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Habitat constraints and self-thinning shape Mediterranean red coral deep population structure: implications for conservation practice

The Mediterranean red coral, Corallium rubrum, is one of the most precious corals worldwide. Below 50 m depth, C. rubrum populations are generally characterised by large and sparse colonies, whereas shallow populations (above 50 m depth) show high densities of small colonies. We show here instead th...

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Autores principales: Cau, Alessandro, Bramanti, Lorenzo, Cannas, Rita, Follesa, Maria Cristina, Angiolillo, Michela, Canese, Simonepietro, Bo, Marzia, Cuccu, Danila, Guizien, Katell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4796916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26988757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23322