Gorgonian population recovery after a mass mortality event

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-157

  Cerrano, C ^a   Arillo, A ^a   Azzini, F ^b   Calcinai, B ^b   Castellano, L ^c   Muti, C ^a   Valisano, L ^a   Zega, G ^d   Bavestrello, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c Acquario di Genova   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Growth rate; Ligurian Sea; Octocorals; Paramuricea clavata; Population structure; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT; SEX RATIO;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

GORGONACEA; PARAMURICEA CLAVATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 15944382332     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.661     Document Type: Article

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