Andrea Peirano

TL;DR: The tropical green alga Caulerpa taxifolia in the Mediterranean has spread steadily since its introduction in 1984, and there is no reason to believe that spreading will slow down in the years to come.

TL;DR: This paper synthesises the existing methods applied to monitor P. oceanica meadows, identifies the most suitable techniques and suggests future research directions, and shows the interest of a practical guide that describes, in a standardized way, the most useful techniques enabling P. Oceanica meadow to be used as an environmental descriptor.

TL;DR: L'article a comme objet de presenter un bilan de la colonisation de the Mediterranee par l'algue verte introduite Caulerpa racemosa var.

TL;DR: Although there are no comparable inventories of marine sessile epifauna in the Aegean, the high number of species found, with a relatively low sampling effort in a restricted area, indicates that the marine biodiversity of this sea is not as low as traditionally believed.

TL;DR: This study showed that the combined analysis of quantitative and descriptive historical data represent a precious knowledge to understand ecosystem trends over time and provide help to identify baselines for ecological management.