Bottom trawling causes widespread physical disturbance of sediments in seas and oceans
and affects benthic communities by removing target and non-target species and altering …

Metabarcoding is by now a well‐established method for biodiversity assessment in
terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments. Metabarcoding data sets are usually used …

The continental shelf and submarine canyon off Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean) were
declared a Site of Community Importance (SCI) within the Natura 2000 Network in 2014 …

The main recruitment of Ophiothrix fragilis occurs in the northwestern Mediterranean in late
spring-early summer. Recruits are whitish and aggregate visibly on the surfaces of some …

Coralline algal (maerl) beds are widespread, slow-growing, structurally complex perennial
habitats that support high biodiversity, yet are significantly understudied compared to …

Pérez‐Portela, R., Almada, V. & Turon, X.(2012). Cryptic speciation and genetic structure of
widely distributed brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) in Europe.—Zoologica Scripta, 00, 000–000 …

The development of the phytoplankton winter bloom and the accumulation of particulate
suspended matter (PSM) inside sediment collectors were assessed in the inner zone of the …

The distribution and relative abundance of macroepibenthic echinoderms in the eastern
English Channel and Irish Sea is described from beam trawl catches. Echinoderms …

We are experiencing a global extinction crisis as a result of climate change and human-
induced alteration of natural habitats, with large predators at high trophic levels in food webs …

As the climate continues to change, it is not just the magnitude of these changes that is
important–equally critical is the timing of these events. Conditions that may be well tolerated …