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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/18340| Title: | New depth record of the precious red coral Corallium rubrum for the Mediterranean |
| Authors: | Knittweis, Leyla Aguilar, Ricardo Alvarez, Helena Borg, Joseph A. Evans, Julian Garcia, Silvia Schembri, Patrick J. |
| Keywords: | Deep sea corals -- Mediterranean Sea Coral colonies -- Mediterranean Sea Scleractinia -- Mediterranean Sea Black corals -- Mediterranean Sea |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | La Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée |
| Citation: | Knittweis, L., Aguilar, R., Alvarez, H., Borg, J. A., Evans, J., Garcia, S., & Schembri, P. J. (2016). New depth record of the precious red coral Corallium rubrum for the Mediterranean. Rapport du Congrès de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée, 41, 467. |
| Abstract: | Live colonies of the precious red coral Corallium rubrum have previously been recorded at depths of 600 -800 m in the Sicily Channel, but deep -water populations of this species remain poorly known. During a recent research expedition within the 25 nautical mile Fisheries Management Zone around the Maltese Islands, numerous colonies growing deeper than 800 m, down to depths of 1016 m were observed. These colonies were part of a diverse community of habitat -forming species of scleractinians, gorgonians and antipatharians. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/18340 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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