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2. Chapter Ecological status of the Tuscan Archipelago rocky habitats assessed by the MedSens index
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Turicchia, Eva, Cerrano, Carlo, Ghetta, Matteo, Giannini, Francesca, Abbiati, Marco, and Ponti, Massimo
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Community-based ecosystem monitoring ,Marine Citizen Science ,Indicator species ,Marine Protected Areas ,Impact assessment ,Coralligenous habitats ,thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment - Abstract
MedSens index provides the environmental status of subtidal rocky coastal habitats based on open data collected by trained volunteers using the Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring protocol. It is based on 25 species, incorporating their sensitivities to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive pressures and their distributions and abundances. MedSens was applied along the Tuscan Archipelago National Park Islands’ coasts, providing the mean sensitivity of the assemblages. It can help decision-makers in implementing marine biodiversity conservation measures.
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- 2022
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3. Spatial patterns and drivers of benthic community structure on the northern Adriatic biogenic reefs
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Gianni, Fabrizio, Turicchia, Eva, Abbiati, Marco, Calcinai, Barbara, Caragnano, Annalisa, Ciriaco, Saul, Costantini, Federica, Kaleb, Sara, Piazzi, Luigi, Puce, Stefania, Querin, Stefano, Rindi, Fabio, Solidoro, Cosimo, Bandelj, Vinko, Ponti, Massimo, and Falace, Annalisa
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- 2023
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4. Sediment and bottom water eDNA metabarcoding to support coastal management
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Tagliabue, Alice, Matterson, Kenan Oguz, Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Abbiati, Marco, and Costantini, Federica
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- 2023
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5. Ecological status of the Tuscan Archipelago rocky habitats assessed by the MedSens index
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Turicchia, Eva, primary, Cerrano, Carlo, additional, Ghetta, Matteo, additional, Giannini, Francesca, additional, Abbiati, Marco, additional, and Ponti, Massimo, additional
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- 2022
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6. NAMBER : A biotic index for assessing the ecological quality of mesophotic biogenic reefs in the northern Adriatic Sea
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Piazzi, Luigi, primary, Turicchia, Eva, additional, Rindi, Fabio, additional, Falace, Annalisa, additional, Gennaro, Paola, additional, Abbiati, Marco, additional, Bandelj, Vinko, additional, Calcinai, Barbara, additional, Ciriaco, Saul, additional, Costantini, Federica, additional, Gianni, Fabrizio, additional, Kaleb, Sara, additional, Puce, Stefania, additional, and Ponti, Massimo, additional
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- 2023
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7. Repeated (4D) Marine Geophysical Surveys as a Tool for Studying the Coastal Environment and Ground-Truthing Remote-Sensing Observations and Modeling
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Stanghellini, Giuseppe, primary, Bidini, Camilla, additional, Romagnoli, Claudia, additional, Archetti, Renata, additional, Ponti, Massimo, additional, Turicchia, Eva, additional, Del Bianco, Fabrizio, additional, Mercorella, Alessandra, additional, Polonia, Alina, additional, Giorgetti, Giulia, additional, Gallerani, Andrea, additional, and Gasperini, Luca, additional
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- 2022
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8. Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea
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Garrabou, Joaquim, primary, Gómez‐Gras, Daniel, additional, Medrano, Alba, additional, Cerrano, Carlo, additional, Ponti, Massimo, additional, Schlegel, Robert, additional, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, additional, Turicchia, Eva, additional, Sini, Maria, additional, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, additional, Teixido, Nuria, additional, Mirasole, Alice, additional, Tamburello, Laura, additional, Cebrian, Emma, additional, Rilov, Gil, additional, Ledoux, Jean‐Baptiste, additional, Souissi, Jamila Ben, additional, Khamassi, Faten, additional, Ghanem, Raouia, additional, Benabdi, Mouloud, additional, Grimes, Samir, additional, Ocaña, Oscar, additional, Bazairi, Hocein, additional, Hereu, Bernat, additional, Linares, Cristina, additional, Kersting, Diego Kurt, additional, la Rovira, Graciel, additional, Ortega, Júlia, additional, Casals, David, additional, Pagès‐Escolà, Marta, additional, Margarit, Núria, additional, Capdevila, Pol, additional, Verdura, Jana, additional, Ramos, Alfonso, additional, Izquierdo, Andres, additional, Barbera, Carmen, additional, Rubio‐Portillo, Esther, additional, Anton, Irene, additional, López‐Sendino, Paula, additional, Díaz, David, additional, Vázquez‐Luis, Maite, additional, Duarte, Carlos, additional, Marbà, Nuria, additional, Aspillaga, Eneko, additional, Espinosa, Free, additional, Grech, Daniele, additional, Guala, Ivan, additional, Azzurro, Ernesto, additional, Farina, Simone, additional, Cristina Gambi, Maria, additional, Chimienti, Giovanni, additional, Montefalcone, Monica, additional, Azzola, Annalisa, additional, Mantas, Torcuato Pulido, additional, Fraschetti, Simonetta, additional, Ceccherelli, Giulia, additional, Kipson, Silvija, additional, Bakran‐Petricioli, Tatjana, additional, Petricioli, Donat, additional, Jimenez, Carlos, additional, Katsanevakis, Stelios, additional, Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney, additional, Kizilkaya, Zafer, additional, Sartoretto, Stephane, additional, Elodie, Rouanet, additional, Ruitton, Sandrine, additional, Comeau, Steeve, additional, Gattuso, Jean‐Pierre, additional, and Harmelin, Jean‐Georges, additional
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- 2022
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9. Bioaccumulation of Mercury and Other Trace Elements in the Edible Holothurian Holothuria (Halodeima) atra in Relation to Gold Mining Activities in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Tamburini, Marco, primary, Badocco, Denis, additional, Ercadi, Riccardo, additional, Turicchia, Eva, additional, Zampa, Greta, additional, Gasparini, Fabio, additional, Ballarin, Loriano, additional, Guerra, Roberta, additional, Lasut, Markus T., additional, Makapedua, Daisy M., additional, Mamuaja, Jane, additional, Pastore, Paolo, additional, and Ponti, Massimo, additional
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- 2022
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10. Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, Daniel, Medrano, Alba, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Schlegel, Robert, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, Turicchia, Eva, Sini, Maria, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Teixidó, Nuria, Mirasole, Alice, Tamburello, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Rilov, Gil, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Benabdi, Mouloud, Grimes, Samir, Ocaña, Oscar, Bazairi, Hocein, Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina, Kersting, Diego K., Rovira, Graciel·la, Ortega, Júlia, Casals, David, Pagès-Escolà, Marta, Margarit, Núria, Capdevila, Pol, Verdura, Jana, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Barberá, Carmen, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Anton, Irene, López-Sendino, Paula, Díaz, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Duarte, Carlos M., Marbà, Nuria, Aspillaga, Eneko, Espinosa, Free, Grech, Daniele, Guala, Ivan, Azzurro, Ernesto, Farina, Simone, Gambi, Maria Cristina, Chimienti, Giovanni, Montefalcone, Monica, Azzola, Annalisa, Pulido Mantas, Torcuato, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Ceccherelli, Giulia, Kipson, Silvija, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Jimenez, Carlos, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Sartoretto, Stephane, Elodie, Rouanet, Ruitton, Sandrine, Comeau, Steeve, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, Daniel, Medrano, Alba, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Schlegel, Robert, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, Turicchia, Eva, Sini, Maria, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Teixidó, Nuria, Mirasole, Alice, Tamburello, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Rilov, Gil, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Benabdi, Mouloud, Grimes, Samir, Ocaña, Oscar, Bazairi, Hocein, Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina, Kersting, Diego K., Rovira, Graciel·la, Ortega, Júlia, Casals, David, Pagès-Escolà, Marta, Margarit, Núria, Capdevila, Pol, Verdura, Jana, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Barberá, Carmen, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Anton, Irene, López-Sendino, Paula, Díaz, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Duarte, Carlos M., Marbà, Nuria, Aspillaga, Eneko, Espinosa, Free, Grech, Daniele, Guala, Ivan, Azzurro, Ernesto, Farina, Simone, Gambi, Maria Cristina, Chimienti, Giovanni, Montefalcone, Monica, Azzola, Annalisa, Pulido Mantas, Torcuato, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Ceccherelli, Giulia, Kipson, Silvija, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Jimenez, Carlos, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Sartoretto, Stephane, Elodie, Rouanet, Ruitton, Sandrine, Comeau, Steeve, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, and Harmelin, Jean-Georges
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Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) and mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine organisms are one of their main ecological impacts. Here, we show that during the 2015–2019 period, the Mediterranean Sea has experienced exceptional thermal conditions resulting in the onset of five consecutive years of widespread MMEs across the basin. These MMEs affected thousands of kilometers of coastline from the surface to 45 m, across a range of marine habitats and taxa (50 taxa across 8 phyla). Significant relationships were found between the incidence of MMEs and the heat exposure associated with MHWs observed both at the surface and across depths. Our findings reveal that the Mediterranean Sea is experiencing an acceleration of the ecological impacts of MHWs which poses an unprecedented threat to its ecosystems' health and functioning. Overall, we show that increasing the resolution of empirical observation is critical to enhancing our ability to more effectively understand and manage the consequences of climate change.
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- 2022
11. Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea
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Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez‐gras, Daniel, Medrano, Alba, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Schlegel, Robert, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, Turicchia, Eva, Sini, Maria, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Teixido, Nuria, Mirasole, Alice, Tamburello, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Rilov, Gil, Ledoux, Jean‐baptiste, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Benabdi, Mouloud, Grimes, Samir, Ocaña, Oscar, Bazairi, Hocein, Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina, Kersting, Diego Kurt, La Rovira, Graciel, Ortega, Júlia, Casals, David, Pagès‐escolà, Marta, Margarit, Núria, Capdevila, Pol, Verdura, Jana, Ramos, Alfonso, Izquierdo, Andres, Barbera, Carmen, Rubio‐portillo, Esther, Anton, Irene, López‐sendino, Paula, Díaz, David, Vázquez‐luis, Maite, Duarte, Carlos, Marbà, Nuria, Aspillaga, Eneko, Espinosa, Free, Grech, Daniele, Guala, Ivan, Azzurro, Ernesto, Farina, Simone, Cristina Gambi, Maria, Chimienti, Giovanni, Montefalcone, Monica, Azzola, Annalisa, Mantas, Torcuato Pulido, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Ceccherelli, Giulia, Kipson, Silvija, Bakran‐petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Jimenez, Carlos, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Sartoretto, Stephane, Elodie, Rouanet, Ruitton, Sandrine, Comeau, Steeve, Gattuso, Jean‐pierre, Harmelin, Jean‐georges, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez‐gras, Daniel, Medrano, Alba, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Schlegel, Robert, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, Turicchia, Eva, Sini, Maria, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Teixido, Nuria, Mirasole, Alice, Tamburello, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Rilov, Gil, Ledoux, Jean‐baptiste, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Benabdi, Mouloud, Grimes, Samir, Ocaña, Oscar, Bazairi, Hocein, Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina, Kersting, Diego Kurt, La Rovira, Graciel, Ortega, Júlia, Casals, David, Pagès‐escolà, Marta, Margarit, Núria, Capdevila, Pol, Verdura, Jana, Ramos, Alfonso, Izquierdo, Andres, Barbera, Carmen, Rubio‐portillo, Esther, Anton, Irene, López‐sendino, Paula, Díaz, David, Vázquez‐luis, Maite, Duarte, Carlos, Marbà, Nuria, Aspillaga, Eneko, Espinosa, Free, Grech, Daniele, Guala, Ivan, Azzurro, Ernesto, Farina, Simone, Cristina Gambi, Maria, Chimienti, Giovanni, Montefalcone, Monica, Azzola, Annalisa, Mantas, Torcuato Pulido, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Ceccherelli, Giulia, Kipson, Silvija, Bakran‐petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Jimenez, Carlos, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Sartoretto, Stephane, Elodie, Rouanet, Ruitton, Sandrine, Comeau, Steeve, Gattuso, Jean‐pierre, and Harmelin, Jean‐georges
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Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) and mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine organisms are one of their main ecological impacts. Here, we show that during the 2015–2019 period, the Mediterranean Sea has experienced exceptional thermal conditions resulting in the onset of five consecutive years of widespread MMEs across the basin. These MMEs affected thousands of kilometers of coastline from the surface to 45 m, across a range of marine habitats and taxa (50 taxa across 8 phyla). Significant relationships were found between the incidence of MMEs and the heat exposure associated with MHWs observed both at the surface and across depths. Our findings reveal that the Mediterranean Sea is experiencing an acceleration of the ecological impacts of MHWs which poses an unprecedented threat to its ecosystems' health and functioning. Overall, we show that increasing the resolution of empirical observation is critical to enhancing our ability to more effectively understand and manage the consequences of climate change.
