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Article Dans Une Revue Mediterranean Marine Science Année : 2023

The deep vault: a temporary refuge for temperate gorgonian forests facing marine heat waves

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Climate change poses a significant threat to coastal areas, marked by the increasing intensity and frequency of marine heat waves observed in various ecosystems around the world. Over the last 25 years, a vast number of Mediterranean populations of the red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata have been impacted by marine heatwaves. The last mass mortality occurred during the summer of 2022 in the Western Mediterranean Sea, affecting mostly shallow populations (down to 30 m depth). Here we provide an assessment of the health status of mesophotic P. clavata populations down to 90 m depth to investigate a depth refuge hypothesis. Results show that the impact of marine heat waves decreases with depth, with a significant drop in mortality below 40 m Mediterranean Marine Science Indexed in WoS (Web of Science, ISI Thomson) and SCOPUS The journal is available on line at http://www.medit-mar-sc.net www.hcmr.gr
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hal-04292215 , version 1 (17-11-2023)

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Lorenzo Bramanti, Elisabetta Manea, Bruna Giordano, Tristan Estaque, Olivier Bianchimani, et al.. The deep vault: a temporary refuge for temperate gorgonian forests facing marine heat waves. Mediterranean Marine Science, 2023, 24 (3), pp.601-609. ⟨10.12681/mms.35564⟩. ⟨hal-04292215⟩
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