Polyp loss and mass occurrence of sea urchins on bamboo corals in the deep sea: an indirect effect of fishing impact?

Pål Buhl-Mortensen; Andreia Braga-Henriques; Angela Stevenson

doi:10.1002/ecy.3564

Polyp loss and mass occurrence of sea urchins on bamboo corals in the deep sea: an indirect effect of fishing impact?

Ecology. 2022 Feb;103(2):e03564. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3564. Epub 2021 Dec 13.

Authors

Pål Buhl-Mortensen¹, Andreia Braga-Henriques^{2

3}, Angela Stevenson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Benthic Communities and Coastal Interactions Research Group, Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway.
² MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI), Piso 2, Caminho da Penteada, 9020-105, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
³ Regional Directorate for Fisheries, Regional Secretariat for the Sea and Fisheries, Government of the Azores, Rua Cônsul Dabney - Colónia Alemã, 9900-014, Horta, Azores, Portugal.
⁴ Marine Evolutionary Ecology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105, Kiel, Germany.

PMID: 34674254
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3564

No abstract available

Keywords: Dermechinus horridus; Isididae; cold-water corals; echinoid; ecosystem state shifts; longline fishing; octocoral; polyp bailout; resilience; vulnerable marine ecosystem.

MeSH terms

Animals
Anthozoa*
Ecosystem
Hunting
Sea Urchins