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Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá
Researcher at University of Alicante
Publications - 67
Citations - 2401
Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá is an academic researcher from University of Alicante. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mediterranean sea & Posidonia oceanica. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 62 publications receiving 2050 citations. Previous affiliations of Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá include Centre national de la recherche scientifique.
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Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution
Argyro Zenetos,Serge Gofas,Marc Verlaque,Melih Ertan Çinar,J. E. García Raso,Carlo Nike Bianchi,Carla Morri,Ernesto Azzurro,Murat Bilecenoglu,Carlo Froglia,I. Siokou,D. Violanti,Adriano Sfriso,G. San Martín,Adriana Giangrande,Tuncer Katağan,Enric Ballesteros,Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá,Francesco Mastrototaro,Oscar H. Ocaña,Adriana Zingone,Maria Cristina Gambi,N. Streftaris +22 more
TL;DR: The state-of-art on alien species in the Mediterranean Sea is presented, making distinctions among the four subregions defined in the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive; the WMED hosts most invasive macrophytes, whereas the EMED has the lion’s share in polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs and fish.
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Conservation and management of northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean maerl beds
Carmen Barberá,Cesar Bordehore,Joseph A. Borg,M. Glémarec,Jacques Grall,Jason M. Hall-Spencer,Ch. de la Huz,Edwin Lanfranco,Mariano Lastra,P.G. Moore,J. Mora,M.E. Pita,Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá,Miraine Rizzo,A. Sanchez-Mata,A. Sanchez-Mata,A.M. Seva,Patrick J. Schembri,Carlos Valle +18 more
TL;DR: The European Commission's Habitats Directive mandates the conservation management of two of the main European maerl-forming species, Phymatolithon calcareum and Lithothamnion corallioides.
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Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea
Joaquim Garrabou,Daniel Gómez-Gras,Jean-Baptiste Ledoux,Cristina Linares,Nathaniel Bensoussan,Paula López-Sendino,Hocein Bazairi,Free Espinosa,Mohamed Ramdani,Samir Grimes,Mouloud Benabdi,Jamila Ben Souissi,Emna Soufi,Faten Khamassi,Raouia Ghanem,Oscar H. Ocaña,Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá,Andres Izquierdo,Irene Anton,Esther Rubio-Portillo,Carmen Barberá,Emma Cebrian,Núria Marbà,Iris E. Hendriks,Carlos M. Duarte,Salud Deudero,David Díaz Díaz,Maite Vázquez-Luis,Elvira Álvarez,Bernat Hereu,Diego K. Kersting,Diego K. Kersting,Andrea Gori,Nuria Viladrich,Stéphane Sartoretto,Ivane Pairaud,Sandrine Ruitton,Gérard Pergent,Christine Pergent-Martini,Elodie Rouanet,Núria Teixidó,Jean-Pierre Gattuso,Jean-Pierre Gattuso,Simonetta Fraschetti,Irene Rivetti,Ernesto Azzurro,Carlo Cerrano,Massimo Ponti,Eva Turicchia,Giorgio Bavestrello,Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti,Marzia Bo,Marco Bertolino,Monica Montefalcone,Giovanni Chimienti,Daniele Grech,Gil Rilov,Inci Tüney Kizilkaya,Zafer Kizilkaya,Nur Eda Topçu,Vasilis Gerovasileiou,Maria Sini,Tatjana Bakran-Petricioli,Silvija Kipson,Jean G. Harmelin +64 more
TL;DR: MV-L was supported by a postdoctoral contract Juan de la Cierva-Incorporacion (IJCI-2016-29329) of Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades.
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A massive update of non-indigenous species records in Mediterranean marinas
Aylin Ulman,Aylin Ulman,Jasmine Ferrario,Anna Occhpinti-Ambrogi,Christos Arvanitidis,Ada Bandi,Marco Bertolino,Cesare Bogi,Giorgos Chatzigeorgiou,Burak Ali Çiçek,Alan Deidun,Alfonso A. Ramos-Esplá,Cengiz Koçak,Maurizio Lorenti,Gemma Martínez-Laiz,Guenda Merlo,Elisa Princisgh,Giovanni Scribano,Agnese Marchini +18 more
TL;DR: It is revealed that Mediterranean marinas indeed act as major hubs for the transfer of marine NIS, and there is evidence that recreational boats act as effective vectors of spread.
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Comparative study of two maerl beds with different otter trawling history, southeast Iberian Peninsula
TL;DR: Based on the authors' observations, well preserved Mediterranean maerl grounds are sites with a high diversity and also support a high macrobenthic secondary production which may be important for species of commercial interest.