The state-of-art on alien species in the Mediterranean Sea is presented, making distinctions
among the four subregions defined in the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive:(i) the …

The biodiversity of the Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) coral bank is summarized and its
description is updated using data collected by means of underwater video systems, benthic …

Cold-water corals are recognised as a key component of Mediterranean deep-sea
ecosystems but the knowledge of their associated biodiversity is still limited. To date, the …

The present study constitutes an updated evaluation of the Mediterranean bryozoan
biodiversity afer the paper by Harmelin (1992) based on Zabala and Maluquer (1988) list …

Macro-and megafauna were recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic Sea,
Mediterranean Sea) during an oceanographic cruise carried out in May-June 2012 and an …

Hull fouling is considered to be the most significant vector of introduction of marine non-
indigenous species (NIS) in the Madeira Archipelago (NE Atlantic) because these islands …

Serpuloideans, bryozoans and brachiopods, which are among the most representative
sessile skeletonised invertebrates in marine caves, are examined herein from four selected …

What do we know about Mediterranean Cold (Deep)-Water coral ecosystems? In this book,
specialists offer answers and insights with a series of chapters and short papers about the …

Biostalactites formed by metazoan–microbialite associations from three submerged marine
caves in the Plemmirio Peninsula (south of Syracuse, Ionian Sea) are randomly distributed …

Although bryozoans are one of the dominant sessile phyla in Mediterranean marine caves,
little information is available on the bryozoan diversity of this habitat in the eastern basin. In …