High levels of recruitment underline the sustainability of octocoral populations to harvest

Climate change is reshaping marine ecosystems. In recent decades, octocorals have become dominant on many Caribbean reefs as scleractinian corals diminish due to rising ocean temperatures. Octocorals are now vital for maintaining habitat complexity and supporting biodiversity, but some species have...

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Published in:	Coral reefs Vol. 44; no. 6; pp. 1977 - 1989
Main Authors:	Castro-Sanguino, Carolina, Lasker, Howard R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2025 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adults Biodiversity Biomedical and Life Sciences Climate change Coral reefs Corals Demographics Demography Dynamics Ecosystems Fisheries Fishery regulations Fishing Freshwater & Marine Ecology Habitats Harvesting Islands Life Sciences Marine ecosystems Marine invertebrates Migration Mortality Ocean temperature Oceanography Overexploitation Population Population dynamics Populations Recovery Recruitment Recruitment (fisheries) Regulations Risk reduction Bahamas Coral demography Fisheries management Compensatory growth Ecological modelling Density-dependent recruitment
ISSN:	0722-4028, 1432-0975
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