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- 2022
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12. Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, D., Medrano, Alba, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Schlegel, Robert, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, Turicchia, Eva, Sini, Maria, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Teixidó, Nuria, Mirasole, Alice, Tamburello, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Rilov, Gil, Ledoux, J. B., Ben Souissi, Jamila, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Benabdi, Mouloud, Grimes, Samir, Ocaña, Óscar, Bazairi, Hocein, Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina, Kersting, D. K., Rovira, Graciel·la, Ortega, Júlia, Casals, David, Pagès-Escolà, Marta, Margarit, Núria, Capdevila, Pol, Verdura, Jana, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Izquierdo, Andrés, Barberá, Carmen, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Antón, Irene, López-Sendino, P., Díaz Viñolas, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Duarte, Carlos M., Marbà, Núria, Aspillaga, Eneko, Espinosa, Free, Grech, Daniele, Guala, Ivan, Azzurro, Ernesto, Farina, Simone, Gambi, María Cristina, Chimienti, Giovanni, Montefalcone, Monica, Azzola, Annalisa, Pulido Mantas, Torcuato, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Ceccherelli, Giulia, Kipson, Silvija, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Jiménez, Carlos, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Tuney Kizilkaya, Inci, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Sartoretto, Stéphane, Rouanet, Elodie, Ruitton, Sandrine, Comeau, Steeve, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Harmelin, J. G., Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, D., Medrano, Alba, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Schlegel, Robert, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, Turicchia, Eva, Sini, Maria, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Teixidó, Nuria, Mirasole, Alice, Tamburello, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Rilov, Gil, Ledoux, J. B., Ben Souissi, Jamila, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Benabdi, Mouloud, Grimes, Samir, Ocaña, Óscar, Bazairi, Hocein, Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina, Kersting, D. K., Rovira, Graciel·la, Ortega, Júlia, Casals, David, Pagès-Escolà, Marta, Margarit, Núria, Capdevila, Pol, Verdura, Jana, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Izquierdo, Andrés, Barberá, Carmen, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Antón, Irene, López-Sendino, P., Díaz Viñolas, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Duarte, Carlos M., Marbà, Núria, Aspillaga, Eneko, Espinosa, Free, Grech, Daniele, Guala, Ivan, Azzurro, Ernesto, Farina, Simone, Gambi, María Cristina, Chimienti, Giovanni, Montefalcone, Monica, Azzola, Annalisa, Pulido Mantas, Torcuato, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Ceccherelli, Giulia, Kipson, Silvija, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Jiménez, Carlos, Katsanevakis, Stelios, Tuney Kizilkaya, Inci, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Sartoretto, Stéphane, Rouanet, Elodie, Ruitton, Sandrine, Comeau, Steeve, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, and Harmelin, J. G.
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Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) and mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine organisms are one of their main ecological impacts. Here, we show that during the 2015–2019 period, the Mediterranean Sea has experienced exceptional thermal conditions resulting in the onset of five consecutive years of widespread MMEs across the basin. These MMEs affected thousands of kilometers of coastline from the surface to 45 m, across a range of marine habitats and taxa (50 taxa across 8 phyla). Significant relationships were found between the incidence of MMEs and the heat exposure associated with MHWs observed both at the surface and across depths. Our findings reveal that the Mediterranean Sea is experiencing an acceleration of the ecological impacts of MHWs which poses an unprecedented threat to its ecosystems' health and functioning. Overall, we show that increasing the resolution of empirical observation is critical to enhancing our ability to more effectively understand and manage the consequences of climate change.
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- 2022
13. The Environmental Effects of the Innovative Ejectors Plant Technology for the Eco-Friendly Sediment Management in Harbors
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Mikac, Barbara, primary, Abbiati, Marco, additional, Adda, Michele, additional, Colangelo, Marina Antonia, additional, Desiderato, Andrea, additional, Pellegrini, Marco, additional, Saccani, Cesare, additional, Turicchia, Eva, additional, and Ponti, Massimo, additional
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- 2022
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14. Bioconstruction and Bioerosion in the Northern Adriatic Coralligenous Reefs Quantified by X-Ray Computed Tomography
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Turicchia, Eva, primary, Abbiati, Marco, additional, Bettuzzi, Matteo, additional, Calcinai, Barbara, additional, Morigi, Maria Pia, additional, Summers, Adam P., additional, and Ponti, Massimo, additional
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- 2022
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15. Are well-studied marine biodiversity hotspots still blackspots for animal barcoding?
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Mugnai, Francesco, primary, Meglécz, Emese, additional, Abbiati, Marco, additional, Bavestrello, Giorgio, additional, Bertasi, Fabio, additional, Bo, Marzia, additional, Capa, María, additional, Chenuil, Anne, additional, Colangelo, Marina Antonia, additional, De Clerck, Olivier, additional, Gutiérrez, José Miguel, additional, Lattanzi, Loretta, additional, Leduc, Michèle, additional, Martin, Daniel, additional, Matterson, Kenan Oguz, additional, Mikac, Barbara, additional, Plaisance, Laetitia, additional, Ponti, Massimo, additional, Riesgo, Ana, additional, Rossi, Vincent, additional, Turicchia, Eva, additional, Waeschenbach, Andrea, additional, Wangensteen, Owen S., additional, and Costantini, Federica, additional
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- 2021
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16. The Reef Check Med Dataset on Key Mediterranean Marine Species 2001–2020
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Turicchia, Eva, primary, Ponti, Massimo, additional, Rossi, Gianfranco, additional, and Cerrano, Carlo, additional
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- 2021
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17. Manual EcoDiver MAC: Guía al Monitoreo del Ambiente Costero Mediterráneo Mediterraneo. Ver. 5.2 Español
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Cerrano Carlo, Ponti Massimo, Turicchia Eva, Huete-Stauffer Carla, Rossi Gianfranco, and Cerrano Carlo, Ponti Massimo, Turicchia Eva, Huete-Stauffer Carla, Rossi Gianfranco
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Citizen Science, Reef Check Mediterranean Sea, Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring protocol, Marine environment, Marine ecology, Marine conservation, Diving surveys - Abstract
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- 2020
18. MAC-E Guida al monitoraggio dell’ambiente costiero emerso del Mediterraneo
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Cerrano Carlo, Bastari Azzurra, Di Camillo Cristina Gioia, Pica Daniela, Poli Davide, Previati Monica, Rossi Gianfranco, Scinto Alice, Torsani Fabrizio, Turicchia Eva, Ponti Massimo, and Cerrano Carlo, Bastari Azzurra, Di Camillo Cristina Gioia, Pica Daniela, Poli Davide, Previati Monica, Rossi Gianfranco, Scinto Alice, Torsani Fabrizio, Turicchia Eva, Ponti Massimo
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Citizen science, Reef Check Mediterranean Sea, Beach monitoring, Coastal environment, Coastal zone management, Marine litter, Marine conservation - Abstract
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- 2020
19. The Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring Protocol
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Turicchia, Eva, primary, Ponti, Massimo, additional, Rossi, Gianfranco, additional, Milanese, Martina, additional, Di Camillo, Cristina Gioia, additional, and Cerrano, Carlo, additional
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- 2021
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20. Are well-studied marine biodiversity hotspots still blackspots for animal barcoding?
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Mugnai, Francesco, Meglécz, Emese, Costantini, Federica, Abbiati, M., Bavestrello, G., Bertasi, F., Bo, Marzia, Capa, María, Chenuil, A., Colangelo, M. A., De Clerck, Olivier, Gutiérrez, José Miguel, Lattanzi, Loretta, Leduc, Michèle, Martin, Daniel, Matterson, Kenan Oguz, Mikac, Barbara, Plaisance, Laetitia, Ponti, Massimo, Riesgo Gil, Ana, Rossi, Vincent, Turicchia, Eva, Waeschenbach, Andrea, Wangensteen, Owen S., Mugnai, Francesco, Meglécz, Emese, Costantini, Federica, Abbiati, M., Bavestrello, G., Bertasi, F., Bo, Marzia, Capa, María, Chenuil, A., Colangelo, M. A., De Clerck, Olivier, Gutiérrez, José Miguel, Lattanzi, Loretta, Leduc, Michèle, Martin, Daniel, Matterson, Kenan Oguz, Mikac, Barbara, Plaisance, Laetitia, Ponti, Massimo, Riesgo Gil, Ana, Rossi, Vincent, Turicchia, Eva, Waeschenbach, Andrea, and Wangensteen, Owen S.
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Marine biodiversity underpins ecosystem health and societal well-being. Preservation of biodiversity hotspots is a global challenge. Molecular tools, like DNA barcoding and metabarcoding, hold great potential for biodiversity monitoring, possibly outperforming more traditional taxonomic methods. However, metabarcoding-based biodiversity assessments are limited by the availability of sequences in barcoding reference databases; a lack thereof results in high percentages of unassigned sequences. In this study we (i) present the current status of known vs. barcoded marine species at a global scale based on online taxonomic and genetic databases; and (ii) compare the current status with data from ten years ago. Then we analyzed occurrence data of marine animal species from five Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) classified as biodiversity hotspots, to identify any consistent disparities in COI barcoding coverage between geographic regions and at phylum level. Barcoding coverage varied among LMEs (from 36.8% to 62.4% COI-barcoded species) and phyla (from 4.8% to 74.7% COI-barcoded species), with Porifera, Bryozoa and Platyhelminthes being highly underrepresented, compared to Chordata, Arthropoda and Mollusca. We demonstrate that although barcoded marine species increased from 9.5% to 14.2% since the last assessment in 2011, about 15,000 (corresponding to 7.8% increase) new species were described from 2011 to 2021. The next ten years will thus be crucial to enroll concrete collaborative measures and long term initiatives (e.g., Horizon 2030, Ocean Decade) to populate barcoding libraries for the marine realm.
