List of works - Monica Montefalcone

A methodological approach to understand functional relationships between ecological indices and human-induced pressures: the case of the Posidonia oceanica meadows

scientific article published on 7 September 2013

A new ecological index for the status of mesophotic megabenthic assemblages in the mediterranean based on ROV photography and video footage

scholarly article by Almudena Cánovas-Molina published in June 2016

A new synthetic index and a protocol for monitoring the status ofPosidonia oceanica meadows: a case study at Sanremo (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean)

A tale of two invaders: divergent spreading kinetics of the alien green algae Caulerpa taxifolia and Caulerpa cylindracea

Abrupt Change in a Subtidal Rocky Reef Community Coincided with a Rapid Acceleration of Sea Water Warming

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

An Alien Invader is the Cause of Homogenization in the Recipient Ecosystem: A Simulation-Like Approach

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

An ecosystem-based approach to evaluate the ecological quality of Mediterranean undersea caves

article by Pierre-Alexandre Rastorgueff et al published July 2015 in Ecological Indicators

Assessing Seagrass Restoration Actions through a Micro-Bathymetry Survey Approach (Italy, Mediterranean Sea)

scientific article published on 20 April 2022

BACI design reveals the decline of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica induced by anchoring.

scientific article published on 7 July 2008

Biogeomorphology of the MediterraneanPosidonia oceanicaseagrass meadows

scientific article published in 2016

Climate change and warm-water species at the north-western boundary of the Mediterranean Sea

article

Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Combining literature review, acoustic mapping and in situ observations: an overview of coralligenous assemblages in Liguria (NW Mediterranean Sea)

article

Consequences of sea water temperature anomalies on a Mediterranean submarine cave ecosystem

scientific article published in 2010

Consequences of the marine climate and ecosystem shift of the 1980-90s on the Ligurian Sea biodiversity (NW Mediterranean)

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Conserving biodiversity in a human-dominated world: degradation of marine sessile communities within a protected area with conflicting human uses

scientific article

Ecological change, sliding baselines and the importance of historical data: lessons from Combining [corrected] observational and quantitative data on a temperate reef over 70 years ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Ecosystem functions and economic wealth: Trajectories of change in seagrass meadows

scientific article published in 2017

Effects of climate, invasive species and anthropogenic impacts on the growth of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile in Liguria (NW Mediterranean Sea).

scientific article published on 16 March 2005

Evaluating change in seagrass meadows: A time-framed comparison of Side Scan Sonar maps

article by Monica Montefalcone et al published January 2013 in Aquatic Botany

From depth to regional spatial genetic differentiation of Eunicella cavolini in the NW Mediterranean

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

Geo-environmental cartography of the Marine Protected Area “Isola di Bergeggi” (Liguria, NW Mediterranean Sea)

Geospatial modelling and map analysis allowed measuring regression of the upper limit of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows under human pressure

scientific article published in 2019

Gravel Sediment Bypass between Contiguous Littoral Cells in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Human influence on seagrass habitat fragmentation in NW Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2010

Hydrodynamic constraints to the seaward development of Posidonia oceanica meadows

article

Impact of a harbour construction on the benthic community of two shallow marine caves

scientific article

Integración de el índice ESCA por medio de los macro-invertebrados sésiles

scientific article published in 2017

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.

scientific article published on 17 January 2009

Long-term change in bioconstruction potential of Maldivian coral reefs following extreme climate anomalies

scientific article published on 12 October 2018

Much damage for little advantage: Field studies and morphodynamic modelling highlight the environmental impact of an apparently minor coastal mismanagement

article

Observational information on a temperate reef community helps understanding the marine climate and ecosystem shift of the 1980-90s

scientific article

Pattern and intensity of human impact on coral reefs depend on depth along the reef profile and on the descriptor adopted

scholarly article by Ettore Nepote published in September 2016

Patterns of wide-scale substitution within meadows of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in NW Mediterranean Sea: invaders are stronger than natives

Population structure change in a temperate reef coral after a quarter of century

scientific article published on 09 April 2022

Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

Rapid assessment of epibenthic communities: A comparison between two visual sampling techniques

article

Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

Reprint of “Evaluating change in seagrass meadows: A time-framed comparison of Side Scan Sonar maps”

