Polyp loss and mass occurrence of sea urchins on bamboo corals in the deep sea: an indirect effect of fishing impact?

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Dermechinus horridus and colleagues from the Centre , Kiel, Germany have published the article: Polyp loss and mass occurrence of sea urchins on bamboo corals in the deep sea: an indirect effect of fishing impact?, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
• what: The authors propose that polyp bailout progress from tips (Fig 1f) as well as from near the urchins, resulting in polyp loss along the entire skeleton (see newly naked skeleton in Fig 1a, e).

SUMMARY

In situ observations of this behavior (referred to as "polyp bailout") were first documented in tropical . . .

 



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