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53. Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Hoffman, Razy, Rizgalla, Jamila, Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva, Levitt-Barmats, Ya’arit, Hadjioannou, Louis, Trkov, Domen, Garmendia, Joxe Mikel, Rizzo, Miraine, Bartolo, Angela G., Bariche, Michel, Tomas, Fiona, Kleitou, Periklis, Schembri, Patrick J., Kletou, Demetris, Tiralongo, Francesco, Pergent, Christine, Pergent, Gérard, Azzurro, Ernesto, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Lodola, Alice, Ballesteros, Enric, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Verlaque, Marc, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Kytinou, Eleni, Dailianis, Thanos, Ferrario, Jasmine, Crocetta, Fabio, Jimenez, Carlos, Evans, Julian, Ragkousis, Michail, Lipej, Lovrenc, Borg, Joseph A., Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Albano, Paolo G., Kalogirou, Stefanos, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Badalamenti, Fabio, Langeneck, Joachim, Noel, Pierre, Deidun, Alan, Marchini, Agnese, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Royo, Laura, Sini, Maria, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Sghaier, Yassine-Ramzi, Ghanem, Raouia, Doumpas, Nikos, Zaouali, Jeanne, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Papadakis, Orestis, Morri, Carla, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Terrados, Jorge, Insacco, Gianni, Zava, Bruno, Soufi-Kechaou, Emna, Piazzi, Luigi, Ben Amor, Khadija Ounifi, Andriotis, Emmanouil, Gambi, Maria Cristina, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Garrabou, Joaquim, Linares, Cristina, Fortič, Ana, Digenis, Markos, Cebrian, Emma, Fourt, Maïa, Zotou, Maria, Castriota, Luca, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Rosso, Antonietta, Pipitone, Carlo, Falautano, Manuela, García, María, Zakhama-Sraieb, Rym, Khamassi, Faten, Mannino, Anna Maria, Ktari, Mohamed Hédi, Kosma, Ioanna, Rifi, Mouna, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Yapıcı, Sercan, Bos, Arthur R., Balistreri, Paolo, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Tempesti, Jonathan, Inglese, Omar, Giovos, Ioannis, Damalas, Dimitrios, Benhissoune, Said, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Santamaría, Jorge, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Stamouli, Caterina, Montefalcone, Monica, Cerim, Hasan, Golo, Raül, Tsioli, Soultana, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Michailidis, Nikolas, Gaglioti, Martina, Taşkın, Ergün, Mancuso, Emilio, Žunec, Ante, Cvitković, Ivan, Filiz, Halit, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Siapatis, Apostolos, Mavrič, Borut, Karaa, Sami, Türker, Ali, Monniot, Françoise, Verdura, Jana, El Ouamari, Najib, Selfati, Mohamed, Zenetos, Argyro, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Hoffman, Razy, Rizgalla, Jamila, Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva, Levitt-Barmats, Ya’arit, Hadjioannou, Louis, Trkov, Domen, Garmendia, Joxe Mikel, Rizzo, Miraine, Bartolo, Angela G., Bariche, Michel, Tomas, Fiona, Kleitou, Periklis, Schembri, Patrick J., Kletou, Demetris, Tiralongo, Francesco, Pergent, Christine, Pergent, Gérard, Azzurro, Ernesto, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Lodola, Alice, Ballesteros, Enric, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Verlaque, Marc, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Kytinou, Eleni, Dailianis, Thanos, Ferrario, Jasmine, Crocetta, Fabio, Jimenez, Carlos, Evans, Julian, Ragkousis, Michail, Lipej, Lovrenc, Borg, Joseph A., Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Albano, Paolo G., Kalogirou, Stefanos, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Badalamenti, Fabio, Langeneck, Joachim, Noel, Pierre, Deidun, Alan, Marchini, Agnese, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Royo, Laura, Sini, Maria, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Sghaier, Yassine-Ramzi, Ghanem, Raouia, Doumpas, Nikos, Zaouali, Jeanne, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Papadakis, Orestis, Morri, Carla, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Terrados, Jorge, Insacco, Gianni, Zava, Bruno, Soufi-Kechaou, Emna, Piazzi, Luigi, Ben Amor, Khadija Ounifi, Andriotis, Emmanouil, Gambi, Maria Cristina, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Garrabou, Joaquim, Linares, Cristina, Fortič, Ana, Digenis, Markos, Cebrian, Emma, Fourt, Maïa, Zotou, Maria, Castriota, Luca, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Rosso, Antonietta, Pipitone, Carlo, Falautano, Manuela, García, María, Zakhama-Sraieb, Rym, Khamassi, Faten, Mannino, Anna Maria, Ktari, Mohamed Hédi, Kosma, Ioanna, Rifi, Mouna, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Yapıcı, Sercan, Bos, Arthur R., Balistreri, Paolo, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Tempesti, Jonathan, Inglese, Omar, Giovos, Ioannis, Damalas, Dimitrios, Benhissoune, Said, Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Santamaría, Jorge, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Stamouli, Caterina, Montefalcone, Monica, Cerim, Hasan, Golo, Raül, Tsioli, Soultana, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Michailidis, Nikolas, Gaglioti, Martina, Taşkın, Ergün, Mancuso, Emilio, Žunec, Ante, Cvitković, Ivan, Filiz, Halit, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Siapatis, Apostolos, Mavrič, Borut, Karaa, Sami, Türker, Ali, Monniot, Françoise, Verdura, Jana, El Ouamari, Najib, Selfati, Mohamed, and Zenetos, Argyro

