The essentials of marine biotechnology

A Rotter, M Barbier, F Bertoni, AM Bones… - Frontiers In marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coastal countries have traditionally relied on the existing marine resources (eg, fishing,
food, transport, recreation, and tourism) as well as tried to support new economic endeavors …

Mediterranean marine caves: A synthesis of current knowledge

V Gerovasileiou, CN Bianchi - Oceanography and Marine Biology, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Marine caves are biodiversity reservoirs and refuge habitats, harbouring rare species and
living fossils. The Mediterranean Sea hosts more than 3000 caves, which are among the …

Ecoregion-based conservation planning in the Mediterranean: dealing with large-scale heterogeneity

S Giakoumi, M Sini, V Gerovasileiou, T Mazor, J Beher… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Spatial priorities for the conservation of three key Mediterranean habitats, ie seagrass
Posidonia oceanica meadows, coralligenous formations, and marine caves, were …

Are island‐like systems biologically similar to islands? A review of the evidence

Y Itescu - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Islands are geographically defined as land masses completely surrounded by water, and
island systems have been used as models for many biogeographic, ecological, and …

Characterization of Silver Carbonate Nanoparticles Biosynthesized Using Marine Actinobacteria and Exploring of Their Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity

O Messaoudi, I Benamar, A Azizi, S Albukhaty… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bacterial resistance to different antimicrobial agents is growing with alarming speed,
especially when bacterial cells are living in biofilm. Hybrid nanoparticles, synthesized …

Towards evidence‐based conservation of subterranean ecosystems

S Mammola, MB Meierhofer, PAV Borges… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Subterranean ecosystems are among the most widespread environments on Earth, yet we
still have poor knowledge of their biodiversity. To raise awareness of subterranean …

[HTML][HTML] Marine sponge aquaculture towards drug development: An ongoing history of technical, ecological, chemical considerations and challenges

M Maslin, N Gaertner-Mazouni, C Debitus, N Joy… - Aquaculture …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine sponges have a long history of farming, starting with bath sponges over 5000 years
ago in the Mediterranean. Many species have since been found appropriate for distinct …

Census of biodiversity in marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean Sea

V Gerovasileiou, C Chintiroglou… - Mediterranean …, 2015 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Scientific information on the biodiversity of marine caves in the eastern Mediterranean is
limited, especially when considering the extensively studied caves of the north-western and …

Introduced species in Mediterranean marine caves: an increasing but neglected threat

V Gerovasileiou, RI Bancila… - Mediterranean …, 2022 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Marine caves are protected habitats with high biodiversity and low ecological resilience,
vulnerable to multiple pressures including biological invasions. Therefore, comprehensive …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay

K Rützler, C Piantoni, RWM Van Soest, MC Díaz - Zootaxa, 2014 - biotaxa.org
The Caribbean barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, has been a focus of Smithsonian
Institution (Washington) reef and mangrove investigations since the early 1970s …