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Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns
Antonio Di FrancoMarco MilazzoLaura AiroldiLaura AiroldiStanislao BevilacquaFabio BulleriGiuseppe GuarnieriEnric BallesterosPaolo GuidettiPaolo GuidettiCarlo CerranoGianluca SaràMonia RenziFrancesco CollocaJoachim ClaudetMaria Cristina ManganoJoaquim GarrabouJoaquim GarrabouFiorenza MicheliMartina CoppariAntonio PuscedduStelios KatsanevakisFerdinando BoeroFerdinando BoeroBenjamin S. HalpernEmma CebrianGil RilovCristiana GuerrantiAntonio TerlizziAntonio TerlizziLisandro Benedetti-cecchiSimonetta Fraschettisubject
0106 biological sciencesMediterranean climategeography.geographical_feature_categoryEcology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyClimate changeGlobal change15. Life on land010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesGeographyMediterranean seaHabitat13. Climate actionAnthropoceneMarine ecosystemsense organs14. Life underwaterReefdescription
Abstract Global change is striking harder and faster in the Mediterranean Sea than elsewhere, where high levels of human pressure and proneness to climate change interact in modifying the structure and disrupting regulative mechanisms of marine ecosystems. Rocky reefs are particularly exposed to such environmental changes with ongoing trends of degradation being impressive. Due to the variety of habitat types and associated marine biodiversity, rocky reefs are critical for the functioning of marine ecosystems, and their decline could profoundly affect the provision of essential goods and services which human populations in coastal areas rely upon. Here, we provide an up-to-date overview of the status of rocky reefs, trends in human-driven changes undermining their integrity, and current and upcoming management and conservation strategies, attempting a projection on what could be the future of this essential component of Mediterranean marine ecosystems.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-01 |