Response of Mediterranean Sea bivalves to Pliocene–Pleistocene environmental changes

A Mondanaro, S Dominici, S Danise - Palaeontology, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is recognized as a hotspot of marine biodiversity. Analysing
its past biodiversity can help in understanding species' response to climate change. We built …

[HTML][HTML] Late Quaternary sedimentary record of estuarine incised-valley filling and interfluve flooding: The Manfredonia paleovalley system (southern Italy)

A Amorosi, L Bruno, M Caldara, B Campo… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Multiple paleovalley systems of late Quaternary age have been widely explored in previous
research from the Gulf of Manfredonia on the basis of seismic data, but only limited …

Benthic foraminifera as proxy for fossil seagrass from the Lower Pleistocene deposits of the Stirone River (Emilia-Romagna, Italy)

L Mariani, G Coletti, G Bosio, C Tentorio… - Quaternary …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This paper analyses and describes the benthic foraminiferal associations within the
Pleistocene deposits of the Stirone River (Emilia-Romagna, Italy), with the purpose of testing …

Testing an indirect palaeo-seagrass indicator: Benthic foraminifera from the Lower Pleistocene Posidonia meadow of Fauglia (Tuscany, Italy)

L Mariani, G Coletti, G Mateu-Vicens, G Bosio… - Marine …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Well-preserved remains of a Posidonia oceanica meadow have been found in a Lower
Pleistocene (Calabrian) succession crop** out near Fauglia (Tuscany, Italy). This paper …

Temporal scales, sampling designs and age distributions in marine conservation palaeobiology

A Tomašových, S Dominici, R Nawrot, M Zuschin - 2023‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Conservation palaeobiology informs conservation and restoration of ecosystems by using
the fossil record to discriminate between baseline and novel states and to assess ecosystem …

Historical biogeographic range shifts and the influence of climate change on ocean quahogs (Arctica islandica) on the Mid-Atlantic Bight

AM LeClaire, EN Powell, R Mann… - The …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The Holocene, starting approximately 11.7 cal ka, is characterized by distinct periods of
warming and cooling. Despite these known climate events, few temperature proxy data exist …

Southward Migration of Arctic Ocean Species During the Last Glacial Period

P Zhang, HHM Huang, Y Hong, SY Tian… - Geophysical …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) is associated with northerly surface winds
affecting crop and livestock productivity and social and economic activities across East Asia …

Biodiversity change and extinction risk in Plio-Pleistocene Mediterranean bivalves: the families Veneridae, Pectinidae and Lucinidae

S Danise, S Dominici - 2023‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Understanding species vulnerability to extinction is one of the goals of conservation. Here
we analyse a dataset of Plio-Pleistocene Mediterranean bivalve occurrences (families …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of Pinna nobilis: New Genetic Signals from the Past of a Species on the Brink of Extinction

D Sanna, I Azzena, C Locci, P Ankon, P Kružić… - Animals, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pinna nobilis, a species of marine shellfish living in the Mediterranean
Sea, is at a high risk of extinction due to a not-entirely-known disease that started affecting …

Climate-driven diversity changes of Mediterranean echinoids over the last 6 Ma

E Borghi, V Garilli - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2022‏ - journals.pan.pl
Echinoids represent an important component of the Cenozoic marine benthic communities.
Their diversity in the Mediterranean area is reviewed within the Late Miocene–Recent, a …