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- 2021
21. Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity
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Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Regione Emilia Romagna, National Science Foundation (US), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Rossi, Paolo, Ponti, Massimo, Righi, Sara, Castagnetti, Cristina, Simonini, Roberto, Mancini, Francesco, Agrafiotis, Panagiotis, Bassani, Leonardo, Bruno, Fabio, Cerrano, Carlo, Cignoni, Paolo, Corsini, Massimiliano, Drap, Pierre, Dubbini, Marco, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gori, Andrea, Gracias, Nuno, Ledoux, J. B., Linares, Cristina, Pulido Mantas, Torcuato, Menna, Fabio, Nocerino, Erica, Palma, Marco, Pavoni, Gaia, Ridolfi, Alessandro, Rossi, Sergio, Skarlatos, Dimitrios, Treibitz, Tali, Turicchia, Eva, Yuval, Matan, Capra, Alessandro, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Regione Emilia Romagna, National Science Foundation (US), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Rossi, Paolo, Ponti, Massimo, Righi, Sara, Castagnetti, Cristina, Simonini, Roberto, Mancini, Francesco, Agrafiotis, Panagiotis, Bassani, Leonardo, Bruno, Fabio, Cerrano, Carlo, Cignoni, Paolo, Corsini, Massimiliano, Drap, Pierre, Dubbini, Marco, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gori, Andrea, Gracias, Nuno, Ledoux, J. B., Linares, Cristina, Pulido Mantas, Torcuato, Menna, Fabio, Nocerino, Erica, Palma, Marco, Pavoni, Gaia, Ridolfi, Alessandro, Rossi, Sergio, Skarlatos, Dimitrios, Treibitz, Tali, Turicchia, Eva, Yuval, Matan, and Capra, Alessandro
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Marine animal forests are benthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders (such as sponges, corals, and bivalves) able to generate three-dimensional (3D) frameworks with high structural complexity. The biodiversity and functioning of marine animal forests are strictly related to their 3D complexity. The present paper aims at providing new perspectives in underwater optical surveys. Starting from the current gaps in data collection and analysis that critically limit the study and conservation of marine animal forests, we discuss the main technological and methodological needs for the investigation of their 3D structural complexity at different spatial and temporal scales. Despite recent technological advances, it seems that several issues in data acquisition and processing need to be solved, to properly map the different benthic habitats in which marine animal forests are present, their health status and to measure structural complexity. Proper precision and accuracy should be chosen and assured in relation to the biological and ecological processes investigated. Besides, standardized methods and protocols are strictly necessary to meet the FAIR (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability) data principles for the stewardship of habitat mapping and biodiversity, biomass, and growth data
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22. Manual on marine ecotourism best practices and Code of conduct for tour operators
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Turicchia, Eva
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This task report has been elaborated within the framework of the "Improving coverage and management effectiveness of marine and coastal protected areas - Phase 2" Project (2017-2021). Project partners: UNDP Albania, Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (AICS) and National Agency of Protected Areas (NAPA) / Agjencia Kombëtare e Zonave të Mbrojtura, në Shqipëri (AKZM).
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- 2020
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23. Mediterranean gorgonian forests: Distribution patterns and ecological roles Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean symposium on the conservation of the coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions
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Ponti Massimo, Turicchia Eva, Costantini Federica, Gori Andrea, Bramanti Lorenzo, Di Camillo Cristina Gioia, Linares Cristina, Rossi Sergio, Abbiati Marco, Garrabou Joaquim, Cerrano Carlo, and Ponti Massimo, Turicchia Eva, Costantini Federica, Gori Andrea, Bramanti Lorenzo, Di Camillo Cristina Gioia, Linares Cristina, Rossi Sergio, Abbiati Marco, Garrabou Joaquim, Cerrano Carlo
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habitat complexity, biodiversity, coralligenous, habitat mapping ,Suspension feeder - Abstract
Healthy coralligenous habitats may host dense populations of gorgonians, like Paramuricea clavata and Eunicella cavolini that build marine animal forests. According to recent studies, these forests appeared able to increase the resilience of coralligenous habitats and to enhance the structural complexity and bioconstruction processes. They are also able to increase species diversity and limit the invasion of alien species. The major limitation in the conservation of these forests is the lack of knowledge on their actual distribution and the extents of their ecological roles. Nowadays, by combining information from scientific literature, citizen science projects and the World Wide Web is possible to fill part of these gaps and draw a more comprehensive picture for the Mediterranean Sea. This knowledge represents the baseline to address effective conservation measures on gorgonian forests and coralligenous accretions.
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24. Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity
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Rossi, Paolo, primary, Ponti, Massimo, additional, Righi, Sara, additional, Castagnetti, Cristina, additional, Simonini, Roberto, additional, Mancini, Francesco, additional, Agrafiotis, Panagiotis, additional, Bassani, Leonardo, additional, Bruno, Fabio, additional, Cerrano, Carlo, additional, Cignoni, Paolo, additional, Corsini, Massimiliano, additional, Drap, Pierre, additional, Dubbini, Marco, additional, Garrabou, Joaquim, additional, Gori, Andrea, additional, Gracias, Nuno, additional, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, additional, Linares, Cristina, additional, Mantas, Torcuato Pulido, additional, Menna, Fabio, additional, Nocerino, Erica, additional, Palma, Marco, additional, Pavoni, Gaia, additional, Ridolfi, Alessandro, additional, Rossi, Sergio, additional, Skarlatos, Dimitrios, additional, Treibitz, Tali, additional, Turicchia, Eva, additional, Yuval, Matan, additional, and Capra, Alessandro, additional
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25. MedSens index: The bridge between marine citizen science and coastal management
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Turicchia, Eva, primary, Cerrano, Carlo, additional, Ghetta, Matteo, additional, Abbiati, Marco, additional, and Ponti, Massimo, additional
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- 2021
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26. Report on eco-tourism development needs and opportunities at Vlora & Feasibility concept of the nature-based ecotourism at Karaburun Sazan MPA
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Turicchia, Eva
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This task report has been elaborated within the framework of the "Improving coverage and management effectiveness of marine and coastal protected areas - Phase 2" Project (2017-2021). Project partners: UNDP Albania, Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (AICS) and National Agency of Protected Areas (NAPA) / Agjencia Komb��tare e Zonave t�� Mbrojtura, n�� Shqip��ri (AKZM).
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- 2020
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27. Mediterranean gorgonians fighting
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Turicchia, Eva, primary, Abbiati, Marco, additional, and Ponti, Massimo, additional
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28. Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea
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Garrabou, Joaquim, primary, Gómez-Gras, Daniel, additional, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, additional, Linares, Cristina, additional, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, additional, López-Sendino, Paula, additional, Bazairi, Hocein, additional, Espinosa, Free, additional, Ramdani, Mohamed, additional, Grimes, Samir, additional, Benabdi, Mouloud, additional, Souissi, Jamila Ben, additional, Soufi, Emna, additional, Khamassi, Faten, additional, Ghanem, Raouia, additional, Ocaña, Oscar, additional, Ramos-Esplà, Alfonso, additional, Izquierdo, Andres, additional, Anton, Irene, additional, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, additional, Barbera, Carmen, additional, Cebrian, Emma, additional, Marbà, Nuria, additional, Hendriks, Iris E., additional, Duarte, Carlos M., additional, Deudero, Salud, additional, Díaz, David, additional, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, additional, Alvarez, Elvira, additional, Hereu, Bernat, additional, Kersting, Diego K., additional, Gori, Andrea, additional, Viladrich, Núria, additional, Sartoretto, Stephane, additional, Pairaud, Ivane, additional, Ruitton, Sandrine, additional, Pergent, Gérard, additional, Pergent-Martini, Christine, additional, Rouanet, Elodie, additional, Teixidó, Nuria, additional, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, additional, Fraschetti, Simonetta, additional, Rivetti, Irene, additional, Azzurro, Ernesto, additional, Cerrano, Carlo, additional, Ponti, Massimo, additional, Turicchia, Eva, additional, Bavestrello, Giorgio, additional, Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo, additional, Bo, Marzia, additional, Bertolino, Marco, additional, Montefalcone, Monica, additional, Chimienti, Giovanni, additional, Grech, Daniele, additional, Rilov, Gil, additional, Tuney Kizilkaya, Inci, additional, Kizilkaya, Zafer, additional, Eda Topçu, Nur, additional, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, additional, Sini, Maria, additional, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, additional, Kipson, Silvija, additional, and Harmelin, Jean G., additional
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29. Caratterizzazione dell'area di foce del Torrente Bevano e individuazione delle strategie di conservazione e valorizzazione delle aree di nursery per specie protette e d'interesse commerciale (Report progetto FLAG Regione Emilia-Romagna). Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali, Università di Bologna, Ravenna, Italia
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Abbiati, Marco, Ponti, Massimo, Mugnai, Francesco, Turicchia, Eva, Rinaldi, Attilio, Modugno, Simone, Ferrari, Carla Rita, Mazziotti, Cristina, Benzi, Margherita, Martini, Paola, and Riccardi, Elena
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Relazione conclusiva del progetto di caratterizzazione dell’area di foce del Torrente Bevano e individuazione delle strategie di conservazione e valorizzazione delle aree di nursery per specie protette e d’interesse commerciale, realizzato dal Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali (CIRSA) ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - Università di Bologna nell’ambito della Azione 2.A.a) “Habitat marini e lagunari – Studi e ricerche” del FEAMP 2014/2020, Regione Emilia-Romagna.
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30. Ecological processes and status assessment in coralligenous habitats
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Turicchia, Eva and Abbiati, Marco
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BIO/07 Ecologia - Abstract
The coralligenous reefs are among the richest and threatened habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. They are the result of the interplay between the building activities and physical and biological eroding processes. In the Mediterranean Sea, dense populations of Paramuricea clavata shape animal forests characterising the seascapes of coralligenous habitats. After the general introduction, the abundance and composition of epibenthic assemblages inside and outside P. clavata forests were investigated across the Mediterranean Sea. According to this study, the gorgonian understoreys may enhance bioconstruction processes and increase resistance and resilience of the benthic assemblages in the coralligenous habitats. Mediterranean gorgonian are threatened by anthropogenic disturbances and mass mortality events. These events have often been linked to anomalies in the temperature profiles. A temperature-based surveillance tool was proposed by utilising oceanographic analysis and forecast models. Such a tool would allow for the timely study of mass mortality phenomena and the implementation of prompt restoration initiatives. The North Adriatic Sea hosts a large number of biogenic reefs. Computed Tomography has been used to analyse 3 and 12 years bioconstruction and bioerosion processes occurring in experimental tiles. The mean erosion rate increased with time, while the mean construction rate appeared to decrease. Experimental data combined with new technologies allow assessing the bioerosion and bioconstruction processes, which is a fundamental step towards the conservation of biogenic reefs. The need to assess the environmental quality status of coralligenous habitats and to fulfil the goals of the MSFD, suggest the opportunity to develop indices based on Citizen Science project that may support decision-makers in planning conservation strategies. The Reef Check Mediterranean Species Sensitivity (MedSens) index is proposed. MedSens index provides the mean sensitivity of the surveyed assemblages; helping to assess the environmental quality status and to identify the most likely disturbs acting in the study area.
