Coralline algae in a changing Mediterranean Sea: how can we predict their future, if we do not know their present?

F Rindi, JC Braga, S Martin, V Peña… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In this review we assess the state of knowledge for the coralline algae of the Mediterranean
Sea, a group of calcareous seaweeds imperfectly known and considered highly vulnerable …

High-throughput sequencing for algal systematics

MC Oliveira, SI Repetti, C Iha, CJ Jackson… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the use of molecular data in algal systematics has increased as high-
throughput sequencing (HTS) has become more accessible, generating very large datasets …

[BUCH][B] Rhodolith/maërl beds: a global perspective

R Riosmena-Rodríguez, W Nelson, J Aguirre - 2017 - Springer
The aim of this book series is to disseminate information to the coastal research community.
The Series covers all aspects of coastal research including but not limited to relevant …

Phylogenetic relationships of corallinaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): taxonomic implications for reef‐building corallines

A Rösler, F Perfectti, V Peña, JC Braga - Journal of Phycology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A new, more complete, five‐marker (SSU, LSU, psbA, COI, 23S) molecular phylogeny of the
family Corallinaceae, order Corallinales, shows a paraphyletic grou** of seven well …

At the intersection of cultural and natural heritage: Distribution and conservation of the type localities of Italian endemic vascular plants

G Brundu, L Peruzzi, G Domina, F Bartolucci… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
We conducted a GIS spatial analysis with the aim of providing the first quantitative large-
scale overview of the distribution patterns of 1536 type localities (loci classici) of 1216 Italian …

Mediterranean Lithophyllum stictiforme (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) is a genetically diverse species complex: implications for species circumscription, biogeography …

L Pezzolesi, V Peña, L Le Gall… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lithophyllum species in the Mediterranean Sea function as algal bioconstructors,
contributing to the formation of biogenic habitats such as coralligenous concretions. In such …

Community assessment of crustose calcifying red algae as coral recruitment substrates

M Deinhart, MS Mills, T Schils - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Successful recruitment of invertebrate larvae to reef substrates is essential to the health of
tropical coral reef ecosystems and to their capacity to recover from disturbances. Crustose …

Reassessment of branched Lithophyllum spp. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Caribbean Sea with global implications

JJ Hernandez-Kantun, P Gabrielson, JR Hughey… - …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Plastid-encoded rbc L and psb A sequences from branched, Caribbean Sea Lithophyllum
specimens indicate that four species are present, not one. Short (263 base pairs) rbc L …

Maerl-associated macroalgae in the bay of Brest (Brittany, France)

M Helias, T Burel - Marine Biodiversity, 2023 - Springer
Maerl beds are unique marine habitats hosting a great diversity of organisms while
macroalgae are a major component of this diversity. The bay of Brest is one of the most …

Lithothamnion (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) in the changing Arctic and Subarctic: DNA sequencing of type and recent specimens provides a systematics foundation

V Peña, D Bélanger, P Gagnon… - European journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Coralline red algae in the non-geniculate genera Clathromorphum, Phymatolithon and
Lithothamnion are important benthic ecosystem engineers in the photic zone of the Arctic …