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 …

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

The Mediterranean region contains a diverse and interesting climate ranging from areas
with permanent glaciers to areas of subtropical, semiarid regions. The region is potentially …

Defined here as 'essentially in place calcareous deposits created by sessile organisms',
Organic Reefs are diverse and complex structures with a long geological history. Their …

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 …

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 …

A review of 2000 years of paleoclimatic evidence in the Mediterranean - HAL-SHS -
Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société Accéder directement au contenu Documentation FR …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses a necessary task for assessing to which degree
the industrial period is unusual against the background of pre-industrial climate variability. It …

Fossil corals provide valuable data for reconstructing past sea levels, as they are often well
preserved in the fossil record and can be dated with U-series methods. Here we present a …

Although biogeomorphological research is well-established, with many studies on a range
of two-way interrelations between organisms and geomorphology in different environments …