Global marine conservation remains fractured by an imbalance in research efforts and policy
actions, limiting progression towards sustainability. Rhodolith beds represent a prime …

Rhodolith beds are diverse and globally distributed habitats. Nonetheless, the role of
rhodoliths in structuring the associated species community through a hierarchy of positive …

Coralline algal beds are comprised of biogenic calcareous formations considered a habitat
of high conservation interest, hosting a high great biodiversity. To assess the status of this …

Rhodoliths, formed by free‐living coralline algae, are distributed worldwide, and the
rhodolith beds (RBs) that they form are recognized as structurally complex habitats. In the …

Shallow-water rhodolith beds are rare in the Mediterranean Sea and generally poorly
known. The Punta de la Mona rhodolith bed extends for 16,000 square meters in shallow …

The ecological importance of rhodolith beds stems from their role as structurally complex
three-dimensional habitat formed by free-living red calcareous algae. Their structural …

Habitat map**, physical characteristics and benthic community of a rhodolith bed in the
Pelagie Islands (Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea) were studied through Multi–Beam Echo …

Rhodolith beds, including maerl, are structurally complex perennial habitats that support a
high species diversity but are threatened by numerous human activities, particularly in the …

During the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum,~ 55.6 Ma, the Earth experienced the
warmest event of the last 66 Ma due to a massive release of CO2. This event lasted for~ 100 …

The green alga Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder (Chlorophyta; Bryopsidales) is one of the most
invasive alien macroalgae in the Mediterranean Sea, where it is also spreading on rhodolith …