In coastal waters around the world, the dominant primary producers are benthic
macrophytes, including seagrasses and macroalgae, that provide habitat structure and food …

Posidonia oceanica is a seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the primary
production of the P. oceanica meadow is not directly consumed by herbivores and plays a …

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 …

Plastic pollution is a remarkable environmental issue. In fact, plastic is widespread in the
lifetime and serious environmental problems are caused by the improper management of …

This fully revised and expanded edition of Sea Urchins provides a wide-ranging
understanding of the biology and ecology of this key component of the world's oceans …

Effective ecosystem‐based management requires understanding ecosystem responses to
multiple human threats, rather than focusing on single threats. To understand ecosystem …

Macroalgae have been utilized as biological indicators of ecosystem health in many
monitoring programs worldwide. These programs have utilized various methods to quantify …

Kelp forests line a quarter of the world's coastlines and provide diverse ecosystem services.
While kelps are a harvested resource themselves, they are also foundation species that form …

A conceptual model was constructed for the functioning the algae-dominated rocky reef
ecosystem of the Mediterranean Sea. The Ecosystem-Based Quality Index (reef-EBQI) is …

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile is a Mediterranean-endemic angiosperm often described for
its great ecological importance. Despite evidence of a millennia-old relationship between P …