The potential of seaweeds as a source of functional ingredients of prebiotic and antioxidant value

A Gomez-Zavaglia, MA Prieto Lage, C Jimenez-Lopez… - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Two thirds of the world is covered by oceans, whose upper layer is inhabited by algae. This
means that there is a large extension to obtain these photoautotrophic organisms. Algae …

Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across …

RJ Rolls, DC Deane, SE Johnson, J Heino… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biotic homogenisation is defined as decreasing dissimilarity among ecological assemblages
sampled within a given spatial area over time. Biotic differentiation, in turn, is defined as …

[PDF][PDF] Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

K Tsirintanis, E Azzurro, F Crocetta, M Dimiza… - Aquatic …, 2022 - amu.hal.science
Biological invasions have become a defining feature of marine Mediterranean ecosystems
with significant impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health. We …

Validated inventories of non-indigenous species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as tools for regional policy and patterns of NIS spread

M Galanidi, M Aissi, M Ali, A Bakalem, M Bariche… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work presents refined, updated subregional and regional non-indigenous species (NIS)
inventories for the Mediterranean Sea, validated by national and taxonomic experts, with …

Monitoring Extreme Impacts of Rugulopteryx okamurae (Dictyotales, Ochrophyta) in El Estrecho Natural Park (Biosphere Reserve). Showing Radical Changes in the …

JC García-Gómez, M Florido… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The invasive macroalga Rugulopteryx okamurae represents an unprecedented case of
bioinvasion by marine macroalgae facing the European coasts. Since the first apparition of …

Concise review of the genus Asparagopsis Montagne, 1840

M Zanolla, R Carmona, L Mata, J De la Rosa… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Asparagopsis (Bonnemaisoniaceae, Rhodophyta) species are distributed in most
temperate and tropical waters of the world, where they are considered an iconic invader …

The invasive seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis erodes the habitat structure and biodiversity of native algal forests in the Mediterranean Sea

FP Mancuso, R D'Agostaro, M Milazzo… - Marine Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Invasive seaweeds are listed among the most relevant threats to marine ecosystems
worldwide. Biodiversity hotspots, such as the Mediterranean Sea, are facing multiple …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of the invasive seaweed Asparagopsis armata on native rock pool communities: Evidences from experimental exclusion

CO Silva, MFL Lemos, R Gaspar, C Gonçalves… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological invasions represent a threat to ecosystems, through competition and habitat
destruction, which may result in significant changes of the invaded community …

Driving the blue fleet: Temporal variability and drivers behind bluebottle (Physalia physalis) beachings off Sydney, Australia

N Bourg, A Schaeffer, P Cetina-Heredia, JC Lawes… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Physalia physalis, the bluebottle in Australia, are colonial siphonophores that live at the
surface of the ocean, mainly in tropical and subtropical waters. P. physalis are sometimes …

Benthic fauna of littoral and deep-sea habitats of the Alboran Sea: a hotspot of biodiversity

JL Rueda, S Gofas, R Aguilar, A de la Torriente… - … Sea-ecosystems and …, 2021 - Springer
Benthic habitats, as well as their associated biota, have been studied in the Alboran Sea
since the nineteenth century, with a very significant increase of knowledge in the last five …