Background Marine species can demonstrate strong genetic differentiation and population
structure despite the hypothesis of open seas and high connectivity. Some suggested …

Rapid anthropogenic climate change is a major threat to ocean biodiversity, increasing the
challenge for marine conservation. Strategic conservation planning, and more recently …

Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, dense populations of the gorgonian Paramuricea clavata
shape marine animal forests, characterizing the seascapes of coralligenous habitats …

Climate change is one of the biggest emerging threats to marine biodiversity in the
Mediterranean Sea. In this chapter, we focus on the recurrent and large scale mass mortality …

To understand the restoration potential of degraded habitats, it is important to know the key
processes and habitat features that allow for recovery after disturbance. As part of the EU …

Understanding the resilience of temperate reefs to climate change requires exploring the
recovery capacity of their habitat-forming species from recurrent marine heatwaves (MHWs) …

Understanding the factors and processes that shape intra-specific sensitivity to heat stress is
fundamental to better predicting the vulnerability of benthic species to climate change. Here …

The accurate delimitation of species boundaries in nonbilaterian marine taxa is notoriously
difficult, with consequences for many studies in ecology and evolution. Anthozoans are a …

The differential response of marine populations to climate change remains poorly
understood. Here, we combine common garden thermotolerance experiments in aquaria …

Paramuricea clavata is an ecosystem engineer, structuring hard bottom communities in the
Mediterranean Sea, from 10 to 200 m depth. For more than 2 decades, shallow populations …