Cleaning is a fundamental concern of beach managers in many destinations as well as an
important requirement in beach quality awards. However, it has been largely neglected in …

The global pandemic that started at the end of 2019 highlighted the need to create new
biocidal products. Seaweeds are highly available non-toxic macromolecules of great interest …

Since the first edition of this book published in 2005, there has been an immense amount of
new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora …

The coastal vulnerability index (CVI) is a popular index in literature to assess the coastal
vulnerability of climate change. The present paper proposes a CVI formulation to make it …

Extreme environmental events can strongly affect coastal marine ecosystems but are
typically unpredictable. Reliable data on benthic community conditions before such events …

Since the 1970s there has been a considerable expansion in biogeomorphological research
which considers the complex, two-way relationships between biological, ecological and …

Nanobiotechnological approaches can provide effective solutions for overcoming food
products' contamination and spoilage. The development of rapid and eco-friendly …

In the last decades, the increasing necessity to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2)
concentrations has intensified interest in quantifying the capacity of coastal ecosystems to …

Despite providing important ecological functions, seagrass accumulation causes
environmental and economic issues, including eutrophication and tourism reduction …

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile is a Mediterranean-endemic angiosperm often described for
its great ecological importance. Despite evidence of a millennia-old relationship between P …