A5030131073- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Geological formations and processes
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Marine and environmental studies
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation
- Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2013-2025
Universitat de les Illes Balears
2025
Massive salt accumulations, or giants, have formed in highly restricted marine basins throughout geological history, but their impact on biodiversity has been only patchily studied. The giant the Mediterranean Sea as a result of restriction its gateway to Atlantic during Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) 5.97 5.33 million years ago. Here, we quantify changes associated with MSC based compilation fossil record. We conclude that 86 endemic species 2006 pre-MSC survived crisis, and present...
Abstract Lower Priabonian coral bioherms and biostromes, encased in prodelta marls/clays, occur the Aínsa‐Jaca piggyback basin, South Central Pyrenean zone. Detailed mapping of lithofacies bounding surfaces onto photomosaics reveals architecture buildups. Coral lithosomes either isolated or amalgamated larger Isolated are 1 to 8 m thick a few hundred metres wide; clay content within colonies is significant. Stacked form low‐relief buildups, commonly 20 30 thick, locally up 50 m. These...
Pleistocene sea-level change transformed staghorn corals into prolific reef builders that are sensitive to anthropogenic stressors.
Abstract Distinguishing between environmental and species-specific physiological signals, recorded in coral skeletons, is one of the fundamental challenges their reliable use as (paleo)climate proxies. To date, characteristic biological bias skeleton-recorded signatures (vital effect) was shown shifts geochemical signatures. Herein, for first time, we have assessed crystallographic parameters bio-aragonite to study response reef-building Stylophora pistillata experimental seawater...
Understanding deep-time marine biodiversity change under the combined effects of climate and connectivity changes is fundamental for predicting impacts modern in semi-enclosed seas. We quantify Late Miocene–Early Pliocene [11.63 to 3.6 million years (Ma)] taxonomic diversity Mediterranean Sea calcareous nannoplankton, dinocysts, foraminifera, ostracods, corals, molluscs, bryozoans, echinoids, fishes, mammals. During this time, biota was affected by global cooling restriction Mediterranean’s...
The Cretaceous to Quaternary succession of the Apulia Platform cropping out on eastern coast Salento Peninsula shows a special stratigraphic architecture. Whereas platform top, i.e. proper, is at most few tens metres thick and punctuated by unconformities, margin slope platform, along present-day peninsula, several carbonate systems are laterally disposed grafted one upon other. Three these clinostratified include well developed reef tracts Priabonian, early Chattian Messinian age. geologic...
Abstract. The Messinian Salinity Crisis and its precursor events have been the greatest environmental perturbation of Mediterranean Sea to date, offering an opportunity study response marine ecosystems extreme hydrological change a large-scale biological invasion. restriction connection between Atlantic Ocean already since Tortonian–Messinian boundary resulted in stratification water column increase temperature salinity variations. Here, we present unified revised fossil record that covers...
Abstract The future of tropical coral reefs is severely threatened by rising global temperatures and relies on the persistence two key attributes: (a) biodiversity, (b) reef‐building capacity. In order to understand how these attributes responded a climate warming, we investigated corals in early Paleogene “hothouse” interval. We focused Mediterranean region, which was center reef diversity provides most complete record for this time computed biodiversity dynamics based new compilation...
This study examines four shallow-water, reef-coral-bearing carbonate successions belonging to the Jhill Limestone Unit of Gaj Formation, exposed in area near Karachi (southern Pakistan). Sixty-two samples were collected for quantitative analysis skeletal and foraminiferal assemblages. The large benthic foraminifera suggests a placement within late Oligocene, characterized by setup Late Oligocene Warming Event. Thanks analyses multivariate statistics, three biofacies identified: (1) reef...
Abstract Today coral reefs are threatened by changes to seawater conditions associated with rapid anthropogenic global climate change. Yet, since the Cenozoic, these organisms have experienced major fluctuations in atmospheric CO 2 levels (from greenhouse of high pCO Eocene low ice-house Oligocene-Miocene) and a dramatically changing ocean Mg/Ca ratio. Here we show that most diverse, widespread, abundant reef-building genus Acropora (20 morphological groups 150 living species) has not only...