Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4533765 | Continental Shelf Research | 2008 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The orientations of 368 gorgonian and antipatharian sea fans were measured using video taken with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) within five study areas on the Mississippi/Alabama continental shelf. Sea fans were oriented nonrandomly and exhibited a strongly preferred direction of orientation at each of the five study sites. Orientations corresponded closely to the mean direction of the time-averaged current flow measured synoptically from 11 current meters in the vicinity of the study sites.
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Authors
Michael B. Peccini, Ian R. MacDonald,