Settlement and early survival of red coral on artificial substrates in different geographic areas: Some clues for demography and restoration

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 580, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 219-224

  Bramanti, L ^a   Rossi, S ^b   Tsounis, G ^b   Gili, J M ^b   Santangelo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial substrates; Corallium rubrum; Octocorals; Recruitment; Settlement; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATES; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; OCTOCORALS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CORAL; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; SURVIVAL; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CATALONIA; ELBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; MEDES ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TUSCANY;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; GORGONIA;

EID: 33947512985     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0452-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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