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1. STABLE ISOTOPE DATA FROM DEEP-WATER ANTIPATHARIANS: 400-YEAR RECORDS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Author

Williams, B., Risk, M. J., Ross, S. W., and Sulak, K. J.

Subjects
*ISOTOPES, *STABLE isotopes, *BLACK corals, *CALCIUM, *ECOLOGY, *RADIOISOTOPES, *EFFLUENT quality, *SEWAGE purification
Abstract

The article discusses stable isotopes from deep-water antipatharians. This paper focuses on the 400-year records from the Southeastern Coast of the United States examining three deep-water Leiopathes glaberrima specimens collected live off the coast in 2004. Lead measurements and band counts recorded an estimate to be around 200-500 years old. Environmental influence were present in specimens suggesting that long-term trends are reproducible within specimens of similar location. Calcium depletion are observed corresponding to the Suess Effect. Results were compared with the increased terrestrial effluent that reach offshore specimens.

Published
2007