Abstract

Good datasets of geo-referenced records of alien species are a prerequisite for assessing the spatio-temporal dynamics of biological invasions, their invasive potential, and the magnitude of their impacts. However, with the exception of first records on a country level or wider regions, observations of species presence tend to remain unpublished, buried in scattered repositories or in the personal databases of experts. Through an initiative to collect, harmonize and make such unpublished data for marine alien and cryptogenic species in the Mediterranean Sea available, a large dataset comprising 5376 records was created. It includes records of 239 alien or cryptogenic taxa (192 Animalia, 24 Plantae, 23 Chromista) from 19 countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. In terms of records, the most reported Phyla in descending order were Chordata, Mollusca, Chlorophyta, Arthropoda, and Rhodophyta. The most recorded species was Caulerpa cylindracea, followed by Siganus luridus, Magallana sp. (cf. gigas or angulata) and Pterois miles. The dataset includes records from 1972 to 2020, with the highest number of records observed in 2018. Among the records of the dataset, Dictyota acutiloba is a first record for the Mediterranean Sea. Nine first country records are also included: the alga Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla, the cube boxfish Ostracion cubicus, and the cleaner shrimp Urocaridella pulchella from Israel; the sponge Paraleucilla magna from Libya and Slovenia; the lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus from Cyprus; the bryozoan Celleporaria vermiformis and the polychaetes Prionospio depauperata and Notomastus aberans from Malta.

Published
2020

54. Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species

Author

European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Katsanevakis, Stelios, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Hoffman, Razy, Rizgalla, Jamila, Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva, Levitt-Barmats, Ya’arit, Hadjioannou, Louis, Trkov, Domen, Garmendia, Joxe M., Rizzo, Miraine, Bartolo, Angela G., Pipitone, C., Digenis, Markos, Cebrian, Emma, Castriota, Luca, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Rosso, Antonietta, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Falautano, Manuela, García González, María, Zakhama-Sraieb, Rym, Cerim, Hasan, Yapıcı, Sercan, Khamassi, Faten, Santamaría, Jorge, Kosma, Ioanna, Rifi, Mouna, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Taşkın, Ergün, Bos, Arthur R., Balistreri, Paolo, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Tempesti, Jonathan, Gaglioti, Martina, Giovos, Ioannis, Damalas, Dimitros, Benhissoune, Said, Türker, Ali, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Izquierdo, Andrés, Stamouli, Caterina, Montefalcone, Monica, Tomàs, Fiona, Golo, Raül, Tsioli, Soultana, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Tiralongo, Francesco, Filiz, Halit, Michailidis, Nikolas, Bariche, Michel, Mancuso, Emilio, Žunec, Ante, Cvitković, Ivan, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Siapatis, Apostolos, Mavrič, Borut, Selfati, Mohamed, Karaa, Sami, Ballesteros, Enric, Monniot, Françoise, Verdura, Jana, El Ouamari, Najib, Lipej, Lovrenc, Zenetos, Argyro, Kleitou, Periklis, Schembri, Patrick J., Kletou, Demetris, Ragkousis, Michail, Pergent, Christine, Pergent, Gérard, Azzurro, Ernesto, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Dailianis, Thanos, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Lodola, Alice, Verlaque, Marc, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Kytinou, Eleni, Royo, Laura, Ferrario, Jasmine, Crocetta, Fabio, Jiménez, Carlos, Albano, Paolo G., Evans, Julian, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Borg, Joseph A., Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Morri, Carla, Badalamenti, F., Langeneck, Joachim, Noel, Pierre, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Ghanem, Raouia, Deidun, Alan, Marchini, Agnese, Sini, Maria, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Sghaier, Yassine-Ramzi, Zotou, Maria, Doumpas, Nikos, Zaouali, Jeanne, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Soufi-Kechaou, Emna, Papadakis, Orestis, Fourt, Maïa, Terrados, Jorge, Insacco, Gianni, Zava, Bruno, Hédi Ktari, Mohamed, Piazzi, Luigi, Ben Amor, Khadija Ounifi, Andriotis, Emmanouil, Gambi, María Cristina, Maninno, Anna Maria, Garrabou, Joaquim, Linares, Cristina, Fortič, Ana, Inglese, Omar, European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Katsanevakis, Stelios, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Hoffman, Razy, Rizgalla, Jamila, Rothman, Shevy Bat-Sheva, Levitt-Barmats, Ya’arit, Hadjioannou, Louis, Trkov, Domen, Garmendia, Joxe M., Rizzo, Miraine, Bartolo, Angela G., Pipitone, C., Digenis, Markos, Cebrian, Emma, Castriota, Luca, Di Martino, Vincenzo, Rosso, Antonietta, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Falautano, Manuela, García González, María, Zakhama-Sraieb, Rym, Cerim, Hasan, Yapıcı, Sercan, Khamassi, Faten, Santamaría, Jorge, Kosma, Ioanna, Rifi, Mouna, Karachle, Paraskevi K., Taşkın, Ergün, Bos, Arthur R., Balistreri, Paolo, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Huseyinoglu, Mehmet Fatih, Tempesti, Jonathan, Gaglioti, Martina, Giovos, Ioannis, Damalas, Dimitros, Benhissoune, Said, Türker, Ali, Rjiba-Bahri, Wafa, Izquierdo, Andrés, Stamouli, Caterina, Montefalcone, Monica, Tomàs, Fiona, Golo, Raül, Tsioli, Soultana, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Tiralongo, Francesco, Filiz, Halit, Michailidis, Nikolas, Bariche, Michel, Mancuso, Emilio, Žunec, Ante, Cvitković, Ivan, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Siapatis, Apostolos, Mavrič, Borut, Selfati, Mohamed, Karaa, Sami, Ballesteros, Enric, Monniot, Françoise, Verdura, Jana, El Ouamari, Najib, Lipej, Lovrenc, Zenetos, Argyro, Kleitou, Periklis, Schembri, Patrick J., Kletou, Demetris, Ragkousis, Michail, Pergent, Christine, Pergent, Gérard, Azzurro, Ernesto, Tsiamis, Konstantinos, Dailianis, Thanos, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Lodola, Alice, Verlaque, Marc, Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna, Kytinou, Eleni, Royo, Laura, Ferrario, Jasmine, Crocetta, Fabio, Jiménez, Carlos, Albano, Paolo G., Evans, Julian, Skouradakis, Grigorios, Borg, Joseph A., Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Kalogirou, Stefanos, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Morri, Carla, Badalamenti, F., Langeneck, Joachim, Noel, Pierre, Ben Amor, Mohamed Mourad, Ghanem, Raouia, Deidun, Alan, Marchini, Agnese, Sini, Maria, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Sghaier, Yassine-Ramzi, Zotou, Maria, Doumpas, Nikos, Zaouali, Jeanne, Tsirintanis, Konstantinos, Soufi-Kechaou, Emna, Papadakis, Orestis, Fourt, Maïa, Terrados, Jorge, Insacco, Gianni, Zava, Bruno, Hédi Ktari, Mohamed, Piazzi, Luigi, Ben Amor, Khadija Ounifi, Andriotis, Emmanouil, Gambi, María Cristina, Maninno, Anna Maria, Garrabou, Joaquim, Linares, Cristina, Fortič, Ana, and Inglese, Omar

