Survey of deep-dwelling red coral (Corallium rubrum) populations at Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean)

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-545

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Tsounis, Georgios ^b   Orejas, Covadonga ^b   Padrón, Tirma ^b   Gili, Josep Maria ^b   Bramanti, Lorenzo ^c   Teixidó, Núria ^d   Gutt, Julian ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLONY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HARVESTING; OVERFISHING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CAP DE CREUS; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANTHOZOA; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; GORGONIA;

EID: 42449092802     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0947-6     Document Type: Article

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