Observation record

ID: 200491

Species: Hemicorallium niobe

Original species entered: 125415 (WoRMS)

Location: Little Bahama banks

Primary resource: Druffel, E. R., King, L. L., Belastock, R. A., & Buesseler, K. O.  (1990) Growth rate of a deep-sea coral using 210Pb and other isotopes.

Contributor: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Measurements

• 251467

  Colony width

  100.00 (cm)

  Raw value

  observation_field
  
  
• 251465

  Water depth

  600.00 (m)

  Raw value

  Depth gauge
  
  
• 251468

  Diameter of axis skeleton

  38.50 (mm)

  Median

  Callipers
  
  
  38.00 - 39.00 (Range)

  replicates: 1
• 251470

  Colony age

  180.00 (years)

  Median

  210Pb dating
  
  
  140.00 - 220.00 (Range)
• 251469

  Growth rate

  0.58 (cm yr^-1)

  Median

  Estimated from colony height in previously dated colonies using growth ring method
  
  
  0.41 - 0.75 (Range)
• 251466

  Axis radial growth rate

  0.11 (mm yr^-1)

  Mean

  210Pb dating
  
  
  0.020 (Standard error)