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List of works by Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

A Response to Scientific and Societal Needs for Marine Biological Observations

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

A continental scale evaluation of the role of limpet grazing on rocky shores

scientific article published in February 2006

A fast-moving target: achieving marine conservation goals under shifting climate and policies

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

A few is enough: a low cover of a non-native seaweed reduces the resilience of Mediterranean macroalgal stands to disturbances of varying extent

A population genomics insight by 2b‐RAD reveals populations' uniqueness along the Italian coastline in <i>Leptopsammia pruvoti</i> (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae)

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

An Integrated Approach to Coastal and Biological Observations

scholarly article

Analysis of spatial and temporal variability in interactions among algae, limpets and mussels in low-shore habitats on the west coast of Italy

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Artificial light at night erases positive interactions across trophic levels

scientific article published in 2019

Aspects of benthic decapod diversity and distribution from rocky nearshore habitat at geographically widely dispersed sites

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Assessing the consequences of sea level rise: effects of changes in the slope of the substratum on sessile assemblages of rocky seashores

scientific article published in 2008

Benthic marine flora in the Tuscan Archipelago. A first contribution: Isles of Capraia, Elba, Formiche di Grosseto, Giglio, Scoglio d'Africa, Montecristo and Giannutri

Beyond Baci: Optimization of Environmental Sampling Designs through Monitoring and Simulation

scientific article published in 2001

Beyond competition: incorporating positive interactions between species to predict ecosystem invasibility

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BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene

scientific article published in July 2018

CASCADING HUMAN IMPACTS, MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, AND THE STRUCTURE OF MEDITERRANEAN REEF ASSEMBLAGES

scientific article published in February 2005

CONTRASTING EFFECTS OF MEAN INTENSITY AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF DISTURBANCE ON A ROCKY SEASHORE

scientific article published in 2005

Canopy removal experiments in Cystoseira-dominated rockpools from the Western coast of the Mediterranean (Ligurian Sea)

scientific article published in 1992

Changes in temporal variance of rocky shore organism abundances in response to manipulation of mean intensity and temporal variability of aerial exposure

scientific article published in 2007

Chasing fish and catching data: recreational spearfishing videos as a tool for assessing the structure of fish assemblages on shallow rocky reefs

article by F Bulleri & Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi published 23 June 2014 in Marine Ecology Progress Series

Climate drives the geography of marine consumption by changing predator communities

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the ‘Protection Paradox’

scientific article published on 05 June 2019

Climate-related environmental stress in intertidal grazers: scaling-up biochemical responses to assemblage-level processes

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Commonness and rarity in the marine biosphere

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Competitive ability of macroalgal canopies overwhelms the effects of variable regimes of disturbance

scientific article published in 2012

Confounding in field experiments: direct and indirect effects of artifacts due to the manipulation of limpets and macroalgae

scientific article published in 1997

Connell and Slatyer's models of succession in the biodiversity era.

scientific article

Consistent patterns of spatial variability between NE Atlantic and Mediterranean rocky shores

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 97 no. 3, November 2016

Crossing gradients of consumer pressure and physical stress on shallow rocky reefs: a test of the stress-gradient hypothesis

article by Fabio Bulleri et al published 4 November 2010 in Journal of Ecology

Current patterns of macroalgal diversity and biomass in northern hemisphere rocky shores

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Data integration for European marine biodiversity research: creating a database on benthos and plankton to study large-scale patterns and long-term changes

scholarly article by Leen Vandepitte et al published 4 February 2010 in Hydrobiologia

Density dependent foraging of sea urchins in shallow subtidal reefs on the west coast of Italy (western Mediterranean)

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Determinants of Caulerpa racemosa distribution in the north-western Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2011

Determinants of spatial pattern at different scales in two populations of the marine alga Rissoella verruculosa

scientific article published in 2005

Deterministic Factors Overwhelm Stochastic Environmental Fluctuations as Drivers of Jellyfish Outbreaks

scientific article published on 20 October 2015

Direct observation of increasing recovery length before collapse of a marine benthic ecosystem

scientific article published on 08 May 2017

Early patterns of algal succession in a midlittoral community of the Mediterranean sea: a multifactorial experiment

scientific article published in 1993

Ecological feedback mechanisms and variable disturbance regimes: the uncertain future of Mediterranean macroalgal forests

Ecological impacts of invading seaweeds: a meta-analysis of their effects at different trophic levels

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Effectiveness of European Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs: Do they accomplish the expected effects on populations, communities and ecosystems?

