The use of underwater video techniques has expanded rapidly in ecological studies and is
particularly desirable in protected areas since the method does not impact the habitat or …

A new cold-water coral (CWC) province has been identified in the Mediterranean Sea in the
Capo Spartivento canyon system offshore the southern coast of Sardinia. The 'Sardinia cold …

Taxa within diverse lineages select and transport exogenous materials for the purposes of
camouflage. This adaptive behavior also occurs in insects, most famously in green lacewing …

Abstract Recent ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) exploration and bottom sampling in the
southern Adriatic Sea (Apulian and Montenegrin margins) resulted in the discovery of …

Cold-water corals are recognised as a key component of Mediterranean deep-sea
ecosystems but the knowledge of their associated biodiversity is still limited. To date, the …

This chapter is a review of studies that present the role of cold-water corals as shelter,
feeding and life-history critical habitats for fish species in the Mediterranean Sea and world …

Two experimental longline surveys were carried out in the Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) cold-
water coral province (Mediterranean Sea) during May–June and September–October 2010 …

Abstract The Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) cold-water coral (CWC) province is a proposed
priority conservation area according to several conservation initiatives in the Mediterranean …

Cold-water coral carbonate mounds, created by framework-building scleractinian corals, are
also important habitats for non-scleractinian corals, whose ecology and role are …

The Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) cold-water coral province (northern Ionian Sea) has the
largest occurrence of a living white coral community currently known in the Mediterranean …