Abstract

Good datasets of geo-referenced records of alien species are a prerequisite for assessing the spatio-temporal dynamics of biological invasions, their invasive potential, and the magnitude of their impacts. However, with the exception of first records on a country level or wider regions, observations of species presence tend to remain unpublished, buried in scattered repositories or in the personal databases of experts. Through an initiative to collect, harmonize and make such unpublished data for marine alien and cryptogenic species in the Mediterranean Sea available, a large dataset comprising 5376 records was created. It includes records of 239 alien or cryptogenic taxa (192 Animalia, 24 Plantae, 23 Chromista) from 19 countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. In terms of records, the most reported Phyla in descending order were Chordata, Mollusca, Chlorophyta, Arthropoda, and Rhodophyta. The most recorded species was Caulerpa cylindracea, followed by Siganus luridus, Magallana sp. (cf. gigas or angulata) and Pterois miles. The dataset includes records from 1972 to 2020, with the highest number of records observed in 2018. Among the records of the dataset, Dictyota acutiloba is a first record for the Mediterranean Sea. Nine first country records are also included: the alga Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla, the cube boxfish Ostracion cubicus, and the cleaner shrimp Urocaridella pulchella from Israel; the sponge Paraleucilla magna from Libya and Slovenia; the lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus from Cyprus; the bryozoan Celleporaria vermiformis and the polychaetes Prionospio depauperata and Notomastus aberans from Malta.

