Several bathyal cold-water coral provinces, characterized by a lush growth of habitat-forming scleractinians, have been recognized in the Mediterranean Sea. However, the search for this biogenic habitat only marginally targeted the Italian coast of the Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean basin) despite historical and a few recent local studies in...
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2023 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: February 14, 2024
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2021 (v1)Publication
1. Seamounts host some of the most important deep-sea ecosystems. The unique environmental characteristics of seamounts sustain rich biological hot spots, which, in recent times, have suffered the effects of intense fishing pressure. 2. Biodiversity and vulnerability data are extremely scarce for Mediterranean seamounts, and this, in addition...
Uploaded on: April 14, 2023