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Effects of gorgonian forests on the recruitment of epibenthic species
Ponti, M.; Perlini, R.A.; Ventra, V.; Grech, D.; Previati, M.; Huete Stauffer, C.; Abbiati, M.; Cerrano, C. (2011). Effects of gorgonian forests on the recruitment of epibenthic species. Biol. Mar. Medit. 18(1): 89-92
In: Biologia Marina Mediterranea. Società Italiana di Biologia Marina: Genova. ISSN 1123-4245, more
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Keywords
    Eunicella cavolini (Koch, 1887) [WoRMS]; Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1827) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    benthos, interaction, species diversity, Eunicella cavolinii, Paramuricea clavata

Authors  Top | Dataset 
  • Ponti, M.
  • Perlini, R.A.
  • Ventra, V.
  • Grech, D.
  • Previati, M.
  • Huete Stauffer, C.
  • Abbiati, M.
  • Cerrano, C.

Abstract
    The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible effects of the gorgonian forests on the short-term recruitment of epibenthic species in the coralligenous assemblages. Apical branches of Eunicella cavolinii and Paramuricea clavata were transplanted on recruitment plastic panels deployed in two experimental sites (Tavolara and Portofino). Four months after the deployment, epibenthic assemblages colonising the panels largely differed between sites and in relation to the gorgonian species revealing both site and species-specific gorgonian forests effects. Overall, both gorgonian species reduced the growth rate of non-calcareous algae and the recruitment of some serpulid polychaetes.

Dataset
  • CorMedNet- Distribution and demographic data of habitat-forming invertebrate species from Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages between 1882 and 2019., more

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