The late Miocene evolution of the Mediterranean Basin is characterized by major changes in
connectivity, climate and tectonic activity resulting in unprecedented environmental and …

Coastal risk assessment and hazard mitigation require datasets on centennial and
millennial temporal scales to capture natural variability and multiple occurrences of the …

The state-of-art on alien species in the Mediterranean Sea is presented, making distinctions
among the four subregions defined in the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive:(i) the …

An up-to-date atlas of an important fossil and living group, with the Natural History Museum.
Deep-sea benthic foraminifera have played a central role in biostratigraphic …

The Anthropocene is characterized by dramatic ecosystem changes driven by human
activities. The impact of these activities can be assessed by different geochemical and …

The high abundance of microplastics in marine environments is becoming a growing threat
for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Recent studies have identified microplastics (MP) as …

Species composition in the present-day Amazonian heartland has an imprint of past marine
influence. The exact nature, timing and extent of this marine influence, however, are largely …

Morphologically similar benthic foraminiferal taxa can be difficult to separate. Aside from
causing issues in taxonomy, incorrect identifications complicate our understanding of …

Morphology-based benthic foraminifera indices are increasingly used worldwide for
biomonitoring the ecological quality of marine sediments. The recent development of …

Biotic indices are tools to assess the ecological status of marine systems, and can be based
on different metrics (such as ecological groups, specific diversity). The present study applies …