Marine heatwaves on the rise: One of the strongest ever observed mass mortality event in temperate gorgonians

Tristan Estaque; Justine Richaume; Olivier Bianchimani; Quentin Schull; Bastien Mérigot; Nathaniel Bensoussan; Patrick Bonhomme; Pauline Vouriot; Stéphane Sartoretto; Tiffany Monfort; Solène Basthard-Bogain; Margaux Fargetton; Giulia Gatti; Laura Barth; Adrien Cheminée; Joaquim Garrabou

doi:10.1111/gcb.16931

Marine heatwaves on the rise: One of the strongest ever observed mass mortality event in temperate gorgonians

Glob Chang Biol. 2023 Nov;29(22):6159-6162. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16931. Epub 2023 Sep 8.

Authors

Tristan Estaque¹, Justine Richaume¹, Olivier Bianchimani¹, Quentin Schull², Bastien Mérigot², Nathaniel Bensoussan³, Patrick Bonhomme⁴, Pauline Vouriot⁴, Stéphane Sartoretto⁵, Tiffany Monfort¹, Solène Basthard-Bogain¹, Margaux Fargetton¹, Giulia Gatti¹, Laura Barth¹, Adrien Cheminée¹, Joaquim Garrabou^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Septentrion Environnement, Marseille, France.
² MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, IFREMER, IRD, CNRS, Sète, France.
³ Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO), Marseille, France.
⁴ Parc National des Calanques, Marseille, France.
⁵ IFREMER, Centre Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France.
⁶ Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 37681400
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16931

Abstract

Gorgonian population after the 2022 mass mortality event (MME) in the Calanques National Park. The year 2022 was marked by a historic gorgonian MME. This study describes the consequences for the red gorgonian (Paramuricea clavata) and red coral (Corallium rubrum) populations in the Calanques National Park (Marseille, France).

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