Coral assemblage off the Calabrian coast (South Italy) with new observations on living colonies of Antipathes dichotoma

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-242

  Bo, M ^a   Bavestrello, G ^a   Canese, S ^b   Giusti, M ^b   Angiolillo, M ^b   Cerrano, C ^c   Salvati, E ^b   Greco, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antipatharians; Deep corals; Habitat; Mediterranean Sea; ROV imaging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLONY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; ANTIPATHES DICHOTOMA;

EID: 77958454246     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250001003652619     Document Type: Article

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