Environmental Status and Geomorphological Characterisation of Seven Black Coral Forests on the Sardinian Continental Shelf (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Deep-Dwelling Populations of Mediterranean Corallium rubrum and Eunicella cavolini: Distribution, Demography, and Co-occurrence

(2022) Laura Carugati et al.   Biology-Basel

Submarine Geomorphology of the Southwestern Sardinian Continental Shelf (Mediterranean Sea): Insights into the Last Glacial Maximum Sea-Level Changes and Related Environments

(2021) Giacomo Deiana et al.   Water

Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity

(2021) Paolo Rossi et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Population genomic structure of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata in Mediterranean Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems

(2021) Marko Terzin et al.   CORAL REEFS

Animal Forest Mortality: Following the Consequences of a Gorgonian Coral Loss on a Mediterranean Coralligenous Assemblage

(2021) Luigi Piazzi et al.   Diversity-Basel

Black Coral Distribution in the Italian Seas: A Review

(2021) Michela Ingrassia et al.   Diversity-Basel

Geomorphological characterization, spatial distribution and environmental status assessment of coralligenous reefs along the Latium continental shelf

(2021) M. Pierdomenico et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Scattered accumulation hotspots of macro-litter on the seafloor: Insights for mitigation actions

(2021) Alessandro Cau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Submarine canyons influence macrofaunal diversity and density patterns in the deep-sea benthos

(2020) C.M. Robertson et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

A mesophotic black coral forest in the Adriatic Sea

(2020) Giovanni Chimienti et al.   Scientific Reports

3D Fine-scale Terrain Variables from Underwater Photogrammetry: A New Approach to Benthic Microhabitat Modeling in a Circalittoral Rocky Shelf

(2020) Elena Prado et al.   Remote Sensing

The high biodiversity and vulnerability of two Mediterranean bathyal seamounts support the need for creating offshore protected areas

(2020) Marzia Bo et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Exploring a deep-sea vulnerable marine ecosystem: Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) species assemblages in the Western and Central Mediterranean

(2020) Pierluigi Carbonara et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Testing Side-Scan Sonar and Multibeam Echosounder to Study Black Coral Gardens: A Case Study from Macaronesia

(2020) Karolina Czechowska et al.   Remote Sensing

Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of marine animal forest assemblages along nine submarine canyons of Eastern Sardinia (central Mediterranean Sea)

(2020) Davide Moccia et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Effects of turbidity and depth on the bioconstruction of the Abrolhos reefs

(2019) Lourianne M. Freitas et al.   CORAL REEFS

Assessing the environmental status of temperate mesophotic reefs: A new, integrated methodological approach

(2019) Francesco Enrichetti et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Synergistic and antagonistic impacts of suspended sediments and thermal stress on corals

(2019) Rebecca Fisher et al.   Nature Communications

Evaluating the ecological status of cold-water coral habitats using non-invasive methods: An example from Cassidaigne canyon, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Marie-Claire Fabri et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Coral forests and Derelict Fishing Gears in submarine canyon systems of the Ligurian Sea

(2019) M. Giusti et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Megabenthic assemblages in the continental shelf edge and upper slope of the Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea

(2018) Jordi Grinyó et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Amount and distribution of benthic marine litter along Sardinian fishing grounds (CW Mediterranean Sea)

(2018) Andrea Alvito et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Chasing genetic structure in coralligenous reef invertebrates: patterns, criticalities and conservation issues

(2018) Federica Costantini et al.   Scientific Reports

Spatial distribution of the black coral Leiopathes glaberrima (Esper, 1788) (Antipatharia: Leiopathidae) in the Mediterranean: a prerequisite for protection of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs)

(2018) D. Massi et al.   European Zoological Journal

Marine animal forests as useful indicators of entanglement by marine litter

(2018) Francois Galgani et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

New sites expanding the “Sardinian cold-water coral province” extension: A new potential cold-water coral network?

(2018) Davide Moccia et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

“And DPSIR begat DAPSI(W)R(M)!” - A unifying framework for marine environmental management

(2017) M. Elliott et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Submarine canyons along the upper Sardinian slope (Central Western Mediterranean) as repositories for derelict fishing gears

(2017) Alessandro Cau et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Leiopathes glaberrima millennial forest from SW Sardinia as nursery ground for the small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula

(2016) Alessandro Cau et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

A new ecological index for the status of mesophotic megabenthic assemblages in the mediterranean based on ROV photography and video footage

(2016) Almudena Cánovas-Molina et al.   CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH

Diversity, distribution and population size structure of deep Mediterranean gorgonian assemblages (Menorca Channel, Western Mediterranean Sea)

(2016) Jordi Grinyó et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

New deep-water cnidarian sites in the southern Adriatic Sea

(2016) L. ANGELETTI et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

Coralligenous reefs state along anthropized coasts: Application and validation of the COARSE index, based on a rapid visual assessment (RVA) approach

(2015) G. Gatti et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Black coral (Anthozoa, Antipatharia) forest near the western Pontine Islands (Tyrrhenian Sea)

(2015) M. Ingrassia et al.   Marine Biodiversity

Persistence of Pristine Deep-Sea Coral Gardens in the Mediterranean Sea (SW Sardinia)

(2015) Marzia Bo et al.   PLoS One

Fishing impact on deep Mediterranean rocky habitats as revealed by ROV investigation

(2014) Marzia Bo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Megafauna of vulnerable marine ecosystems in French mediterranean submarine canyons: Spatial distribution and anthropogenic impacts

(2013) M-C. Fabri et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

The destruction of the ‘animal forests’ in the oceans: Towards an over-simplification of the benthic ecosystems

(2013) Sergio Rossi   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Bioavailable compounds in sinking particulate organic matter, Blanes Canyon, NW Mediterranean Sea: Effects of a large storm and sea surface biological processes

(2013) Pilar Lopez-Fernandez et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Effects of natural and anthropogenic processes in the distribution of marine litter in the deep Mediterranean Sea

(2013) Eva Ramirez-Llodra et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

A preliminary study toward an index based on coralligenous assemblages for the ecological status assessment of Mediterranean French coastal waters

(2012) Julie Deter et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Distribution of Deep-Water Gorgonian Corals in Relation to Seabed Topography on the Norwegian Margin

(2012) Ruiju Tong et al.   PLoS One

Spatial distribution patterns of the gorgonians Eunicella singularis, Paramuricea clavata, and Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Cape of Creus, Northwestern Mediterranean Sea)

(2010) Andrea Gori et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins

(2010) Lene Buhl-Mortensen et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Submarine canyons: hotspots of benthic biomass and productivity in the deep sea

(2010) F. C. De Leo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gold coral (Savalia savaglia) and gorgonian forests enhance benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the mesophotic zone

(2009) C. Cerrano et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Characteristics of a black coral meadow in the twilight zone of the central Mediterranean Sea

(2009) M Bo et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES