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Lipid content and composition during the oocyte development of two gorgonian coral species in relation to low temperature preservation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Our previous studies have suggested that chilling sensitivity of coral oocytes may relate to their relatively high lipid intracellular content and lipid composition.
Chiahsin Lin +3 more
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The Brazilian octocoral Phyllogorgia dilatata as a source of cytotoxic compounds
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 The extensive marine biodiversity has proved to be a promising source of substances with biomedical potential. In this study, the cytotoxicity of the Brazilian octocoral Phyllogorgia dilatata (Gorgoniidae) was evaluated against two tumor cell lines and ...
THAYSSA S.F. FAGUNDES +11 more
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Development of Cryopreservation Techniques for Gorgonian (Junceella juncea) Oocytes through Vitrification. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Gorgonian corals are slowly declining due to human interaction and environmental impacts. Cryopreservation of gorgonian corals is an ex-situ method of conservation, ensuring future reproduction.
Sujune Tsai +4 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 The pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa is a habitat-forming octocoral living in the East Atlantic and in the Mediterranean Sea where, under proper circumstances, it can form large populations known as coral forests.
Giovanni Chimienti +2 more
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Vulnerable Forests of the Pink Sea Fan Eunicella verrucosa in the Mediterranean Sea
Diversity, 2020 The pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) can form coral forests at mesophotic depths in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the recognized importance of these habitats, they have been scantly studied and their distribution is ...
Giovanni Chimienti
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Reproduction, energy storage and metabolic requirements in a mesophotic population of the gorgonian Paramuricea macrospina. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 This study examined the sexual reproductive cycle, energy storage and metabolic requirements of a Mediterranean gorgonian in a mesophotic ecosystem (~70 m depth).
Jordi Grinyó +8 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Black corals are important habitat-forming species in the mesophotic and deep-sea zones of the world’s oceans because of their arborescent colony structure and tendency to form animal forests. Although we have started unraveling the ecology of mesophotic
Jeroen A. J. M. van de Water +6 more
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Scientia Marina, 2018 Gorgonian species play an important ecological role in the structure and function of marine communities. Human activities are negatively affecting the conservation status of gorgonian populations in the Mediterranean.
Raouia Ghanem +3 more
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Mesophotic Gorgonian Corals Evolved Multiple Times and Faster Than Deep and Shallow Lineages
Diversity, 2021 Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) develop on a unique environment, where abrupt environmental changes take place. Using a time-calibrated molecular phylogeny (mtDNA: mtMutS), we examined the lineage membership of mesophotic gorgonian corals ...
Juan A. Sánchez +3 more
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Natural Product Chemistry of Gorgonian Corals of Genus Junceella—Part II
Marine Drugs, 2011 The structures, names, bioactivities, and references of 81 new secondary metabolites obtained from gorgonian corals belonging to the genus Junceella are described in this review.
Mei-Chin Lu +12 more
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