Jordi Grinyó

TL;DR: Evidence is shown for the first time of detrimental ocean acidification effects on the Mediterranean red coral species from aquaria experiments, suggesting a possible effect of pH decrease on the metabolism of the colonies.

TL;DR: In this article, a new mound field, the West Melilla mounds, interpreted as being cold-water coral mounds has been recently unveiled along the upper slope of the Mediterranean Moroccan continental margin, a few kilometers west of the Cape Tres Forcas.

TL;DR: Gorgonians are a key group of organisms in benthic marine communities with a wide bathymetric and geographical distribution and their presence on continental shelves and slopes suggests high recruitment rates on the continental shelf, but perturbations on the shelf edge and upper slope may limit the presence of intermediate and large colonies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a quantitative analysis of the scleractinian cold-water coral assemblages from Cabliers coral mounds in the Alboran Sea (westernmost Mediterranean).

TL;DR: Investigating the medium- to long-term effect of a low pH scenario on calcification and the biochemical composition of two CWCs from the Mediterranean confirmed a heterogeneous effect of low pH on the skeletal growth rate of the organisms depending on their initial weight, suggesting that those specimens with high calcification rates may be the most susceptible to the negative effects of acidification.