Anthropogenic effects on reproductive effort and allocation of energy reserves in the Mediterranean octocoral Paramuricea clavata

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 449, Issue , 2012, Pages 161-172

  Tsounis, Georgios ^a,c   Martinez, Lucia ^a   Bramanti, Lorenzo ^a   Viladrich, Nuria ^b   Gili, Josep Maria ^a   Martinez, Ángela ^a   Rossi, Sergio ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Epibiosis; Fecundity; Fishing; Gorgonian; Human impact; Injury; Protein carbohydrate lipid balance; SCUBA

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBOHYDRATE; COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTURBANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EPIBIOSIS; FISHING; INJURY; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA; PARAMURICEA CLAVATA;

EID: 84858121809     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09521     Document Type: Article

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