Posidonia oceanica is a seagrass endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the primary
production of the P. oceanica meadow is not directly consumed by herbivores and plays a …

Some species of seagrasses (eg, Zostera marina and Posidonia oceanica) have declined in
the Mediterranean, at least locally. Others are progressing, helped by sea warming, such as …

Biotic indices, which reflect the quality of the environment, are widely used in the marine
realm. Sometimes, key species or ecosystem engineers are selected for this purpose. This is …

The available references to rhodolith beds have been analyzed for a total of 125 locations in
the Mediterranean Sea, equally distributed in the eastern and western sub-basins …

A population of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 (molluscan, Bivalvia) has been
studied since 1969 at Port-Cros Island (Port-Cros National Park, Provence, France …

The Port-Cros National Park (PCNP), established in 1963, was one of the earliest terrestrial
and marine parks in the Mediterranean Sea. From 2012, it engaged in a major redefinition …

Biodiversity is often defined erroneously as the number of species. The higher the number of
species, the better the status or the health of a habitat is considered to be. Managers …

The terrestrial and marine Port-Cros National (PCNP) was established in 1963; it was then
made up only of the Archipelago of Port-Cros. Since 2012, it has been extended to include a …

The Port-Cros National Park (PCNP) was established in 1963. It encompassed the Island of
Port-Cros and the neighbouring island and islets (the Port-Cros Archipelago). Progressively …

Introduction Coastal detrital bottoms (CDB) are one of the most extensive habitats of the
continental shelf worldwide, in the upper levels of the circalittoral zone. Hosting a diverse …