A5090817204- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine and environmental studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coastal Management and Development
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Marine and fisheries research
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
University of Salento
2022-2023
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2019-2020
CoNISMa
2020
Ege University
2020
This is the first description of a Mediterranean mesophotic coral reef. The bioconstruction extended for 2.5 km along Italian Adriatic coast in bathymetric range -30/-55 m. It appeared as framework blocks mostly built by two scleractinians, Phyllangia americana mouchezii (Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897) and Polycyathus muellerae (Abel, 1959), which were able to edify secondary substrate with high structural complexity. Scleractinian corallites cemented calcified polychaete tubes organized into an...
Abstract The present paper provides a multidisciplinary fine-scale description of Mediterranean mesophotic new habitat dominated by the bivalve Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795), building large and thick pinnacles on vertical cliffs at two study areas along southern Italian coast. pinnacles, constituted multilayered aggregation living dead specimens N. , were interconnected with each other to form framework high structural complexity, never observed before for this species....
Abstract The coralligenous habitat was studied at the large Mediterranean scale, by applying a standardized, non‐destructive photo‐sampling protocol, developed in framework of CIGESMED project. results provided evidence to support following statements: (a) assemblage pattern is not homogeneously distributed across four ecoregions ( biotic gradients hypothesis ); and (b) does change significantly when information aggregated higher taxonomic levels sufficiency ). Surrogate categories than...
Abstract Lack of detailed knowledge on ecological niche, life cycles, spatial distribution, reproductive biology and space use strongly affects the selection useful tools measures in conservation threatened marine species. Especially for sedentary slow species, behaviour movement capacities are supposed to be most important functional traits. Indeed, behavioural variability concerning available close presence individuals is considered a crucial trait population dynamics assessments,...
In this study, the new record of non-indigenous Rhodophyta Antithamnionella spirographidis (Schiffner) Wollaston (1968) has been reported from Marmara Sea that connection area between Mediterranean and Black Sea. The species, originally described Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea), is currently known throughout Central Western Our finding easternmost tiny filamentous alga in