Marine bioconstructions are biodiversity-rich, three-dimensional biogenic structures,
regulating key ecological functions of benthic ecosystems worldwide. Tropical coral reefs …

The capability to detect and predict the responses of marine populations and communities to
the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) depends on the ability to distinguish …

Coral mortality is a global phenomenon of increasing magnitude, correlated with climate
change. Prolonged marine heatwaves have particularly affected the north Aegean Sea in …

While hanging nets may have fewer overall environmental impacts than towed gears, they
still catch unwanted species and sizes, which are then discarded. Gillnets are one of the …

This review attempts to estimate the biodiversity of the macrobenthic communities that
develop on hard bottoms in the Aegean Sea. Literature analysis revealed that 1,171 species …

Cladocora caespitosa is the only Mediterranean scleractinian similar to tropical reef-building
corals. While this species is part of the recent fossil history of the Mediterranean Sea, it is …

During an expedition in 2014 in the Gulf of Gabes that aimed to evaluate the impact of the
pollution of the phosphate industry on the marine environment, numerous dead coral …

The examination of a demosponge collection from the Aegean Sea and a review of the
existing literature on the Aegean sponges showed that the number of species known from …

The spatial dispersion of zoobenthos from sublittoral hard substrate communities in the
northern part of the Aegean Sea has been studied during summer 1997 and 1998. Material …

Abstract Near the Fauglia village (Tuscany, Italy), a Calabrian (lower Pleistocene)
stratigraphic succession crops out in a sand quarry. This succession is comprised of an …