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Biodiversity in Enclosed and Semi-Enclosed Seas.- Biodiversity issues for the forthcoming tropical Mediterranean Sea.- Biodiversity in the Black Sea: effects of climate and anthropogenic factors.- Measuring change of Mediterranean coastal biodiversity: diachronic mapping of the meadow of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson in the Gulf of Tigullio (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean).- Biodiversity evaluation of the macroalgal flora of the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea) using taxonomic distinctness indices.- Biodiversity of settled material in a sediment trap in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea).- Phylogeography of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck) (Echinodermata:Echinoidea): first insights from the South Tyrrhenian Sea.- Community structure of the macroinfauna inhabiting tidal flats characterized by the presence of different species of burrowing bivalves in Southern Chile.- Response of zoobenthic communities to changing eutrophication in the northern Baltic Sea.- Diversity of juvenile fish assemblages in the pelagic waters of Lebanon (eastern Mediterranean).- Stability of spatial pattern of fish species diversity in the Strait of Sicily (central Mediterranean).- Recurrent high-biomass blooms of Alexandrium taylorii (Dinophyceae), a HAB species expanding in the Mediterranean.- Lack of epifaunal response to the application of salt for managing the noxious green alga Caulerpa taxifolia in a coastal lake.- Artificial Habitats and the Restoration of Degraded Systems.- Artificial habitats and the restoration of degraded marine ecosystems and fisheries.- Fish assemblages on sunken vessels and natural reefs in southeast Florida, USA.- Effect of depth and reef structure on early macrobenthic communities of the Algarve artificial reefs (southern Portugal).- Stakeholder perceptions regarding the environmental and socio-economic impacts of the Algarve artificial reefs.- History, ecology and trends for artificial reefs of the Ligurian sea, Italy.- Settlement and early survival of red coral on artificial substrates in different geographic areas: some clues for demography and restoration.- A fourteen-year overview of the fish assemblages and yield of the two oldest Algarve artificial reefs (southern Portugal).- Long-term changes in a benthic assemblage associated with artificial reefs.- Development of a transplantation technique of Cystoseira amentacea var. stricta and Cystoseira compressa.- Gametogenesis and maturity stages scale of Raja asterias Delaroche, 1809 (Chondrichthyes, Raijdae) from the South Ligurian Sea.- Feeding strategy of the sacoglossan opisthobranch Oxynoe olivacea on the tropical green alga Caulerpa taxifolia.- Species-specific probe, based on 18S rDNA sequence, could be used for identification of the mucilage producer microalga Gonyaulax fragilis (Dinophyta).- Assemblages in a submarine canyon: influence of depth and time.