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31. MEDITERRANEAN GORGONIAN FORESTS: DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND ECOLOGICAL ROLES
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Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Costantini, Federica, Gori, Andrea, Bramanti, Lorenzo, Di Camillo, Cristina Gioia, Linares, Cristina, Rossi, Sergio, Abbiati, Marco, Garrabou, Joaquim, Cerrano, Carlo, University of Bologna, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Laboratoire d'Ecogéochimie des environnements benthiques (LECOB), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls (OOB), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Universitad de barcelona
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[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,[SDE]Environmental Sciences ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
International audience
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32. Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea
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Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-gras, Daniel, Ledoux, Jean-baptiste, Linares, Cristina, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, López-sendino, Paula, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ramdani, Mohamed, Grimes, Samir, Benabdi, Mouloud, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Soufi, Emna, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Ocaña, Oscar, Ramos-esplà, Alfonso, Izquierdo, Andres, Anton, Irene, Rubio-portillo, Esther, Barbera, Carmen, Cebrian, Emma, Marbà, Nuria, Hendriks, Iris E., Duarte, Carlos M., Deudero, Salud, Díaz, David, Vázquez-luis, Maite, Alvarez, Elvira, Hereu, Bernat, Kersting, Diego K., Gori, Andrea, Viladrich, Núria, Sartoretto, Stephane, Pairaud, Ivane, Ruitton, Sandrine, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent-martini, Christine, Rouanet, Elodie, Teixidó, Nuria, Gattuso, Jean-pierre, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Rivetti, Irene, Azzurro, Ernesto, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Bavestrello, Giorgio, Cattaneo-vietti, Riccardo, Bo, Marzia, Bertolino, Marco, Montefalcone, Monica, Chimienti, Giovanni, Grech, Daniele, Rilov, Gil, Tuney Kizilkaya, Inci, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Eda Topçu, Nur, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sini, Maria, Bakran-petricioli, Tatjana, Kipson, Silvija, Harmelin, Jean G., Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-gras, Daniel, Ledoux, Jean-baptiste, Linares, Cristina, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, López-sendino, Paula, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ramdani, Mohamed, Grimes, Samir, Benabdi, Mouloud, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Soufi, Emna, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Ocaña, Oscar, Ramos-esplà, Alfonso, Izquierdo, Andres, Anton, Irene, Rubio-portillo, Esther, Barbera, Carmen, Cebrian, Emma, Marbà, Nuria, Hendriks, Iris E., Duarte, Carlos M., Deudero, Salud, Díaz, David, Vázquez-luis, Maite, Alvarez, Elvira, Hereu, Bernat, Kersting, Diego K., Gori, Andrea, Viladrich, Núria, Sartoretto, Stephane, Pairaud, Ivane, Ruitton, Sandrine, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent-martini, Christine, Rouanet, Elodie, Teixidó, Nuria, Gattuso, Jean-pierre, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Rivetti, Irene, Azzurro, Ernesto, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Bavestrello, Giorgio, Cattaneo-vietti, Riccardo, Bo, Marzia, Bertolino, Marco, Montefalcone, Monica, Chimienti, Giovanni, Grech, Daniele, Rilov, Gil, Tuney Kizilkaya, Inci, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Eda Topçu, Nur, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sini, Maria, Bakran-petricioli, Tatjana, Kipson, Silvija, and Harmelin, Jean G.
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33. Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, Daniel, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Linares, Cristina, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, López-Sendino, Paula, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ramdani, Mohamed, Grimes, Samir, Benabdi, Mouloud, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Soufi, Emna, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Ocaña, Oscar, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Anton, Irene, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Barberá, Carmen, Cebrian, Emma, Marbà, Nuria, Hendriks, Iris E., Duarte, Carlos M., Deudero, Salud, Díaz, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Alvarez, Elvira, Hereu, Bernat, Kersting, Diego K., Gori, Andrea, Viladrich, Núria, Sartoretto, Stephane, Pairaud, Ivane, Ruitton, Sandrine, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent-Martini, Christine, Rouanet, Elodie, Teixidó, Nuria, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Rivetti, Irene, Azzurro, Ernesto, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Bavestrello, Giorgio, Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo, Bo, Marzia, Bertolino, Marco, Montefalcone, Monica, Chimienti, Giovanni, Grech, Daniele, Rilov, Gil, Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Topçu, Nur Eda, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sini, Maria, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Kipson, Silvija, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, Daniel, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Linares, Cristina, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, López-Sendino, Paula, Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ramdani, Mohamed, Grimes, Samir, Benabdi, Mouloud, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Soufi, Emna, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Ocaña, Oscar, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Anton, Irene, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Barberá, Carmen, Cebrian, Emma, Marbà, Nuria, Hendriks, Iris E., Duarte, Carlos M., Deudero, Salud, Díaz, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Alvarez, Elvira, Hereu, Bernat, Kersting, Diego K., Gori, Andrea, Viladrich, Núria, Sartoretto, Stephane, Pairaud, Ivane, Ruitton, Sandrine, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent-Martini, Christine, Rouanet, Elodie, Teixidó, Nuria, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Rivetti, Irene, Azzurro, Ernesto, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Bavestrello, Giorgio, Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo, Bo, Marzia, Bertolino, Marco, Montefalcone, Monica, Chimienti, Giovanni, Grech, Daniele, Rilov, Gil, Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Topçu, Nur Eda, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sini, Maria, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Kipson, Silvija, and Harmelin, Jean-Georges
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Anthropogenic climate change, and global warming in particular, has strong and increasing impacts on marine ecosystems (Poloczanska et al., 2013; Halpern et al., 2015; Smale et al., 2019). The Mediterranean Sea is considered a marine biodiversity hot-spot contributing to more than 7% of world's marine biodiversity including a high percentage of endemic species (Coll et al., 2010). The Mediterranean region is a climate change hotspot, where the respective impacts of warming are very pronounced and relatively well documented (Cramer et al., 2018). One of the major impacts of sea surface temperature rise in the marine coastal ecosystems is the occurrence of mass mortality events (MMEs). The first evidences of this phenomenon dated from the first half of'80 years affecting the Western Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea (Harmelin, 1984; Bavestrello and Boero, 1986; Gaino and Pronzato, 1989; Voultsiadou et al., 2011). The most impressive phenomenon happened in 1999 when an unprecedented large scale MME impacted populations of more than 30 species from different phyla along the French and Italian coasts (Cerrano et al., 2000; Perez et al., 2000). Following this event, several other large scale MMEs have been reported, along with numerous other minor ones, which are usually more restricted in geographic extend and/or number of affected species (Garrabou et al., 2009; Rivetti et al., 2014; Marbà et al., 2015; Rubio-Portillo et al., 2016, authors' personal observations). These events have generally been associated with strong and recurrent marine heat waves (Crisci et al., 2011; Kersting et al., 2013; Turicchia et al., 2018; Bensoussan et al., 2019) which are becoming more frequent globally (Smale et al., 2019). Both field observations and future projections using Regional Coupled Models (Adloff et al., 2015; Darmaraki et al., 2019) show the increase in Mediterranean sea surface temperature, with more frequent occurrence of extreme ocean warming events. As a result, new MMEs ar
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34. Ecological processes and status assessment in coralligenous habitats
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Abbiati, Marco, Turicchia, Eva <1979>, Abbiati, Marco, and Turicchia, Eva <1979>
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The coralligenous reefs are among the richest and threatened habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. They are the result of the interplay between the building activities and physical and biological eroding processes. In the Mediterranean Sea, dense populations of Paramuricea clavata shape animal forests characterising the seascapes of coralligenous habitats. After the general introduction, the abundance and composition of epibenthic assemblages inside and outside P. clavata forests were investigated across the Mediterranean Sea. According to this study, the gorgonian understoreys may enhance bioconstruction processes and increase resistance and resilience of the benthic assemblages in the coralligenous habitats. Mediterranean gorgonian are threatened by anthropogenic disturbances and mass mortality events. These events have often been linked to anomalies in the temperature profiles. A temperature-based surveillance tool was proposed by utilising oceanographic analysis and forecast models. Such a tool would allow for the timely study of mass mortality phenomena and the implementation of prompt restoration initiatives. The North Adriatic Sea hosts a large number of biogenic reefs. Computed Tomography has been used to analyse 3 and 12 years bioconstruction and bioerosion processes occurring in experimental tiles. The mean erosion rate increased with time, while the mean construction rate appeared to decrease. Experimental data combined with new technologies allow assessing the bioerosion and bioconstruction processes, which is a fundamental step towards the conservation of biogenic reefs. The need to assess the environmental quality status of coralligenous habitats and to fulfil the goals of the MSFD, suggest the opportunity to develop indices based on Citizen Science project that may support decision-makers in planning conservation strategies. The Reef Check Mediterranean Species Sensitivity (MedSens) index is proposed. MedSens index provides the mean sensitivity of the su
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35. Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea
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Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, Foundation for Science and Technology, Ministerio de Educación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, D., Ledoux, J. B., Linares, Cristina, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, López-Sendino, P., Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ramdani, Mohamed, Grimes, Samir, Benabdi, Mouloud, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Soufi, Emna, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Ocaña, Óscar, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Izquierdo, Andrés, Antón, Irene, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Barberá, Carmen, Cebrian, Emma, Marbà, Núria, Hendriks, Iris E., Duarte, Carlos M., Deudero, Salud, Díaz Viñolas, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Álvarez, Elvira, Hereu, Bernat, Kersting, Diego K., Gori, Andrea, Viladrich, Nuria, Sartoretto, Stéphane, Pairaud, Ivane Lilian, Ruitton, Sandrine, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent, Christine, Rouanet, Elodie, Teixidó, Nuria, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Rivetti, Irene, Azzurro, Ernesto, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Bavestrello, G., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Bo, Marzia, Bertolino, Marco, Montefalcone, Monica, Chimienti, Giovanni, Grech, Daniele, Rilov, Gil, Tuney Kizilkaya, Inci, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Eda Topçu, N., Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sini, Maria, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Kipson, Silvija, Harmelin, Jean George, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, Foundation for Science and Technology, Ministerio de Educación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, D., Ledoux, J. B., Linares, Cristina, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, López-Sendino, P., Bazairi, Hocein, Espinosa, Free, Ramdani, Mohamed, Grimes, Samir, Benabdi, Mouloud, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Soufi, Emna, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Ocaña, Óscar, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Izquierdo, Andrés, Antón, Irene, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Barberá, Carmen, Cebrian, Emma, Marbà, Núria, Hendriks, Iris E., Duarte, Carlos M., Deudero, Salud, Díaz Viñolas, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Álvarez, Elvira, Hereu, Bernat, Kersting, Diego K., Gori, Andrea, Viladrich, Nuria, Sartoretto, Stéphane, Pairaud, Ivane Lilian, Ruitton, Sandrine, Pergent, Gérard, Pergent, Christine, Rouanet, Elodie, Teixidó, Nuria, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Rivetti, Irene, Azzurro, Ernesto, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Turicchia, Eva, Bavestrello, G., Cattaneo-Vietti, R., Bo, Marzia, Bertolino, Marco, Montefalcone, Monica, Chimienti, Giovanni, Grech, Daniele, Rilov, Gil, Tuney Kizilkaya, Inci, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Eda Topçu, N., Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Sini, Maria, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Kipson, Silvija, and Harmelin, Jean George
