Marine biota is a great source of ecosystem services. Recently, the involvement of marine
organisms in biotechnological applications has been discovered and become useful for the …

Plastic debris constitutes up to 87% of marine litter and represents one of the most frequently
studied vectors for marine alien species with invasive potential in the last 15 years. This …

Blooms of gelatinous zooplankton, an important source of protein-rich biomass in coastal
waters, often collapse rapidly, releasing large amounts of labile detrital organic matter (OM) …

After its bloom in the Black and Caspian Sea in the late 1980s and early 90s, there has been
an increased interest in understanding the ecology of the invasive zooplanktivorous comb …

The sea walnut, Mnemiopsis leidyi, has invaded and expanded throughout the whole
Mediterranean Sea basin. Large blooms were recorded also in the Venice Lagoon (Italy), an …

One of the obstacles to detecting regional trends in jellyfish populations is the lack of a
defined baseline. In the Adriatic Sea, the jellyfish fauna (Scyphozoa and Ctenophora) is …

Commercial shipping activity plays a crucial role in the unintentional primary and secondary
introduction of aquatic Non-Indigenous species (NIS), with ballast water (BW) and hull …

Marine ecosystems are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cumulative anthropogenic
effects and pressures. Therefore, various methodological approaches and tools have been …

Genetic and morphological analyses were used to revise historical controversies in
identities of Beroe species in the southern seas of Europe. DNA analyses with ITS …

Biopollution by alien species is considered one of the main threats to environmental health.
The marine environment, traditionally less studied than inland domains, has been the object …