A5048565781- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
2019-2025
University of Palermo
2023
CoNISMa
2010-2020
University of Pisa
2010-2018
University of Salento
2018
Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) mass mortality events (MMEs) organisms are one their main ecological impacts. Here, we show that during 2015-2019 period, Mediterranean Sea has experienced exceptional thermal conditions resulting onset five consecutive years widespread MMEs across basin. These affected thousands kilometers coastline from surface to 45 m, a range habitats taxa (50 8 phyla). Significant relationships were found...
Abstract Unraveling the functional future of marine ecosystems amid global change poses a pressing challenge. This is particularly critical in Mediterranean Sea, which highly impacted by and local drivers. Utilizing extensive mass mortality events (MMEs) datasets spanning from 1986 to 2020 across we investigated trait vulnerability benthic species that suffered MMEs induced nine distinct By analyzing changes ten ecological traits 389 species—constituting an compendium date—we identified 228...
Disentangling the ecological effects of biological invasions from those other human disturbances is crucial to understanding mechanisms underlying ongoing biotic homogenization. We evaluated whether exotic seaweed, Caulerpa racemosa, primary cause degradation (i.e., responsible for loss canopy-formers and dominance by algal turfs) on Mediterranean rocky reefs, experimentally removing invader alone or entire invaded assemblage. In addition, we assessed enhanced sedimentation survival recovery...
In the Anthropocene, marine ecosystems are rapidly shifting to new ecological states. Achieving effective conservation of biodiversity has become a fast-moving target because both global climate change and continuous shifts in policies. How prepared we deal with this crisis? We examined EU Member States Programs Measures designed for implementation environmental policies, as well recent European Marine Spatial Plans, discovered that is rarely considered operationally. Further, our analysis...
Abstract Marine kelp forests cover 1/3 of our world's coastlines, are heralded as a nature-based solution to address socio-environmental issues, connect hundreds millions people with the ocean, and support rich web biodiversity throughout oceans. But they increasingly threatened some areas reporting over 90% declines in forest living memory. Despite their importance threats face, entirely absent from international conservation dialogue. No laws, policies, or targets focus on very few...
Canopy-forming macroalgae play a crucial role in coastal primary production and nutrient cycling, providing food, shelter, nurseries, habitat for many vertebrate invertebrate species. However, macroalgal forests are decline various places natural recovery is almost impossible when populations become locally extinct. Hence, active restoration emerges as the most promising strategy to rebuild disappeared forests. In this regard, significant efforts have been made by several EU institutions...
Algal habitat-forming forests composed of fucalean brown seaweeds ( Cystoseira , Ericaria and Gongolaria ) have severely declined along the Mediterranean coasts, endangering maintenance essential ecosystem services. Numerous factors determine loss these assemblages operate at different spatial scales, which must be identified to plan conservation restoration actions. To explore critical stressors (natural anthropogenic) that may cause habitat degradation, we investigated (a) patterns...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 431:55-67 (2011) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09137 Determinants of Caulerpa racemosa distribution in north-western Mediterranean Fabio Bulleri1,2,*, Tommaso Alestra1, Giulia Ceccherelli2, Laura Tamburello1, Stefania Pinna2, Nicola Sechi2, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi1 1Dipartimento di Biologia, Università...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 457:29-41 (2012) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09703 Variation in structure of subtidal landscapes NW Mediterranean Sea L. Tamburello1,*, Benedetti-Cecchi1, G. Ghedini1, T. Alestra1,2, F. Bulleri1 1Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Pisa, CoNISMa, Via Derna 1, 56126 Italy 2Marine Research Group, School...
Jellyfish outbreaks are increasingly viewed as a deterministic response to escalating levels of environmental degradation and climate extremes. However, comprehensive understanding the influence drivers stochastic variations favouring population renewal processes has remained elusive. This study quantifies components change that lead jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca in Mediterranen Sea. Using data abundance collected at 241 sites along Catalan coast from 2007 2010 we: (1) tested hypotheses about...
The effects of climate change are likely to be dependent on local settings. Nonetheless, the compounded global and regional stressors remain poorly understood. Here, we used CO2 vents assess how ocean acidification seagrass, Posidonia oceanica, associated epiphytic community can modified by enhanced nutrient loading. P. oceanica at ambient low pH sites was exposed three levels for 16 months. response experimental conditions assessed combining analyses gene expression, plant growth,...
Increasing anthropogenic pressures are causing long-lasting regime shifts from high-diversity ecosystems to low-diversity ones. In the Mediterranean Sea, large extensions of rocky subtidal habitats characterized by high diversity have been completely degraded barren state due grazing pressure exerted sea urchins, which could persist for long time. several areas world, a positive effect urchin removal on recovery overexploited was found. This study assessed, first time in effects extensive...
Local, regional and global targets have been set to halt marine biodiversity loss. Europe has its own policy achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) of ecosystems by implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) across member states. We combined an extensive dataset five Mediterranean ecoregions including 26 Protected Areas (MPAs), their reference unprotected areas, a no-trawl case study. Our aim was assess if MPAs reach GES, effects are local or can be detected at ecoregion...
Despite the great interest for role played by resident assemblages in regulating biological invasions, few studies have assessed how these can influence spread of exotic species that successfully established or included more than one trophic level. On shallow rocky reefs, we effects different benthic on an invasive alga, Caulerpa racemosa , are influenced alterations density and composition sea urchin assemblage. In order to simulate herbivore loss scenarios, dominated morphological groups...
This study examined spatial relationships between rocky shore polychaete assemblages and environmental variables over broad geographical scales, using a database compiled within the Census of Marine Life NaGISA (Natural Geography In Shore Areas) research program. The consisted abundance measures polychaetes classified at genus family levels for 74 93 sites, respectively, from nine geographic regions. We tested general hypothesis that set emerging as potentially important drivers variation in...
Extensive loss of macroalgal forests advocates for large-scale restoration interventions, to compensate habitat degradation and recover the associated ecological functions services. Yet, attempts have generally been limited small spatial extensions, with principal aim developing efficient techniques. Here, success outplanting Cystoseira amentacea v. stricta germlings cultured in aquaria was experimentally explored at a scale tens kms, by means multifactorial experimental design. In...
Biological invasions are acknowledged among the main drivers of global changes in biodiversity. Despite compelling evidence species interactions being strongly regulated by environmental conditions, there is a dearth studies investigating how effects non‐native vary areas exposed to different anthropogenic pressures. Focusing on marine macroalgae, we performed meta‐analysis test whether and direction magnitude their resident communities varies relation cumulative impact levels. The...
The process of site selection and spatial planning has received scarce attention in the scientific literature dealing with marine restoration, suggesting need to better address how tools could guide restoration interventions. In this study, for first time, consequences adopting different targets criteria on prioritization have been assessed at a regional scale, including consideration climate changes. We applied decision-support tool Marxan, widely used systematic conservation Mediterranean...
The worldwide decline of macroalgal forests is raising major concerns for the potentially negative consequences on biodiversity and ecosystem functions, pushing definition specific conservation restoration measures. Protecting restoring these habitats requires detailed information their distribution, ecological status, drivers decline. Here, we provide most updated available distribution Mediterranean Cystoseira s.l. by conducting a comprehensive bibliographic survey literature published...
Ecological tests of 1/ f ‐noise models have advanced our understanding how environmental fluctuations affect population abundance and species distributions. Most empirical studies been conducted under controlled laboratory conditions focused on individual drivers. We present the results a four‐year field experiment in which canopy presence/absence availability primary space were manipulated as red‐noise white‐noise spatial processes, respectively, to evaluate their separate compounded...