The Deep-Sea Age Detectives
In short: A black coral colony, a Greenland shark and a cold-seep tubeworm show how scientists date deep-sea life, and why a colony's age and an individual animal's lifespan are different measures.
A 1:34 short film in the series “Nature: How Long Can It Live?”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: University of Oxford, Oxford University Research Archive (ORA), hosting the accepted manuscript of Nielsen et al. (2016), published in Science by the American Association for the Advancement of Scien…, “Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive”; National Geographic, “Shark discovered in Antarctic waters has survival superpowers”; PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine), “Extreme longevity in proteinaceous deep-sea corals”; Springer Nature (The Science of Nature), “Extreme longevity in a deep-sea vestimentiferan tubeworm and its implications for the evolution of life history strategies - The Science of Nature”; ScienceDaily (reporting a Penn State research release), “Tube Worms In Deep Sea Discovered To Have Record Long Life Spans”; ScienceDaily (reporting a study in Springer's journal The Science of Nature), “Is this Gulf of Mexico tubeworm the longest living animal in the world?”; NOAA Ocean Exploration, “How long can corals live? - NOAA Ocean Exploration”; PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine, NCBI); article originally published in a peer-reviewed journal, “Strong linkages between depth, longevity and demographic stability across marine sessile species”.
Sources used in this film
- University of Oxford, Oxford University Research Archive (ORA), hosting the accepted manuscript of Nielsen et al. (2016), published in Science by the American Association for the Advancement of Scien… — Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive · View →
- National Geographic — Shark discovered in Antarctic waters has survival superpowers · View →
- PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine) — Extreme longevity in proteinaceous deep-sea corals · View →
- Springer Nature (The Science of Nature) — Extreme longevity in a deep-sea vestimentiferan tubeworm and its implications for the evolution of life history strategies - The Science of Nature · View →
- ScienceDaily (reporting a Penn State research release) — Tube Worms In Deep Sea Discovered To Have Record Long Life Spans · View →
- ScienceDaily (reporting a study in Springer's journal The Science of Nature) — Is this Gulf of Mexico tubeworm the longest living animal in the world? · View →
- NOAA Ocean Exploration — How long can corals live? - NOAA Ocean Exploration · View →
- PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine, NCBI); article originally published in a peer-reviewed journal — Strong linkages between depth, longevity and demographic stability across marine sessile species · View →
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- Summary by Intellect · source: University of Oxford, Oxford University Research Archive (ORA), hosting the accepted manuscript of Nielsen et al. (2016): Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
- Also: National Geographic: Shark discovered in Antarctic waters has survival superpowers
- Also: PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), via PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine): Extreme longevity in proteinaceous deep-sea corals
- Also: Springer Nature (The Science of Nature): Extreme longevity in a deep-sea vestimentiferan tubeworm and its implications for the evolution of life history strategies - The Science of Nature
- Also: ScienceDaily (reporting a Penn State research release): Tube Worms In Deep Sea Discovered To Have Record Long Life Spans
- Also: ScienceDaily (reporting a study in Springer's journal The Science of Nature): Is this Gulf of Mexico tubeworm the longest living animal in the world?
- Also: NOAA Ocean Exploration: How long can corals live? - NOAA Ocean Exploration
- Also: PubMed Central (US National Library of Medicine, NCBI); article originally published in a peer-reviewed journal: Strong linkages between depth, longevity and demographic stability across marine sessile species
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