Perception of Changes in Marine Benthic Habitats: The Relevance of Taxonomic and Ecological Memory
Abstract
:1. Changes in Marine Benthic Communities
2. Study Cases
2.1. Ficopomatus Reef
2.2. Sabellaria Reef
2.3. Posidonia oceanica Meadow
2.4. “Sponge Garden” of La Strea Bay
2.5. Introduction of Ruditapes philippinarum
2.6. Fouling Community of the Mar Grande of Taranto
3. Perception of Changes
4. Taxonomy and Comprehension of Change
5. Conclusive Remarks
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Temporal Baseline Reference | Available Literature | Years of Investigation | Museum Collections | Scientific Collections | Available Images (Maps, Charts) | |||
Ficopomatus reefs | 1919 [14] | Lindegg, 1934; Fauvel, 1938; Rullier, 1955; Peres & Picard, 1964; Gravina et al., 1989; Bianchi & Morri, 1996; Bianchi e Morri, 2001; Nonnis Marzano et al., 2003; Cardone et al., 2013; Giangrande & Gravina, 2015 | 60 | no | yes | yes | yes | no change |
Tor Caldara Sabellaria reef | 1956 [32] | Taramelli Rivosecchi, 1961; La Porta & Nicoletti, 2009; Ventura et al., 2018; 2020; Bonifazi et al., 2019; Lisco et al., 2020 | 60 | no | yes | yes | yes | no change |
Posidonia meadow, Middle Tyrrhenian Sea-Latium coast | 1959–1961 [47,48] | Ardizzone & Migliuolo, 1982; Ardizzone & Pelusi, 1984; Ardizzone & Belluscio, 1996; Diviacco et al., 2001; Ardizzone et al., 2006; Telesca et al., 2015; Ventura et al., 2017; 2018; 2020 | 40 | no | no | yes | yes | in progress |
La Strea Sponge garden | 1976 [53] | Corriero et al., 1984; Gherardi et al., 2001; Corriero et al., 2004; Mercurio et al., 2006; 2007 | 40 | yes | yes | yes | yes | completed |
Ruditapes philippinarum, North Adriatic Sea | 1983 [58] | Breber, 1985; 2002 | 40 | no | no | no | yes | completed |
Fouling of Mar Grande of Taranto | 1969 [63] | Gherardi & Lepore, 1974; Tursi et al., 1976; 1982; Giangrande et al., 2000; Brunetti & Mastrototaro, 2004; Mastrototaro & Brunetti, 2006; Longo et al., 2007; Pierri et al., 2010; Petrocelli et al., 2013; Giangrande et al., 2014, Del Pasqua et al., 2018; Lezzi et al., 2018a; 2018b | 50 | yes | yes | yes | no | in progress |
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Gravina, M.F.; Bonifazi, A.; Del Pasqua, M.; Giampaoletti, J.; Lezzi, M.; Ventura, D.; Giangrande, A. Perception of Changes in Marine Benthic Habitats: The Relevance of Taxonomic and Ecological Memory. Diversity 2020, 12, 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120480
Gravina MF, Bonifazi A, Del Pasqua M, Giampaoletti J, Lezzi M, Ventura D, Giangrande A. Perception of Changes in Marine Benthic Habitats: The Relevance of Taxonomic and Ecological Memory. Diversity. 2020; 12(12):480. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120480
Chicago/Turabian StyleGravina, Maria Flavia, Andrea Bonifazi, Michela Del Pasqua, Jacopo Giampaoletti, Marco Lezzi, Daniele Ventura, and Adriana Giangrande. 2020. "Perception of Changes in Marine Benthic Habitats: The Relevance of Taxonomic and Ecological Memory" Diversity 12, no. 12: 480. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120480