Demographics and population ecology of the range-expanding zooxanthellate coral Oculina patagonica in the Mediterranean Sea 

Serrano i Gras, Eduard (Date of defense: 2018-02-19)

Shallow-water rocky ecosystems in temperate areas are dominated by macroalgae, whilst zooxanthellate corals are extremely rare. In an era of global change, sea warming plays a crucial role in the widespread phase shifts ...