Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs
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  |   | Low connectivity and declining genetic variability along a depth gradient in Corallium rubrum populations | article Costantini F, Costantini F,  Rossi S,  Pintus E,  Cerrano C,  Gili J-M,  Abbiati M (2011)
 Coral Reefs 30:991-1003
 
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  |   | Coral assemblage off the Calabrian Coast (South Italy) with new observations on living colonies of Antipathes dichotoma | article Bo M,  Bavestrello G,  Canese S,  Giusti M,  Angiolillo M,  Cerrano C,  Salvati E,  Greco S (2011)
 Ital J Zool 78:231-242
 
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  |   | Gold coral (Savalia savaglia) and gorgonian forests enhance benthic biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the mesophotic zone | article Cerrano C,  Danovaro R,  Gambi C,  Pusceddu A,  Riva A,  Schiaparelli S (2010)
 Biodivers Conserv 19:153-167
 
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  |   | Reproductive biology of Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862) and Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819) (Cnidaria, Zoantharia) from the NW Mediterran... | article Previati M,  Palma M,  Bavestrello G,  Falugi C,  Cerrano C (2010)
 Mar Ecol 31:555-565
 
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  |   | Temporal variability of sedimentation rates and mobile fauna inside and outside a gorgonian garden | article Valisano L,  Notari F,  Mori M,  Cerrano C (2016)
 Mar Ecol 37:1303-1314
 
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  |   | Ecological shifts in Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages related to gorgonian forest loss | article Ponti M,  Perlini RA,  Ventra V,  Grech D,  Abbiati M,  Cerrano C (2014)
 PLoS ONE 9:e102782
 
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  |   | An updated overview of the geographic and bathymetric distribution of Savalia savaglia | article Giusti M,  Cerrano C,  Angiolillo M,  Tunesi L,  Canese S (2015)
 Mediterr Mar Sci 16:128-135
 
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  |   | The role of gorgonians on the diversity of vagile benthic fauna in Mediterranean rocky habitats | article Ponti M,  Grech D,  Mori M,  Perlini RA,  Ventra V,  Panzalis PA,  Cerrano C (2016)
 Mar Biol 163:120
 
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  |   | Development of long-term primary cell aggregates from Mediterranean octocorals | article Huete-Stauffer C,  Valisano L,  Gaino E,  Vezzulli L,  Cerrano C (2015)
 In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 51:815-826
 
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  |   | Black coral (Anthozoa, Antipatharia) forest near the western Pontine Islands (Tyrrhenian Sea) | article Ingrassia M,  Macelloni L,  Bosman A,  Chiocci F,  Cerrano C,  Martorelli E (2016)
 Marine Biodiversity 46:285-290
 
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  |   | The coral assemblages of an off-shore deep Mediterranean rocky bank (NW Sicily, Italy) | article Bo M,  Cerrano C,  Canese S,  Salvati E,  Angiolillo M,  Santangelo G,  Bavestrello G (2014)
 Mar Ecol 35:332-342
 
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  |   | Diversity of Porifera in the Mediterranean coralligenous accretions, with description of a new species | article Bertolino M,  Cerrano C,  Bavestrello G,  Carella M,  Pansini M,  Calcinai B (2013)
 Zookeys 2013:1-37
 
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  |   | The understorey of gorgonian forests in mesophotic temperate reefs | article Ponti M,  Turicchia E,  Ferro F,  Cerrano C,  Abbiati M (2018)
 Aquat Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 28:1153-1166
 
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  |   | Mediterranean Sea shelters for the gold coral Savalia savaglia (Bertoloni, 1819): An assessment of potential distribution of a rare parasitic species | article Mantas TP,  Varotti C,  Roveta C,  Palma M,  Innocenti C,  Giusti M,  Benabdi M,  Trainito E,  Mačić V,  Gambi MC,  Cerrano C (2022)
 Mar Environ Res 179:105686
 
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  | _coral-forest-microbiome-heatwaves.pdf)  | Changes in coral forest microbiomes predict the impact of marine heatwaves on habitat-forming species down to mesophotic depths | article Corinaldesi C,  Varrella S,  Tangherlini M,  Dell'Anno A,  Canensi S,  Cerrano C,  Danovaro R (2022)
 Science of The Total Environment 823:153701
 
