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Hydrobiologia The International Journal on Limnology and Marine Sciences Volume 471, 1 March 2002 Special Issue Biology of Cold Water Corals Proceedings of the First International Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, held in Halifax, Canada, 31 July-3 August 2000 Guest Editors Les Watling & Michael Risk Preface The deep-water coral Lophelia pertusa in Norwegian waters: distribution and fishery impacts J.H. Fossa, PB. Mortensen, D.M. Furevik Mapping and imaging deep-sea coral reefs off Norway, 1982-2000 Martin Hovland, Steinar Vasshus, Arne Indreeide, Leslie Austdal, Givind Nilsen Coral in Alaska: distribution, abundance, and species associations Jonathan Heifetz Observations of Lophelia pertusa and the surficial geology at a deep-water site in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico W.W. Schroeder Influence of temperature and nutrients on species richness of deep water corals from the western coast of the Americas Héctor Reyes Bonilla, Gabriela Cruz Pinon Deep-water Oculina coral reefs of Florida: biology, impacts, and management John K. Reed Comparison of deep-water coral reefs and lithoherms off southeastern USA John K. Reed Ben Franklin temperate reef and deep sea ‘Agassiz Coral Hills’ in the Blake Plateau off North Carolina Robert Y. George Megafauna associations with deepwater corals (Primnoa spp.) in the Gulf of Alaska Kenneth J. Krieger, Bruce L. Wing Vi Distribution and abundance of fish in deep-sea coral habitats A. Husebo, L. Nottestad, J.H. Fossa, D.M. Furevik, S.B. Jorgensen Age, growth and radiometric age validation of a deep-sea, habitat-forming gorgonian (Primnoa resedaeformis) from the Gulf of Alaska Allen H. Andrews, Erik E. Cordes, Melissa M. Mahoney, Kristen Munk, Kenneth H. Coale, 101-110 Gregor M. Cailliet, Jonathan Heifetz Patterns of isotopic disequilibria in azooxanthellate coral skeletons Jodie E. Smith, Henry P. Schwarcz, Michael J. Risk 111-115 Potential climate signals from the deep-sea gorgonian coral Primnoa resedaeformis J.M. Heikoop, D.D. Hickmott, M.J. Risk, C.K. Shearer, V. Atudorei 117-124 Lifespans and growth patterns of two deep-sea corals: Primnoa resedaeformis and Desmophyllum cristagalli M.J. Risk, J.M. Heikoop, M.G. Snow, R. Beukens 125-131 Axial rod growth and age estimation of the sea pen, Halipteris willemoesi KOlliker Matthew T. Wilson, Allen H. Andrews, Annette L. Brown, Erik E. Cordes 133-142 A new laboratory method for monitoring deep-water coral polyp behaviour J.M. Roberts, R.M. Anderson 143-148 DNA sequences of the mitochondrial CO/ gene have low levels of divergence among deep-sea octocorals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) Scott C. France, Loretta L. Hoover 149-155 The feasibility of transplanting black coral (Order Antipatharia) Anthony D. Montgomery 157-164 List of non-refereed papers 165-166 KElecltronuic wjouernalrs at( )))p8n2e Contact your librarian for more information