Effects of canopy cover, herbivores and substratum type on patterns of Cystoseira spp. settlement and recruitment in littoral rockpools

scientific article published in 1992

Effects of changes in number, identity and abundance of habitat-forming species on assemblages of rocky seashores

scientific article published in 2009

Effects of grazer diversity on marine microphytobenthic biofilm: a ‘tug of war’ between complementarity and competition

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Effects of mean intensity and temporal variability of disturbance on the invasion of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Caulerpales) in rock pools

article by Mónica Incera et al published 5 March 2009 in Biological Invasions

Effects of mean intensity and temporal variance of sediment scouring events on assemblages of rocky shores

scientific article published in 2008

Essence of the patterns of cover and richness of intertidal hard bottom communities: a pan-European study

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 97 no. 3, October 2016

Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes.

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

Establishing the Foundation for the Global Observing System for Marine Life

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Estimating the abundance of benthic invertebrates:a comparison of procedures and variability between observers

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Experimental Perturbations Modify the Performance of Early Warning Indicators of Regime Shift.

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Experimental evidence of spatial signatures of approaching regime shifts in macroalgal canopies

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Exploring the causes of spatial variation in an assemblage of benthic invertebrates from a submarine cave with sulphur springs

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Export of non-native gastropod shells to a coastal lagoon: Alteration of habitat structure has negligible effects on infauna

scientific article published in June 2009

Facilitation of the introduced green alga Caulerpa racemosa by resident algal turfs: experimental evaluation of underlying mechanisms

scientific article published in 2008

Geographic distance, water circulation and environmental conditions shape the biodiversity of Mediterranean rocky coasts

scientific article published in 2016

Geographic patterns of biodiversity in European coastal marine benthos

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 97 no. 3, September 2016

Grazing by the sea urchins Arbacia lixula L. and Paracentrotus lividus Lam. in the Northwest Mediterranean

scientific article published in 1999

Grazing by two species of limpets on artificial reefs in the northwest Mediterranean

scientific article published in December 2000

Habitat heterogeneity promotes the coexistence of exotic seaweeds.

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Habitat heterogeneity, sea urchin grazing and the distribution of algae in littoral rock pools on the west coast of Italy (western Mediterranean)

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Hard coastal-defence structures as habitats for native and exotic rocky-bottom species

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Harnessing positive species interactions as a tool against climate-driven loss of coastal biodiversity

scientific article published on 04 September 2018

How strong is the effect of invasive ecosystem engineers on the distribution patterns of local species, the local and regional biodiversity and ecosystem functions?

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Hybrid datasets: integrating observations with experiments in the era of macroecology and big data

scientific article published on 18 October 2018

INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF SPATIAL VARIANCE AND MEAN INTENSITY OF GRAZING ON ALGAL COVER IN ROCK POOLS

scientific article published in 2005

Implications of spatial heterogeneity for management of marine protected areas (MPAs): examples from assemblages of rocky coasts in the northwest Mediterranean

scientific article published in May 2003

Intensity and temporal variability as components of stress gradients: implications for the balance between competition and facilitation

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Large-scale spatial distribution patterns of echinoderms in nearshore rocky habitats

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Large-scale spatial distribution patterns of gastropod assemblages in rocky shores

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Large-scale variation in combined impacts of canopy loss and disturbance on community structure and ecosystem functioning

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Latitudinal- and local-scale variations in a rocky intertidal interaction web

scientific article published in 2015

Legacy effects and memory loss: how contingencies moderate the response of rocky intertidal biofilms to present and past extreme events

scientific article

Linking Capacity Development to GOOS Monitoring Networks to Achieve Sustained Ocean Observation

scholarly article by Nicholas J. Bax et al published 25 September 2018 in Frontiers in Marine Science

