Historical record of Corallium rubrum and its changing carbon sequestration capacity: A meta-analysis from the North Western Mediterranean.

摘要: Background There is a scarcity of long time-span and geographically wide research on the health status Corallium rubrum, including limited its historical ecology carbon sequestration capacity. Objectives To reconstruct temporal trends most reported C. rubrum population parameters in Northwestern Mediterranean Sea to determine changes total by this species. Data sources Quantitative qualitative, academic grey documents were collected from scientific web browsers, libraries, requests scientists. Study eligibility criteria Documents with original information basal diameter, height and/or weight per colony, depth limit 60 m Catalan Ligurian Seas analyzed. Synthesis methods We calculated yearly average values biometric parameters, as well estimated weight, flux, fixation structures rubrum’s colonies. Results In both study areas, selected morphometric for decreased until 1990s, then increased 2000s, surpassing levels 1960s (Ligurian Sea) or reaching slightly lower than those 1980s (Catalan Sea). The difference sequestered between oldest (1960s: Sea; 1970s: lowest (1990s) biomass value colonies nearly double. Limitations data previous 1990s are very limited. Information recent recovery concentrated few areas biased towards marine protected scarce quantitative other areas. Conclusions The halt decreasing trend coincided exhaustion tree-like first response due effective protection measures some areas. Nevertheless, climate change mitigation capacity through can be drastically reduced potential only decades.