Sobre la presencia de hidrocorales del género Millepora (Hydrozoa:milleporidae) en el Atlántico Oriental subtropical (islas Canarias) y su relación con eventos climáticos
- Brito Hernández, Alberto Miguel
- Rodríguez, Adriana
- Monterroso Hoyos, Oscar
- Clemente Martín, María Sabrina
- Hernández Pérez, José Carlos
- Viera, Francisco J.
- González, J. A.
ISSN: 1130-4723
Year of publication: 2009
Volume: 21
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 35-44
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias: = Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum
Abstract
The occurrence of a hydrocoral of the genus Millepora has been recorded for the first time in the Eastern subtropical Atlantic (Tenerife, Canary Islands), at a latitude of eleven degrees North of its previously known northernmost limit of distribution at Cape Verde Islands. The moderate degree of development of the colonies, their fast growth rate and the location restricted to a very limited space indicate a process of recent colonization, probably related to an extreme climatic event that took place in the summer of 2004, added to the ris- ing seawater temperatures in the region during the last years.