Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

Octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa Octocorallia) are magnificent repositories of natural products
with fascinating and unusual chemical structures and bioactivities of interest to medicine and …

Mesophotic habitats, hosting benthic assemblages totally unknown and unexpected in the
early 2000s, are attracting an increasing interest from scientists. Realizing that many long …

The mean predicted decrease of 0.3–0.4 pH units in the global surface ocean by the end of
the century has prompted urgent research to assess the potential effects of ocean …

Gorgonians are a key group of organisms in benthic marine communities with a wide
bathymetric and geographical distribution. Although their presence on continental shelves …

The yellow octocoral Eunicella cavolini is one of the most common gorgonians thriving in
Mediterranean hard-bottom communities. However, information regarding its distribution …

Microbial communities inhabiting gorgonian corals are believed to benefit their hosts
through nutrient provision and chemical defence; yet much remains to be learned about their …

Octocorals are a major component of the sessile benthic fauna worldwide, especially
important in tropical regions, such as the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean, where together with …

The pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) can form coral
forests at mesophotic depths in the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the recognized importance …

The annual gonad development of a shallow (20 m depth) population of the Mediterranean
gorgonian Eunicella singularis was found to be closely synchronized with that of a deep (60 …