-water sea pen commonly found in the eastern Canadian Arctic. It can reach heights of >2 m, and it has often been caught as fishing bycatch. Here, we characterized abundance/density, size metrics, longevity, and growth rates of U. encrinus colonies fro...