Gorgonian population recovery after a mass mortality event

By Carlo Cerrano, A. Arillo, F. Azzini, B. Calcinai, L. Castellano, C. Muti, L. Valisano, G. Zega, G. Bavestrello. 2005

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Size and spatial structure in deep versus shallow populations of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Cap de Creus, northwestern Mediterranean Sea) (2011, background): “Perturbations, such as severe storms or mass mortalities, may alter the size structure of gorgonian populations, reducing density, and causing the loss of large colonies (Lasker 1991; Weinbauer and Velimirov 1996a; Cerrano et al. 2005 ).”
Paramuricea clavata (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) loss in the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara (Sardinia, Italy) due to a mass mortality event (2011, methodology): “…randomly sampled from 40 to 20 m depth every 5 m from the bottom to the top of each shoal, following standard methodology set out by similar studies (Cerrano et al. 2005; Coma et al. 2006; Linares et al. 2008a) and in relation to the geomorphology of the sites (Papa 1 from )35 to )20 m; Papa 2…”
Spatial variability in reproductive cycle of the gorgonians Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella singularis (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the Western Mediterranean Sea (2007, background): “result of a mass mortality episode and explained by considering that possibly females may not be healthy enough after spawning to survive a serious thermal stress (Cerrano et al. 2005).”