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Scientific Publications

Towards a broader perspective on marine biodiversity change

Helmut Hillebrand, Iliana B. Baums, Kingsly-Chuo C. Beng, Jan-Claas Dajka, Andrea Franke, Dorothee Hodapp, Silke Laakmann, Soli Levi, Arlie McCarthy, Sebastian Neun, Anthea Oestreicher, Nils Rädecker, Solomon Sebuliba, Mike Smykala, Maren Striebel, Anaïs K. Tallon & Anika Happe

Published

2025

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Springer Nature, Marine Biodiversity

Five key opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of area-based marine conservation

R. R. E. Stanley, A. Abad-Uribarren, A. Belackova, A. Belgrano, U. Bergström, K. Boerder, T. Blenckner, A. Colaço, A. Himes-Cornell, B. Horta e Costa, J. Jacquemont, L. H. Jurrius, R. Langton, T. Noble-James, M. Ohanna, E. M. Olsen, E. M. Rubidge, E. C. E. Sacre, E. V. Sheehan, M. Sköld, V. Stelzenmüller, D. P. Tittensor, T. C. Vallina, S. Villasante & J. Claudet

Published

2025

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npj Ocean Sustainability

Hierarchical modeling of Baltic Sea phytoplankton reveals increasing cyanobacteria dominance

James Andrew de Haast, Aleksandra M. Lewandowska, Janne Soininen

Published

2025

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Limnology and Oceanography

Combined impacts of a lipid lowering drug, gemfibrozil, and temperature on bioenergetics and digestive gland function of a marine bivalve Mytilus edulis

Inna M. Sokolova, Halina Falfushynska, Eugene P. Sokolov, Esther Blanco-Rayón, Xabier Lekube,
Ionan Marigómez

Published

2025

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Aquatic Toxicology Volume 290

Small-scale fishery as a driver of habitat loss in marine protected areas

Chiara Silvestrini, Alessandro Ciccolella, Paolo D'Ambrosio, Francesco de Franco, Luciana Muscogiuri, Simonetta Fraschetti

Published

2025

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Journal of Environmental Management

Operational perspectives for biodiversity indicators

Helmut Hillebrand, Jan-Claas Dajka, Maurits Halbach, Anika Happe, Ralf Röchert, Ralf Seppelt, Josef Settele, Markus Weitere, Marten Winter, Yves Zinngrebe, Dorothee Hodapp

Published

2025

Source

Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The physiological response of the Arctic key species Polar cod, Boreogadus saida, to hypoxia in a warming ocean: critical oxygen levels and swimming performance

Sarah Kempf, Carolin Julie Neven, Alexander Timpe, Félix P. Leiva, Brad Seibel & Felix Christopher Mark

Published

2025

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BMC Zoology volume 10

Effects of crude oil and high salinity on eggs and early naupliar stages of the copepod Calanus hyperboreus

Iliana Vasiliki Ntinou, Sinja Rist, Sofie Rask, Martin Lindegren, Torkel Gissel Nielsen, Øystein Varpe

Published

2025

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Journal of Plankton Research, Volume 47, Issue 5

Remotely Sensing Phytoplankton Size Structure in the Mediterranean Sea: Insights from In Situ Data and Temperature-Corrected Abundance-Based Models

John A. Gittings, Eleni Livanou, Xuerong Sun, Robert J. W. Brewin, Stella Psarra, Manolis Mandalakis, Alexandra Peltekis, Annalisa Di Cicco, Vittorio E. Brando and Dionysios E. Raitsos

Published

2025

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MDPI, Remote Sensing

Comparative assessment of pelagic/benthic microalgae in the oligotrophic continental shelf of Heraklion Bay, Eastern Mediterranean: A pigments-based chemotaxonomic analysis

Ben Möller, Eleni Livanou, Stella Psarra, Panayota Koulouri, Costas Dounas, Ana Rotter, Manolis Mandalakis

Published

2025

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Regional Studies in Marine Science

Synthesis of Population Trends Reveals Seascape-Wide Reorganisation of Biodiversity From Microalgae to Birds

Anika Happe and Kasper J. Meijer, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Helmut Hillebrand

Published

2025

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Global Change Biology

Scale-dependent effects of biodiversity and stability on marine ecosystem dynamics

Louise C. Flensborg, Marcel Montanyès, Antoni Vivó Pons, Fernanda Carolina Da Silva, Martin Lindegren

Published

2025

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Ecography

The opportunity for climate action through climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning

Queirós, A.M., ten Brink, T., Bas, M. et al.

Published

2025

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npj Ocean Sustainability

Not only corals: seagrass bleaching in the eastern Mediterranean

Stipcich, P., Arena, C., Ceccherelli, G., Donadio, R., Jimenez, C., La Manna, G., ... & Fraschetti, S.

Published

2025

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Science of The Total Environment

Diel-cycling hypoxia and hypercapnia interact with the physiological and redox response of the bivalve Mytilus edulis to heat-wave

Dereuder, E. T. R., Otto, S., Rehder, G., & Sokolova, I. M.

Published

2025

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Marine Environmental Research

Using dark diversity to disentangle the effects of protection and habitat quality on species diversity

Gavriel T, Azzurro E, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Bertocci I, Claudet J, Di Franco A, Guidetti P, Kleitou P, Kletou D, Malamud S, Micheli F, Mintrone C, Sala E, Salingre S, Savva I, Yahel R, Belmaker J.

Published

2025

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Biological Conservation

Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change

Federica Manca, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Mar Cabeza, Camilla Gustafsson, Alf M. Norkko, Tomas V. Roslin, David N. Thomas, Lydia White & Giovanni Strona

Published

2024

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Nature Communications

Modularity buffers the spread of spatial perturbations in macroalgal networks

Caterina Mintrone, Luca Rindi, Iacopo Bertocci, Elena Maggi, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

Published

2025

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Current Biology, Cell Press

Legacies of temperature fluctuations promote stability in marine biofilm communities

Luca Rindi, Jianyu He, Mara Miculan, Matteo Dell’Acqua, Mario Enrico Pè & Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

Published

2025

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Nature Communications, Springer Nature

Multidecadal changes in coastal benthic species composition and ecosystem functioning occur independently of temperature-driven community shifts

Phoebe Armitage, Michael T. Burrows, James E. V. Rimmer, Andrew J. Blight, David M. Paterson

Published

2024

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Global Change Biology

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