Published
2020

59. Eavesdropping on dolphins: Investigating the habits of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) through fixed acoustic stations

Author

Alessi, Jessica, primary, Mandich, Alberta, additional, Wurtz, Maurizio, additional, Paoli, Chiara, additional, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, additional, Morri, Carla, additional, Povero, Paolo, additional, Brunoldi, Marco, additional, Bozzini, Giorgio, additional, Casale, Alessandra, additional, Grosso, Daniele, additional, Cappanera, Valentina, additional, Fanciulli, Giorgio, additional, Melchiorre, Christian, additional, Viano, Gianni, additional, Bei, Massimiliano, additional, Stasi, Nicola, additional, Taiuti, Mauro Gino, additional, and Vassallo, Paolo, additional

Published
2019
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61. Mediterranean bioconstructions along the Italian coast

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Ingrosso, Gianmarco, Abbiati, Marco, Badalamenti, Fabio, Bavestrello, Giorgio, Belmonte, Genuario, Cannas, Rita, Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro, Bertolino, Marco, Bevilacqua, Stanislao, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Marzia, Bo, Boscari, Elisa, Cardone, Frine, Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo, Cau, Alessandro, Cerrano, Carlo, Chemello, Renato, Chimienti, Giovanni, Congiu, Leonardo, Corriero, Giuseppe, Costantini, Federica, De Leo, Francesco, Donnarumma, Luigia, Falace, Annalisa, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Giangrande, Adriana, Gravina, Maria Flavia, Guarnieri, Giuseppe, Mastrototaro, Francesco, Milazzo, Marco, Morri, Carla, Musco, Luigi, Pezzolesi, Laura, Piraino, Stefano, Prada, Fiorella, Ponti, Massimo, Rindi, Fabio, Russo, Giovanni Fulvio, Sandulli, Roberto, Villamor, Adriana, Zane, Lorenzo, Boero, Ferdinando, Ingrosso, Gianmarco, Abbiati, Marco, Badalamenti, Fabio, Bavestrello, Giorgio, Belmonte, Genuario, Cannas, Rita, Benedetti-Cecchi, Lisandro, Bertolino, Marco, Bevilacqua, Stanislao, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Bo, Marzia, Boscari, Elisa, Cardone, Frine, Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo, Cau, Alessandro, Cerrano, Carlo, Chemello, Renato, Chimienti, Giovanni, Congiu, Leonardo, Corriero, Giuseppe, Costantini, Federica, De Leo, Francesco, Donnarumma, Luigia, Falace, Annalisa, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Giangrande, Adriana, Gravina, Maria Flavia, Guarnieri, Giuseppe, Mastrototaro, Francesco, Milazzo, Marco, Morri, Carla, Musco, Luigi, Pezzolesi, Laura, Piraino, Stefano, Prada, Fiorella, Ponti, Massimo, Rindi, Fabio, Russo, Giovanni Fulvio, Sandulli, Roberto, Villamor, Adriana, Zane, Lorenzo, and Boero, Ferdinando

Subjects
Conservation of Natural Resources, Anthropogenic pressures, Biodiversity, Ecosystem engineers, Habitat formers, Animals, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Coral Reefs, Environmental Monitoring, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Aquatic Science, Lithophyllum byssoides trottoir, Evolution, coral banks, bioconstruction, sabellariid, coralligenous formations, CORAL CLADOCORA-CAESPITOSA, MACROALGAL CORALLIGENOUS ASSEMBLAGES, SABELLARIA-ALVEOLATA LINNAEUS, NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA, BETA-DIVERSITY, ASTROIDES-CALYCULARIS, OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, SPATIAL VARIATION, MASS-MORTALITY, HABITAT CHARACTERIZATION, bioconstructions, Behavior and Systematics, Anthropogenic pressure, coralligenous formation, coral bank, Conservation of Natural Resource, vermetid reefs, deep-sea cold-water coral, Lithophyllum byssoides trottoirs, serpulid worm reefs, Ecology, Animal, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic, Ecosystem engineer, Habitat former, Coral Reef, vermetid reef
Abstract

Marine bioconstructions are biodiversity-rich, three-dimensional biogenic structures, regulating key ecological functions of benthic ecosystems worldwide. Tropical coral reefs are outstanding for their beauty, diversity and complexity, but analogous types of bioconstructions are also present in temperate seas. The main bioconstructions in the Mediterranean Sea are represented by coralligenous formations, vermetid reefs, deep-sea cold-water corals, Lithophyllum byssoides trottoirs, coral banks formed by the shallow-water corals Cladocora caespitosa or Astroides calycularis, and sabellariid or serpulid worm reefs. Bioconstructions change the morphological and chemicophysical features of primary substrates and create new habitats for a large variety of organisms, playing pivotal roles in ecosystem functioning. In spite of their importance, Mediterranean bioconstructions have not received the same attention that tropical coral reefs have, and the knowledge of their biology, ecology and distribution is still fragmentary. All existing data about the spatial distribution of Italian bioconstructions have been collected, together with information about their growth patterns, dynamics and connectivity. The degradation of these habitats as a consequence of anthropogenic pressures (pollution, organic enrichment, fishery, coastal development, direct physical disturbance), climate change and the spread of invasive species was also investigated. The study of bioconstructions requires a holistic approach leading to a better understanding of their ecology and the application of more insightful management and conservation measures at basin scale, within ecologically coherent units based on connectivity: the cells of ecosystem functioning.

