Remember the Costa Concordia? Its 2012 shipwreck devastated coralligenous reefs
👉 Our new study shows how active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic value of these fragile ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Full recovery takes time, but there’s hope 💙 beneath the surface!
🧪🌍🦑🦤
👉 Our new study shows how active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic value of these fragile ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Full recovery takes time, but there’s hope 💙 beneath the surface!
🧪🌍🦑🦤
May 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Remember the Costa Concordia? Its 2012 shipwreck devastated coralligenous reefs
👉 Our new study shows how active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic value of these fragile ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Full recovery takes time, but there’s hope 💙 beneath the surface!
🧪🌍🦑🦤
👉 Our new study shows how active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic value of these fragile ecosystems
doi.org/10.1111/rec....
Full recovery takes time, but there’s hope 💙 beneath the surface!
🧪🌍🦑🦤
#WeekendReading: Abed El Rahman et al. on climate change risks in coastal and open sea Mediterranean ecosystems. Interestingly, they consider coralligenous and rocky coasts to be more resilient to the effects of warming and acidification. 🧪🌊
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
#WeekendReading: Abed El Rahman et al. on climate change risks in coastal and open sea Mediterranean ecosystems. Interestingly, they consider coralligenous and rocky coasts to be more resilient to the effects of warming and acidification. 🧪🌊
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coralligenous ecosystems are unique underwater habitats found only in the Mediterranean Sea. They form in dimly lit waters, usually 30–150 m deep and support more than 1,800 species. They have been decimated by destructive bottom trawling fishing, which can flatten centuries-old
February 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Coralligenous ecosystems are unique underwater habitats found only in the Mediterranean Sea. They form in dimly lit waters, usually 30–150 m deep and support more than 1,800 species. They have been decimated by destructive bottom trawling fishing, which can flatten centuries-old
#WeekendReading: Innangi et al. on coralligenous algal mesophotic reef establishment, growth, and emergent morphologies in the central Mediterranean Sea. 🧪🌊
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
#WeekendReading: Innangi et al. on coralligenous algal mesophotic reef establishment, growth, and emergent morphologies in the central Mediterranean Sea. 🧪🌊
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exciting news! The NEMO Tools ROV team of @skatsanevakis.bsky.social has begun exploring Lesvos Island, assessing gorgonians & coralligenous assemblages. Two trips down, five to go! Follow along @nemo-tools.bsky.social l 🧪🌊🐠
#MarineBiology #NEMOTools #MarineEcology #Fieldwork
#MarineBiology #NEMOTools #MarineEcology #Fieldwork
March 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Exciting news! The NEMO Tools ROV team of @skatsanevakis.bsky.social has begun exploring Lesvos Island, assessing gorgonians & coralligenous assemblages. Two trips down, five to go! Follow along @nemo-tools.bsky.social l 🧪🌊🐠
#MarineBiology #NEMOTools #MarineEcology #Fieldwork
#MarineBiology #NEMOTools #MarineEcology #Fieldwork
Clip from the Tokmakia plateau (NE Lesvos): a mesophotic coralligenous reef with dense red gorgonians and complex bioconstructions. This is the kind of “animal forest” habitat our work focuses on documenting and conserving.
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Clip from the Tokmakia plateau (NE Lesvos): a mesophotic coralligenous reef with dense red gorgonians and complex bioconstructions. This is the kind of “animal forest” habitat our work focuses on documenting and conserving.
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
#coralligenous #gorgonians #oceans @skatsanevakis.bsky.social
The Costa Concordia 🚢 2012 shipwreck devastated coralligenous reefs ...
👉 Our study showing that active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic of these fragile ecosystems is now out in Restauration Ecology
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec....
There’s hope 💙 beneath the surface !
🧪🦑🌍🦤
👉 Our study showing that active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic of these fragile ecosystems is now out in Restauration Ecology
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec....
There’s hope 💙 beneath the surface !
🧪🦑🌍🦤
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Costa Concordia 🚢 2012 shipwreck devastated coralligenous reefs ...
👉 Our study showing that active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic of these fragile ecosystems is now out in Restauration Ecology
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec....
