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Simonetta Fraschetti
Researcher at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Publications - 143
Citations - 8326
Simonetta Fraschetti is an academic researcher from Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mediterranean sea & Marine protected area. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 139 publications receiving 6965 citations. Previous affiliations of Simonetta Fraschetti include University of Porto & University of Naples Federico II.
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Exponential Decline of Deep-Sea Ecosystem Functioning Linked to Benthic Biodiversity Loss
Roberto Danovaro,Cristina Gambi,Antonio Dell'Anno,Cinzia Corinaldesi,Simonetta Fraschetti,Ann Vanreusel,Magda Vincx,Andrew J. Gooday +7 more
TL;DR: This study provides scientific evidence that the conservation of deep-sea biodiversity is a priority for a sustainable functioning of the worlds' oceans and suggests that mutually positive functional interactions can be common in the largest biome of the authors' biosphere.
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Cumulative human impacts on Mediterranean and Black Sea marine ecosystems: assessing current pressures and opportunities.
Fiorenza Micheli,Benjamin S. Halpern,Shaun Walbridge,Saul Ciriaco,Francesco Ferretti,Simonetta Fraschetti,Rebecca L. Lewison,Leo Nykjaer,Andrew Rosenberg +8 more
TL;DR: Quantification and mapping of the cumulative impact of 22 drivers to 17 marine ecosystems reveals that 20% of the entire basin and 60–99%" of the territorial waters of EU member states are heavily impacted, with high human impact occurring in all ecoregions and territorial waters.
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The Structure of Mediterranean Rocky Reef Ecosystems across Environmental and Human Gradients, and Conservation Implications
Enric Sala,Enric Ballesteros,Panagiotis Dendrinos,Antonio Di Franco,Francesco Ferretti,David G. Foley,David G. Foley,Simonetta Fraschetti,Alan M. Friedlander,Joaquim Garrabou,Harun Güçlüsoy,Paolo Guidetti,Benjamin S. Halpern,Bernat Hereu,Alexandros A. Karamanlidis,Zafer Kizilkaya,Enrique Macpherson,Luisa Mangialajo,Simone Mariani,Fiorenza Micheli,Antonio Pais,Kristin Riser,Andrew Rosenberg,Marta Sales,Kimberly A. Selkoe,Richard M. Starr,Richard M. Starr,Fiona Tomas,Mikel Zabala +28 more
TL;DR: The gradients reported here represent a trajectory of degradation that can be used to assess the health of any similar habitat in the Mediterranean, and to evaluate the efficacy of marine protected areas.
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A three-year time series of elemental and biochemical composition of organic matter in subtidal sandy sediments of the Ligurian Sea (northwestern Mediterranean)
TL;DR: In this paper, a three-year study revealed that organic matter determined with a muffle furnace is clearly an overestimate of the organic content of the sediment and is thus of little significance for benthic ecologists studying community dynamics in relation to food availability.
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Patterns of distribution of marine assemblages from rocky shores: evidence of relevant scales of variation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a hierarchical sampling design to examine spatial patterns in assemblages of algae and invertebrates in midshore and lowshore habitats of rocky coasts in the Mediterranean Sea.