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Leading role of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula in maintaining the barren state in southwestern Mediterranean
Sympatric sea urchin species are usually considered to belong to the same grazer guild. Nevertheless, their role in community dynamics may vary due to species-specific morphological traits, feeding preferences...
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Variability of species' roles in marine communities: change of paradigms for conservation priorities
The structure and organisation of aquatic communities, moulded in each environment by combinations of abiotic factors, recruitment and productivity rates, rely upon a network of both pairwise and transitive i...
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Changes in Seaweed Biodiversity of the Gargano Coast (Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea)
Benthic algal flora has been investigated along the Gargano coast (Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea). The results were compared with those of previous researches carried out in the same area in 1960s in order t...