Marine bioconstructions are biodiversity-rich, three-dimensional biogenic structures,
regulating key ecological functions of benthic ecosystems worldwide. Tropical coral reefs …

Global warming is causing poleward expansion of species ranges. Temperate seas, in
particular, are undergoing a process known as 'tropicalisation', ie, the combination of sea …

ABSTRACT The Mediterranean Sea is a biodiversity hotspot containing between 15,000
and 20,000 marine species, nearly a quarter of which are endemic. The causes of the high …

Mariculture is a relatively new activity that is expanding globally and interacts with other
coastal uses. Therefore, it is necessary to allocate suitable sites from environmental …

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) …

The Ligurian Sea is one of the most studied Mediterranean basins. Since the beginning of
the last century, many research expeditions have characterized its benthic and pelagic …

Temperate mesophotic reefs (circalittoral and offshore circalittoral hard/firm habitats), host
complex three-dimensional animal forests and are vulnerable habitats protected by …

A rapid temperature increase in the 1980-90s has been accompanied by dramatic and
unprecedented changes in the biota and communities of the Ligurian Sea. This review uses …

Our paper will show data on quantity, typology, distribution of beach litter (Anthropogenic
Marine Debris-AMD) within a coastal macroarea surrounding the Pelagos Sanctuary, an …

A wave model based on an unstructured grid in the Mediterranean Sea is presented, which
provides high-resolution in near-shore regions using the wave model WAVEWATCH III v6 …