Observation record

ID: 200559

Species: uncertain taxon_Lophogorgia ceratophyta

Original species entered: 1564496 (WoRMS)

Location: Tinetto rock, La Spezia, Italy

Primary resource: Mistri, M., & Ceccherelli, V. U. (1993) Growth of the Mediterranean Gorgonian Lophogorgia ceratophyta (L., 1758).

Secondary resource: Munari, C., Serafin, G., & Mistri, M. (2013) Structure, growth and secondary production of two Tyrrhenian populations of the white gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Esper 1791).

Contributor: Daniel Gomez Gras

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Measurements

• 251719

  Growth rate

  3.00 (cm yr^-1)

  Maximum

  Growth rate estimated from length-age growth functions
  
  
• 251717

  Colony age

  12.80 (years)

  Median

  Growth rings count
  
  
  0.10 - 25.50 (Range)

  replicates: 36
• 251716

  Water depth

  21.50 (m)

  Median

  Depth gauge
  
  
  16.00 - 27.00 (Range)
• 251720

  Trunk diameter

  0.56 (mm)

  Median

  Callipers
  
  
  0.08 - 1.05 (Range)

  replicates: 36
• 251721

  Projected side area

  1656.05 (cm^2)

  Median

  Polygon of superposed rectangles
  
  
  0.10 - 3312.00 (Range)

  replicates: 36
• 251718

  Colony height

  31.40 (cm)

  Median

  Image analysis
  
  
  0.80 - 62.00 (Range)

  replicates: 36
• 251715

  Growth rate

  2.57 (cm yr^-1)

  Mean

  Growth rate estimated from length-age growth functions
  
  
  0.470 (Standard deviation)

  replicates: 36