Biodiversity of the white coral bank off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (Mediterranean Sea): An update

Mastrototaro, Francesco; D’Onghia, Gianfranco; Corriero, Giuseppe; Matarrese, Angela Maria Stella; Maiorano, Porzia; Panetta, P.; Gherardi, Myriam; Longo, Caterina; Rosso, Antonietta; Sciuto, Francesco; Sanfilippo, Rossana; Gravili, Cinzia; Boero, Ferdinando; Taviani, Marco; Tursi, Angelo

doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.021

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“…A single large specimen of T. sagittatus was caught at station 4 (608 m in depth) using a longline (4 LL in Table 1). The presence of D. vitreus on hard substrates of Bari Canyon at station 1B1 confirms the association of this species with CWC (Tursi et al, 2004;Mastrototaro et al, 2010;Rosso et al, 2010a;Taviani et al, 2011). Living benthic molluscs were not found on soft substrates of the Bari Canyon where, on the contrary, a large number of shells of dead molluscs were identified to 55 species belonging to the typical epibathyal mollusc communities currently present in the Mediterranean Sea (Panetta et al, 2013).…”

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“…The latter species is endemic, though more abundant in the western and central Mediterranean (Zibrowius, 1968). Serpula concharum (deep sea morphotype) and Hyalopomatus madreporae are new records for the Adriatic Sea; the latter is also endemic in the Mediterranean, recently recorded in the northern Ionian Sea (Sanfilippo, 2009;Mastrototaro et al, 2010). It is worth noting the discovery of Filograna sp.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The present study, recording 29 sponge taxa, demonstrates that, as already known in Mediterranean and Atlantic CWC communities, poriferans are one of the most common benthic organisms inhabiting these deep biocoenosis, also in terms of species richness (Longo et al, 2005;Soest & Lavaleye, 2005;Soest et al, 2007;Mastrototaro et al, 2010;Calcinai et al, 2013). The sponge assemblage described consists mainly of species (59.3%) already reported in association with Mediterranean CWC (Vacelet, 1969;Longo et al, 2005;Mastrototaro et al, 2010;Calcinai et al, 2013) (Vacelet, 1969) in the Gulf of Lion, and 10 of the species recorded here are in common with the sponge assemblage from the Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) CWC province (Longo et al, 2005;Mastrototaro et al, 2010). Only four of the species recorded are also on the sponge species list reported by Calcinai et al (2013) for the CWC from the Strait of Sicily.…”

Section: Poriferamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most of the detected species are widely distributed in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (Ben-Eliahu & Fiege, 1996;Castelli et al, 2008;Sanfilippo, 2009;Mastrototaro et al, 2010). Serpula vermicularis, F. gracilis, M. multicristata, and V. monodiscus have previously been recorded in the same study area Sanfilippo et al, 2013).…”

Section: Annelidamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Macro- and megafauna recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea) using different tools

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Macro- and megafauna were recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea) during an oceanographic cruise carried out in May-June 2012 and an experimental fishing survey conducted in November 2013. During the former, a total of 20 benthic samples were taken using a Van Veen grab at depths between 268 and 770 m and 4 deployments of a baited lander, for about 43 hours of video records, were carried out at depths between 443 and 788 m. During the latter, 8 longline fishing operations were conducted from 338 down to 612 m. Eighty-five living benthic and benthopelagic species were recorded: 29 Porifera, 1 Cnidaria, 2 Mollusca, 11 Annelida, 1 Arthropoda, 19 Bryozoa, 3 Echinodermata and 19 Chordata. A total of 51 species are new records for the Bari Canyon, 29 new records for the Adriatic Sea. Among the Porifera Cerbaris curvispiculifer is a new addition for the Italian Sponge Fauna. The first certain record of living specimens for the bryozoan Crisia tenella longinodata is reported. A total of 6 Mediterranean endemic species have been identified: 4 Porifera and 2 Annelida. The bathymetric range of some species has been extended. New information acquired for deep sea species confirms their importance in the structure of cold-water coral communities. This study has updated the knowledge on the biodiversity of the Adriatic Sea, as well as of the Bari Canyon in particular, one of the sites designated as “jewels of the Mediterranean” for which urgent conservation measures are needed.

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Section: Annelidamentioning

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“…Goods and Services: Deep-sea coral communities are considered as biodiversity hotspots, representing patches of high diversity in a low diversity environment (Henry & Roberts, 2007;Carlier et al, 2009;Mastrototaro et al, 2010). It is hypothesized that reefs may function as centres of spreading for associated fauna .…”

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Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management

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The goal of ecosystem-based marine spatial management is to maintain marine ecosystems in a healthy, productive and resilient condition; hence, they can sustainably provide the needed goods and services for human welfare. However, the increasing pressures upon the marine realm threaten marine ecosystems, especially seabed biotopes, and thus a well-planned approach of managing use of marine space is essential to achieve sustainability. The relative value of seabed biotopes, evaluated on the basis of goods and services, is an important starting point for the spatial management of marine areas. Herein, 56 types of European seabed biotopes and their related goods, services, sensitivity issues, and conservation status were compiled, the latter referring to management and protection tools which currently apply for these biotopes at European or international level. Fishing activities, especially by benthic trawls, and marine pollution are the main threats to European seabed biotopes. Increased seawater turbidity, dredged sediment disposal, coastal constructions, biological invasions, mining, extraction of raw materials, shipping-related activities, tourism, hydrocarbon exploration, and even some practices of scientific research, also exert substantial pressure. Although some first steps have been taken to protect the European sea beds through international agreements and European and national legislation, a finer scale of classification and assessment of marine biotopes is considered crucial in shaping sound priorities and management guidelines towards the effective conservation and sustainability of European marine resources.

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Towards High‐Performance Bioinspired Composites

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Biological composites have evolved elaborate hierarchical structures to achieve outstanding mechanical properties using weak but readily available building blocks. Combining the underlying design principles of such biological materials with the rich chemistry accessible in synthetic systems may enable the creation of artificial composites with unprecedented properties and functionalities. This bioinspired approach requires identification, understanding, and quantification of natural design principles and their replication in synthetic materials, taking into account the intrinsic properties of the stronger artificial building blocks and the boundary conditions of engineering applications. In this progress report, the scientific and technological questions that have to be addressed to achieve this goal are highlighted, and examples of recent research efforts to tackle them are presented. These include the local characterization of the heterogeneous architecture of biological materials, the investigation of structure-function relationships to help unveil natural design principles, and the development of synthetic processing routes that can potentially be used to implement some of these principles in synthetic materials. The importance of replicating the design principles of biological materials rather than their structure per se is highlighted, and possible directions for further progress in this fascinating, interdisciplinary field are discussed.

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Biodiversity of the white coral bank off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (Mediterranean Sea): An update

Cited by 194 publications

References 53 publications

Macro- and megafauna recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea) using different tools

Macro- and megafauna recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea) using different tools

Assessment of goods and services, vulnerability, and conservation status of European seabed biotopes: a stepping stone towards ecosystem-based marine spatial management

Towards High‐Performance Bioinspired Composites

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