Population structure and conservation status of the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) in the Eastern Adriatic Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 982-993

  Kipson, Silvija ^a   Linares, Cristina ^b   Čižmek, Hrvoje ^c   Cebrián, Emma ^d,e   Ballesteros, Enric ^e   Bakran Petricioli, Tatjana ^a   Garrabou, Joaquim ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Marine Explorers Society '20000' leagues   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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

^f INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Paramuricea clavata; Adriatic Sea; Demography; Gorgonian; Octocoral

Indexed keywords

COLONY; CONSERVATION STATUS; CORAL; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; PARAMURICEA CLAVATA;

EID: 84956912039     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12195     Document Type: Article

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