Bioerosion, the weakening and erosion of hard substrates by boring, etching, and grazing
organisms, is a major structuring force on coral reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) …

The distribution and abundance of littoral ascidians were analyzed with respect to thelr
possible relationships with environmental stress. As part of a multidisciplinary research …

Infrallttoral sponge fauna was studied as part of a multidisciplinary investigation of benthic
communities in Algeciras Bay On a monthly basis over 1 year, a senes of environmental …

Over the past several decades molecular tools have shown an enormous potential to aid in
the clarification of species boundaries in the marine realm, particularly in morphologically …

Coral bleaching is a stress response of corals induced by a variety of factors, but these
events have become more frequent and intense in response to recent climate‐change …

Bioeroding sponges play a central role in carbonate cycling on corals reefs. They may
respond differently to habitat deterioration than many other benthic invertebrates, because at …

This volume is an indispensable addition to the multidisciplinary coverage of the science of
the Mediterranean Sea. The editors have gathered leading authorities from the fields of …

The amphipod population associated with Bugula neritina (L.), a verycommon bryozoan
species in Algeciras Bay (Strait of Gibraltar), was studied on a spatio‐temporal scale, in …

A new method based on photographic sampling coupled with in situ observations was
applied to 53 stations along the French Mediterranean coast, to assess the integrity of …

The northern Adriatic continental shelf hosts several coralligenous reefs rising from the
sedimentary bottom and characterized by three main benthic assemblages, respectively …