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• Chapters:
  • Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Investigations (2.05 MB pdf)
  • Chapter 2 - Demersal Fishes Associated with Lophelia pertusa Coral and Associated Biotypes on the Contential Slope, Northern Gulf of Mexico (1.02 MB pdf)
  • Chapter 3 - Quantitative Definition of Viosca Knoll Biotypes Available to Fishes of the Continental Slope, 325–500 M, Northern Gulf of Mexico (3.12 MB pdf)
  • Chapter 4 - Molecular Assessment of Deep-Sea Scleractinian Coral Biodiversity and Population Structure of Lophelia pertusa in the Gulf of Mexico (1.81 MB pdf)
  • Chapter 5 - Expressed Genes of the Deepwater Coral, Lophelia pertusa (325 kB pdf)
  • Chapter 6 - Microbial Ecology of Lophelia pertusa in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (622 kB pdf)
  • Chapter 7 - Deepwater Antipatharians: Proxies of Environmental Change (459 kB pdf)
  • Chapter 8 - Origins, Composition, Age and Structural Diversification of Viosca Knoll Lophelia Coral Reefs and Substrate - A Synopsis of Preliminary Results (3.08 MB pdf)
• Abstract: Compendium Abstracts (382 kB pdf)
• Appendixes:
  • Appendix B - Table 1.4 - Fish Specimen Samples (83.8 kB pdf)
  • Appendix B - Table 1.5 - Fish Stomach Content Samples (63.2 kB pdf)
  • Appendix B - Table 1.6 - Photolog (Layout Voucher Images) (55.5 kB pdf)
  • Appendix B - Table 1.7 - Invertebrate Samples (71.4 kB pdf)
  • Appendix B - Table 1.8 - Sediment Samples (40.1 kB pdf)
  • Appendix B - Table 1.9 - Stable Isotope Samples (118 kB pdf)
  • Appendix C - Key to Plates - Demersal Fishes of Viosca Knoll, USGS Lophelia Community Investigation - Digital Image Voucher Atlas (691 kB pdf)
  • Appendix C - Demersal Fishes of Viosca Knoll, Lophelia Community Investigation (3.97 MB pdf)
  • Appendix D - Key to Plates - Megafaunal Invertebrates of Viosca Knoll, USGS Lophelia Community Investigation - Digital Image Voucher Atlas (1.38 MB pdf)
  • Appendix D - Megafaunal Invertebrates of Viosca Knoll, Lophelia Community Investigation (8.99 MB pdf)
  • Appendix E Key to Plates - Biotopes of Viosca Knoll, USGS Lophelia Community Investigation - Digital Image Voucher Atlas (516 kB pdf)
  • Appendix E - Biotopes of Viosca Knoll, Lophelia Community Investigation (3.49 MB pdf)
  • Appendix F - Attempts to Culture and Monitor Growth Rates in Deepwater Antipatharians and Gorgonians (490 kB pdf)
  • Appendix G - Matrix of Coral PointCount CPCe Occurrence Scores per Digital Frame Analyzed for Megafaunal Biotope Analysis (234 kB xlsx)
  • Appendix H - Journal Manuscripts, Symposium Papers, and Other Products Resulting in Whole or in Part from Research Undertaken by the USGS Lophelia Investigation Team 2004–2006 (116 kB pdf)
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Suggested Citation

Sulak, K.J., Randall, M.T., Luke, K.E., Norem, A.D., and Miller, J.M., (eds.), 2008, Characterization of Northern Gulf of Mexico deepwater hard bottom communities with emphasis on Lophelia coral--Lophelia reef megafaunal community structure, biotopes, genetics, microbial ecology, and geology (2004–2006): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1148; OCS Study MMS 2008–015, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20081148.

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