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The general specifications of the MEDITS surveys

An international bottom trawl survey was designed from a European Commission´s initiative to produce biological data on the demersal resources in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine Mediterranean countries…
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Predicting the consequences of anthropogenic disturbance: large-scale effects of loss of canopy algae on rocky shores

Anthropogenic disturbances affect natural populations and assemblages by interacting with fundamental ecological processes. Field experiments simulating the effects of human activities at the…
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Ten years of censuses of fish fauna on the Loano artificial reef

In the period February 1989 to December 1998, the fish population on the Loano artificial reef (Ligurian Sea, Italy) was visually censused almost on a monthly basis (105 censuses). A total of 44 taxa…
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Trophic relationships between fishes and an artificial reef

Diet composition in terms of decapods and amphipods (constituting the main prey groups) was compared with the species composition within these taxa present on the reef and on surrounding bottoms sampled using various techniques.
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Contribution on the distribution of elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean (from MEDITS surveys)

Descriptors of Posidonia oceanica meadows: Use and application

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Marine alien species in Italy: A contribution to the implementation of descriptor D2 of the marine strategy framework directive

The re-examination of marine alien species or Non-indigenous species (NIS) reported in Italian Seas by December 2018, is here provided, particularly focusing on establishment success, year of first…
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History, ecology and trends for artificial reefs of the Ligurian sea, Italy

From 1970 to the present 10 artificial reef sites have been developed in coastal waters of the Ligurian Sea, Italy. They range from Ventimiglia, in the west, to La Spezia, in the east, with the…
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Patterns of sessile macrobenthos community development on an artificial reef in the Gulf of Genoa (northwestern Mediterranean)

An offshore buoy as a small artificial island and a fish-aggregating device (FAD) in the Mediterranean

The ODAS Italia 1 oceanographic buoy is moored in the Ligurian Sea, 37 nm from Genoa, along the Genoa-Cape Corse transect (43° 48.90′ N–09° 06.80′ E), over a 1270 m deep sea bottom. The underwater…
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