Aims The present study is the first attempt to grasp the scale and richness of marine
biological invasions in Macaronesia. We pioneered a comprehensive non‐native species …

The present work analysed the main changes in subtidal algal assemblages in the last
decade in an oceanic archipelago (Canary Islands–eastern Atlantic Ocean). Changes result …

Mesophotic green algal meadows of Avrainvillea canariensis are firstly reported for Madeira
island. This represents a northern expansion of the species by nearly 500 km turning the …

A monitoring programme was established to collect plankton samples and information of
environmental variables over the shelf off the island of Gran Canaria during 2005 and 2006 …

The present study adds 19 species (15 Rhodophyta, one Chlorophyta and three
Ochrophyta) to the Azorean marine macroalgal flora, increasing the current total of species …

Because of phenotypic plasticity, undefined specific boundaries, and specimens that are
rarely fertile, species recognition in Gelidiales has been extremely difficult and controversial …

In the context of ocean warming, thermophilic organisms such as zoantharians are
expanding and altering shallow benthic habitats. Here, a four-month laboratory experiment …

The agarophyte family Gelidiellaceae currently includes 26 species in two genera, Gelidiella
and Parviphycus, but the generic status and species boundaries have not been fully …

Benthic marine flora of the Mediterranean Sea: Rhodophyta-Rhodymeniophycidae II.
Halymeniales, Nemastomatales, Peyssonneliales, Plocamiales, Rhody-meniales …

Oceanic islands are natural laboratories for investigating species diversity and richness
patterns. Changes in abiotic parameters may induce shifts in marine biota. Seaweeds are …