This is a comprehensive and accessible overview of what is known about the structure and
mechanics of bone, bones, and teeth. In it, John Currey incorporates critical new concepts …

While scleractinian coral populations continue to diminish throughout the Caribbean,
gorgonian corals are showing signs of resilience and in some areas are thriving. Despite …

Coastal marine protected areas (MPAs) are usually established with an aim to protect areas
of special ecological value. However, protected areas tend to attract more tourism and …

The mean predicted decrease of 0.3–0.4 pH units in the global surface ocean by the end of
the century has prompted urgent research to assess the potential effects of ocean …

Branches of a variety of species of gorgonians representing the common sclerite types were
fixed in flexed (bent) positions and examined by scanning electron microscopy. To …

Gorgonian assemblages were surveyed on two oceanic atolls in the southwestern
Caribbean Sea (Albuquerque Cays and Courtown Cays, Colombia). Classification analysis …

Materials and Methods All specimens examined during this investigation (Table 1) are
preserved in the permanent research collections of the US National Museum of Natural …

Abstract The gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1794) is abundant on rocky bottoms at
Cap de Creus (42° 18′ 49 ″N; 003° 19′ 23 ″E) in the western Mediterranean, and this …

Most biological beams bend and twist relatively easily compared to human-made structures.
This paper investigates flexibility in 57 diverse biological beams in an effort to identify …

We quantified the phenotypic variation in weight and architectural parameters of fan-like
colonies of the gorgonian Eunicella cavolini. For the quantification of the morphological …