Naslov
BIOCONSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES OF THE TEMPERATE CORAL Cladocora caespitosa (ANTHOZOA, SCLERACTINIA) IN VELIKO JEZERO (MLJET NATIONAL PARK, ADRIATIC SEA)

Autori
Kružić, Petar ; Peirano, Andrea

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 1st Mediterranean Symposyum on the Coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions of the Mediterranean Sea / Pergent-Martini, C. ; Brichet, M. - Tabarka : RAC/SPA, 2009, 213-215

Skup
1st Mediterranean Symposyum on the Coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions of the Mediterranean Sea

Mjesto i datum
Tabarka, Tunis, 15.01.2009. - 16.01.2009

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Anthozoa; Coral; Cladocora caespitosa; Coral bank; Adriatic Sea; Mediterranean Sea

Sažetak
The Mediterranean endemic Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) is a colonial scleractinian coral belonging to the family Faviidae and the only zooxanthellate coral from Mediterranean whose colonies may fuse in reef-like structures similar to those in tropical seas. This coral is known as one of the major carbonate producers in the Mediterranean Sea. The C. caespitosa bank in Veliko jezero covers an area more than 650 m2, spreads at a depth from 6 to 18 meters, and is thus the largest bank of C. caespitosa found to date. The mean linear growth rate of the coral C. caespitosa, range from 1.75 to 5.64 mm• year-1 and this results is similar to the typical tropical reef-building corals.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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