Temporal and depth responses of two temperate corals, Cladocora caespitosa and Oculina patagonica, from the North Mediterranean Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 369, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-114

  Rodolfo Metalpa, Riccardo ^a,b   Reynaud, Stephanie ^a   Allemand, Denis ^a   Ferrier Pagès, Christine ^a  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coral growth; Coral mortality; Mediterranean Sea; PAM fluorometry; Seasonal variation; Temperate corals; Zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL; DIEL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORTALITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PIGMENT; SHALLOW WATER; SYMBIONT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOXANTHELLA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

ANTHOZOA; CLADOCORA CAESPITOSA; OCULINA PATAGONICA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 56149117344     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07608     Document Type: Article

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