Published
2018

68. Organization Science improves management effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas

Author

Scianna, Claudia, primary, Niccolini, Federico, additional, Giakoumi, Sylvaine, additional, Di Franco, Antonio, additional, Gaines, Steven D., additional, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, additional, Scaccia, Luisa, additional, Bava, Simone, additional, Cappanera, Valentina, additional, Charbonnel, Eric, additional, Culioli, Jean-Michel, additional, Di Carlo, Giuseppe, additional, De Franco, Francesco, additional, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, additional, Panzalis, Pier, additional, Santoro, Pasquale, additional, and Guidetti, Paolo, additional

Published
2019
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70. Geospatial modelling and map analysis allowed measuring regression of the upper limit of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows under human pressure

Author

Montefalcone, Monica, primary, Vacchi, Matteo, additional, Archetti, Renata, additional, Ardizzone, Giandomenico, additional, Astruch, Patrick, additional, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, additional, Calvo, Sebastiano, additional, Criscoli, Alessandro, additional, Fernández-Torquemada, Yolanda, additional, Luzzu, Filippo, additional, Misson, Gloria, additional, Morri, Carla, additional, Pergent, Gérard, additional, Tomasello, Agostino, additional, and Ferrari, Marco, additional

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2019
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74. Geospatial modelling and map analysis allowed measuring regression of the upper limit of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows under human pressure

Author

Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Montefalcone, Monica, Vacchi, Matteo, Archetti, Renata, Ardizzone, Giandomenico, Astruch, Patrick, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Calvo, Sebastiano, Criscoli, Alessandro, Fernández-Torquemada, Yolanda, Luzzu, Filippo, Misson, Gloria, Morri, Carla, Pergent, Gérard, Tomasello, Agostino, Ferrari, Marco, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Montefalcone, Monica, Vacchi, Matteo, Archetti, Renata, Ardizzone, Giandomenico, Astruch, Patrick, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Calvo, Sebastiano, Criscoli, Alessandro, Fernández-Torquemada, Yolanda, Luzzu, Filippo, Misson, Gloria, Morri, Carla, Pergent, Gérard, Tomasello, Agostino, and Ferrari, Marco

Abstract

Marine coastal ecosystems are facing structural and functional changes due to the increasing human footprint worldwide, and the assessment of their long-term changes becomes particularly challenging. Measures of change can be done by comparing the observed ecosystem status to a purposely defined reference condition. In this paper, a geospatial modelling approach based on 2D mapping and morphodynamic data was used to predict the natural position of the upper limit (i.e., the landward continuous front) of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows settled on soft bottom. This predictive model, formerly developed at the regional spatial scale, was here applied for the first time at the Mediterranean spatial scale in eight coastal areas of Spain, France, Italy, and Greece showing different coastal morphologies and hydrodynamic characteristics, and affected by a number of natural and/or human local disturbances. The model was effective in measuring the regression (i.e., seaward withdrawal) of the meadow upper limit. In all the meadows investigated the upper limit was regressed, laying deeper than the reference condition, with the proportion of regression ranging from 17.7% to 98.9%. The highest values of regression were found in Spain and in France, and were consistent with the highest levels of fragmentation detected with map analysis and of coastal pressures. This geospatial modelling approach represents an effective tool to define the reference conditions when proper pristine areas or historical data are not available, thus allowing the assessment of long-time changes experienced by seagrass ecosystems due to human impacts.

Published
2018

75. Draft Guidelines for Inventoring and Monitoring of Dark Habitats

Author

Aguilar, Ricardo, Marín, Pilar, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Ballesteros, Enric, Bazairi, Hocein, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Bussotti, Simona, Canese, Simonepietro, Chevaldonné, Pierre, Evans, Douglas, Fourt, Maïa, Grinyó, Jordi, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Jeudy de Grissac, Alain, Mačić, Vesna, Orejas, Covadonga, Otero, Maria del Mar, Pergent, Gérard, Petricioli, Donat, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Rosso, Antonietta, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Taviani, Marco, Tunesi, Leonardo, Würtz, Maurizio, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, and Biología Marina

Subjects
Caves, Circalittoral, Mediterranean Sea, Zoología, Dark habitats, Bathyal
Abstract

UNEP(DEPI)/MED WG. 431/Inf.12 Dark habitats1 are distributed throughout the Mediterranean basin from the sea surface (i.e. caves) to the deep-sea realm. Various habitats of unique scientific and conservation interest are included in this broad habitat category, such as dark caves, submarine canyons, seamounts and chemo-synthetic features supporting sensitive assemblages which require special protection. Therefore, dark habitats were considered under the Action Plan adopted in the Eighteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (Turkey, December 2013). In the context of implementation schedule of the Dark Habitats Action Plan (UNEP-MAP-RAC/SPA, 2015a) a set of guidelines should be identified aiming to reduce the imminent pressures and threats affecting these vulnerable assemblages. This document aims to establish guidelines for inventorying and monitoring Mediterranean deep-sea habitats and marine caves in order to settle the basis for a regional-based assessment.

