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Variability in growth rates of long-lived black coral Leiopathes sp. from the Azores
Carreiro-Silva, M.; Andrews, A.H.; Braga-Henriques, A.; de Matos, V.; Porteiro, F.M.; Santos, R.S. (2013). Variability in growth rates of long-lived black coral Leiopathes sp. from the Azores. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 473: 189-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps10052
In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. Inter-Research: Oldendorf/Luhe. ISSN 0171-8630; e-ISSN 1616-1599, more
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Keywords
    Deep sea
    Population functions > Growth
    Properties > Biological properties > Longevity
    Antipatharia [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Cold-water corals; Radiocarbon; Northeast Atlantic
Authors  Top | Dataset 
  • Carreiro-Silva, M.
  • Andrews, A.H.
  • Braga-Henriques, A.
  • de Matos, V.
  • Porteiro, F.M.
  • Santos, R.S.
Abstract
    Five colonies of black coral Leiopathes sp. were collected as bycatch from depths of 293 to 366 m from the Condor, Açor, and Voador seamounts (Azores region). The colonies had axial diameters between 4.9 and 33.1 mm and heights between 43 and 175 cm. Their ages and radial growth rates were estimated using radiocarbon dating. Results indicated that the smallest and largest colonies had similar radial growth rates of 5 to 7 µm yr−1, whereas the other 3 colonies had grown more rapidly by a factor of 3 to 5 at ~20 to 30 µm yr−1. Colony lifespan ranged between 265 ± 90 and 2320 ± 90 yr. Fine-scale sampling along a radial transect from the edge to the center of the 2320 yr old Leiopathes sp. revealed variable growth rates throughout the colony lifespan. Slower radial growth rates of ~4 to 5 µm yr−1 were recorded over the initial 1600 yr and the last 300 yr of its life span, and a period of more rapid growth (20 µm yr−1) over the intermediate 400 yr of its life. Variability in radial growth rates among colonies resulted in colony ages that were not linearly correlated to colony axis diameter or height. Our findings of great longevity and slow growth rates for Leiopathes sp. agree with other Leiopathes sp. age and growth studies, indicating that colony and population recovery from damage or removal may take centuries to millennia.
Dataset
  • Institute of Marine Research (IMAR - Azores), Portugal; Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (DOP) - UAC, Portugal (2015): COLETA - IMAR/DOP-Uac reference collection from 1977 to 2012., more
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