Historical and Current Diversity Patterns of Mediterranean Marine Species

• Other Authors: Lo Brutto, Sabrina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Environmental economics; Mediterranean Sea; mtDNA; control region; swordfish; Monachus monachus; Mediterranean monk seal; mitochondrial DNA; Adriatic Sea; endangered species; biodiversity; climate change; herbaria; macroalgae collections; chondrichthyans; conservation; fishing; historical ecology; Annelida; Polychaeta; benthos; community structure; algae; environmental changes; historical data; benthic communities; biomonitoring; taxonomy; museum collections; environmental heritage; marine mammals; cetacean strandings; natural history museums; zoological collections; Mediterranean biodiversity; n/a
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The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-enclosed basin which experienced different natural and anthropogenic phenomena causes of community or intra-species changes over time. The Mediterranean Sea went through dramatic changes in its biota through the last 6 million years and more quickly in the recent cent...