Published
2017

76. Draft Guidelines for Inventoring and Monitoring of Dark Habitats

Author

Aguilar Ricardo, Marín Pilar, Gerovasileiou Vasilis, Bakran-Petricioli Tatjana, Ballesteros Enric, Bazairi Hocein, Bianchi Carlo Nike, Bussotti Simona, Canese Simonepietro, Chevaldonné Pierre, Evans Douglas, Fourt Maïa, Grinyó Jordi, Harmelin Jean-Georges, Jeudy de Grissac Alain, Mačić Vesna, Orejas Covadonga, Otero Maria del Mar, Pergent Gérard, Petricioli Donat, Ramos Esplá Alfonso A., Rosso Antonietta, Sanfilippo Rossana, Taviani Marco, Tunesi Leonardo, Würtz Maurizio

Subjects
Mediterranean, dark marine habitats, vulnerable habitats
Abstract

Dark habitats are distributed throughout the Mediterranean basin from the sea surface (i.e. caves) to the deep-sea realm. Various habitats of unique scientific and conservation interest are included in this broad habitat category, such as dark caves, submarine canyons, seamounts and chemo -synthetic features supporting sensitive assemblages which require special protection. A set of guidelines should be identified aiming to reduce the imminent pressures and threats affecting these vulnerable assemblages. This document aims to establish guidelines for inventorying and monitoring Mediterranean deep-sea habitats and marine caves in order to settle the basis for a regional-based assessment.

Published
2017

77. What's in an index? Comparing the ecological information provided by two indices to assess the status of coralligenous reefs in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Author

Piazzi, Luigi, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Cecchi, Enrico, Gatti, Giulia, Guala, Ivan, Morri, Carla, Sartoretto, Stéphane, Serena, Fabrizio, and Montefalcone, Monica

Subjects
algae, coralligenous reefs, ecological status, invertebrates, Mediterranean Sea, urban development, Aquatic Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation
Published
2017

80. Draft Guidelines for Inventoring and Monitoring of Dark Habitats

Author

Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Aguilar, Ricardo, Marín, Pilar, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Ballesteros, Enric, Bazairi, Hocein, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Bussotti, Simona, Canese, Simonepietro, Chevaldonné, Pierre, Evans, Douglas, Fourt, Maïa, Grinyó, Jordi, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Jeudy de Grissac, Alain, Mačić, Vesna, Orejas, Covadonga, Otero, Maria del Mar, Pergent, Gérard, Petricioli, Donat, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Rosso, Antonietta, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Taviani, Marco, Tunesi, Leonardo, Würtz, Maurizio, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Aguilar, Ricardo, Marín, Pilar, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Ballesteros, Enric, Bazairi, Hocein, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Bussotti, Simona, Canese, Simonepietro, Chevaldonné, Pierre, Evans, Douglas, Fourt, Maïa, Grinyó, Jordi, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Jeudy de Grissac, Alain, Mačić, Vesna, Orejas, Covadonga, Otero, Maria del Mar, Pergent, Gérard, Petricioli, Donat, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Rosso, Antonietta, Sanfilippo, Rossana, Taviani, Marco, Tunesi, Leonardo, and Würtz, Maurizio

Abstract

Dark habitats1 are distributed throughout the Mediterranean basin from the sea surface (i.e. caves) to the deep-sea realm. Various habitats of unique scientific and conservation interest are included in this broad habitat category, such as dark caves, submarine canyons, seamounts and chemo-synthetic features supporting sensitive assemblages which require special protection. Therefore, dark habitats were considered under the Action Plan adopted in the Eighteenth Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (Turkey, December 2013). In the context of implementation schedule of the Dark Habitats Action Plan (UNEP-MAP-RAC/SPA, 2015a) a set of guidelines should be identified aiming to reduce the imminent pressures and threats affecting these vulnerable assemblages. This document aims to establish guidelines for inventorying and monitoring Mediterranean deep-sea habitats and marine caves in order to settle the basis for a regional-based assessment.

Published
2017

82. ICES WGBOSV REPORT 2016 SCICOM STEERING GROUP ON ECOSYSTEM PRESSURES AND IMPACTS ICES CM 2016/SSGEPI:13 REF. ACOM, SCICOM Interim Report of the ICES/IOC/IMO Working Group on Ballast and Other Ship Vectors (WGBOSV)

Author

Prepared By Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi, With Assistance Of Balistreri Paolo (Palermo, Bianchi Carlo Nike (Genova, Bertasi Fabio (Roma, Brunetti Riccardo (Padova, Caronni Sarah (Pavia, Sassari, Castriota Luca (Palermo, Cecere Ester (Taranto, Ceccherelli Giulia (Sassari, Ferrario Jasmine (Pavia, Gambi Maria Cristina (Ischia, Marchini Agnese (Pavia, Petrocelli Antonella (Taranto, Relini Giulio (Genova, Relini Orsi Lidia (Genova, and Sarà Gianluca (Palermo

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2016
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83. An integrated method to evaluate and monitor the conservation state of coralligenous habitats: The INDEX-COR approach

