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A rapid assessment method to monitor the health status of habitat‐forming species in coastal benthic ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 34, Issue 3, March 2024.
Abstract Marine habitat‐forming (MHF) species in the Mediterranean are among the most threatened coastal species by human activities. In recent decades, different stressors (e.g., warming‐induced marine heatwaves and algal blooms) have caused mass mortality events in these key species.
Laura Figuerola‐Ferrando, Joaquim Garrabou, Cristina Linares   +2 more
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Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems

Conservation Biology, Volume 38, Issue 1, February 2024.
Abstract The ecology and function of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems (TMEs) remain poorly understood globally despite their widespread distribution. They typically occur at 20–150 m (the limit of photosynthesis), and on rocky substratum they support rich benthic communities and mobile fauna.
James J. Bell, Valerio Micaroni, Benjamin Harris, Francesca Strano, Manon Broadribb, Alice Rogers   +5 more
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Genetic divergence and migration patterns of a galatheoid squat lobster highlight the need for deep‐sea conservation

Molecular Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2024.
Abstract Information on genetic divergence and migration patterns of vent‐ and seep‐endemic macrobenthos can help delimit biogeographical provinces and provide scientific guidelines for deep‐sea conservation under the growing threats of anthropogenic disturbances.
Ting Xu, Xia Chai, Chong Chen, Hiromi Kayama Watanabe, Jin Sun, Yao Xiao, Yan Wang, Junlin Chen, Jian‐Wen Qiu, Pei‐Yuan Qian   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Porifera Associated with Deep-Water Stylasterids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): New Species and Records from the Ross Sea (Antarctica)

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Stylasterid corals are known to be fundamental habitat-formers in both deep and shallow waters. Their tridimensional structure enhances habitat complexity by creating refuges for a variety of organisms and by acting as basibionts for many other ...
Barbara Calcinai, Teo Marrocco, Camilla Roveta, Stefania Puce, Paolo Montagna, Claudio Mazzoli, Simonepietro Canese, Carlo Vultaggio, Marco Bertolino   +8 more
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Chemical Defence of a Seagrass against Microfoulers and Its Seasonal Dynamics

Applied Sciences, 2019
In marine environments bacterial microfoulers are an important determinant for the settlement of algal and animal macrofoulers. At the same time fouling is usually subject to seasonal fluctuation.
Chi Guan, Mahasweta Saha, Florian Weinberger   +2 more
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Density, size structure, shell orientation and epibiontic colonization of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis L. 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in three contrasting habitats in an estuarine area of Sardinia (W Mediterranean)

Scientia Marina, 2009
We investigated the spatial distribution, size structure, shell orientation and valve colonization by epibionts of the endangered Mediterranean bivalve Pinna nobilis in three continuous but different habitats in the Gulf of Oristano (Sardinia, western ...
Piero Addis, Marco Secci, Gianni Brundu, Andrea Manunza, Stefano Corrias, Angelo Cau   +5 more
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Epistylid ciliates as epibionts on calanoid copepods in an Amazonian floodplain lake (Batata Lake) [PDF]

Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
Aim The main objective was to investigate changes in the prevalence and infestation intensity of the epibiotic relationship (ciliates/calanoids) in relation to the impact of bauxite tailings (natural and impacted areas) during two distinct periods of the
Wésley Altino Flores, Pedro Mendes de Souza, Iollanda Ivanov Pereira Josué, Roberto Júnio Pedroso Dias, Reinaldo Luiz Bozelli   +4 more
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Epiphytic macroalgae of maricultured Sargassum and their potential utilizations

Aquatic Living Resources
Epiphytism commonly occurs in marine benthic macroalgae and seagrass communities under natural conditions and those of mariculture. This can greatly obstruct the cultivation of commercial seaweeds and ultimately impacts the seaweed aquaculture industry ...
Chen Binbin, Zhang Huawei, Ma Zengling, Wu Mingjiang   +3 more
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Epibionts on Arenaeus cribrarius (Brachyura: Portunidae) from Brazil

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2010
Mean prevalence and intensity of infestations by epibionts were evaluated in Arenaeus cribrarius (Lamarck, 1818), based on monthly samplings (May/1991 to April/1993), in Ubatuba, Brazil.
Tânia M. Costa, Ronaldo A. Christofoletti, Marcelo A. Amaro Pinheiro   +2 more
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Relaciones bipartitas macroalgas epizoicas-cangrejos en lechos de macroalgas en la costa suroriental de Cuba

Novitates Caribaea
El exoesqueleto de los crustáceos constituye un sustrato adecuado para que las macroalgas marinas desarrollen epibiosis. Entre los años 2018 y 2023 se recolectaron 58 individuos de crustáceos con macroalgas sobre sus exoesqueletos en seis localidades de ...
Asiel Cabrera Gerrero, Kider Garcés-Domínguez, Abdiel Jover Capote   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source