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  |   | Distribution, ecology and morphology of Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), a Mediterranean Sea habitat former to protect | article Di Camillo CG,  Boero F,  Gravili C,  Previati M,  Torsani F,  Cerrano C (2013)
 Biodivers Conserv 22:773-87
 
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  |   | Distribution and phenotypic variability of the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea macrospina (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) | article Pica D,  Calcinai B,  Poliseno A,  Trainito E,  Cerrano C (2018)
 Eur Zool J 85:392-408
 
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  | -sponge-assemblage-Mediterranean-coralligenous-mesophotic.pdf)  | Stability of the sponge assemblage of Mediterranean coralligenous concretions along a millennial time span | article Bertolino M,  Calcinai B,  Cattaneo‐Vietti R,  Cerrano C,  Lafratta A,  Pansini M,  Pica D,  Bavestrello G (2014)
 Mar Ecol 35:149-158
 
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  |   | Genome-wide SNPs data provides new insights into the population structure of the Atlantic-Mediterranean gold coral Savalia savaglia (Zoantharia: Pa... | article Poliseno A,  Terzin M,  Costantini F,  Trainito E,  Mačić V,  Boavida J,  Perez T,  Abbiati M,  Cerrano C,  Reimer JD (2022)
 Ecological Genetics and Genomics 25:100135
 
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  |   | Paramuricea clavata (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) loss in the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara (Sardinia, Italy) due to a mass mortality event | article Huete‐Stauffer C,  Vielmini I,  Palma M,  Navone A,  Panzalis P,  Vezzulli L,  Misic C,  Cerrano C. (2011)
 Mar Ecol 32:107-116
 
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  |   | Comparison between the sponge fauna living outside and inside the coralligenous bioconstruction. A quantitative approach | article Calcinai B,  Bertolino M,  Bavestrello G,  Montori S,  Mori M,  Pica D,  Valisano L,  Cerrano C. (2015)
 Mediterr Mar Sci 16:413-418
 
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  |   | Gorgonian population recovery after a mass mortality event | article Cerrano C,  Arillo A,  Azzini F,  Calcinai B,  Castellano L,  Muti C,  Valisano L,  Zega G,  Bavestrello G. (2005)
 Aquat Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 15:147-157
 
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  |   | Characterization of North–Western Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages by video surveys and evaluation of their structural complexity | article Valisano L,  Palma M,  Pantaleo U,  Calcinai B,  Cerrano C.  (2019)
 Mar Pollut Bull 148:134-148
 
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  |   | Do colonies of Lytocarpia myriophyllum, L. 1758 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) affect the biochemical composition and the meiofaunal diversity of surrounding... | article Cerrano C,  Bianchelli S,  Di Camillo CG,  Torsani F,  Pusceddu A (2015)
 Chem Ecol 31:1-21
 
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  |   | SfM-based method to assess gorgonian forests (Paramuricea clavata (Cnidaria, Octocorallia)) | article Palma M,  Rivas Casado M,  Pantaleo U,  Pavoni G,  Pica D,  Cerrano C (2018)
 Remote Sens 10:1154
 
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  |   | Temperate mesophotic ecosystems: gaps and perspectives of an emerging conservation challenge for the Mediterranean Sea | review Cerrano C,  Bastari A,  Calcinai B,  Di Camillo C,  Pica D,  Puce S,  Valisano L,  Torsani F (2019)
 Eur Zool J 86:370-388
 
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  |   | Updating the current knowledge on the relationships between Haplosyllis chamaeleon Laubier, 1960 (Annelida, Syllidae) and Paramuricea clavata (Riss... | article Pola L,  Calcinai B,  Pica D,  Di Camillo CG,  Martin D,  Cerrano C (2020)
 Marine Biodiversity 50:105
 
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  |   | Mesophotic zone as buffer for biodiversity protection: A promising opportunity to enhance MPA effectiveness | article Mantas TP,  Roveta C,  Calcinai B,  Campanini C,  Coppari M,  Falco P,  Di Camillo CG,  Garrabou J,  Lee MC,  Memmola F,  Cerrano C. (2024)
 Marine Environmental Research 201:106676
 
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