Assessing the impacts of nonindigenous marine macroalgae: an update of current knowledge

AD Davidson, ML Campbell, CL Hewitt… - Botanica marina, 2015 - degruyter.com
Nonindigenous marine species continue to be one of the foremost threats to marine
biodiversity. As an update to a 2007 review of the impacts of introduced macroalgae, we …

Tracking marine alien macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea: the contribution of citizen science and remote sensing

AM Mannino, F Borfecchia, C Micheli - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The accelerating rate of the introduction of non-indigenous species (NIS) and the magnitude
of ship** traffic make the Mediterranean Sea a hotspot of biological invasions. For the …

Citizen science: a successful tool for monitoring invasive alien species (IAS) in Marine Protected Areas. The case study of the Egadi Islands MPA (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy …

AM Mannino, P Balistreri - Biodiversity, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The chief purpose of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is biodiversity conservation. The effects
that invasive alien species (IAS) have on MPAs, and vice versa, are not yet fully known, even …

Plastics and sedimentation foster the spread of a non-native macroalga in seagrass meadows

V Menicagli, E Balestri, F Vallerini, D De Battisti… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastics are found in marine environments worldwide, and their effects on macrophytes
(seagrasses and macroalgae) colonizing sandy bottoms are still poorly known. Seagrass …

Potential effects of an invasive seaweed (Caulerpa cylindracea, Sonder) on sedimentary organic matter and microbial metabolic activities

L Rizzo, A Pusceddu, L Stabili, P Alifano… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Caulerpa cylindracea (Sonder), among the most successful marine bio-invaders on a global
scale, poses severe threats to biodiversity. However, the effects of this seaweed on the …

Potentially combined effect of the invasive seaweed Caulerpa cylindracea (Sonder) and sediment deposition rates on organic matter and meiofaunal assemblages

L Rizzo, A Pusceddu, S Bianchelli… - Marine environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The seaweed Caulerpa cylindracea (Sonder) is one of the most successful marine
bioinvaders worldwide. Caulerpa cylindracea can influence the quantity and biochemical …

Invasive alien species in Mediterranean marine protected areas: the egadi islands (Italy) case study

AM Mannino, P Balistreri - Biodiversity, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the most severe threats to Mediterranean Sea
biodiversity. Currently, the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in providing …

Spatial distribution of the culturable bacterial community associated with the invasive alga Caulerpa cylindracea in the Mediterranean Sea

L Stabili, L Rizzo, G Pizzolante, P Alifano… - Marine environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the mechanisms underlying the complex seaweed-bacteria associations in
nature may provide information on the fitness of an invasive host. This may require the use …

Oxygen, carbon, and nutrient exchanges at the sediment–water interface in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian Sea, southern Italy)

C De Vittor, F Relitti, M Kralj, S Covelli… - Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Springer
In the shallow environment, the nutrient and carbon exchanges at the sediment–water
interface contribute significantly to determine the trophic status of the whole water column …

What's new in marine botany of the Eastern Mediterranean?

C Katsaros, S Orfanidis, FC Küpper - Botanica Marina, 2022 - degruyter.com
This article provides a topical review of East Mediterranean phycology and seagrass
biology, with a special focus on the outcomes of the multi-year project “Brown algal …