Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors on Fucalean Brown Seaweeds Across Different Spatial Scales in the Mediterranean Sea

Effects of Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors on Fucalean Brown Seaweeds Across Different Spatial Scales in the Mediterranean Sea

Algal habitat-forming forests composed of fucalean brown seaweeds (Cystoseira, Ericaria, and Gongolaria) have severely declined along the Mediterranean coasts, endangering the maintenance of essential ecosystem services. Numerous factors determine the loss of these assemblages and operate at differe...

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Main Authors: Sotiris Orfanidis, Fabio Rindi, Emma Cebrian, Simonetta Fraschetti, Ina Nasto, Ergun Taskin, Silvia Bianchelli, Vasileios Papathanasiou, Maria Kosmidou, Annalisa Caragnano, Soultana Tsioli, Stefano Ratti, Erika Fabbrizzi, Jana Verdura, Laura Tamburello, Sajmir Beqiraj, Lefter Kashta, Denada Sota, Apostolos Papadimitriou, Ezzeddine Mahmoudi, Hajdar Kiçaj, Konstantinos Georgiadis, Amel Hannachi, Roberto Danovaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Macroalgal forests
Life history
PERMANOVA
RDA
percentage cover
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.658417/full

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