Seafloor integrity down the harbor waterfront: the coralligenous shoals off Vado Ligure (NW Mediterranean)

scientific article published in 2012

Seafloor integrity down the harbor waterfront: the coralligenous shoals off Vado Ligure (NW Mediterranean)

Seagrass on the rocks: Posidonia oceanica settled on shallow-water hard substrata withstands wave stress beyond predictions

article by Monica Montefalcone et al published October 2016 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Seagrasses: Advancing Mediterranean research from genes to seascapes

article

Seawater warming favours the northward range expansion of Lessepsian species in the Mediterranean Sea: the cephalaspidean <i>Lamprohaminoea ovalis</i>

scientific article published in 2022

Size matters more than method: Visual quadrats vs photography in measuring human impact on Mediterranean rocky reef communities

scientific article published in 2009

Synergic effect of global thermal anomalies and local dredging activities on coral reefs of the Maldives

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Taxonomic and functional nematode diversity in Maldivian coral degradation zones: patterns across reef typologies and depths

scientific article published on 30 June 2022

The 2014-17 Global Coral Bleaching Event: The Most Severe and Widespread Coral Reef Destruction

The Challenge of Managing Marine Biodiversity: A Practical Toolkit for a Cartographic, Territorial Approach

The Natural Capital Value of the Seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the North-Western Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2021

The exergy of a phase shift: Ecosystem functioning loss in seagrass meadows of the Mediterranean Sea

scholarly article by Monica Montefalcone published in April 2015

The influence of coastal dynamics on the upper limit of the Posidonia oceanica meadow

article

The park never born: Outcome of a quarter of a century of inaction on the sea-floor integrity of a proposed but not established Marine Protected Area

article by Carlo Nike Bianchi et al published 25 June 2018 in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

The two facets of species sensitivity: Stress and disturbance on coralligenous assemblages in space and time

scientific article

The value of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: A natural capital assessment

Thirty year ecosystem trajectories in a submerged marine cave under changing pressure regime

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Through bleaching and tsunami: Coral reef recovery in the Maldives

scientific article

Towards a framework for assessment and management of cumulative human impacts on marine food webs

scientific article (publication date: 20 February 2015)

Towards a predictive model to assess the natural position of the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows upper limit

scientific article published on 9 October 2013

Urban seagrass: status of Posidonia oceanica facing the Genoa city waterfront (Italy) and implications for management

scientific article

Water circulation, and not ocean acidification, affects coral recruitment and survival at shallow hydrothermal vents

article by Alice Oprandi et al published February 2019 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

You cannot conserve a species that has not been found: The case of the marine sponge Axinella polypoides in Liguria, Italy

scientific article published on 19 January 2021

List of works by Monica Montefalcone

A methodological approach to understand functional relationships between ecological indices and human-induced pressures: the case of the Posidonia oceanica meadows

A new ecological index for the status of mesophotic megabenthic assemblages in the mediterranean based on ROV photography and video footage

A new synthetic index and a protocol for monitoring the status ofPosidonia oceanica meadows: a case study at Sanremo (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean)

A tale of two invaders: divergent spreading kinetics of the alien green algae Caulerpa taxifolia and Caulerpa cylindracea

Abrupt Change in a Subtidal Rocky Reef Community Coincided with a Rapid Acceleration of Sea Water Warming

An Alien Invader is the Cause of Homogenization in the Recipient Ecosystem: A Simulation-Like Approach

An ecosystem-based approach to evaluate the ecological quality of Mediterranean undersea caves

Assessing Seagrass Restoration Actions through a Micro-Bathymetry Survey Approach (Italy, Mediterranean Sea)

BACI design reveals the decline of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica induced by anchoring.

Biogeomorphology of the MediterraneanPosidonia oceanicaseagrass meadows

Climate change and warm-water species at the north-western boundary of the Mediterranean Sea

Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

Combining literature review, acoustic mapping and in situ observations: an overview of coralligenous assemblages in Liguria (NW Mediterranean Sea)

Consequences of sea water temperature anomalies on a Mediterranean submarine cave ecosystem

Consequences of the marine climate and ecosystem shift of the 1980-90s on the Ligurian Sea biodiversity (NW Mediterranean)

Conserving biodiversity in a human-dominated world: degradation of marine sessile communities within a protected area with conflicting human uses

Ecological change, sliding baselines and the importance of historical data: lessons from Combining [corrected] observational and quantitative data on a temperate reef over 70 years ⬇️

Ecosystem functions and economic wealth: Trajectories of change in seagrass meadows

Effects of climate, invasive species and anthropogenic impacts on the growth of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile in Liguria (NW Mediterranean Sea).

