Global change is striking harder and faster in the Mediterranean Sea than elsewhere, where
high levels of human pressure and proneness to climate change interact in modifying the …

Habitat degradation and loss are severely affecting macroalgal forests worldwide, and their
successful mitigation depends on the identification of the drivers of loss and the …

Bisphenol A (BPA), a common industrial chemical with estrogenic activity, has recently
gained attention due to its well-documented negative effects on humans and other …

Introduction Active restoration is the strategy needed to trigger or accelerate the recovery of
degraded marine habitats, which provide the goods and services essential for preserving …

Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm) are emerging pollutants in oceans worldwide. As such small
particles are easily ingested, microplastics are found in numerous pelagic and benthic …

Traditionally, monitoring approaches to survey marine caves have been constrained by
equipment limitations and strict safety protocols. Nowadays, the rise of new approaches …

Abstract Aim The Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot of endemism and it is warming at two to
three times the rate of the global ocean. The continental masses that surround it constrain …

Abstract Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been proved to effectively protect and restore
fish assemblages. There is mixed evidence regarding the effects of MPAs on benthic …

Since the adoption of the Habitats and Birds Directives by EU governments, marine Natura
2000 (N2K) sites have been established in the European Mediterranean Sea, creating one …

Phosphate mineralization as a skeletal material is uncommon in invertebrate animals and
rare in Mollusca. Remarkably, apatite minerals were first reported more than 30 years ago in …