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Evaluating The Deep-Sea Coral Acanella From Hawaii As A Paleoceanographic Archive, Geraldine Hourigan Lantier
Evaluating The Deep-Sea Coral Acanella From Hawaii As A Paleoceanographic Archive, Geraldine Hourigan Lantier
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Deep-sea corals have emerged as potential proxies of changing paleoceanographic properties. The utility of deep-sea corals for the purpose of interpreting paleoclimatic reconstructions is still in the discovery phase. However, long life spans, a relatively stable habitat, and unique growth geometry provide support to the growing body of research that has identified deep-sea corals as indicators of past climate and ocean properties. Two colonies of Acanella were collected from the permanent thermocline at depths between 414 and 437 m in the Makapuu Coral Bed, Oahu, HI in 1997 by submersible. Here I present results from a pilot study of the …