[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity monitoring in Mediterranean marine protected areas: Scientific and methodological challenges

CN Bianchi, A Azzola, S Cocito, C Morri, A Oprandi… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biodiversity is a portmanteau word to indicate the variety of life at all levels from genes to
ecosystems, but it is often simplistically equated to species richness; the word ecodiversity …

The Natural Capital Value of the Seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the North-Western Mediterranean

I Rigo, C Paoli, G Dapueto, C Pergent-Martini… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Posidonia oceanica is an endemic Mediterranean seagrass used as a 'biological quality
element'in monitoring programmes of the EU Water Framework Directive, providing …

Review of ecological valuation and equivalency analysis methods for assessing temperate nearshore submerged aquatic vegetation

RE Pausch, JR Hale, P Kiffney… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nearshore seagrass, kelp, and other macroalgae beds (submerged aquatic vegetation
[SAV]) are productive and important ecosystems. Mitigating anthropogenic impacts on these …

[HTML][HTML] The Portofino Promontory: 200 Years of History of Marine Biology

G Bavestrello, F Betti, CN Bianchi, V Cappanera… - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
This paper outlines the history of scientific research developed in the Portofino Promontory,
located in the centre of the Ligurian Sea. The chronicles span over two centuries, from the …

[HTML][HTML] RESQUE: A novel comprehensive approach to compare the performance of different indices in evaluating seagrass health

A Oprandi, CN Bianchi, O Karayali, C Morri, I Rigo… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biotic indices are major tools recommended by the European Directives for assessing the
ecological status of marine coastal ecosystems such as Posidonia oceanica meadows …

Ecosystem-based assessment of a widespread Mediterranean marine habitat: The Coastal Detrital Bottoms, with a special focus on epibenthic assemblages

P Astruch, A Orts, T Schohn, B Belloni… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Coastal detrital bottoms (CDB) are one of the most extensive habitats of the
continental shelf worldwide, in the upper levels of the circalittoral zone. Hosting a diverse …

The ecological status of relict Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile meadows: the case of Cala San Giacomo (Apulia, Adriatic Sea)

G Denti, F Rubino, L Papa, A Petrocelli… - … on Metrology for the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Posidonia oceanica meadows are very sensitive and important marine environments; they
are protected and monitored under several European regulations. In this context, the …

Multiple indices on different habitats and descriptors provide consistent assessments of environmental quality in a marine protected area

A Oprandi, F Atzori, A Azzola, CN Bianchi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In the last decades, climate change and human pressures have increasingly and
dramatically impacted the ocean worldwide, calling for urgent actions to safeguard coastal …

[PDF][PDF] Indices from the past: relevance in the status assessment of posidonia oceanica meadows

A Oprandi, I Mancini, CN Bianchi, C Morri… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Biotic indices are major tools recommended by European Directives for assessing the
ecological status of marine coastal ecosystems. Although they have a relatively recent …

Cambiamento nel tempo delle praterie di Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile tra la foce del Torrente Bisagno e Genova Nervi-il caso studio della nuova diga del porto di …

E Pero - 2023 - unire.unige.it
Lo studio si inserisce nel Piano di Monitoraggio Ambientale per la costruzione della nuova
diga foranea del Porto di Genova allo scopo di valutare lo stato ecologico delle cinque …