As impressive as the accomplishments of modern molecular biologists have been in finding
genetic alterations that lengthen life in short-lived model organisms, they pale in comparison …

Monitoring bioavailable contaminants and determining baseline conditions in aquatic
environments has become an important aspect of ecology and ecotoxicology. Since the mid …

A multicentennial and absolutely-dated shell-based chronology for the marine environment
of the North Icelandic Shelf has been constructed using annual growth increments in the …

White coral communities consist of scleractinian corals that thrive in the ocean's bathyal
depths (~ 200–4000 m). In the Atlantic Ocean, white corals are known to form complex, three …

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 …

The Sr/Ca and Mg/Ca ratios of many biogenic skeletons provide useful paleotemperature
estimates. As yet however, it has remained largely impossible to obtain such information …

Oysters are difficult to classify because of plasticity in shell morphology. Difficulties in
classification have hindered the understanding of oyster diversity and evolution. Recent …

Abstract The Gulf of Naples is an example of the most beautiful and biodiverse marine
regions of the Mediterranean Sea and of the most impacted areas in terms of industrial …

Oxygen-isotope measurements of fossil carbonates remain the most common method for
paleoclimatic temperature reconstructions. A well-known limitation of this approach is the …

Quantitative reconstruction of water temperature from shells of bivalve mollusks is still a very
challenging task. For example, in highly variable environments such as intertidal zones …