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Anthropogenic climate change, and global warming in particular, has strong and increasing impacts on marine ecosystems (Poloczanska et al., 2013; Halpern et al., 2015; Smale et al., 2019). The Mediterranean Sea is considered a marine biodiversity hot-spot contributing to more than 7% of world's marine biodiversity including a high percentage of endemic species (Coll et al., 2010). The Mediterranean region is a climate change hotspot, where the respective impacts of warming are very pronounced and relatively well documented (Cramer et al., 2018). One of the major impacts of sea surface temperature rise in the marine coastal ecosystems is the occurrence of mass mortality events (MMEs). The first evidences of this phenomenon dated from the first half of'80 years affecting the Western Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea (Harmelin, 1984; Bavestrello and Boero, 1986; Gaino and Pronzato, 1989; Voultsiadou et al., 2011). The most impressive phenomenon happened in 1999 when an unprecedented large scale MME impacted populations of more than 30 species from different phyla along the French and Italian coasts (Cerrano et al., 2000; Perez et al., 2000). Following this event, several other large scale MMEs have been reported, along with numerous other minor ones, which are usually more restricted in geographic extend and/or number of affected species (Garrabou et al., 2009; Rivetti et al., 2014; Marbà et al., 2015; Rubio-Portillo et al., 2016, authors' personal observations). These events have generally been associated with strong and recurrent marine heat waves (Crisci et al., 2011; Kersting et al., 2013; Turicchia et al., 2018; Bensoussan et al., 2019) which are becoming more frequent globally (Smale et al., 2019). Both field observations and future projections using Regional Coupled Models (Adloff et al., 2015; Darmaraki et al., 2019) show the increase in Mediterranean sea surface temperature, with more frequent occurrence of extreme ocean warming events. As a result, new MMEs ar
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36. Individuare e segnalare le specie marine aliene nell'Area Marina Protetta di Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo
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Delaria, Maria Anna, Caronni, Sarah, Turicchia, Eva, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Delaria, Maria Anna, Caronni, Sarah, Turicchia, Eva, Cerrano, Carlo, and Ponti, Massimo
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Aliean species ,non-indigenous specie ,Non-indigenous species ,Mediterranean Sea ,Alien species, bioinvasion ,Marine Protected Area - Abstract
Il progetto di Citizen Science, Together for Tavolara, articolato in quattro azioni di conservazione e monitoraggio condotte con il supporto degli studenti e dei cittadini coinvolti, rappresenta un elemento di continuità con le attività quotidiane di tutela messe in campo dal Consorzio di Gestione dell’AMP di Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo, dalla sua istituzione nel 2004. Attraverso questo progetto sono state diffuse informazioni e conoscenze sulle specie aliene invasive e sulle problematiche da esse generate. Questo fenomeno è strettamente correlato con le principali criticità che definiscono il nostro tempo: i cambiamenti climatici, la riduzione della biodiversità e l’impoverimento degli ambienti, contribuiscono a favorire la diffusione delle specie aliene e ne amplificano gli impatti. Il coinvolgimento attivo delle comunità e la partecipazione diretta a semplici protocolli di monitoraggio consentono di promuovere consapevolezza e senso di appartenenza, rafforzando la volontà di contrastare con il proprio impegno diretto le questioni ambientali emergenti. È questo il valore aggiunto dei percorsi di Scienza del cittadino. Questa pubblicazione è uno strumento operativo di lavoro e di divulgazione nato per questo progetto, ma speriamo sia utile anche in altre esperienze ed attività, anche di singoli cittadini che volessero approfondire queste tematiche.
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37. From citizen sciences to environmental quality assessment: The Portofino mpa case study
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TURICCHIA, EVA, ABBIATI, MARCO, PONTI, MASSIMO, Cerrano, Carlo, Turicchia, Eva, Cerrano, Carlo, Abbiati, Marco, and Ponti, Massimo
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Bio-indicators, Coastal management, Conservation, Rocky shores, Ligurian Sea - Abstract
The proposed Mediterranean Reef Check Species sensitivity (MRC-Ss) index, based on data provided by volunteer scuba divers, may represent a proxy of the mean sensitivity of the assemblages toward the natural and anthropic disturb agents indicated by the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Its application may represent the occasion to raise public awareness and enhance the collaboration between coastal management authorities (e.g., MPA managers) and dive centres, through a participatory approach.
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38. The coral-killing sponge Chalinula nematifera as a common substrate generalist in Komodo National Park, Indonesia
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Turicchia, Eva, primary, Hoeksema, Bert W., additional, and Ponti, Massimo, additional
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39. The understorey of gorgonian forests in mesophotic temperate reefs
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Ponti, Massimo, primary, Turicchia, Eva, additional, Ferro, Francesca, additional, Cerrano, Carlo, additional, and Abbiati, Marco, additional
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40. Citizen science as a tool for the environmental quality assessment of the Mediterranean coastal habitats
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Turicchia, Eva, thesis supervisor: Abbiati, Marco, Turicchia, Eva, and thesis supervisor: Abbiati, Marco
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The growing need to assess the environmental status of the Mediterranean coastal marine habitats and the large availability of data collected by Reef Check Italia onlus (RCI) volunteers suggest the possibility to develop innovative and reliable indices that may support decision makers in applying conservation strategies. The aims of this study were to check the reliability of data collected by RCI volunteers, analyse the spatial and temporal distribution of RCI available data, resume the knowledge on the biology and ecology of the monitored species, and develop innovative indices to asses the ecological quality of Mediterranean subtidal rocky shores and coralligenous habitats. Subtidal rocky shores and coralligenous were chosen because these are the habitats more attractive for divers; therefore mlst data are referring to them, moreover subtidal rocky bottom are strongly affected by coastal urbanisation, land use, fishing and tourist activities, that increase pollution, turbidity and sedimentation. Non-indigenous species (NIS) have been recognized as a major threat to the integrity of Mediterranean native communities because of their proliferation, spread and impact on resident communities. Monitoring of NIS’ spreading dynamics at the basin spatial scale is difficult but urgent. According to a field test, the training provided by RCI appears adequate to obtain reliable data by volunteers. Based on data collected by RCI volunteers, three main categories of indices were developed: indices based on species diversity, indices on the occurrence non-indigenous species, and indices on species sensitive toward physical, chemical and biological disturbances. As case studies, indices were applied to stretches of coastline defined according to management criteria (province territories and marine protected areas). The assessments of ecological quality in the Tavolara Marine Protected Area using the species sensitivities index were consisten with those previously obtained with t
41. Citizen science as a tool for the environmental quality assessment of the Mediterranean coastal habitats
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Turicchia, Eva, thesis supervisor: Abbiati, Marco, Turicchia, Eva, and thesis supervisor: Abbiati, Marco
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The growing need to assess the environmental status of the Mediterranean coastal marine habitats and the large availability of data collected by Reef Check Italia onlus (RCI) volunteers suggest the possibility to develop innovative and reliable indices that may support decision makers in applying conservation strategies. The aims of this study were to check the reliability of data collected by RCI volunteers, analyse the spatial and temporal distribution of RCI available data, resume the knowledge on the biology and ecology of the monitored species, and develop innovative indices to asses the ecological quality of Mediterranean subtidal rocky shores and coralligenous habitats. Subtidal rocky shores and coralligenous were chosen because these are the habitats more attractive for divers; therefore mlst data are referring to them, moreover subtidal rocky bottom are strongly affected by coastal urbanisation, land use, fishing and tourist activities, that increase pollution, turbidity and sedimentation. Non-indigenous species (NIS) have been recognized as a major threat to the integrity of Mediterranean native communities because of their proliferation, spread and impact on resident communities. Monitoring of NIS’ spreading dynamics at the basin spatial scale is difficult but urgent. According to a field test, the training provided by RCI appears adequate to obtain reliable data by volunteers. Based on data collected by RCI volunteers, three main categories of indices were developed: indices based on species diversity, indices on the occurrence non-indigenous species, and indices on species sensitive toward physical, chemical and biological disturbances. As case studies, indices were applied to stretches of coastline defined according to management criteria (province territories and marine protected areas). The assessments of ecological quality in the Tavolara Marine Protected Area using the species sensitivities index were consisten with those previously obtained with t
42. NAMBER: A biotic index for assessing the ecological quality of mesophotic biogenic reefs in the northern Adriatic Sea
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Luigi Piazzi, Eva Turicchia, Fabio Rindi, Annalisa Falace, Paola Gennaro, Marco Abbiati, Vinko Bandelj, Barbara Calcinai, Saul Ciriaco, Federica Costantini, Fabrizio Gianni, Sara Kaleb, Stefania Puce, Massimo Ponti, Piazzi, Luigi, Turicchia, Eva, Rindi, Fabio, Falace, Annalisa, Gennaro, Paola, Abbiati, Marco, Bandelj, Vinko, Calcinai, Barbara, Ciriaco, Saul, Costantini, Federica, Gianni, Fabrizio, Kaleb, Sara, Puce, Stefania, and Ponti, Massimo
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hard bottom ,Ecology ,species diversity ,environmental status ,coralligenous assemblages ,Mediterranean Sea ,photographic sampling ,coralligenous assemblages, environmental status, hard bottom, Mediterranean Sea, photographic sampling, species diversity ,coralligenous assemblage ,environmental statu ,Aquatic Science ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
1. The aim of the present study was to propose a biotic index (North Adriatic Mesophotic BiogEnic Reefs, NAMBER) suitable for assessing the ecological quality of the mesophotic biogenic reefs of the northern Adriatic continental shelf based on photographic sampling. 2. At each of the 20 study sites, the degree of bioconstruction (expressed as percentage cover of crustose coralline algae), the α-diversity (expressed as the mean number of taxa), and the degree of sensitivity to human disturbance and climate change (based on literature data and expert judgement) of the benthic assemblages were selected as descriptors and combined in the NAMBER index, using the best values that the three metrics can currently achieve in the studied region as a reference. 3. The study highlighted that there was large spatial heterogeneity among reefs and high variability in the ecological quality values obtained by NAMBER, ranging from bad to high. The index indicates that reefs lying furthest from the coast, under substantially lower anthropogenic pressure, have a generally higher status of environmental quality. However, a clear geographical pattern did not emerge, as reefs close together often had different ecological qualities. 4. The NAMBER index, which combines three ecological descriptors, in accordance with the requirements of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive, represents a specific adaptation to the northern Adriatic Sea of a multimetric index previously developed for the north-western Mediterranean Sea, capitalizing on previous knowledge and research efforts. 5. This multimetric biotic index provides an effective standardized tool for monitoring programmes and environmental impact assessments in the northern Adriatic mesophotic biogenic reefs and lays the foundation for ecosystem-based management and conservation in this basin.