There’s hope 💙 beneath the surface !
🧪🦑🌍🦤
👉 Our study showing that active restoration helped revive the biodiversity & aesthetic of these fragile ecosystems is now out in Restauration Ecology
🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec....
There’s hope 💙 beneath the surface !
🧪🦑🌍🦤
🌊✨ Just out! Our new study dives into a NE Aegean biodiversity hotspot, revealing fragile coralligenous habitats, stressed gorgonians, and too much litter.
If you care about the Med’s hidden forests, this one’s for you 👇
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
If you care about the Med’s hidden forests, this one’s for you 👇
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
🪸New paper out on mesophotic coralligenous reefs in the NE Aegean. We used side-scan sonar + ROV surveys to map gorgonian assemblages and quantify the impact of marine litter in a Natura 2000 site.
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#marinebiology #Mediterranean #Natura2000 #NEMOTools
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#marinebiology #Mediterranean #Natura2000 #NEMOTools
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌊✨ Just out! Our new study dives into a NE Aegean biodiversity hotspot, revealing fragile coralligenous habitats, stressed gorgonians, and too much litter.
If you care about the Med’s hidden forests, this one’s for you 👇
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
If you care about the Med’s hidden forests, this one’s for you 👇
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#MarineEcology 🌍🌐🧪
Spectacular natural coralligenous seabed structures in c.130m waters north of Corsica in presentation by Julie Deter of Andromède Océanologie shown at Exail Maritime Users conference Amsterdam today - I’ve never seen structures like them before.
@seabed2030.bsky.social
#hydrospatial
@seabed2030.bsky.social
#hydrospatial
January 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Spectacular natural coralligenous seabed structures in c.130m waters north of Corsica in presentation by Julie Deter of Andromède Océanologie shown at Exail Maritime Users conference Amsterdam today - I’ve never seen structures like them before.
@seabed2030.bsky.social
#hydrospatial
@seabed2030.bsky.social
#hydrospatial
Again, science shows that protection works!
Oceana campaigned for years to #BanBottomTrawling in the Menorca Channel. Scientific research by @ieo.es and @csic.es has now shown that coralligenous habitats and algal forests have thrived and expanded inside protected areas since the ban.
Oceana campaigned for years to #BanBottomTrawling in the Menorca Channel. Scientific research by @ieo.es and @csic.es has now shown that coralligenous habitats and algal forests have thrived and expanded inside protected areas since the ban.
La prohibición del arrastre en el Canal de Menorca impulsa la recuperación de hábitats clave.
Un estudio del #IEO-CSIC demuestra que los fondos de rodolitos y los bosques de laminaria han aumentado su extensión y biomasa tras la creación de una zona restringida a la pesca en 2016.
➡️ bit.ly/3JGP5eh
Un estudio del #IEO-CSIC demuestra que los fondos de rodolitos y los bosques de laminaria han aumentado su extensión y biomasa tras la creación de una zona restringida a la pesca en 2016.
➡️ bit.ly/3JGP5eh
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Again, science shows that protection works!
Oceana campaigned for years to #BanBottomTrawling in the Menorca Channel. Scientific research by @ieo.es and @csic.es has now shown that coralligenous habitats and algal forests have thrived and expanded inside protected areas since the ban.
Oceana campaigned for years to #BanBottomTrawling in the Menorca Channel. Scientific research by @ieo.es and @csic.es has now shown that coralligenous habitats and algal forests have thrived and expanded inside protected areas since the ban.
This is the moment we realised what we were looking at.
During @nemo-tools.bsky.social ROV surveys to map gorgonian & coralligenous habitats, the seafloor suddenly turned into a landscape of circular nests, each guarded by a male.
We weren’t searching for spawning grounds – we dropped onto one.
During @nemo-tools.bsky.social ROV surveys to map gorgonian & coralligenous habitats, the seafloor suddenly turned into a landscape of circular nests, each guarded by a male.
We weren’t searching for spawning grounds – we dropped onto one.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is the moment we realised what we were looking at.
During @nemo-tools.bsky.social ROV surveys to map gorgonian & coralligenous habitats, the seafloor suddenly turned into a landscape of circular nests, each guarded by a male.
