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This project investigates the ecological factors affecting the growth and mortality of Red Coral, a threatened Mediterranean species. It aims to develop restoration methods for depleted populations by studying the impacts of environmental variables and competition on coral health.
One of the most characteristic Mediterranean species, Red Coral (Corallium rubrum, L. 1758), is intensively harvested by professional divers, supporting a specialized jewellery industry with a long tradition.
However, all of its commercial stocks are overexploited now, and its populations consist of extremely young colonies (Santangelo & Abbiatti 2001;
Tsounis et al. 2007).
Recent data show that poaching of immature colonies has increased dramatically (Linares et al. 2003) and that the survival…
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