Reproduction and population sexual structure of the overexploited Mediterranean red coral Corallium rubrum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 248, Issue , 2003, Pages 99-108

  Santangelo, G ^a   Carletti, E ^a   Maggi, E ^a   Bramanti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Octocorallia; Red coral; Reproduction; Sexual structure

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CORAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037455760     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps248099     Document Type: Article

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