We weren’t searching for spawning grounds – we dropped onto one.
During @nemo-tools.bsky.social ROV surveys to map gorgonian & coralligenous habitats, the seafloor suddenly turned into a landscape of circular nests, each guarded by a male.
We weren’t searching for spawning grounds – we dropped onto one.
🪸 On 22 November, we hosted a virtual session to discuss best practices in biodiversity monitoring, with a focus on #coralligenous habitats. Missed it?
No worries, catch the recording here:
No worries, catch the recording here:
Webinar: Monitoring coralligenous habitats
Rewatch the experience-sharing session on monitoring coralligenous habitats...
www.biodiversa.eu
December 4, 2024 at 9:30 AM
🪸 On 22 November, we hosted a virtual session to discuss best practices in biodiversity monitoring, with a focus on #coralligenous habitats. Missed it?
No worries, catch the recording here:
No worries, catch the recording here:
Meet Dr. Giulia Ceccherelli, BINV Editor & Professor & Head of Natural Science School @ Univ of Sassari. She studies Mediterranean subtidal communities, esp. seagrasses & coralligenous reefs. She conducts manipulative field experiments supplemented by long-term surveys & spatial analysis techniques.
February 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Meet Dr. Giulia Ceccherelli, BINV Editor & Professor & Head of Natural Science School @ Univ of Sassari. She studies Mediterranean subtidal communities, esp. seagrasses & coralligenous reefs. She conducts manipulative field experiments supplemented by long-term surveys & spatial analysis techniques.
#Tesis
Yanis Zentne, presenta la tesis:
"Coralligenous assemblages in a warming Mediterranean"
Direcció Cristina Linares i Joaquim Garrabou.
Dia: 1/10/2026
Hora:10:30h
Lloc: Aula Magna. @biologiaub.bsky.social
@cristinalinares.bsky.social
Yanis Zentne, presenta la tesis:
"Coralligenous assemblages in a warming Mediterranean"
Direcció Cristina Linares i Joaquim Garrabou.
Dia: 1/10/2026
Hora:10:30h
Lloc: Aula Magna. @biologiaub.bsky.social
@cristinalinares.bsky.social
September 23, 2026 at 8:06 AM
#Tesis
Yanis Zentne, presenta la tesis:
"Coralligenous assemblages in a warming Mediterranean"
Direcció Cristina Linares i Joaquim Garrabou.
Dia: 1/10/2026
Hora:10:30h
Lloc: Aula Magna. @biologiaub.bsky.social
@cristinalinares.bsky.social
Yanis Zentne, presenta la tesis:
"Coralligenous assemblages in a warming Mediterranean"
Direcció Cristina Linares i Joaquim Garrabou.
Dia: 1/10/2026
Hora:10:30h
Lloc: Aula Magna. @biologiaub.bsky.social
@cristinalinares.bsky.social
🌊 Nestled between Menorca & Mallorca, the Menorca Channel hosts coralligenous beds, rhodolith beds, kelp forests & rich wildlife.
This biodiversity was under threat, so Oceana launched a campaign to protect it. A recent @ieo.es study shows it worked!
Learn more⤵️
europe.oceana.org/blog/life-co...
This biodiversity was under threat, so Oceana launched a campaign to protect it. A recent @ieo.es study shows it worked!
Learn more⤵️
europe.oceana.org/blog/life-co...
September 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🌊 Nestled between Menorca & Mallorca, the Menorca Channel hosts coralligenous beds, rhodolith beds, kelp forests & rich wildlife.
This biodiversity was under threat, so Oceana launched a campaign to protect it. A recent @ieo.es study shows it worked!
Learn more⤵️
europe.oceana.org/blog/life-co...
This biodiversity was under threat, so Oceana launched a campaign to protect it. A recent @ieo.es study shows it worked!
Learn more⤵️
europe.oceana.org/blog/life-co...
🪸New paper out on mesophotic coralligenous reefs in the NE Aegean. We used side-scan sonar + ROV surveys to map gorgonian assemblages and quantify the impact of marine litter in a Natura 2000 site.