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43. Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea
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Joaquim Garrabou, Daniel Gómez‐Gras, Alba Medrano, Carlo Cerrano, Massimo Ponti, Robert Schlegel, Nathaniel Bensoussan, Eva Turicchia, Maria Sini, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Nuria Teixido, Alice Mirasole, Laura Tamburello, Emma Cebrian, Gil Rilov, Jean‐Baptiste Ledoux, Jamila Ben Souissi, Faten Khamassi, Raouia Ghanem, Mouloud Benabdi, Samir Grimes, Oscar Ocaña, Hocein Bazairi, Bernat Hereu, Cristina Linares, Diego Kurt Kersting, Graciel la Rovira, Júlia Ortega, David Casals, Marta Pagès‐Escolà, Núria Margarit, Pol Capdevila, Jana Verdura, Alfonso Ramos, Andres Izquierdo, Carmen Barbera, Esther Rubio‐Portillo, Irene Anton, Paula López‐Sendino, David Díaz, Maite Vázquez‐Luis, Carlos Duarte, Nuria Marbà, Eneko Aspillaga, Free Espinosa, Daniele Grech, Ivan Guala, Ernesto Azzurro, Simone Farina, Maria Cristina Gambi, Giovanni Chimienti, Monica Montefalcone, Annalisa Azzola, Torcuato Pulido Mantas, Simonetta Fraschetti, Giulia Ceccherelli, Silvija Kipson, Tatjana Bakran‐Petricioli, Donat Petricioli, Carlos Jimenez, Stelios Katsanevakis, Inci Tuney Kizilkaya, Zafer Kizilkaya, Stephane Sartoretto, Rouanet Elodie, Sandrine Ruitton, Steeve Comeau, Jean‐Pierre Gattuso, Jean‐Georges Harmelin, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Biología Marina, Ecología Microbiana Molecular, Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-17-MPGA-0001,4Oceans,Predicting future oceans under(2017), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Garrabou, Joaquim, Gómez-Gras, Daniel, Medrano, Alba, Cerrano, Carlo, Ponti, Massimo, Schlegel, Robert, Bensoussan, Nathaniel, Turicchia, Eva, Sini, Maria, Gerovasileiou, Vasili, Teixido, Nuria, Mirasole, Alice, Tamburello, Laura, Cebrian, Emma, Rilov, Gil, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Souissi, Jamila Ben, Khamassi, Faten, Ghanem, Raouia, Benabdi, Mouloud, Grimes, Samir, Ocaña, Oscar, Bazairi, Hocein, Hereu, Bernat, Linares, Cristina, Kersting, Diego Kurt, la Rovira, Graciel, Ortega, Júlia, Casals, David, Pagès-Escolà, Marta, Margarit, Núria, Capdevila, Pol, Verdura, Jana, Ramos, Alfonso, Izquierdo, Andre, Barbera, Carmen, Rubio-Portillo, Esther, Anton, Irene, López-Sendino, Paula, Díaz, David, Vázquez-Luis, Maite, Duarte, Carlo, Marbà, Nuria, Aspillaga, Eneko, Espinosa, Free, Grech, Daniele, Guala, Ivan, Azzurro, Ernesto, Farina, Simone, Cristina Gambi, Maria, Chimienti, Giovanni, Montefalcone, Monica, Azzola, Annalisa, Mantas, Torcuato Pulido, Fraschetti, Simonetta, Ceccherelli, Giulia, Kipson, Silvija, Bakran-Petricioli, Tatjana, Petricioli, Donat, Jimenez, Carlo, Katsanevakis, Stelio, Kizilkaya, Inci Tuney, Kizilkaya, Zafer, Sartoretto, Stephane, Elodie, Rouanet, Ruitton, Sandrine, Comeau, Steeve, Gattuso, Jean-Pierre, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, Joaquim Garrabou, Daniel Gómez-Gra, Alba Medrano, Carlo Cerrano, Massimo Ponti, Robert Schlegel, Nathaniel Bensoussan, Eva Turicchia, Maria Sini, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Nuria Teixido, Alice Mirasole, Laura Tamburello, Emma Cebrian, Gil Rilov, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Jamila Ben Souissi, Faten Khamassi, Raouia Ghanem, Mouloud Benabdi, Samir Grime, Oscar Ocaña, Hocein Bazairi, Bernat Hereu, Cristina Linare, Diego Kurt Kersting, Graciel la Rovira, Júlia Ortega, David Casal, Marta Pagès-Escolà, Núria Margarit, Pol Capdevila, Jana Verdura, Alfonso Ramo, Andres Izquierdo, Carmen Barbera, Esther Rubio-Portillo, Irene Anton, Paula López-Sendino, David Díaz, Maite Vázquez-Lui, Carlos Duarte, Nuria Marbà, Eneko Aspillaga, Free Espinosa, Daniele Grech, Ivan Guala, Ernesto Azzurro, Simone Farina, Maria Cristina Gambi, Giovanni Chimienti, Monica Montefalcone, Annalisa Azzola, Torcuato Pulido Manta, Simonetta Fraschetti, Giulia Ceccherelli, Silvija Kipson, Tatjana Bakran-Petricioli, Donat Petricioli, Carlos Jimenez, Stelios Katsanevaki, Inci Tuney Kizilkaya, Zafer Kizilkaya, Stephane Sartoretto, Rouanet Elodie, Sandrine Ruitton, Steeve Comeau, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, and Jean-Georges Harmelin
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Aquatic Organisms ,Foundation species ,Coralligenous habitats ,Marine conservation ,Climate Change ,[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,Impact assessment ,climate change ,coralligenous habitats ,foundation species ,habitat-forming species ,impact assessment ,marine conservation ,marine heatwaves ,temperate reefs ,Marine heatwaves ,Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares ,Coralligenous Assemblages ,climate change, coralligenous habitats, foundation species, habitat-forming species, impact assessment, marine conservation, marine heatwaves, temperate reefs ,Mediterranean Sea ,Responses ,Environmental Chemistry ,Climate change ,Temperate reefs ,Medio Marino ,[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment ,Ecosystem ,[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography ,General Environmental Science ,[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere ,Global and Planetary Change ,Climate-Change ,Ecology ,Surface Temperature ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,Coastal ,Habitat-forming species - Abstract
Este artículo contiene 18 páginas, 4 figuras., Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) and mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine organisms are one of their main ecological impacts. Here, we show that during the 2015–2019 period, the Mediterranean Sea has experienced exceptional thermal conditions resulting in the onset of five consecutive years of widespread MMEs across the basin. These MMEs affected thousands of kilometers of coastline from the surface to 45 m, across a range of marine habitats and taxa (50 taxa across 8 phyla). Significant relationships were found between the incidence of MMEs and the heat exposure associated with MHWs observed both at the surface and across depths. Our findings reveal that the Mediterranean Sea is experiencing an acceleration of the ecological impacts of MHWs which poses an unprecedented threat to its ecosystems' health and functioning. Overall, we show that increasing the resolution of empirical observation is critical to enhancing our ability to more effectively understand and manage the consequences of climate change., This paper was supported by Euromarine. Joaquim Garrabou acknowledges the funding by the “Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence” (CEX2019-000928-S), the MCIU/AEI/FEDER [HEATMED; RTI2018-095346-B-I00], Interreg-Med Programme MPA-Engage (1MED15_3.2_M2_337), the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Futuremares SEP-210597628). Nuria Teixido acknowledges the French National Research Agency (4Oceans-MOPGA grant, ANR-17-MPGA-0001) and internal funds from the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn. Gil Rilov was supported by the Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection. Hocein Bazairi, Free Spinosa, and Vasilis Gerovasileiou acknowledge the funding by the MAVA Fondation (MedKeyHabitats I Project) and the European Commission (Ecap-MED II Project; projects implemented by UNEP/MAP-RAC/SPA). Alfonso Ramos was supported the CIESM “Tropical Signals,” Stelios Katsanevakis and Maria Sini were supported by the Project “Coastal Environment Observatory and Risk Management in Island Regions AEGIS+” (MIS 5047038), implemented within the Operational Programme “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” (NSRF 2014–2020), co-financed by the Hellenic Government (Ministry of Development and Investments) and the European Union (European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund), Stelios Katsanevakis, Maria Sini and Vasilis Gerovasileiou acknowledge the support of the MARISCA Project, co-funded by 85% by the EEA GRANTS, 2009–2014, and 15% by the Public Investments Programme (PIP) of the Hellenic Republic. Ivan Guala and Daniele Grech thanks thank the support of the project “Pinna nobilis—ricerca per la sopravvivenza: un'iniziativa di Citizen Science per tracciare la mortalità di massa di Pinna nobilis in Sardegna” project and the L/7 grant (CUP 87G17000070002) funded by the Regione Autonoma Sardegna. Jean-Baptiste Ledoux was funded by an assistant researcher contract framework of the RD Unit—UID/Multi/04423/2019—Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research—financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through COMPETE2020—Operational Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI) and national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC). This research was supported by the Strategic Funding UIDB/04423/2020 and UIDP/04423/2020 through national funds provided by the FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), in the framework of the program PT2020. Bernat Hereu and Cristina Linares acknowledge the support of the long-term monitoring programme of the catalan Natural Parks, funded by the Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Cristina Linares acknowledges the support of the ICREA Academia programme. David Díaz acknowledges the support the research grant CTM2016-77027-R of the Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad and Program of Marines Strategies of Spain funded by MITERD. Jamila Ben Soussi was partially funded by the Fondation Albert 2 Monaco (MIMOSA Project) and the Tropical Signals Program of CIESM. Giovanni Chimienti was supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (PON 2014–2020, AIM 1807508–1, Linea 1), by the Ente Parco Nazionale del Gargano (Research agreement with CoNISMa N. 21/2018), and by the National Geographic Society (Grant EC-176R-18). Nathaniel Bensoussan acknowledges financial support from the European Commission through the programme “Caroline Herschell” in the context of the action “Developing Downstream applications and services on BIO-PHYsical characterization of the seascape for COASTal management” (BIOPHYCOAST). Monica Montefalcone and Annalissa Azzola collected some of their data on MMEs in the frame of the project “Mare Caldo” funded by Greenpeace Italy. Núria Marbà acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministries of Economy and Competitiveness (CTM2012-32603, CGL2015-71809-P) and Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (RTI2018-095441-B-C21). Diego K. Kersting acknowledges support by the postdoctoral fellowship programme Beatriu de Pinós funded by the Secretary of Universities and Research (Government of Catalonia) and the Horizon 2020 programme of research and innovation of the European Union under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 801370.
