I work on the ecology, demography, biology and conservation of Scleractinians and octcocorals In the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Pacific. In the Mediterranean I work on climate change effects, conservation and management of Corallium rurbum (Mediterranean red coral and on the ecology connectivity and conservation of gorgonian forests. In the Caribbean I work in cooperation with California State University Northridge (PJ Edmunds) and University of uffalo (HR Lasker) on the ecology and conservation of gorgonians and on the shift between gorgonians and scleractinians. in the Pacific I work on population dynamics of scleractinians and climate change effects (Taiwan and French Polynesia) in cooperation with PJ Edmunds and on the mesophotic octcocorals of French Polynesia in cooperation with CRIOBE (Laetitia Hedouin).

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

	Reproductive cycle and trophic ecology in deep versus shallow populations of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Cap de Creus, northw... | article Gori A, Viladrich N, Gili JM, Kotta M, Cucio C, Magni L, Bramanti L, Rossi S (2012) Coral Reefs 31:823-837
	Characterization of the zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate morphotypes of the Mediterranean gorgonian Eunicella singularis | article Gori A, Bramanti L, López-González P, Thoma JN, Gili J-M, Grinyó J, Uceira V, Rossi S (2012) Mar Biol 159:1485-1496
	Diet and seasonal prey capture rates in the Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum L.) | article Tsounis G, Rossi S, Laudien J, Bramanti L, Fernández N, Gili J-M, Arntz W (2006) Mar Biol 149:313-325
	Survey of deep-dwelling red coral (Corallium rubrum) populations at Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean) | article Rossi S, Tsounis G, Orejas C, Padrón T, Gili J-M, Bramanti L, Teixidó N, Gutt J (2008) Mar Biol 154:533-545
	Habitat constraints and self-thinning shape Mediterranean red coral deep population structure: implications for conservation practice | article Cau A, Bramanti L, Cannas R, Follesa MC, Angiolillo M, Canese S, Bo M, Cuccu D, Guizien K (2016) Sci Rep 6:1-10
	Limited genetic connectivity between gorgonian morphotypes along a depth gradient | article Costantini F, Costantini F, Gori A, Lopez-González P, Bramanti L, Rossi S, Gili JM, Abbiati M (2016) PLoS ONE 11:e0160678
	Effects of increased mortality on gorgonian corals (Cnidaria, Octocorallia): different demographic features may lead affected populations to unexpe... | article Santangelo G, Cupido R, Cocito S, Bramanti L, Priori C, Erra F, Iannelli M (2015) Hydrobiologia 759:171-187
	Demography of the over-exploited Mediterranean red coral (Corallium rubrum L. 1758) | article Santangelo G, Maggi E, Bramanti L, Buongiorno L (2004) Scientia Marina 68:199-204
	Differential response to thermal stress of shallow and deep dwelling colonies of Mediterranean red coral Corallium rubrum (L., 1758) | article Cau A, Bramanti L, Cannas R, Moccia D, Padedda BM, Porcu C, Sacco F, Follesa MC (2018) Advances in Oceanography and Limnology
	Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of marine animal forest assemblages along nine submarine canyons of Eastern Sardinia (central Med... | article Moccia D, Cau A, Bramanti L, Carugati L, Canese S, Follesa MC, Cannas R (2021) Deep Sea Res Part 1 Oceanogr Res Pap 167:103422
	Black coral forests enhance taxonomic and functional distinctiveness of mesophotic fishes in an oceanic island: implications for biodiversity conse... | article Bosch NE, Espino F, Tuya F, Haroun R, Bramanti L, Otero-Ferrer F. (2023) Sci Rep 13:4963

  SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
  Rebreather
  Drop / Towed Video
  Snorkeling
  Aquarium-based
  In-situ instrumentation