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#marinebiology #Mediterranean #Natura2000 #NEMOTools
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#marinebiology #Mediterranean #Natura2000 #NEMOTools
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🪸New paper out on mesophotic coralligenous reefs in the NE Aegean. We used side-scan sonar + ROV surveys to map gorgonian assemblages and quantify the impact of marine litter in a Natura 2000 site.
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#marinebiology #Mediterranean #Natura2000 #NEMOTools
Open access: www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...
#marinebiology #Mediterranean #Natura2000 #NEMOTools
New article about the bryozoan diversity in the Marzamemi and Mediterranean coralligenous habitats
#bryozoa
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#bryozoa
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Bryozoan diversity in the Marzamemi (SE Sicily, SW Ionian Sea) and Mediterranean coralligenous habitats - Marine Biodiversity
Although coralligenous is considered a priority habitat for conservation within European directives largely considering its complex 3D structure promoting spatial and ecological heterogeneity and rela...
link.springer.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:06 AM
New article about the bryozoan diversity in the Marzamemi and Mediterranean coralligenous habitats
#bryozoa
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#bryozoa
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧠 CoralNet in action!
Here’s how the Marine Ecology Lab UNINA is using #AI-powered #photoquadrat analysis to identify coralligenous assemblages.
📸 Credit: Marzia Cianflone, Fraschetti - Marine Ecology Lab, Univ. of Naples Federico II
#MarineScience #Coralligenous #BioBoost+
Here’s how the Marine Ecology Lab UNINA is using #AI-powered #photoquadrat analysis to identify coralligenous assemblages.
📸 Credit: Marzia Cianflone, Fraschetti - Marine Ecology Lab, Univ. of Naples Federico II
#MarineScience #Coralligenous #BioBoost+
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🧠 CoralNet in action!
Here’s how the Marine Ecology Lab UNINA is using #AI-powered #photoquadrat analysis to identify coralligenous assemblages.
📸 Credit: Marzia Cianflone, Fraschetti - Marine Ecology Lab, Univ. of Naples Federico II
#MarineScience #Coralligenous #BioBoost+
Here’s how the Marine Ecology Lab UNINA is using #AI-powered #photoquadrat analysis to identify coralligenous assemblages.
📸 Credit: Marzia Cianflone, Fraschetti - Marine Ecology Lab, Univ. of Naples Federico II
#MarineScience #Coralligenous #BioBoost+
This spring I had the opportunity to start “the understorey behind the forest”, a mediterranean project aiming to assess the canopy effect of gorgonian forests in its associated community #conservation #mesophotic #GoPro #scientificdiving #photogrammetry #coralligenous #bio #marineanimalforest #sea
November 27, 2024 at 1:02 PM
This spring I had the opportunity to start “the understorey behind the forest”, a mediterranean project aiming to assess the canopy effect of gorgonian forests in its associated community #conservation #mesophotic #GoPro #scientificdiving #photogrammetry #coralligenous #bio #marineanimalforest #sea
Last monday @figuerolalaura.bsky.social laura.bsky.social greatly defended her PhD Filling knowledge gaps in coralligenous assemblages: from citizen science to spatial models. Thanks to the jury for the discussion. Very proud of all her achievements during the PhD! @medrecover.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Last monday @figuerolalaura.bsky.social laura.bsky.social greatly defended her PhD Filling knowledge gaps in coralligenous assemblages: from citizen science to spatial models. Thanks to the jury for the discussion. Very proud of all her achievements during the PhD! @medrecover.bsky.social
Today Jana is at the CORFUN workshop on Mediterranean coralligenous habitats! 🪸
📍ICM-UB
🔗 Full workshop: www.youtube.com/live/syybPOS...
@medrecover.bsky.social @ceabcsic.bsky.social @grmar-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social @icmcsic.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social
📍ICM-UB
🔗 Full workshop: www.youtube.com/live/syybPOS...
@medrecover.bsky.social @ceabcsic.bsky.social @grmar-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social @icmcsic.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social
El coralígeno: un hotspot de biodiversidad amenazado - Workshop CORFUN
YouTube video by Institut de Ciències del Mar - CSIC
www.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today Jana is at the CORFUN workshop on Mediterranean coralligenous habitats! 🪸
📍ICM-UB
🔗 Full workshop: www.youtube.com/live/syybPOS...
