Table 2 This table summarizes the biometric relationships used in the study.

From: The importance of coastal gorgonians in the blue carbon budget

 

H-L

POL

(mean ± SE)

AFDM

(mean ± SE)

H-AREA

Paramuricea clavata

 

y = 1.06x1.69 78

From 630 ± 139 to 26175 ± 578234

18.35 ± 2.33[*]

 

Eunicella singularis

S

y = 0.2869x1.9652[*]

31.1 ± 1.120

5.69 ± 0.47[*]

y = 0.0609x2.4655[*]

D

y = 0.4669x1.8432[*]

 

4.43 ± 0.37[*]

 

Leptogorgia sarmentosa

 

y = 2.1167x1.3684[*]

 

2.94 ± 0.67[*]

 
  1. * Indicates that the relationship was calculated in this study. H = height of the colony,(cm); L = total length of the colony,(cm); POL = number of polyps; in34 number of polyps per colony’size class; in20 number of polyps per cm−1; AFDM = ash free dry mass (mg cm−1); AREA = total colony surface area (cm2). For Eunicella singularis the biometric relationships are calculated for both the shallow (S) colonies (thus considering the autotrophic contribution to the species’ feeding) and the deep (D) colonies. Empty spaces mean that the corresponding relationship was not used for that species.
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