A5072796993- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and fisheries research
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Heavy metals in environment
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Marine and environmental studies
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine animal studies overview
Marche Polytechnic University
2016-2025
University of Palermo
2023
Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona
2002-2016
Ambiente Italia (Italy)
2015
University of Basel
2014
Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
2003
Several unicellular organisms (prokaryotes and protozoa) can live under permanently anoxic conditions. Although a few metazoans survive temporarily in the absence of oxygen, it is believed that multi-cellular cannot spend their entire life cycle without free oxygen. Deep seas include some most extreme ecosystems on Earth, such as deep hypersaline basins Mediterranean Sea. These are systems inhabited by huge partly unexplored microbial biodiversity. During last ten years three oceanographic...
Abstract The great variety of geological and hydrological conditions in the deep sea generates many different habitats. Some are only recently explored, although their true extent geographical coverage still not fully established. Both continental margins mid‐oceanic seafloors much more complex ecologically, geologically, chemically hydrodynamically than originally thought. As a result, fundamental patterns species distribution first observed explained context relatively monotonous slopes...
In January 2017, the International Seabed Authority released a discussion paper on development of Environmental Regulations for deep-sea mining within Area Beyond National Jurisdiction (the 'Area'). With release this paper, prospect commercial in next decade has become very real. Moreover, nations' Exclusive Economic Zones, exploitation mineral ore resources could take place much shorter time scales and, indeed, may have already started. However, potentially toxic metal mixtures be at sea...
Abstract Vegetated marine and freshwater habitats are being increasingly lost around the world. Habitat restoration is a critical step for conserving these valuable habitats, but new approaches needed to increase success ensure their survival. We investigated interactions between plants bivalves through review analysis of 491 studies, determined effects, mechanisms key environmental variables involved in driving positive negative interactions, produced guidelines integrating into efforts...
The knowledge of the processes controlling spatial distribution species diversity is one main challenges present ecological research. Spatial patterns benthic biodiversity in deep sea are poorly known comparison with other ecosystems and this limits our understanding mechanisms maintenance high largest biosphere. Although Mediterranean basin covers <1% world ocean surface, none less it hosts >7.5% global biodiversity. biogeographic complexity presence steep gradients contribute making...
Restoration is considered an effective strategy to accelerate the recovery of biological communities at local scale. However, effects restoration actions in marine ecosystems are still unpredictable. We performed a global analysis published literature identify factors increasing probability success coastal and systems. Our results confirm that majority active initiatives concentrated northern hemisphere most information gathered from efforts derives relatively small subset species. The also...
Multiple human impacts on natural ecosystems cause ongoing widespread habitat loss, with consequent decline of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Seas oceans, the largest biomes biosphere, show increasing numbers degraded habitats. Ecological restoration offers a major tool to reverse this trend recover biodiversity, along health well‐being. The United Nations Decade Ecosystem Restoration promotes global‐scale habitats we can exploit lessons learned from terrestrial projects improve...
Abstract Nematodes represent >3/5 of the abundance world’s metazoans and usually account for nearly 90% total benthic fauna, playing a key ecological role in ecosystem functioning on global scale. These small include relevant number microscopic predators and, turn, are most abundant preys macro-megafauna fish juveniles thus marine food webs. Here, using two independent approaches, we test bioaccumulation nematodes several heavy metals present contaminated sediments. We report here that...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 396:197-209 (2009) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08269 α-, β-, γ-, δ- and ε-diversity of deep-sea nematodes in canyons open slopes Northeast Atlantic Mediterranean margins R. Danovaro*, S. Bianchelli, C. Gambi, M. Mea, D. Zeppilli Dipartimento di Scienze del Mare, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via...