@medrecover.bsky.social @ceabcsic.bsky.social @grmar-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social @icmcsic.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social
📍ICM-UB
🔗 Full workshop: www.youtube.com/live/syybPOS...
@medrecover.bsky.social @ceabcsic.bsky.social @grmar-udg.bsky.social @iea-udg.bsky.social @icmcsic.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social
My research stay at @biologiaub.bsky.social is over and I could not be more satisfied and grateful for these 5 months.
Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team.
Fins a la pròxima, Barna!
Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team.
Fins a la pròxima, Barna!
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My research stay at @biologiaub.bsky.social is over and I could not be more satisfied and grateful for these 5 months.
Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team.
Fins a la pròxima, Barna!
Thanks to the great mentorship of @danigomezgras.bsky.social and @cristinalinares.bsky.social, and the warm welcome of @medrecover.bsky.social's team.
Fins a la pròxima, Barna!
🚨Paper Alert🚨
Very proud of @yzentner.bsky.social last paper published in @oikosjournal.bsky.social. We show that functional recovery is not attained in Mediterranean octocoral communities after 14 years, associated with increasing temperatures.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Very proud of @yzentner.bsky.social last paper published in @oikosjournal.bsky.social. We show that functional recovery is not attained in Mediterranean octocoral communities after 14 years, associated with increasing temperatures.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
No way back: decadal lack of functional recovery of a coralligenous community in a warming Mediterranean
Anthropogenic disturbances are degrading nature at a rate that exceeds its capacity to recover. While considerable research has focused on understanding ecosystem impacts, recovery processes remain c....
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 7, 2026 at 7:24 AM
🚨Paper Alert🚨
Very proud of @yzentner.bsky.social last paper published in @oikosjournal.bsky.social. We show that functional recovery is not attained in Mediterranean octocoral communities after 14 years, associated with increasing temperatures.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Very proud of @yzentner.bsky.social last paper published in @oikosjournal.bsky.social. We show that functional recovery is not attained in Mediterranean octocoral communities after 14 years, associated with increasing temperatures.
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌊💙New publication on Mediterranean crustose coralline algae and their bacterial communities! These holobionts are key for the existence of coralligenous habitat! doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02605-6
Open-access hal.science/hal-04441255v2
@philebo73.bsky.social @obs-banyuls.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr
Open-access hal.science/hal-04441255v2
@philebo73.bsky.social @obs-banyuls.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr
Inter- and intraspecific diversity in bacterial communities associated with two crustose coralline algae from the NW Mediterranean Sea - Coral Reefs
Crustose coralline algae (CCAs) are key components and primary builders of coralligenous reefs, which are among the most biodiverse marine habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. Beyond their structural ro...
doi.org
February 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🌊💙New publication on Mediterranean crustose coralline algae and their bacterial communities! These holobionts are key for the existence of coralligenous habitat! doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02605-6
Open-access hal.science/hal-04441255v2
@philebo73.bsky.social @obs-banyuls.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr
Open-access hal.science/hal-04441255v2
@philebo73.bsky.social @obs-banyuls.fr @sorbonne-universite.fr
#ArticleIRBio
📄 CorMedNet – a baseline database of the distribution and demographics of Mediterranean coralligenous species
👥Authors: Laura Figuerola, Cristina Linares et al.
📕 Front. Mar. Sci.
🔗 doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
📄 CorMedNet – a baseline database of the distribution and demographics of Mediterranean coralligenous species
👥Authors: Laura Figuerola, Cristina Linares et al.
📕 Front. Mar. Sci.
🔗 doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
January 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM
#ArticleIRBio
📄 CorMedNet – a baseline database of the distribution and demographics of Mediterranean coralligenous species
👥Authors: Laura Figuerola, Cristina Linares et al.
📕 Front. Mar. Sci.
🔗 doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
📄 CorMedNet – a baseline database of the distribution and demographics of Mediterranean coralligenous species
👥Authors: Laura Figuerola, Cristina Linares et al.
📕 Front. Mar. Sci.
🔗 doi.org/10.3389/fmar...