Demography of the over-exploited Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum L. 1758);Demografía del sobreexplotado coral rojo (Corallium rubrum L. 1758) Del Mediterráneo

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL 1, 2004, Pages 199-204

  Santangelo, G ^a   Maggi, E ^a   Bramanti, L ^a   Bongiorni, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Life tables; Mediterranean Sea; Octocorallia; Population dynamics; Population structure; Red coral

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXPLOITATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; GORGONACEA;

EID: 3242708386     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1199     Document Type: Article

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