Relative habitat suitability and stability of the Mediterranean gorgonian coral Eunicella cavolini (coelenterata: octocorallia)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 786-791

  Weinbauer, Markus G ^a   Velimirov, B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; HABITAT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SITE COMPARISON; STABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, BAY OF CALVI;

EUNICELLA CAVOLINI;

EID: 0029767336     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Benayahu, Y. and Y. Loya. 1984a. Life history studies on the Red Sea soft coral Xenia macrospiculata GOHAR, 1940. I. Annual dynamics of gonadal development. Biol. Bull. 166: 32-43.
2. _ and _. 1984b. Life history studies on the Red Sea soft coral Xenia macrospiculata GOHAR, 1940. II. Planulae shedding and post larval development. Biol. Bull. 166: 44-53.
3. Brazeau, D. A. and H. R. Lasker. 1992. Growth rates and growth strategy in a clonal marine invertebrate, the Caribbean octocoral Briareum asbestinum. Biol. Bull. 183: 269-277.
4. Deevey, E. S. 1947. Life tables for natural populations of animals. Q. Rev. Biol. 22: 283-314.
5. Denny, M. W. and M. F. Shibata. 1989. Consequences of surf-zone turbulences for settlement and external fertilization. Am. Nat. 134: 859-889.
6. Farrant, P. A. 1987. Population dynamics of the temperate Australian soft coral Capnella gaboensis. Mar. Biol. 96: 401-407.
7. Gotelli, N. J. 1988. Determinants of recruitment, juvenile growth, and spatial distribution of a shallow-water gorgonian. Ecology 69: 157-166.
8. _. 1991. Demographic models for Leptogorgia virgulata, a shallow-water gorgonian. Ecology 72: 457-467.
9. Grigg, R. W. 1975. Age structure of a longevous coral: a relative index of habitat suitability and stability. Am. Nat. 109: 647-657.
10. _. 1977. Population dynamics of two gorgonian corals. Ecology 58: 278-290.
11. Lasker, H. R. 1990. Clonal propagation and population dynamics of a gorgonian coral. Ecology 71: 1578-1589.
12. _. 1991. Population growth of a gorgonian coral: equilibrium and non-equilibrium sensitivity to changes in life history variables. Oecologia 86: 503-509.
13. Mistri, M. and V. U. Ceccherelli. 1994. Growth and secondary production of the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser 103: 291-296.
14. Mitchell, N. D., M. R. Dardeau, W. W. Schroeder, and A. C. Benke. 1992. Secondary production of gorgonian corals in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 87: 275-281.
15. Velimirov, B. 1975. Wachstum und Altersbestimmung der Gorgonie Eunicella cavolinii. Oecologia 19: 259-272.
16. _ and M. G. Weinbauer. 1992. Population structure and growth of the Mediterranean octocoral Eunicella cavolinii. Pages 211-214 in G. Colombo, I. Ferrari, V. U. Ceccherelli and R. Rossi, eds. Marine eutrophication and population dynamics. Olsen and Olsen, Fredensborg. p 395.
17. Wahle, C. M. 1983. The roles of age, size and injury in sexual reproduction among Jamaican gorgonians. Am. Zool. 23: 961.
18. Yoshioka, P. M. 1994. Size-specific history pattern of a shallow-water gorgonian. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 184: 111-112.