Growth of the ten species in Mediterranean coralligenous communities.

Notes:a: N. Teixidó (unpublished data),b: Torrents (2007),c: Zibrowius (1980).*Growth data for Alcyonium acaule is not presented due to the extreme low growth values.Annual growth rate estimates (diameter or n° branches) were generated for each species based on mean, upper quartile (highest 75% of data), upper decile (highest 90% of data), and maximum values. Data also include the percentage of individuals showing 0 or negative growth over each census (% 0 or neg.). Max Diameter indicates the largest colonies encountered in the field or literature.