Canopy-forming macroalgae play a crucial role in coastal primary production and nutrient
cycling, providing food, shelter, nurseries, and habitat for many vertebrate and invertebrate …

Habitat degradation and loss are severely affecting macroalgal forests worldwide, and their
successful mitigation depends on the identification of the drivers of loss and the …

Sea urchins are emblematic models in developmental biology and display several
characteristics that set them apart from other deuterostomes. To uncover the genomic cues …

Canopy-forming seaweed species of the genus Cystoseira form diverse and productive
habitats along temperate rocky coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Despite numerous studies …

This fully revised and expanded edition of Sea Urchins provides a wide-ranging
understanding of the biology and ecology of this key component of the world's oceans …

Coastal reefs are highly diverse marine ecosystems that in many regions suffer today from
growing pressures by human activities. Among the most highly‐stressed are those found in …

A conceptual model was constructed for the functioning the algae-dominated rocky reef
ecosystem of the Mediterranean Sea. The Ecosystem-Based Quality Index (reef-EBQI) is …

Conservation genomic studies in non‐model organisms generally rely on reduced
representation sequencing techniques based on restriction enzymes to identify population …

Simple Summary The Mediterranean marine forests of canopy brown algae are important
habitats that have been in decline in recent decades. This study examines the distribution …

We analyzed the occurrence and status of infralittoral fringe populations of Cystoseira
spp.(Fucales) at thirteen rocky sites around the Italian coastline, and explored the …