Tissue necrosis and mortality of the temperate coral Cladocora caespitosa

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-276

  Rodolfo Metalpa, Riccardo ^a   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^b   Peirano, Andrea ^c   Morri, Carla ^b  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cladocora caespitosa; Mediterranean Sea; Mortality; Temperate coral; Temperature stress; Tissue necrosis

Indexed keywords

CORAL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MASS MORTALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LA SPEZIA [LIGURIA]; LIGURIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANTHOZOA; CLADOCORA CAESPITOSA;

EID: 31344439142     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000509356685     Document Type: Article

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