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Ecological Change, Sliding Baselines and the Importance of Historical Data: Lessons from Combing Observational and Quantitative Data on a Temperate Reef Over 70 Years by Gatti, Giulia, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Parravicini, Valeriano, Rovere, Alessio, Peirano, Andrea, Montefalcone, Monica, Massa, Francesco, Morri, Carla

“…Understanding the effects of environmental change on ecosystems requires the identification of baselines that may act as reference conditions. However, the…”
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Biodiversity issues for the forthcoming tropical Mediterranean Sea by BIANCHI, Carlo Nike

“…Issue Title: Theme: Biodiversity in Enclosed Seas and Artificial Marine Habitats Proceedings of the 39th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Genoa,…”
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Conserving biodiversity in a human-dominated world: degradation of marine sessile communities within a protected area with conflicting human uses by Parravicini, Valeriano, Micheli, Fiorenza, Montefalcone, Monica, Morri, Carla, Villa, Elisa, Castellano, Michela, Povero, Paolo, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

“…Conservation research aims at understanding whether present protection schemes are adequate for the maintenance of ecosystems structure and function across…”
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Cough peak flows: standard values for children and adolescents by Bianchi, Carlo, Baiardi, Paola

“…We describe the distribution of cough peak flows (CPFs) in a random population of healthy children and adolescents. Spirometric and peak expiratory flows…”
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QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF AUTOMATED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE ANALYSIS USING A HOME-BASED DEVICE FOR SELF-MONITORING NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION by Oakley, Jonathan D., Verdooner, Steven, Russakoff, Daniel B., Brucker, Alexander J., Seaman, John, Sahni, Jayashree, BIANCHI, Carlo D., Cozzi, Mariano, Rogers, John, Staurenghi, Giovanni

“…To evaluate a prototype home optical coherence tomography device and automated analysis software for detection and quantification of retinal fluid relative to…”
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Human influence on seagrass habitat fragmentation in NW Mediterranean Sea by Montefalcone, Monica, Parravicini, Valeriano, Vacchi, Matteo, Albertelli, Giancarlo, Ferrari, Marco, Morri, Carla, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

“…Habitat fragmentation in meadows of Posidonia oceanica, the most important and abundant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea, was investigated at a region-wide…”
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Evaluating change in seagrass meadows: A time-framed comparison of Side Scan Sonar maps by Montefalcone, Monica, Rovere, Alessio, Parravicini, Valeriano, Albertelli, Giancarlo, Morri, Carla, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

“…► We compared historical maps of Posidonia oceanica produced with Side Scan Sonar and we obtained concordance and discordance maps in GIS. ► Dramatic…”
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Hydrodynamic constraints to the seaward development of Posidonia oceanica meadows by Vacchi, Matteo, Montefalcone, Monica, Bianchi, Carlo N., Morri, Carla, Ferrari, Marco

“…Posidonia oceanica, the most important and abundant seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea, forms large meadows from the sea surface down to 40 m. The depth of the…”
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Combining literature review, acoustic mapping and in situ observations: an overview of coralligenous assemblages in Liguria (NW Mediterranean Sea) by Cánovas Molina, Almudena, Montefalcone, Monica, Vassallo, Paolo, Morri, Carla, Nike Bianchi, Carlo, Bavestrello, Giorgio

“…A review and update of the existing knowledge on the coralligenous assemblages of Liguria (NW Italy) was conducted as an essential step towards management…”
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Legal protection is not enough: Posidonia oceanica meadows in marine protected areas are not healthier than those in unprotected areas of the northwest Mediterranean Sea by Montefalcone, Monica, Albertelli, Giancarlo, Morri, Carla, Parravicini, Valeriano, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

“…Using the Conservation Index, which measures the proportional amount of dead matte relative to live Posidonia oceanica, we assessed the health of 15 P…”
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Long‐term change in bioconstruction potential of Maldivian coral reefs following extreme climate anomalies by Montefalcone, Monica, Morri, Carla, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

