The rare, giant gorgonian Ellisella para plex auroides: Demographics and conservation concerns

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 479, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-141

  Maldonado, Manuel ^a   López Acosta, María ^a   Sánchez Tocino, Luis ^b   Sitjà, Cèlia ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chafarinas Islands; Corals; Epibiosis; Fishing impacts; Gorgonian mortality; Gorgonian predation; Population structure; Small scale fishing

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EPIBIONT; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING GEAR; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CHAFARINAS ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; ELLISELLA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875983889     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10172     Document Type: Article

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