Observation record

ID: 200484

Species: Primnoa pacifica

Original species entered: 286539 (WoRMS)

Location: Shiribeshi seamount, Hokkaido, Japan

Primary resource: Matsumoto, A.K. (2007) Effects of low water temperature on growth and magnesium carbonate concentrations in the cold-water gorgonian Primnoa pacifica. Bulletin of Marine Science -Miami 81(3):423-435

Contributor: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Measurements

• 251444

  Colony age

  40.00 (years)

  Maximum

  Growth rings count
  
  
• 251446

  Axis radial growth rate

  0.24 (mm yr^-1)

  Mean

  Growth rings count
  
  
  (Not given)

  replicates: 10
• 251442

  Water depth

  427.50 (m)

  Median

  Depth gauge
  
  
  350.00 - 505.00 (Range)
• 251445

  Axis radial growth rate

  0.28 (mm yr^-1)

  Median

  Growth rings count
  
  
  0.19 - 0.37 (Range)

  replicates: 10
• 251449

  MgCO3 concentration in sclerites

  8.96 (g %)

  Median

  X-radiography (densitometer)
  
  
  7.42 - 10.49 (Range)

  replicates: 2
• 251448

  MgCO3 concentration in sclerites

  10.45 (mol %)

  Median

  X-radiography (densitometer)
  
  
  8.69 - 12.21 (Range)

  replicates: 10
• 251443

  Water temperature

  6.50 (ºC)

  Median

  no method
  5.00 - 8.00 (Range)
• 251447

  MgCO3 concentration in sclerites

  10.15 (mol %)

  Mean

  X-radiography (densitometer)
  
  
  1.370 (Standard deviation)

  replicates: 10