Anthony M Bonacolta

Dec 10, 2023 | ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Anthony M Bonacolta |Jordi Miravall |Daniel Gómez-Gras |Jean-Baptiste Ledoux

INTRODUCTION Paramuricea clavata is a slow-growing octocoral prevalent in the temperate Mediterranean Sea (Linares et al., 2007). Gorgonians, such as P. clavata, are habitat-forming species of biodiversity-rich hard-bottom benthic communities where they provide complex habitats for numerous organisms contributing significantly to the biodiversity of the region (Ballesteros, 2006). P.