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

Biogenic reefs are known worldwide to play a key role in benthic ecosystems, enhancing
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning at every level, from shallow to deeper waters …

The deep sea plays a critical role in global climate regulation through uptake and storage of
heat and carbon dioxide. However, this regulating service causes warming, acidification and …

Despite the recognized important ecological role that cetaceans play in the marine
environment, their protection is still scarcely enforced in the Mediterranean Sea even though …

Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

A forest of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata was found from 52 to 80 m depth in three
different sites at Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA; Mediterranean Sea), with two …

Mesophotic habitats, hosting benthic assemblages totally unknown and unexpected in the
early 2000s, are attracting an increasing interest from scientists. Realizing that many long …

Abstract The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC) was adopted to
achieve a Good Environmental Status (GES) in the EU's marine waters and to protect …

Hyperspectral imagers enable the collection of high-resolution spectral images exploitable
for the supervised classification of habitats and objects of interest (OOI). Although this is a …

Seamounts host some of the most important deep‐sea ecosystems. The unique
environmental characteristics of seamounts sustain rich biological hot spots, which, in recent …