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Mutualistic symbiosis with ophiuroids limited the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea octocorals
2016
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Deep-water corals form structurally complex biological habitats in the deep-sea that are generally associated with a diverse fauna. Yet, little is known about the effect of symbionts on coral resilience to natural or anthropogenic impacts. This study focused on the influence of the ophiuroid symbiont Asteroschema clavigerum on the resilience of its octocoral host Paramuricea biscaya after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Corals were imaged between 2011 and 2014 at 4 sites,
doi:10.3354/meps11697
fatcat:jby54tjbpjb6bfkmovnndwfslq