How we study cryptic species and their biological implications: A case study from marine shelled gastropods

CP Shin, WD Allmon - Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Methodological and biological considerations are intertwined when studying cryptic species.
A potentially large component of modern biodiversity, the frequency of cryptic species …

The bioerosion of submerged archeological artifacts in the mediterranean sea: an overview

C Sacco Perasso, F Antonelli, B Calcinai… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bioerosion is the destruction of hard substrates resulting from biological activity, and plays a
relevant role in the ecological interactions and coastal dynamics processes. Several …

Can invasive habitat-forming species play the same role as native ones? The case of the exotic marine macroalga Rugulopteryx okamurae in the Strait of Gibraltar

C Navarro-Barranco, B Muñoz-Gómez, D Saiz… - Biological …, 2019 - Springer
The addition or loss of habitat-forming species may lead to significant changes in the
structure and functioning of marine benthic ecosystems as a whole. However, the nature of …

Changes in the composition of invertebrate assemblages from wave-exposed intertidal mussel stands along the Nova Scotia coast, Canada

RA Scrosati, JA Ellrich - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Rocky intertidal habitats occur worldwide and are mainly characterized by primary space
holders such as seaweeds and sessile invertebrates. Some of these organisms are …

Comparative analysis of mollusc assemblages from different hard bottom habitats in the central tyrrhenian sea

E Casoli, A Bonifazi, G Ardizzone, MF Gravina… - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Composition, trophic structure, and species-substrate relationships of molluscan
assemblages inhabiting different hard bottom habitats (Sabellaria alveolata reef, photophilic …

Effects of habitat fragmentation of a mediterranean marine reef on the associated fish community: insights from biological traits analysis

A Marrone, MC Mangano, A Deidun, M Berlino… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Habitat fragmentation (HF) is an ecological process, which is potentially also one of the main
causes of diversity loss. Many studies have debated the best tools to adopt for assessing the …

Unmanned aerial vehicle technology to assess the state of threatened biogenic formations: The vermetid reefs of mediterranean intertidal rocky coasts

L Donnarumma, A D'Argenio, R Sandulli… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vermetid bioconstructions are biogenic formations, built by sessile gastropod molluscs
belonging to the family Vermetidae worldwide distributed, occurring in the intertidal and …

Reviews and syntheses: The clam before the storm–a meta-analysis showing the effect of combined climate change stressors on bivalves

RA Kruft Welton, G Hoppit, DN Schmidt, JD Witts… - …, 2024 - bg.copernicus.org
The impacts of climate change on marine organisms have been increasingly documented in
laboratory and experimental studies. However, the use of different taxonomic grou**s and …

First report on the benthic invertebrate community associated with a bronze naval ram from the First Punic War: A proxy of marine biodiversity

MF Gravina, E Casoli, L Donnarumma… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Historical traces of organisms on the seafloor, such as shells and tubes, constitute the
ecological memory of ancient benthic assemblages and serve as an important resource for …

Signals of loss, part two: A phytal community collapsing under extreme-climate conditions on a Mediterranean vermetid reef

L Bisanti, G Turco, R Chemello - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of transient extreme climate events
that can be catastrophic for ecological communities. We studied the 2014–2022 period …