Ecological Archives E088-057-A4

Cristina Linares, Daniel F. Doak, Rafel Coma, David Díaz, and Mikel Zabala. 2007. Life history and viability of a long-lived marine invertebrate: the octocoral Paramuricea clavata. Ecology 88:918–928.

Appendix D. Vital rates of Paramuricea clavata populations at Medes Islands and Cap de Creus over the study period.

TABLE D1. Vital rates of Paramuricea clavata populations at Medes Islands and Cap de Creus over the study period. Survival rates were estimated as the percentage of survival colonies, growth and shrink rates as the percentage of colonies that changed of size class, and recruitment rates as the percentage of new colonies over the total population (N) during each transition

Site

Years

N

Survival

Growth

Shrink

Recruitment

Medes Islands

2001-2002

578

89.79

8.43

8.26

5.36

 

2002-2003

548

93.07

8.47

1.62

0.91

 

2003-2004

516

90.12

3.62

5.52

3.29

 

Average

 

90.99

6.84

5.13

3.19

Cap de Creus

2002-2003

273

93.05

10.22

3.65

1.83

 

2003-2004

259

91.51

6.92

4.23

5.4

 

Average

 

92.28

8.57

3.94

3.62



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