本研究针对摩洛哥大西洋沿岸浅水区柳珊瑚（Gorgonian）生态系统的分布空白，通过ROV（遥控潜水器）视觉测绘技术，首次系统调查了27-112米水深范围内的37个位点。研究发现硬质基底（基岩、生物成因岩）支撑了以Eunicella verrucosa、Leptogorgia viminalis等为主的8个群落 ...

The analysis of both genetic and demographic structures of some habitat-forming species, for example the red gorgonian, is a key factor to improve marine reserve conservation management plans.

Among the species greatly affected by this environmental disturbance is the red gorgonian, Paramuricea clavata. Corals of major ecological importance due to their role as an engineer species.

Gorgonian corals, described by some scientists as the animal forests of the ocean, seem to be proliferating in the Caribbean, preliminary research suggests. A study of shallow reefs in St John ...

Among the species greatly affected by this environmental disturbance is the red gorgonian, Paramuricea clavata. Corals have a major ecological importance because of their role as an engineer species.

It took time to actually see all their secrets,” she said. The dolphins only rubbed against a gorgonian coral known as Rumphella aggregata, the leather coral Sarcophyton sp., and the sea sponge ...

These results suggest that Caribbean gorgonian corals may be more resilient to the ocean acidification levels projected by the end of the 21st century than previously thought. A new study on ...

Twenty meters (66 feet) beneath the surface, there were reef walls draped with soft red coral (Corallium rubrum) and red gorgonian sea-whips (Paramuricea clavata), all swarming with fish and other ...

Like the gorgonian coral, these other invertebrate organisms are known to produce bioactive substances, although how those substances might benefit dolphins was unknown. Related: These dolphins ...