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44. Bioaccumulation of mercury and other trace elements in the edible holothurian Holothuria (Halodeima) atra in relation to gold mining activities in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Marco Tamburini, Denis Badocco, Riccardo Ercadi, Eva Turicchia, Greta Zampa, Fabio Gasparini, Loriano Ballarin, Roberta Guerra, Markus T. Lasut, Daisy M. Makapedua, Jane Mamuaja, Paolo Pastore, Massimo Ponti, Tamburini, Marco, Badocco, Deni, Ercadi, Riccardo, Turicchia, Eva, Zampa, Greta, Gasparini, Fabio, Ballarin, Loriano, Guerra, Roberta, Lasut, Markus T., Makapedua, Daisy M., Mamuaja, Jane, Pastore, Paolo, and Ponti, Massimo
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Global and Planetary Change ,Ocean Engineering ,Aquatic Science ,Oceanography ,heavy metals, pollution, lollyfish, trepang, sea cucumbers, artisanal mines, coral reef, coral triangle ,artisanal mines ,sea cucumbers ,pollution ,coral reef ,trepang ,coral triangle ,heavy metals ,Water Science and Technology ,lollyfish - Abstract
Artisanal and small-scale gold mines (ASGMs) have been accompanied by widespread usage of mercury amalgamation to extract gold from ores, putting Indonesia among the top three global emitters of this pollutant and posing potential risks to the marine ecosystem and human health. Although the use of mercury has been largely eliminated following the signature of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the practice of mercury amalgamation in ASGM has persisted in several regions, including the North Sulawesi. This study assesses how on the contamination of mercury and other trace elements coming from both industrial mines and ASGMs affects marine sediments and their bioaccumulation in two tissues (body wall and guts) of the edible holothurian Holothuria (Halodeima) atra, by comparing samples collected downstream of four mining areas to four control sites in the North Sulawesi province, Indonesia. In sediments, mean concentrations of arsenic, gold, cobalt, chromium, copper, mercury, nickel, lead, antimony, and zinc were significantly higher at sites receiving mine discharges than at control sites. Downstream to gold mines, compared to control sites, significant higher concentrations of As, Au, Cr, Hg, and Ni in holothurians body walls and of As, Au, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Sb, Sn, and Zn in holothurians guts were found. In general, higher contaminations in sediments and tissues were found at the site near the oldest artisanal mine. Trace element levels in H. atra specimens in North Sulawesi were generally higher than those reported in other regions. In the study area, these holothurians significantly bioaccumulate Hg, As, Zn, Cd, Cu, Sn, and biota-sediment accumulation factors were higher in guts than in body walls. From an environmental and human health perspective, Hg is resulted the most concerning element in surface sediment and H. atra specimens. Based on this evidence, further studies are urgently needed to understand better the effect of mercury and other potentially toxic trace elements in marine ecosystems and food webs in mining areas both in North Sulawesi and in many still poorly investigated southeast Pacific areas.
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45. Bioconstruction and bioerosion in the Northern Adriatic coralligenous reefs quantified by X-ray computed tomography
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Eva Turicchia, Marco Abbiati, Matteo Bettuzzi, Barbara Calcinai, Maria Pia Morigi, Adam P. Summers, Massimo Ponti, Turicchia, Eva, Abbiati, Marco, Bettuzzi, Matteo, Calcinai, Barbara, Morigi, Maria Pia, Summers, Adam P., and Ponti, Massimo
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Global and Planetary Change ,Science ,biogenic structures ,General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution ,Ocean Engineering ,Mediterranean Sea, ecological processes, accretion, biogenic structures, recruitment panels, 3D visualization, climate change, mesophotic ,Aquatic Science ,QH1-199.5 ,Oceanography ,climate change ,mesophotic ,accretion ,3D visualization ,recruitment panels ,Mediterranean Sea ,ecological processes ,Water Science and Technology - Abstract
The northern Adriatic continental shelf hosts several coralligenous reefs rising from the sedimentary bottom and characterized by three main benthic assemblages, respectively, dominated by algal turfs, encrusting calcareous rhodophyte (ECRs) or erect sponges. Bioconstruction and bioerosion processes have been investigated using recruitment travertine limestone tiles deployed in a random site for each main benthic assemblages off Chioggia, 6.1–14.4 km offshore and 20.2–25.4 m depth. Tiles were retrieved after 3 and 12 years and analyzed by X-ray computed tomography (CT), allowing for non-destructively identifying and quantifying deposited and eroded limestone. The main builders were ECRs, serpulids, bryozoans, barnacles, and the bivalves Anomia ephippium, while the most effective borers were sponges from the genus Cliona and the bivalve Rocellaria dubia. The deposition of limestone after 12 years was greater at the site MR08 dominated by ECRs (12.52 ± 2.22 kg m–2), intermediate at the site P213 dominated by erect sponges (4.20 ± 1.24 kg m–2), and lower in the site P204 dominated by algal turfs (2.20 ± 0.72 kg m–2). At MR08, the deposition rate did not vary much over time (from 1.295 ± 0.270 to 1.080 ± 0.198 kg m–2 a–1), while in the other two sites, it significantly slowed down after the first survey period: from 0.952 ± 0.199 to 0.350 ± 0.103 kg m–2 a–1 at P213, and from 1.470 ± 0.462 to 0.203 ± 0.058 kg m–2 a–1 at P204. The amount of eroded limestone increased with the exposure time, with no significant differences among sites, from 1.13 ± 0.29 to 10.39 ± 1.14 kg m–2 on average at 3 and 12 years, respectively. The bioerosion rate also increased with the exposure time and was slightly higher at MR08 (from 0.682 ± 0.208 to 1.105 ± 0.088 kg m–2 a–1), mostly eroded by Cliona rhodensis in addition to C. viridis, compared to P204 (from 0.267 ± 0.078 to 0.676 ± 0.172 kg m–2 a–1) and P213 (from 0.179 ± 0.065 to 0.816 ± 0.171 kg m–2 a–1). Overall, bioconstruction has overcome the bioerosion processes in 3 years. In 12 years, the estimated net balance was essentially nil at all sites. Combining field experiment and CT analysis, this study provides the first quantification of the bioerosion and bioconstruction processes in the northern Adriatic coralligenous reefs, a fundamental step toward their conservation.
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46. MedSens index: The bridge between marine citizen science and coastal management
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Eva Turicchia, Matteo Ghetta, Massimo Ponti, Marco Abbiati, Carlo Cerrano, Turicchia, Eva, Cerrano, Carlo, Ghetta, Matteo, Abbiati, Marco, and Ponti, Massimo
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0106 biological sciences ,Marine conservation ,Coralligenous habitats ,Impact assessment ,General Decision Sciences ,010501 environmental sciences ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Marine Strategy Framework Directive ,Community-based ecosystem monitoring ,Citizen science ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Climate change ,Temperate reefs ,European union ,Species sensitivity ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,QH540-549.5 ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Biotic index ,media_common ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Community-based ecosystem monitoring Coralligenous habitats Climate change Impact assessment Species sensitivity Temperate reefs ,Environmental resource management ,Habitat ,Environmental science ,Marine protected area ,Coastal management ,business - Abstract
Citizen science (CS) projects may provide community-based ecosystem monitoring, expanding our ability to collect data across space and time. However, the data from CS are often not effectively integrated into institutional monitoring programs and decision-making processes, especially in marine conservation. This limitation is partially due to difficulties in accessing the data and the lack of tools and indices for proper management at intended spatial and temporal scales. MedSens is a biotic index specifically developed to provide information on the environmental status of subtidal rocky coastal habitats, filling a gap between marine CS and coastal management in the Mediterranean Sea. The MedSens index is based on 25 selected species, incorporating their sensitivities to the pressures indicated by the European Union’s Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and open data on their distributions and abundances, collected by trained volunteers (scuba divers, free divers and snorkelers) using the Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring (RCMed U-CEM) protocol. The species sensitivities were assessed relative to their resistance and resilience against physical, chemical, and biological pressures, according to benchmark levels and a literature review. The MedSens index was calibrated on a dataset of 33,021 observations from 569 volunteers (2001–2019), along six countries’ coasts. A free and user-friendly QGIS plugin allows easy index calculation for areas and time frames of interest. The MedSens index was applied to Mediterranean marine protected areas (MPAs) and the management and monitoring zones within Italian MPAs. In the studied cases, the MedSens index responds well to the local pressures documented by previous investigations. MedSens converts the data collected by trained volunteers into an effective monitoring tool for the Mediterranean subtidal rocky coastal habitats. MedSens can help conservationists and decision-makers identify the main pressures acting in these habitats, as required by the MSFD, supporting them in the implementation of appropriate marine biodiversity conservation measures and better communicate the results of their actions. By directly involving stakeholders, this approach increases public awareness and the acceptability of management decisions, enabling more participatory conservation tactics.
