Mesophotic habitats, hosting benthic assemblages totally unknown and unexpected in the early 2000s, are attracting an increasing interest from scientists. Realizing that many long …
The term cold-water coral sensu lato groups taxa with a more or less pronounced frame- building ability (eg Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata) with forest-forming organisms …
JL Rueda, J Urra, R Aguilar, L Angeletti, M Bo… - … Cold-Water Corals: Past …, 2019 - Springer
Cold-water corals are recognised as a key component of Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems but the knowledge of their associated biodiversity is still limited. To date, the …
Abstract Several studies using Remotely Operated Vehicles and manned submersibles have recently provided quantitative information on animal forests dominated by gorgonians …
Abstract Knowledge on basic biological functions of organisms is essential to understand not only the role they play in the ecosystems but also to manage and protect their …
Although the ecological importance and impact of non-indigenous species is increasingly recognised and documented in shallow water ecosystems, their presence beyond the shelf …
Predictive habitat mapping has shown great promise to improve the understanding of the spatial distribution and complexity of benthic habitats and is a valuable means to highlight …
G Castellan, L Angeletti, M Taviani… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ocean warming is expected to impinge detrimentally on marine ecosystems worldwide up to impose extreme environmental conditions capable to potentially jeopardize the good …
The yellow coral Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck, 1816) is a NE Atlantic-Mediterranean scleractinian. It is considered a typical hard bottom species, generally reported on …