FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Bathymetric distribution and growth rates of Eunicella verrucosa (Cnidaria: Gorgoniidae) populations along the Marseilles coast (France) BT AF SARTORETTO, Stephane FRANCOUR, Patrice AS 1:1;2:2; FF 1:PDG-ODE-LER-LERPAC;2:; C1 IFREMER, La Seyne Sur Mer, France. Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, EA ECOMERS 4228, Fac Sci, F-06108 Nice 2, France. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV NICE, FRANCE SI TOULON SE PDG-ODE-LER-LERPAC IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 1.01 TC 14 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00087/19859/17508.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Eunicella verrucosa;Mediterranean Sea;growth rate;population structure AB Gorgonians are important organisms in the Mediterranean Sea, where they form rocky benthic communities. Four main species (3 Holaxonia and 1 Scleraxonia) are predominant in infra- and circalittoral communities of the northwestern Mediterranean basin. Other species, such as Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766), are more rarely encountered. The expansion to unusually shallow bathymetric levels has been noted in the region of Marseilles (France) (between 20 and 40 m depth). A ten-year monitoring of colonies was used to assess the growth rate according to age (size): from 3.33 cm year(-1) (height <15 cm) to 0.62 cm year(-1) (height >40 cm). PY 2012 PD JUL SO Scientia Marina SN 0214-8358 PU Inst Ciencias Mar Barcelona VL 76 IS 2 UT 000305344200016 BP 349 EP 355 DI 10.3989/scimar.03262.16B ID 19859 ER EF