Linking disturbance and resistance to invasion via changes in biodiversity: a conceptual model and an experimental test on rocky reefs

scientific article

Linking patterns and processes across scales: the application of scale-transition theory to algal dynamics on rocky shores

scientific article published in March 2012

Loss of consumers alters the effects of resident assemblages on the local spread of an introduced macroalga

scientific article published in 2009

Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea: Objectives, Effectiveness and Monitoring

scientific article published in 2002

Marine reserves: fish life history and ecological traits matter

scientific article published in April 2010

Marine reserves: size and age do matter

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Mechanisms of recovery and resilience of different components of mosaics of habitats on shallow rocky reefs

scientific article published in August 2006

Mediterranean Bioconstructions Along the Italian Coast

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Modeling Macroalgal Forest Distribution at Mediterranean Scale: Present Status, Drivers of Changes and Insights for Conservation and Management

scientific article published on 4 February 2020

Models and indicators for assessing conservation and fisheries-related effects of marine protected areas

article by Dominique Pelletier et al published April 2008 in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Modifiers of impacts on marine ecosystems: disturbance regimes, multiple stressors and receiving environments

Morphological plasticity and variable spatial patterns in different populations of the red alga Rissoella verrucosa

article by Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi et al published 13 June 2006 in Marine Ecology Progress Series

Multifractal spatial distribution of epilithic microphytobenthos on a Mediterranean rocky shore

scientific article published in 2014

Multivariate and univariate asymmetrical analyses in environmental impact assessment: a case study of Mediterranean subtidal sessile assemblages

article published in 2005

Neutral theory and 1/f noise make similar predictions of assemblage dynamics

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Neutrality and the response of rare species to environmental variance

scientific article (publication date: 23 July 2008)

Note on a Polysiphonia sp. (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) collected at Rosignano Solvay (Western Mediterranean)

Patterns of abundance, population size structure and microhabitat usage of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in SW Portugal and NW Italy

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Patterns of distribution of marine assemblages from rocky shores: evidence of relevant scales of variation

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Patterns of disturbance and recovery in littoral rock pools:nonhierarchical competition and spatial variability in secondary succession

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Patterns of spatial variability in epiphytes of Posidonia oceanica

Patterns of spatial variation of assemblages associated with intertidal rocky shores: a global perspective

scientific article published in 2010

Population dynamics in algal communities: an experimental approach

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Population ecology of the barnacle Chthamalus stellatus in the northwest Mediterranean

article published in 2000

Pre-emption of the substratum and the maintenance of spatial pattern on a rocky shore in the northwest Mediterranean

scientific article published in 1999

Predicting the consequences of anthropogenic disturbance: large-scale effects of loss of canopy algae on rocky shores

scientific article published in 2001

Priority effects, taxonomic resolution, and the prediction of variable patterns of colonisation of algae in littoral rock pools

scientific article published in May 2000

Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change

scientific article published on 24 June 2024

Recovery of patches in an assemblage of geniculate coralline algae: variability at different successional stages

scientific article published in 1994

Reddened seascapes: experimentally induced shifts in 1/f spectra of spatial variability in rocky intertidal assemblages

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Relationships between biodiversity and the stability of marine ecosystems: Comparisons at a European scale using meta-analysis

scholarly article by Mathieu Cusson published in April 2015

Replication and mitigation of effects of confounding variables in environmental impact assessment: effect of marinas on rocky-shore assemblages

scientific article published in 2007

Resistance of rocky shore assemblages of algae and invertebrates to changes in intensity and temporal variability of aerial exposure

scientific article published in 2010

Response of Posidonia oceanica growth to dredging effects of different magnitude

scientific article published in 2011

Scales of spatial variation in Mediterranean subtidal sessile assemblages at different depths

scientific article published in 2007

Scales of variation in the effects of limpets on rocky shores in the northwest Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2001

Scaling Up in Ecology: Mechanistic Approaches

scientific article published in 2012

Seasonality and Reproductive Phenology of Algae Inhabiting Littoral Pools in the Western Mediterranean

scientific article published in 1993

Sediment disturbance and loss of beta diversity on subtidal rocky reefs

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Spatial Variability in the Distribution of Sponges and Cnidarians in a Sublittoral Marine Cave with Sulphur-Water Springs

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Spatial Variation in Development of Epibenthic Assemblages in a Coastal Lagoon

scientific article published in May 2001

Spatial and temporal variability in the distribution of algae and invertebrates on rocky shores in the northwest Mediterranean

scientific article published in 1999

Spatial correlation reverses the compound effect of multiple stressors on rocky shore biofilm

scientific article published in 2022

Spatial distribution of algae and invertebrates in the rocky intertidal zone of the Strait of Magellan: are patterns general?