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47. Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity
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Paolo Rossi, Massimo Ponti, Sara Righi, Cristina Castagnetti, Roberto Simonini, Francesco Mancini, Panagiotis Agrafiotis, Leonardo Bassani, Fabio Bruno, Carlo Cerrano, Paolo Cignoni, Massimiliano Corsini, Pierre Drap, Marco Dubbini, Joaquim Garrabou, Andrea Gori, Nuno Gracias, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Cristina Linares, Torcuato Pulido Mantas, Fabio Menna, Erica Nocerino, Marco Palma, Gaia Pavoni, Alessandro Ridolfi, Sergio Rossi, Dimitrios Skarlatos, Tali Treibitz, Eva Turicchia, Matan Yuval, Alessandro Capra, Rossi, Paolo, Ponti, Massimo, Righi, Sara, Castagnetti, Cristina, Simonini, Roberto, Mancini, Francesco, Agrafiotis, Panagioti, Bassani, Leonardo, Bruno, Fabio, Cerrano, Carlo, Cignoni, Paolo, Corsini, Massimiliano, Drap, Pierre, Dubbini, Marco, Garrabou, Joaquim, Gori, Andrea, Gracias, Nuno, Ledoux, Jean-Baptiste, Linares, Cristina, Mantas, Torcuato Pulido, Menna, Fabio, Nocerino, Erica, Palma, Marco, Pavoni, Gaia, Ridolfi, Alessandro, Rossi, Sergio, Skarlatos, Dimitrio, Treibitz, Tali, Turicchia, Eva, Yuval, Matan, Capra, Alessandro, Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Regione Emilia Romagna, National Science Foundation (US), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), AFORM - AREA FORMAZIONE E DOTTORATO, DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE BIOLOGICHE, GEOLOGICHE E AMBIENTALI, DIPARTIMENTO DI STORIA CULTURE CIVILTA', AREA MIN. 05 - Scienze biologiche, Da definire, and AREA MIN. 08 - Ingegneria civile e architettura
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0106 biological sciences ,lcsh:QH1-199.5 ,Computer science ,Interoperability ,Biodiversity ,Ocean Engineering ,Aquatic Science ,lcsh:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution ,Oceanography ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Underwater photogrammetry ,Civil Engineering ,Structural complexity ,3D monitoring ,biodiversity ,biogenic reefs conservation ,semantic segmentation ,underwater photogrammetry ,robotics ,AUV ,14. Life underwater ,Temporal scales ,lcsh:Science ,Water Science and Technology ,Global and Planetary Change ,business.industry ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Environmental resource management ,Findability ,Semantic segmentation ,biodiversity, 3D monitoring, semantic segmentation, underwater photogrammetry, biogenic reefs conservation ,Biodiversitat ,Research data ,Fauna marina ,Habitat ,Marine fauna ,13. Climate action ,Benthic zone ,Biogenic reefs conservation ,Dades de recerca ,Engineering and Technology ,lcsh:Q ,Stewardship ,business - Abstract
9 pages, 2 figures.-- Data Availability Statement: All datasets generated for this study are included in the article/supplementary material, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author/s, Marine animal forests are benthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders (such as sponges, corals, and bivalves) able to generate three-dimensional (3D) frameworks with high structural complexity. The biodiversity and functioning of marine animal forests are strictly related to their 3D complexity. The present paper aims at providing new perspectives in underwater optical surveys. Starting from the current gaps in data collection and analysis that critically limit the study and conservation of marine animal forests, we discuss the main technological and methodological needs for the investigation of their 3D structural complexity at different spatial and temporal scales. Despite recent technological advances, it seems that several issues in data acquisition and processing need to be solved, to properly map the different benthic habitats in which marine animal forests are present, their health status and to measure structural complexity. Proper precision and accuracy should be chosen and assured in relation to the biological and ecological processes investigated. Besides, standardized methods and protocols are strictly necessary to meet the FAIR (findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability) data principles for the stewardship of habitat mapping and biodiversity, biomass, and growth data, This perspective manuscript is the result of the 3DSeaFor online workshop funded by EUROMARINE Call 2019 Foresight Workshops. This work was partially supported by an Italian Research Projects of National Interest (PRIN), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research: “Reef ReseArcH – Resistance and resilience of Adriatic mesophotic biogenic habitats to human and climate change threats” (Call 205; Prot. 2015J922E; 2017-2020) and by the TAO (Tecnologie per il monitorAggio cOstiero) project in the frame of the program POR-FESR (European Regional Development Fund, ERDF) 2014-2020 of the Emilia-Romagna Region. This work was partially supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. OCE 16-37396 (and earlier awards) as well as a generous gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, With the funding support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S), of the Spanish Research Agency (AEI)
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48. Are well-studied marine biodiversity hotspots still blackspots for animal barcoding?
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Loretta Lattanzi, Michèle Leduc, F. Bertasi, Federica Costantini, Barbara Mikac, Olivier De Clerck, Marco Abbiati, Anne Chenuil, María Capa, Laetitia Plaisance, Kenan O. Matterson, Ana Riesgo, Daniel Martin, Giorgio Bavestrello, José Miguel Gutiérrez, Eva Turicchia, Massimo Ponti, Marzia Bo, Andrea Waeschenbach, Francesco Mugnai, Emese Meglécz, Owen S. Wangensteen, Marina Antonia Colangelo, Mugnai, Francesco, Meglécz, Emese, Abbiati, Marco, Bavestrello, Giorgio, Bertasi, Fabio, Bo, Marzia, Capa, María, Chenuil, Anne, Colangelo, Marina Antonia, De Clerck, Olivier, Gutiérrez, José Miguel, Lattanzi, Loretta, Leduc, Michèle, Martin, Daniel, Matterson, Kenan Oguz, Mikac, Barbara, Plaisance, Laetitia, Ponti, Massimo, Riesgo, Ana, Rossi, Vincent, Turicchia, Eva, Waeschenbach, Andrea, Wangensteen, Owen S., Costantini, Federica, University of Bologna, Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Avignon Université (AU), Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare [Rome, Italie] (CoNISma), Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), TAXON Estudios Ambientales S.L, Station de Recherche Océanographiques et sous-marines (STARESO ), Stareso, Pointe Revellata, BP 33, 20260 Calvi, France, Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, The Natural History Museum [London] (NHM), Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie (MIO), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Toulon (UTLN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), University of Bologna/Università di Bologna, Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and The Arctic University of Norway [Tromsø, Norway] (UiT)
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0106 biological sciences ,Biodiversity ,Roja (Mar) ,[SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity ,Biodiversity conservation ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,DNA barcoding ,Caribbean Sea ,marine animals ,03 medical and health sciences ,Indonesian Sea ,Biodiversity conservation, Morphological taxonomy, Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, Indonesian Sea, Red Sea ,Homologia (Biologia) ,Morphological taxonomy ,Mediterranean Sea ,Bryozoa ,Marine ecosystem ,VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 ,14. Life underwater ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,QH540-549.5 ,integrative taxonomy ,030304 developmental biology ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,Antilles (Mar) ,0303 health sciences ,Ecosystem health ,Mediterrània (Mar) ,biology ,Ecology ,Phylum ,Biology and Life Sciences ,genetic diversity ,15. Life on land ,VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497 ,biology.organism_classification ,Red Sea ,Biodiversity hotspot ,Marine biodiversity ,Geography ,Biological diversity ,13. Climate action ,metabarcoding ,Cryptic species ,Conservació de la diversitat biològica ,Homology (Biology) ,Caribbea Sea - Abstract
Marine biodiversity underpins ecosystem health and societal well-being. Preservation of biodiversity hotspots is a global challenge. Molecular tools, like DNA barcoding and metabarcoding, hold great potential for biodiversity monitoring, possibly outperforming more traditional taxonomic methods. However, metabarcoding-based biodiversity assessments are limited by the availability of sequences in barcoding reference databases; a lack thereof results in high percentages of unassigned sequences. In this study we (i) present the current status of known vs. barcoded marine species at a global scale based on online taxonomic and genetic databases; and (ii) compare the current status with data from ten years ago. Then we analyzed occurrence data of marine animal species from five Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) classified as biodiversity hotspots, to identify any consistent disparities in COI barcoding coverage between geographic regions and at phylum level. Barcoding coverage varied among LMEs (from 36.8% to 62.4% COI-barcoded species) and phyla (from 4.8% to 74.7% COI-barcoded species), with Porifera, Bryozoa and Platyhelminthes being highly underrepresented, compared to Chordata, Arthropoda and Mollusca. We demonstrate that although barcoded marine species increased from 9.5% to 14.2% since the last assessment in 2011, about 15,000 (corresponding to 7.8% increase) new species were described from 2011 to 2021. The next ten years will thus be crucial to enroll concrete collaborative measures and long term initiatives (e.g., Horizon 2030, Ocean Decade) to populate barcoding libraries for the marine realm., the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA) of the University of Bologna (UniBo). The CoMBoMed initiative was supported by the European Marine Research Network (EUROMARINE Network), the Inter-Departmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences (CIRSA – UniBo), the Cultural Heritage Department (DBC - UniBo, https://beniculturali.unibo.it/it), the Fondazione Flaminia and the ERANet Mar-Tera Project SEAMoBB (Solutions for sEmi-Automated Monitoring of Benthic Biodiversity).
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49. The Reef Check Med Dataset on Key Mediterranean Marine Species 2001–2020
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Eva Turicchia, Massimo Ponti, Gianfranco Rossi, Carlo Cerrano, Turicchia, Eva, Ponti, Massimo, Rossi, Gianfranco, and Cerrano, Carlo
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Mediterranean climate ,Science ,Climate change ,Ocean Engineering ,Aquatic Science ,QH1-199.5 ,Oceanography ,Marine species ,indicator species ,Marine Citizen Science, indicator species, marine protected areas, coastal zone management, monitoring, climate change, human impacts, Mediterranean Sea ,Reef ,Water Science and Technology ,Marine Citizen Science ,geography ,Global and Planetary Change ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution ,coastal zone management ,monitoring ,climate change ,Indicator species ,Key (lock) ,Marine protected area ,marine protected areas - Abstract
Since 2001, trained snorkelers, freedivers, and scuba diver volunteers (collectively called EcoDivers) have been recording data on the distribution, abundance, and bathymetric range of 43 selected key marine species along the Mediterranean Sea coasts using the Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring (RCMed U-CEM) protocol. The taxa, including algae, invertebrates, and fishes, were selected by a combination of criteria, including ease of identification and being a key indicator of shifts in the Mediterranean subtidal habitats due to local pressures and climate change. The presence and abundance of gas bubbles leaching from the seabed are also recorded. The dataset collected using the RCMed U-CEM protocol is openly accessible across different platforms and allows for various uses. It has proven to be useful for several purposes, such as monitoring the ecological status of Mediterranean coastal environments, assessing the effects of human impacts and management interventions, as well as complementing scientific papers on species distribution and abundance, distribution modeling, and historical series. Also, volunteers’ commitment promotes marine stewardship and environmental awareness in marine conservation. Here, we describe the RCMed U-CEM protocol, from training volunteers to recording, delivery, and sharing data, including the quality assurance and control (QA/QC) procedures.
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50. The Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring Protocol
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Eva Turicchia, Massimo Ponti, Gianfranco Rossi, Martina Milanese, Cristina Gioia Di Camillo, Carlo Cerrano, Turicchia, Eva, Ponti, Massimo, Rossi, Gianfranco, Milanese, Martina, Di Camillo, Cristina Gioia, and Cerrano, Carlo
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Mediterranean climate ,Marine conservation ,Science ,Species distribution ,Ocean Engineering ,QH1-199.5 ,Aquatic Science ,Oceanography ,Training (civil) ,indicator species ,Mediterranean sea ,marine citizen science ,Water Science and Technology ,Global and Planetary Change ,business.industry ,Environmental resource management ,General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution ,coastal zone management ,Marine Citizen Science, Indicator Species, Marine Protected Areas, Coastal Zone Management, Monitoring, Climate Change, Human Impacts, Mediterranean Sea ,monitoring ,climate change ,Habitat ,Indicator species ,Environmental science ,Marine protected area ,business ,marine protected areas - Abstract
Since 2001, trained snorkelers, freedivers, and scuba diver volunteers (collectively called EcoDivers) have been recording data on the distribution, abundance, and bathymetric range of 43 selected key marine species along the Mediterranean Sea coasts using the Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring (RCMed U-CEM) protocol. The taxa, including algae, invertebrates, and fishes, were selected by a combination of criteria, including ease of identification and being a key indicator of shifts in the Mediterranean subtidal habitats due to local pressures and climate change. The presence and abundance of gas bubbles leaching from the seabed are also recorded. The dataset collected using the RCMed U-CEM protocol is openly accessible across different platforms and allows for various uses. It has proven to be useful for several purposes, such as monitoring the ecological status of Mediterranean coastal environments, assessing the effects of human impacts and management interventions, as well as complementing scientific papers on species distribution and abundance, distribution modeling, and historical series. Also, volunteers’ commitment promotes marine stewardship and environmental awareness in marine conservation. Here, we describe the RCMed U-CEM protocol, from training volunteers to recording, delivery, and sharing data, including the quality assurance and control (QA/QC) procedures.
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