Impact of bleaching on the coral Cladocora caespitosa in the eastern Adriatic Sea

2014 ◽  
Vol 509 ◽  
pp. 193-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Kružić ◽  
L Lipej ◽  
B Mavrič ◽  
P Rodić
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa

Banks of the coral Cladocora caespitosa (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) in the Adriatic Sea

Coral Reefs ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petar Kružić ◽  
Antonieta Požar-Domac
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa

Spawning of the colonial coral Cladocora caespitosa (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) in the Southern Adriatic Sea

Coral Reefs ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kružić ◽  
A. Žuljević ◽  
V. Nikolić
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa

Coral tissue mortality of the coral Cladocora caespitosa caused by gastropod Coralliophila meyendorffi in the Mljet National Park (eastern Adriatic Sea)

2013 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 2101-2108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petar Kružić ◽  
Pavica Sršen ◽  
Katarina Cetinić ◽  
Dušan Zavodnik
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
National Park ◽  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Coral Cover ◽  
Coral Tissue ◽  
Live Coral ◽  
Bottom Currents ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa ◽  
Population Outbreaks ◽  
Considerable Damage

The corallivorous gastropod Coralliophila meyendorffi (family Coralliophilidae) is a well-known predator of the coral Cladocora caespitosa, particularly in the eastern Adriatic Sea, where population outbreaks can drastically reduce coral cover. Coralliophila meyendorffi ranges in size from 5 to 40 mm in shell total length, and smaller specimens are often found living with the coral C. caespitosa. Specimens of C. meyendorffi feed exclusively on live coral tissue, stripping it from the calcium carbonate skeleton. Recent outbreaks of the gastropod C. meyendorffi have caused considerable damage on a C. caespitosa bank in Veliko Jezero (the Mljet National Park, eastern Adriatic Sea). The bank occurs at depths between 6 and 18 m, covering a 65  m2 area. During summer of 2010, a substantial outbreak affected about 5%t of the coral colonies. The gastropods were highly aggregated in sheltered areas of the coral bank (up to 41 specimens/dm2) with smaller clusters (from 8 to 12 specimens/dm2) on coral colonies that were influenced by strong bottom currents (up to 1.23 ms−1).

Impact of tuna farming on the banks of the coral Cladocora caespitosa in the Adriatic Sea

Coral Reefs ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kružić ◽  
A. Požar-Domac
Keyword(s):  
Adriatic Sea ◽  
Cladocora Caespitosa
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