The Brazilian endemic octocoral Phyllogorgia dilatata (elephant ear sea fan) plays a crucial ecological role in the marine ecosystems of the Brazilian coast. Our work investigates the local extinction of P. dilatata on Trindade Island, a remote oceanic island in the Southwestern Atlantic, and assesses the potential impacts of climate change on its distribution. Field surveys conducted over two years (2016-2019)...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T17:16:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-01-15; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); The Abrolhos Bank is an area of high ecological, socio-economic importance and harbour the richest and most extensive coral reefs in the South Atlantic. Here we repo...