“…Global climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme heat anomalies and consequent mass coral bleaching events. Long‐term dynamics of…”
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Eavesdropping on dolphins: Investigating the habits of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) through fixed acoustic stations by Alessi, Jessica, Mandich, Alberta, Wurtz, Maurizio, Paoli, Chiara, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Morri, Carla, Povero, Paolo, Brunoldi, Marco, Bozzini, Giorgio, Casale, Alessandra, Grosso, Daniele, Cappanera, Valentina, Fanciulli, Giorgio, Melchiorre, Christian, Viano, Gianni, Bei, Massimiliano, Stasi, Nicola, Taiuti, Mauro Gino, Vassallo, Paolo

“…This study investigates the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus, Montagu 1821) habitat use in the Portofino marine protected area (NW Italy) and adjacent…”
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Localized Actual Meteorological Year File Creator (LAF): A tool for using locally observed weather data in building energy simulations by Bianchi, Carlo, Smith, Amanda D.

“…The Localized Actual Meteorological Year File Creator (LAF) application provides web-based access to real meteorological data and processes it into a weather…”
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A Permanent Automated Real-Time Passive Acoustic Monitoring System for Bottlenose Dolphin Conservation in the Mediterranean Sea by Brunoldi, Marco, Bozzini, Giorgio, Casale, Alessandra, Corvisiero, Pietro, Grosso, Daniele, Magnoli, Nicodemo, Alessi, Jessica, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, Mandich, Alberta, Morri, Carla, Povero, Paolo, Wurtz, Maurizio, Melchiorre, Christian, Viano, Gianni, Cappanera, Valentina, Fanciulli, Giorgio, Bei, Massimiliano, Stasi, Nicola, Taiuti, Mauro

“…Within the framework of the EU Life+ project named LIFE09 NAT/IT/000190 ARION, a permanent automated real-time passive acoustic monitoring system for the…”
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Consequences of sea water temperature anomalies on a Mediterranean submarine cave ecosystem by Parravicini, Valeriano, Guidetti, Paolo, Morri, Carla, Montefalcone, Monica, Donato, Marco, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

“…Thermal anomalies up to 4 °C above the climatological mean caused dramatic mass mortalities in benthic ecosystems of the NW Mediterranean during the summer…”
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Regenerative Medicine and Diabetes: Targeting the Extracellular Matrix Beyond the Stem Cell Approach and Encapsulation Technology by Peloso, Andrea, Citro, Antonio, Zoro, Tamara, Cobianchi, Lorenzo, Kahler-Quesada, Arianna, Bianchi, Carlo M, Andres, Axel, Berishvili, Ekaterine, Piemonti, Lorenzo, Berney, Thierry, Toso, Christian, Oldani, Graziano

“…According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), almost 1. 25 million people in the United States (US) have type 1 diabetes, which makes them…”
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Editorial: Seascape Ecology: from characterization to evaluation of state and change over time by Montefalcone, Monica, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

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Reef status in the Rasfari region (North Malé Atoll, Maldives) five years before the mass mortality event of 1998 by Morri, Carla, Aliani, Stefano, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

“…The Maldives was severely hit by massive coral bleaching and subsequent mortality in 1998. The results of reef monitoring in the following years have supported…”
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Patterns of wide-scale substitution within meadows of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in NW Mediterranean Sea: invaders are stronger than natives by Montefalcone, Monica, Albertelli, Giancarlo, Morri, Carla, Bianchi, Carlo Nike

“…1.The endemic seagrass Posidonia oceanica meadows in the Mediterranean Sea are presently facing invasion by alien algal species, especially where they are…”
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The Challenge of Managing Marine Biodiversity: A Practical Toolkit for a Cartographic, Territorial Approach by Bianchi, Carlo, Parravicini, Valeriano, Montefalcone, Monica, Rovere, Alessio, Morri, Carla

“…An approach to the management of marine biodiversity was developed based on two levels of environmental diagnostics: (1) the characterization (to identify…”
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