Microplastics are recognised as a potential global threat to marine ecosystems, but the
biological mechanisms determining their impact on marine life are still largely unknown …

Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

Background Climate change has accelerated the occurrence and severity of heatwaves in
the Mediterranean Sea and poses a significant threat to the octocoral species that form the …

Frequency and severity of heat waves is expected to increase as a consequence of climate
change with important impacts on human and ecosystems health. However, while many …

Reef-building corals owe much of their success to a symbiosis with dinoflagellate
microalgae in the genus Symbiodinium. In this association, the performance of each …

Gorgonians are important habitat-providing species in the Mediterranean Sea, but their
populations are declining due to microbial diseases and repeated mass mortality events …

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 …

Marine heat waves (MHWs) have increased in frequency and intensity worldwide, causing
mass mortality of benthic organisms and loss of biodiversity in shallow waters. The …

The question of species survival and evolution in heterogeneous environments has long
been a subject for study. Indeed, it is often difficult to identify the molecular basis of …

A mortality event of Cladocora caespitosa corals and the extent of bleaching, necrosis and
pigmented areas in the colonies were studied at the southeastern coast of Cyprus during a …