A catastrophic mass‐mortality episode of gorgonians and other organisms in the Ligurian Sea (North‐western Mediterranean), summer 1999

Cerrano, Carlo; Bavestrello, Giorgio; Nike Bianchi, Carlo; Cattaneo‐Vietti, Riccardo; Bava, Simone; Morganti, C.; Morri, Carla; Picco, Paola; Sara, G.; Schiaparelli, Stefano; G. Siccardi, Antonio; Sponga, Federica

doi:10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00152.x

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A catastrophic mass‐mortality episode of gorgonians and other organisms in the Ligurian Sea (North‐western Mediterranean), summer 1999

Published in Ecology Letters • Jul 1, 2000

Authors:

Carlo Cerrano

Giorgio Bavestrello

Carlo Nike Bianchi

Abstract

In the late summer of 1999, an extensive mortality of gorgonians and other epi‐benthic organisms was observed in the Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) from the Tuscan Archipelago to Marseille. Quantitative data from Tino Island and Portofino Promontory indicated that the proportion of affected gorgon...

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Archipelago

Mediterranean climate

Mediterranean sea

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