Long-term responses of the endemic reef-builder Cladocora caespitosa to Mediterranean warming.

Recurrent climate-induced mass-mortalities have been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea over the past 15 years. Cladocora caespitosa, the sole zooxanthellate scleractinian reef-builder in the Mediterranean, is among the organisms affected by these episodes. Extensive bioconstructions of this endemic...

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Main Authors: Diego K Kersting, Nathaniel Bensoussan, Cristina Linares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3741371?pdf=render