Spatial heterogeneity in the distribution of plants and benthic invertebrates in the lagoon of Orbetello (Italy)

scientific article published in March 2003

Spatial relationships between polychaete assemblages and environmental variables over broad geographical scales

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Spatial scales of variance in abundance of intertidal species: effects of region, dispersal mode, and trophic level

scientific article published in May 2009

Spatial variability of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile epiphytes around the mainland and the islands of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published in 2006

Spatio-temporal variability in Mediterranean rocky shore microphytobenthos

scientific article published in 2017

Species richness, species turnover and functional diversity in nematodes of the deep Mediterranean Sea: searching for drivers at different spatial scales

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Stabilizing effects of spatially heterogeneous disturbance via reduced spatial synchrony on a rocky shore community

scholarly article

Subtle differences in growth rate drive contrasting responses of ephemeral primary producers to recurrent disturbances

scientific article published in 2023

Surveying Nearshore Biodiversity

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VARIANCE AROUND THE MEAN EFFECT SIZE OF ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES

scientific article published in 2003

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VARIANCE AROUND THE MEAN EFFECT SIZE OF ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES: REPLY

scientific article published in 2005

Temporal clustering of extreme climate events drives a regime shift in rocky intertidal biofilms

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Temporal stability of European rocky shore assemblages: variation across a latitudinal gradient and the role of habitat-formers

scientific article published on 7 March 2012

Temporal variance reverses the impact of high mean intensity of stress in climate change experiments.

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The Ligurian Sea: present status, problems and perspectives

scientific article published in 2010

The analysis of ecological impacts in human-dominated environments: reply to Stewart-Oaten (2008)

The assessment and interpretation of ecological impacts in human-dominated environments

The effects of an invasive seaweed on native communities vary along a gradient of land-based human impacts

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The effects of exotic seaweeds on native benthic assemblages: variability between trophic levels and influence of background environmental and biological conditions

The influence of canopy algae on vertical patterns of distribution of low-shore assemblages on rocky coasts in the northwest Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2002

The interplay of physical and biological factors in maintaining mid-shore and low-shore assemblages on rocky coasts in the north-west Mediterranean

scientific article

The role of environmental conditions in regulating long-term dynamics of an invasive seaweed

scientific article published on 28 January 2022

The role of overgrazing and anthropogenic disturbance in shaping spatial patterns of distribution of an invasive seaweed

scientific article published in 2014

The role of physical variables in biodiversity patterns of intertidal macroalgae along European coasts

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 97 no. 3, December 2016

The role of wave-exposure and human impacts in regulating the distribution of alternative habitats on NW Mediterranean rocky reefs

scientific article published in 2018

The seaweed Caulerpa racemosa on Mediterranean rocky reefs: from passenger to driver of ecological change

scientific article published in August 2010

Threats to marine biodiversity in European protected areas

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

Tossicità acuta e subletale di alcune metalli pesanti sull'alga pluricellulare bentonica Callithamnion granulatun (Ducluzeau) C. Agardh (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta)

Toward a Coordinated Global Observing System for Seagrasses and Marine Macroalgae

scientific article published on 4 July 2019

Unanticipated impacts of spatial variance of biodiversity on plant productivity

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Understanding the consequences of changing biodiversity on rocky shores: How much have we learned from past experiments?

scientific article published in 2006

Unveiling the complexity and ecological function of aquatic macrophyte–animal networks in coastal ecosystems

scientific article published on 17 February 2022

Variability in abundance of algae and invertebrates at different spatial scales on rocky sea shores

scientific article published in 2001

Variability in patterns of growth and morphology of Posidonia oceanica exposed to urban and industrial wastes: contrasts with two reference locations

scientific article published in 2004

Variance in ecological consumer-resource interactions

scientific article published in September 2000

Variation in rocky shore assemblages in the northwestern Mediterranean: contrasts between islands and the mainland

scientific article published in September 2003

Variation in the impact of non-native seaweeds along gradients of habitat degradation: a meta-analysis and an experimental test

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Variation in the structure of subtidal landscapes in the NW Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2012