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Reproduction, energy storage and metabolic requirements in a mesophotic population of the gorgonian Paramuricea macrospina

This study examined the sexual reproductive cycle, energy storage and metabolic requirements of a Mediterranean gorgonian in a mesophotic ecosystem (~70 m depth). Paramuricea macrospina resulted to be a gonochoric internal brooding species with a 1:1 population sex ratio. Oogenesis lasted ~12–14 mon...

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Autores principales: Grinyó, Jordi, Viladrich, Núria, Díaz, David, Muñoz, Anabel, Mallol, Sandra, Salazar, Janire, Castillo, Raquel, Gili, Josep-Maria, Gori, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6157850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30256802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203308