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Sartoretto, Stéphane, primary, Schohn, Thomas, additional, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, additional, Morri, Carla, additional, Garrabou, Joaquim, additional, Ballesteros, Enric, additional, Ruitton, Sandrine, additional, Verlaque, Marc, additional, Daniel, Boris, additional, Charbonnel, Eric, additional, Blouet, Sylvain, additional, David, Romain, additional, Féral, Jean-Pierre, additional, and Gatti, Giulia, additional

Published
2017
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87. An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of Mediterranean algae-dominated shallow rocky reefs

Author

Thibaut, Thierry, primary, Blanfuné, Aurélie, additional, Boudouresque, Charles F., additional, Personnic, Sébastien, additional, Ruitton, Sandrine, additional, Ballesteros, Enric, additional, Bellan-Santini, Denise, additional, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, additional, Bussotti, Simona, additional, Cebrian, Emma, additional, Cheminée, Adrien, additional, Culioli, Jean-Michel, additional, Derrien-Courtel, Sandrine, additional, Guidetti, Paolo, additional, Harmelin-Vivien, Mireille, additional, Hereu, Bernat, additional, Morri, Carla, additional, Poggiale, Jean-Christophe, additional, and Verlaque, Marc, additional

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2017
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92. Action plan for the conservation of habitats and species associated with seamounts, underwater caves and canyons, aphotic hard beds and chemo-synthetic phenomena in the Mediterranean Sea (Dark Habitats action plan)

Author

Aguilar, Ricardo, Ballesteros, Enric, Bazairi, Hocein, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Bitar, Ghazi, Borg, Joseph A., Chevaldonne, Pierre, Daniel, Boris, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Mastrototaro, Francesco, Ouerghi, Atef, Perez, Thierry, Pergent-Martini, Christine, Sartoretto, Stephane, Schembri, Patrick J., Tilot, Virginie, Tunesi, Leonardo, and Vacelet, Jean

Subjects
Marine habitat conservation, Marine ecosystem management, Marine habitats -- Mediterranean Sea
Abstract

Dark habitats are environments where the luminosity is extremely weak, or even absent (aphotic area) leading to an absence of macroscopic autochthonous photosynthesis. The bathymetric extension of this lightless area depends to a great extent on the turbidity of the water and corresponds to benthic and pelagic habitats starting from the deep circa-littoral. Caves which show environmental conditions that favour the installation on of organisms characteristic of dark habitats, are also taken into account. Dark habitats are dependent on very diverse geomorphological structures (e.g. underwater caves, canyons, slopes, isolated rocks, abyssal plains, cold seeps, brine anoxic lakes, hydrothermal springs and seamounts). Dark habitats represent outstanding and potential ecosystems with regard to their: Frailty and vulnerability to any land-based pressure Play an important part in the way the Mediterranean ecosystem functions, insofar as they constitute the main route for transferring matter between the coast and the deep sea Considered as biodiversity hotspots and recruiting areas forming a veritable reservoirs of knowledge and biodiversity Natural habitats that come under Habitat Directive on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and appear as such as priority habitats requiring protection (Directive 92/43). A certain number of underwater caves enjoy protection status because they fall within the geographical boundaries of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Understanding of these functions is necessary for a better understanding and management of the biodiversity of Mediterranean coastal zones and continental shelf., peer-reviewed

Published
2015

93. STAR: An integrated and standardized procedure to evaluate the ecological status of coralligenous reefs.

Author

Piazzi, Luigi, Gennaro, Paola, Montefalcone, Monica, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Cecchi, Enrico, Morri, Carla, and Serena, Fabrizio

Subjects
COASTAL zone management, ALGAE, INVERTEBRATES, ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring
Abstract

Coralligenous reefs represent one of the most important coastal ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea, and their ecological quality must be assessed under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive to evaluate seafloor integrity. An effective standardized monitoring protocol is urgently needed in order to compare data at the Mediterranean scale and to plan efficient management and intervention programmes.This paper aims to: (a) review methods used to study shallow coralligenous reefs to propose a method able to optimize sampling effort; (b) select the most effective ecological descriptors to evaluate the responses of coralligenous assemblages to anthropogenic stress; and (c) synthesize available information in an integrated and standardized procedure.Ninety‐five scientific papers dealing with shallow coralligenous reefs were found. Among these, 52 papers reporting detailed descriptions about sampling methods were selected to identify methodologies and ecological descriptors suitable for monitoring purposes.Downstream of the bibliographic review, an integrated and standardized procedure, named STAR (STAndaRdized coralligenous evaluation procedure), was proposed to assess the ecological quality of coralligenous reefs.STAR was tested on coralligenous reefs at 12 sites, six of them subjected to high human pressure and six located in areas characterized by low human pressure.Significant differences between the two conditions were detected for all the ecological descriptors selected, thus confirming the effectiveness of STAR in the assessment of ecological quality of coralligenous reefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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94. The park never born: Outcome of a quarter of a century of inaction on the sea‐floor integrity of a proposed but not established Marine Protected Area.

