Reteporella spp. success in the re-colonization of bare coralligenous reefs impacted by Costa Concordia shipwreck: The pioneer species you did not expect

E Casoli, G Mancini, D Ventura, DS Pace… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
We report here for the first time the effectiveness of Reteporella bryozoan genus in the early
stage of coralligenous reefs recolonization through the analysis of the settlement and the …

Comparative analysis of mollusc assemblages from different hard bottom habitats in the central tyrrhenian sea

E Casoli, A Bonifazi, G Ardizzone, MF Gravina… - Diversity, 2019 - mdpi.com
Composition, trophic structure, and species-substrate relationships of molluscan
assemblages inhabiting different hard bottom habitats (Sabellaria alveolata reef, photophilic …

Double Trouble: Synergy between Habitat Loss and the Spread of the Alien Species Caulerpa cylindracea (Sonder) in Three Mediterranean Habitats

E Casoli, G Mancini, D Ventura, A Belluscio… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The role of habitat degradation on the spread of the alien green alga Caulerpa cylindracea
is reported here by comparing observations achieved through a multi-year assessment on …

Alpha and beta diversity in Mediterranean macroalgal assemblages: relevancy and type of effect of anthropogenic stressors vs natural variability

L Piazzi, G Ceccherelli - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
This work aimed at evaluating changes in alpha and beta diversity of major Mediterranean
macroalgal assemblages across gradients of human pressure. To achieve these goals, data …

High diversity and abundance of Foraminifera associated with Mediterranean benthic red algae mats

FI Rossbach, B Merk, C Wild - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean Sea comprises habitats such as Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows
that exhibit high associated biodiversity of sessile organisms. Recent pilot research …

Mediterranean red macro algae mats as habitat for high abundances of serpulid polychaetes

FI Rossbach, E Casoli, M Beck, C Wild - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean Sea harbors more than 17,000 eukaryotic marine species, with several
ecosystems recognized as biodiversity hotspots, such as Posidonia oceanica meadows …

Fleshy red algae mats act as temporary reservoirs for sessile invertebrate biodiversity

YC El-Khaled, N Daraghmeh, A Tilstra, F Roth… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Many coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs and seagrass meadows, currently experience
overgrowth by fleshy algae due to the interplay of local and global stressors. This is usually …

Fleshy red algae mats influence their environment in the Mediterranean Sea

N Schmidt, YC El-Khaled, FI Roßbach… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the Mediterranean Sea, the fleshy red alga Phyllophora crispa forms dense mats of up to
15 cm thickness, mainly located on rocky substrates in water depths below 20 m. Because of …

Peracarid assemblages in a human-disturbed location from South-Western Mediterranean Sea: role of surface orientation and phytal structure of the habitat

E López - Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 2022 - Springer
The goal of this investigation was to assess the role of a number of environmental variables
on the traits of a peracarid population inhabiting turfs of Ellisolandia elongata in a …

Trophic, Chemo-Ecological and Sex-Specific Insights on the Relation Between Diplodus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758) and the Invasive Caulerpa cylindracea (Sonder …

A Miccoli, E Mancini, M Boschi, F Provenza… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biological invasions result in negative and unpredictable impacts on oceans worldwide. Non-
indigenous macrophytes often synthesize secondary metabolites for defensive purposes …