[HTML][HTML] The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats

M Coll, C Piroddi, J Steenbeek, K Kaschner… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
The Mediterranean Sea is a marine biodiversity hot spot. Here we combined an extensive
literature analysis with expert opinions to update publicly available estimates of major taxa …

[HTML][HTML] Late Quaternary sea-level changes and early human societies in the central and eastern Mediterranean Basin: An interdisciplinary review

J Benjamin, A Rovere, A Fontana, S Furlani… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
This article reviews key data and debates focused on relative sea-level changes since the
Last Interglacial (approximately the last 132,000 years) in the Mediterranean Basin, and …

Biodiversity issues for the forthcoming tropical Mediterranean Sea

CN Bianchi - Hydrobiologia, 2007 - Springer
Present-day Mediterranean marine biodiversity is undergoing rapid alteration. Because of
the increased occurrence of warm-water biota, it has been said that the Mediterranean is …

[PDF][PDF] Mediterranean Sea biodiversity between the legacy from the past and a future of change

CN Bianchi, C Morri, M Chiantore… - Life in the …, 2012 - dueproject.org
ABSTRACT The Mediterranean Sea is a biodiversity hotspot containing between 15,000
and 20,000 marine species, nearly a quarter of which are endemic. The causes of the high …

Quantifying the pH 'vital effect'in the temperate zooxanthellate coral Cladocora caespitosa: Validation of the boron seawater pH proxy

J Trotter, P Montagna, M McCulloch, S Silenzi… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Boron isotopic and elemental systematics are used to define the vital effects for the
temperate shallow water Mediterranean coral Cladocora caespitosa. The corals are from a …

Summer autotrophy and winter heterotrophy in the temperate symbiotic coral Cladocora caespitosa

C Ferrier-Pagès, A Peirano, M Abbate… - Limnology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios (δ13C and δ15N) were determined in the zooxanthellae,
host tissue, and whole symbiotic association of the symbiotic temperate coral Cladocora …

Consequences of the marine climate and ecosystem shift of the 1980-90s on the Ligurian Sea biodiversity (NW Mediterranean)

CN Bianchi, A Azzola, M Bertolino, F Betti… - The European …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
A rapid temperature increase in the 1980-90s has been accompanied by dramatic and
unprecedented changes in the biota and communities of the Ligurian Sea. This review uses …

Mediterranean corals through time: from Miocene to Present

A Vertino, J Stolarski, FR Bosellini… - The Mediterranean Sea: Its …, 2014 - Springer
Stony corals, especially scleractinians, are a recurrent component of the benthic fauna of the
Mediterranean basin and its Mesozoic-to-Cenozoic precursors. Both morphological and …

Effects of temperature, light and heterotrophy on the growth rate and budding of the temperate coral Cladocora caespitosa

R Rodolfo-Metalpa, A Peirano, F Houlbrèque… - Coral Reefs, 2008 - Springer
Recent investigations have shown the temperate scleractinian coral Cladocora caespitosa
to be a new potential climate archive for the Mediterranean Sea. Whilst earlier studies have …

[图书][B] The Mediterranean Sea: Its history and present challenges

S Goffredo, Z Dubinsky - 2013 - books.google.com
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 …