Author

Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Cocito, Silvia, Diviacco, Giovanni, Dondi, Nicolò, Fratangeli, Francesca, Montefalcone, Monica, Parravicini, Valeriano, Rovere, Alessio, Sgorbini, Sergio, Vacchi, Matteo, and Morri, Carla

Subjects
MARINE parks & reserves, MARINE ecology, TOURISTS, BIODIVERSITY, NATURE reserves
Abstract

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a major tool to conserve marine ecosystems but are also strongly attractive to tourists, the increased numbers of which can cause environmental issues if not properly managed.Proposing an MPA and then failing to establish it risks advertising the beauty of a marine area without managing the unavoidable increase in tourism. This is what happened at Gallinara Island (Ligurian Sea, north‐western Mediterranean), where an MPA was proposed in 1990 but has not yet been established.Benthic data collected soon after the proposal (1990–92) have been compared with similar information obtained in subsequent periods (2009 and 2016): change has been assessed both visually and statistically, using multivariate and univariate techniques.The Gallinara sea floor supported five epibenthic communities in 1991, four of which corresponded to European Nature Information System (EUNIS) habitats; the fifth epibenthic community, characterized by the erect sponge Axinella polypoides, should be included in the next revision of EUNIS.In the 25 years since the original MPA proposal, all epibenthic communities have exhibited a reduction in their three‐dimensional structure and biotic homogenization, and severe decreases in species diversity, and the sea floor has been littered with derelict fishing gear and other waste from boats.In absence of the MPA, proposals to develop a management plan for a marine Site of Community Importance (SCI) have been provided, to reduce sea‐based human pressures. The dramatic alteration of Gallinara sea floor after 25 years of negligence and inaction is a sad warning for other unmanaged yet beautiful natural areas within urbanized regions of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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97. A Permanent Automated Real-Time Passive Acoustic Monitoring System for Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea

Author

Brunoldi, Marco, primary, Bozzini, Giorgio, additional, Casale, Alessandra, additional, Corvisiero, Pietro, additional, Grosso, Daniele, additional, Magnoli, Nicodemo, additional, Alessi, Jessica, additional, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, additional, Mandich, Alberta, additional, Morri, Carla, additional, Povero, Paolo, additional, Wurtz, Maurizio, additional, Melchiorre, Christian, additional, Viano, Gianni, additional, Cappanera, Valentina, additional, Fanciulli, Giorgio, additional, Bei, Massimiliano, additional, Stasi, Nicola, additional, and Taiuti, Mauro, additional

Published
2016
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99. Seawater warming at the northern reach for southern species: Gulf of Genoa, NW Mediterranean.

Author

Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Caroli, Francesco, Guidetti, Paolo, and Morri, Carla

Abstract

Global warming is facilitating the poleward range expansion of plant and animal species. In the Mediterranean Sea, the concurrent temperature increase and abundance of (sub)tropical non-indigenous species (NIS) is leading to the so-called ‘tropicalization’ of the Mediterranean Sea, which is dramatically evident in the south-eastern sectors of the basin. At the same time, the colder north-western sectors of the basin have been said to undergo a process of ‘meridionalization’, that is the establishment of warm-water native species (WWN) previously restricted to the southern sectors. The Gulf of Genoa (Ligurian Sea) is the north-western reach for southern species of whatever origin in the Mediterranean. Recent (up to 2015) observations of NIS and WWN by diving have been collated to update previous similar inventories. In addition, the relative occurrences of both groups of southern species have been monitored by snorkelling between 2009 and 2015 in shallow rocky reefs at Genoa, and compared with the trend in air and sea surface temperatures. A total of 20 southern species (11 NIS and 9 WWN) was found. Two WWN (the zebra seabream Diplodus cervinus and the parrotfish Sparisoma cretense) and three NIS (the SW Atlantic sponge Paraleucilla magna, the Red Sea polychaete Branchiomma luctuosum, and the amphi-American and amphi-Atlantic crab Percnon gibbesi) are new records for the Ligurian Sea, whereas juveniles of the Indo-Pacific bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii have been found for the first time. While temperature has kept on increasing for the whole period, with 2014 and 2015 being the warmest years since at least 1950, the number of WWN increased linearly, that of NIS increased exponentially, contradicting the idea of meridionalization and supporting that of tropicalization even in the northern sectors of the Mediterranean basin. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2018
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100. Mediterranean seagrass meadows : resilience and contribution to climate change mitigation. A short summary

Author

Pergent, Gérard, Bazairi, Hocein, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, BOUDOURESQUE, Charles-Francois, Buia, Maria Christina, Clabaut, Philippe, HARMELIN, Mireille, Mateo, Miguel Angel, Montefalcone, Monica, Morri, Carla, Orfanidis, Sotiris, Pergent-Martini, Christine, Semroud, Rachid, Serrano, Oscar, VERLAQUE, Marc, Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN), and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience; not available

Published
2012

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