This paper addresses the obvious controversy between the so far published sea level
curves of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. It starts with a discussion of the methods of …

This paper presents the actual status of species diversity of the phyla Cnidaria and
Ctenophora along the Turkish coasts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean …

There is a growing consensus that much of the contemporary phylogeography of northern
hemisphere coastal taxa reflects the impact of Pleistocene glaciation, when glaciers covered …

Small islands represent a common feature in the Mediterranean and host a significant
fraction of its biodiversity. However, the distribution of plant species richness across spatial …

With approximately 25 endemic species, the genus Pyrus (pears) is highly diverse in the
Caucasus ecoregion. The majority of Caucasian pears inhabit xerophytic open woodlands …

In this paper, the current status of the species diversity of 13 phyla, namely Platyhelminthes,
Xenacoelomorpha, Nematoda, Acanthocephala, Myxozoa, Tardigrada, Cephalorhyncha …

Adult activity and larval development of Lophyridia concolor (Dejean) was examined in three
sections of a marine beach:(1) an undisturbed section;(2) a section occasionally used by …

The Pliocene to Pleistocene temperate carbonates of Rhodes were deposited in a
tectonically active region, strongly influenced by a complicated and rapidly changing …

Modern and widespread deep-water coral ecosystems have become a major target of
research during the last decades. So far, only a few fossil counterparts of such carbonate …

Background Recently, population genetic studies of Mediterranean marine species
highlighted patterns of genetic divergence and phylogeographic breaks, due to the interplay …