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ArticleScientific reports2019

A unique and threatened deep water coral-bivalve biotope new to the Mediterranean Sea offshore the Naples megalopolis.

Marco Taviani, Lorenzo Angeletti, Frine Cardone, Paolo Montagna, Roberto Danovaro

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Marco TavianiInstitute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
Lorenzo AngelettiInstitute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy. lorenzo.angeletti@bo.ismar.cnr.it.
Frine CardoneBiology Department, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125, Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8999-8254
Paolo MontagnaInstitute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna, Italy.
Roberto DanovaroStazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Napoli, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Gulf of Naples is an example of the most beautiful and biodiverse marine regions of the Mediterranean Sea and of the most impacted areas in terms of industrial activities, large contaminated areas, resource exploitation, infrastructures at sea and maritime transportation. We conducted Remotely Operated Vehicle surveys in the Dohrn Canyon in the Tyrrhenian Sea at approximately 12 NM off Naples metropolitan area, and revealed a hotspot of deep-sea benthic biodiversity of sessile fauna at ca. 400 m depth. The hard bottoms are characterized by a high abundance of charismatic species, such as the habitat forming cold-water corals (CWC) Madrepora oculata, Lophelia pertusa, Desmophyllum dianthus in association with the large size bivalves Acesta excavata and Neopycnodonte zibrowii. This CWC-bivalve co-occurrence represents a novel biotope for the Mediterranean Sea, which coexists with the evidence of severe anthropogenic threats, such as illegal dumping and fishery malpractices that were visually documented during the survey. We recommend the adoption of specific protection measures to preserve these unique deep-sea assemblages showing the uncommon co-existence of such a number of deep-sea species in a single habitat.

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AnthozoaAnimalsBiodiversityBivalviaEcosystemMediterranean SeaSeawater

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