A5040331684- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and environmental studies
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Maritime Navigation and Safety
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
2013-2024
University of Salento
2021
Friuli Innovazione (Italy)
2021
Regione del Veneto
2021
Croatian Hydrographic Institute
2021
National Research Council
2021
Abstract The disproportionately low presence of marine species in the list invasive alien (IAS) Union concern European (EU) Regulation 1143/2014 does not fully acknowledge threat they pose to EU environment. In this study, first EU‐scale Horizon Scanning (HS) focusing on was performed, aiming deliver a ranked that should be high priority for risk assessment (Article 5 IAS Regulation). Species absent from or with limited distribution waters were targeted. total, 363 initially screened HS by...
Refined baseline inventories of non-indigenous species (NIS) are set per European Union Member State (MS), in the context Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The based on initial assessment MSFD (2012) and updated data Alien Species Information Network, collaboration with NIS experts appointed by MSs. analysis revealed that a large number was not reported from assessments. Moreover, several initially listed currently considered as native Europe or were proven to be historical...
This Collective Article compiles information on nineteen (19) species recorded in seven (7) Mediterranean countries (Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Syria, and Türkiye) across four major sub-basins (Adriatic, Western, Central, Eastern Mediterranean). The documented taxa represent eight (8) phyla: Annelida (four species), Arthropoda (three), Bryozoa (one), Chordata (two), Cnidaria Mollusca (five), Chlorophyta Ochrophyta (one). Observations originated from both dedicated scientific...
Abstract Coralline red algae are significant components of sea bottom and up to now considered as exclusively marine species. Here we present the first coralline alga from a freshwater environment, found in Cetina River (Adriatic Sea watershed). The is fully adapted freshwater, attested by reproductive structures, sporelings an inability survive brackish conditions. Morphological molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal species belongs Pneophyllum described P. cetinaensis sp. nov....
In September 2015, a massive occurrence of the Ostreopsis species was recorded in central Adriatic Kaštela Bay. order to taxonomically identify responsible for this event and determine their toxin profile, cells collected seawater from benthic macroalgae were analyzed. Conservative taxonomic methods (light microscopy SEM) molecular (PCR-based assay) allowed identification cf. ovata associated with Coolia monotis. The abundance O. reached 2.9 × 104 L−1 seawater, while on macroalgae, it...
The reproductive cycle of a local population the aspidochirote Holothuria tubulosa in Kaštela Bay (Adriatic Sea) was analysed from July 1994 to August 1995 by histological examination and observations macroscopic features gonads. Five gonadal stages were described: recovery stage, growing mature spawning post-spawning stage. distinguishing used describe gonad both sexes included main cells wall. showed clear annual pattern synchronous sexes. Spawning occurred during warm season, September,...
Dictyota cyanoloma has recently been described from the Mediterranean Sea and Macaronesia but doubt had arisen as to whether this species was truly native in Europe. The is mainly found on non-natural substrata (harbour walls, marinas, boat hulls, etc.), strongly suggesting that it an introduction. Molecular sequence information historical herbarium samples proves presence of D. Adriatic early 1935. Since approximately year 2000, however, number records well geographic range expanded...
Deep-water kelps are little-known large brown algae occurring close to the lower limit of photosynthetic life in sea. This study compares historical and recent records deep-water Mediterranean kelp Laminaria rodriguezii Adriatic Sea. Historical include data from herbarium collections trawling fishery expeditions mid-twentieth century, while comprise last 17 years MEDITS expeditions, ROV surveys locations, benthic by fishermen. Altogether, these findings demonstrate that population L. has...
A new geographic record of the oomycete Olpidiopsis feldmanni infecting tetrasporophytic stage red alga Asparagopsis sp. from Adriatic Sea, confirmed through morphological identification, allowed us to expand previous observations this organism. Ultrastructural investigations environmental material showed a large central vacuole and cell wall thicker than previously reported other basal pathogens algae. Phylogenetic analysis closely associates O. bostrychiae concurrent with structural...
Fifteen years after the first report of presence tropical green alga Caulerpa taxifolia (Chlorophyta) in Mediterranean Sea off shores Monaco, this is now present waters five countries. This rapid, broad dissemination believed to have occurred solely by thallus fragmentation, because sexual reproduction, common species, has not been demonstrated C. taxifolia. Here, we field observations synchronous formation and release male gametes strain As related species living regions, gamete was...
The present short note reports the first occurrence of Caulerpa racemosa ‘invasive variety’ in Adriatic sea.
The sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula are important herbivores in algal communities of the infralittoral rocky bottoms Mediterranean Sea. However, grazing by that outweighs natural recruitment processes might result formation barrens, which areas dominated coralline algae. We present results first large-scale mapping urchin barrens analyses urchins’ impact on main across 1955.5 km coastline eastern side Adriatic Sea (Croatia). Since was performed over a geographically wide...