Paramuricea clavata (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) loss in the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara (Sardinia, Italy) due to a mass mortality event

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Huete Stauffer, Carla ^a   Vielmini, Ilaria ^b   Palma, Marco ^a   Navone, Augusto ^c   Panzalis, Pier ^c   Vezzulli, Luigi ^a   Misic, Cristina ^a   Cerrano, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c MPA and SPAMI Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Global warming; Octocorals; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

CORAL; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; MASS MORTALITY; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OLBIA-TEMPIO; SARDINIA; TAVOLARA;

ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CNIDARIA; PARAMURICEA CLAVATA; VIBRIO;

EID: 79953320404     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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