A large non-parasitic population of Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) in the Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro)

A large non-parasitic population of Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) in the Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro)

Abstract The golden coral Savalia savaglia is a long-living ecosystem engineer of Mediterranean circalittoral assemblages, able to induce necrosis of gorgonians’ and black corals’ coenenchyme and grow on their cleaned organic skeleton. Despite its rarity, in Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro) a shallow...

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Main Authors: Martina Canessa, Egidio Trainito, Giorgio Bavestrello, Slavica Petović, Nikola Đorđević, Vesna Mačić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Parazoanthidae
Infralittoral zone
Vrulja
Asexual reproduction
Animal forests
Marine protected areas
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58101-y

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58101-y

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