Journal
CORAL REEFS
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 237-240Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0681-7
Keywords
Millepora sp; Hydrocoral; First record; Canary Islands; Extreme climatic event
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- Spanish 'Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion' [CTM2010_21724]
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The occurrence of a hydrocoral of the genus Millepora has been recorded for the first time in the eastern subtropical Atlantic (Tenerife, Canary Islands), at a latitude of 11A(0) N of its previously known northernmost limit of distribution in the Cape Verde Islands. The moderate development of the colonies, their fast growth rate and very restricted location indicate a recent colonization process, possibly related to an extreme climatic event that took place in the summer of 2004, adding to the rising seawater temperatures in the region during recent years.
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