Publications by authors named "Guillem Corbera"
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- Cold-water coral reefs are rich in biodiversity, but there is limited understanding of how they develop in terms of morphology and the driving processes behind it.
- A two-month study using flume experiments found that unidirectional water flow impacts coral growth and stress levels in Lophelia pertusa, with corals on the upstream side growing better due to higher current speeds and better food and ion intake.
- The research indicates that local water flow conditions influence the morphology of coral reefs as they tend to grow towards the current, suggesting that coral distributions are a result of spatial self-organization influenced by hydrodynamic factors.
We analyzed litter occurrence in 68 underwater video transects performed on the middle/outer continental shelf and submarine canyon off Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean), an area recently declared Site of Community Importance (SCI). Low densities of urban litter were registered on the shelf (7.2 items ha), increasing in abundance towards the deepest part of the submarine canyon, with 188 items ha below 1000 m depth.
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