Evaluating change in seagrass meadows: A time-framed comparison of Side Scan Sonar maps

From depth to regional spatial genetic differentiation of Eunicella cavolini in the NW Mediterranean

Geo-environmental cartography of the Marine Protected Area “Isola di Bergeggi” (Liguria, NW Mediterranean Sea)

Geospatial modelling and map analysis allowed measuring regression of the upper limit of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows under human pressure

Gravel Sediment Bypass between Contiguous Littoral Cells in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Human influence on seagrass habitat fragmentation in NW Mediterranean Sea

Hydrodynamic constraints to the seaward development of Posidonia oceanica meadows

Impact of a harbour construction on the benthic community of two shallow marine caves

Integración de el índice ESCA por medio de los macro-invertebrados sésiles

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.

Long-term change in bioconstruction potential of Maldivian coral reefs following extreme climate anomalies

Much damage for little advantage: Field studies and morphodynamic modelling highlight the environmental impact of an apparently minor coastal mismanagement

Observational information on a temperate reef community helps understanding the marine climate and ecosystem shift of the 1980-90s

Pattern and intensity of human impact on coral reefs depend on depth along the reef profile and on the descriptor adopted

Patterns of wide-scale substitution within meadows of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica in NW Mediterranean Sea: invaders are stronger than natives

Population structure change in a temperate reef coral after a quarter of century

Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences

Rapid assessment of epibenthic communities: A comparison between two visual sampling techniques

Recent trend reversal for declining European seagrass meadows

Reprint of “Evaluating change in seagrass meadows: A time-framed comparison of Side Scan Sonar maps”

Seafloor integrity down the harbor waterfront: the coralligenous shoals off Vado Ligure (NW Mediterranean)

Seafloor integrity down the harbor waterfront: the coralligenous shoals off Vado Ligure (NW Mediterranean)

Seagrass on the rocks: Posidonia oceanica settled on shallow-water hard substrata withstands wave stress beyond predictions

Seagrasses: Advancing Mediterranean research from genes to seascapes

Seawater warming favours the northward range expansion of Lessepsian species in the Mediterranean Sea: the cephalaspidean <i>Lamprohaminoea ovalis</i>

Size matters more than method: Visual quadrats vs photography in measuring human impact on Mediterranean rocky reef communities

Synergic effect of global thermal anomalies and local dredging activities on coral reefs of the Maldives

Taxonomic and functional nematode diversity in Maldivian coral degradation zones: patterns across reef typologies and depths

The 2014-17 Global Coral Bleaching Event: The Most Severe and Widespread Coral Reef Destruction

The Challenge of Managing Marine Biodiversity: A Practical Toolkit for a Cartographic, Territorial Approach

The Natural Capital Value of the Seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the North-Western Mediterranean

The exergy of a phase shift: Ecosystem functioning loss in seagrass meadows of the Mediterranean Sea

The influence of coastal dynamics on the upper limit of the Posidonia oceanica meadow

The park never born: Outcome of a quarter of a century of inaction on the sea-floor integrity of a proposed but not established Marine Protected Area

The two facets of species sensitivity: Stress and disturbance on coralligenous assemblages in space and time

The value of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: A natural capital assessment

Thirty year ecosystem trajectories in a submerged marine cave under changing pressure regime

Through bleaching and tsunami: Coral reef recovery in the Maldives

Towards a framework for assessment and management of cumulative human impacts on marine food webs

Towards a predictive model to assess the natural position of the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows upper limit

Urban seagrass: status of Posidonia oceanica facing the Genoa city waterfront (Italy) and implications for management

Water circulation, and not ocean acidification, affects coral recruitment and survival at shallow hydrothermal vents

You cannot conserve a species that has not been found: The case of the marine sponge Axinella polypoides in Liguria, Italy