Carbonate dissolution and deep-water paleoceanography of the South China Sea since the Middle Pleistocene

2001 ◽  
Vol 46 (22) ◽  
pp. 1908-1911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baohua Li ◽  
Quanhong Zhao ◽  
Min-Pen Chen ◽  
Zhinmin Jian ◽  
Pinxian Wang
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianru Li ◽  
Pinxian Wang

Abstract A deep-water coral forest, characterized by slender and whip-shaped bamboo corals has been discovered from water depths of 1200–1380 m at the western edge of the Xisha (Paracel Islands) area in the South China Sea. The bamboo corals are often accompanied by cold-water gorgonian “sea fan” corals: Anthogorgia sp. and Calyptrophora sp., as well as assemblages of sponges, cirrate octopuses, crinoids and other animals. The coral density increased toward the shallower areas from 24.8 to 220 colonies per 100 m2 from 1380 m to 1200 m water depth. This is the first set of observations of deep-water bamboo coral forests in Southeast Asia, opening a new frontier for systematic, ecological and conservation studies to understand the deep-coral ecosystem in the region.


2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (17) ◽  
pp. 9058-9066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Li ◽  
Harunur Rashid ◽  
Lifeng Zhong ◽  
Xing Xu ◽  
Wen Yan ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. SPi-SPi
Author(s):  
Guangfa Zhong ◽  
Hongliu Zeng ◽  
Shiguo Wu ◽  
Char-Shine Liu ◽  
Weilin Zhu ◽  
...  

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