%0 Journal Article %J Coral Reefs %D 2000 %T Coral mortality in NW Mediterranean %A R. Rodolfo-Metalpa %A C.N. Bianchi %A A. Peirano %K Balanophyllia europaea %K benthos %K biodiversité %K biodiversity %K Cladocora caespitosa %K climate change %K coral %K coral reef %K Italie %K Italy %K mass mortality %K Méditerranée nord-occidentale %K Mer Méditerranée %K mortalité massive %K mortality %K récif coralien %K scleractinian %V 19 %X

In the Gulf of La Spezia (Italy, NW Mediterranean) we observed mortality of two common zooxanthellate species indigenous to the Mediterranean: Balanophyllia europaea and Cladocora caespitosa (Zibrowius 1980). The former is a solitary species; the latter is colonial and may form sizeable colonies.