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Prof. Boero, Ferdinando
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Taxonomic term: Hydrozoa [WoRMS]

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University of Salento; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali (DiSTeBA), more

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University of Salento; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali; National Interuniversity Consortium For Marine Sciences; Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), more

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University of Rome La Sapienza; Italian Zoological Union (UZI), more

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WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

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Bringing biogeographical data online, more Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more Marine Propagation Along the Coasts of Europe, more Web Accessible Taxonomic Expertise in MarBEF: PROviding an e-Platform for the European Taxonomists, more

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Boero Ferdinando, Piraino Stefano, Zampardi Serena (2019). Jellyfish sightings along the Italian coastline from 2009 to 2017. Marine Data Archive, more Gravili, C., De Vito D., Di Camillo C.G., Martell L., Piraino S., Boero F. (2015) Hydrozoa from Salento Peninsula (Apulia, Italy), more Bibliography Hydrozoa, more

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A1 Publications (82) [show]
Danovaro, R.; Bianchelli, S.; Brambilla, P.; Brussa, G.; Corinaldesi, C.; Del Borghi, A.; Dell'Anno, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Greco, S.; Grosso, M.; Nepote, E.; Rigamonti, L.; Boero, F. (2024). Making eco-sustainable floating offshore wind farms: Siting, mitigations, and compensations. Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 197: 114386. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114386, more Di Capua, I.; Piredda, R.; D'Angiolo, R.; Minucci, C.; Montalbano, A.; Boero, F.; Carotenuto, Y.; Uttieri, M. (2023). Is integrated taxonomy useful to study diversity and ecology? An example from crustacean zooplankton at the Long‐Term ecological research site MareChiara (LTER‐MC). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 44(3): e12752. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12752, more She, J.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Boehme, L.; Boero, F.; Christensen, A.; Crowe, T.; Darecki, M.; Nogueira, E.; Grémare, A.; Hernandez, F.; Kõuts, T.; Kromkamp, J.; Petihakis, G.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Reißmann, J.H.; Tuomi, L.; Zingone, A. (2019). An integrated approach to coastal and biological observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 314. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00314, more Gravili, C.; Pavesi, L.; Boero, F.; Tendal, O.S. (2018). A review of Paul Lassenius Kramp’s hydrozoan types (taxonomic status, location and condition of the material) and a biography of the Danish zoologist. Zootaxa 4407(1): 65-85. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.4, more Scorrano, S.; Aglieri, G.; Boero, F.; Dawson, M.N.; Piraino, S. (2017). Unmasking Aurelia species in the Mediterranean Sea: an integrative morphometric and molecular approach. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 180(2): 243-267. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12494, more Corriero, G.; Pierri, C.; Accoroni, S.; Alabiso, G.; Bavestrello, G.; Barbone, E.; Bastianini, M.; Bazzoni, A.M.; Bernardi Aubry, F.; Boero, F.; Buia, M.C.; Cabrini, M.; Camatti, E.; Cardone, F.; Cataletto, B.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Cecere, E.; Cibic, T.; Colangelo, P.; de Olazabal, A.; D'Onghia, G.; Finotto, S.; Fiore, N.; Fornasaro, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Gambi, M.C.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guglielmo, R.; Longo, C.; Lorenti, M.; Lugliè, A.; Maiorano, P.; Mazzocchi, M.G.; Mercurio, M.; Mastrototaro, F.; Mistri, M.; Monti, M.; Munari, C.; Musco, L.; Nonnis-Marzano, C.; Padedda, B.M.; Patti, F.P.; Petrocelli, A.; Piraino, S.; Portacci, G.; Pugnetti, A.; Pulina, S.; Romagnoli, T.; Rosati, I.; Sarno, D.; Satta, C.T.; Sechi, N.; Schiaparelli, S.; Scipione, B.; Sion, L.; Terlizzi, A.; Tirelli, V.; Totti, C.; Tursi, A.; Ungaro, N.; Zingone, A.; Zupo, V.; Basset, A. (2016). Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast. Aquat. Conserv. 26(2): 392-409. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2550, more Gibbons, M.J.; Boero, F.; Brotz, L. (2016). We should not assume that fishing jellyfish will solve our jellyfish problem. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 73(4): 1012-1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv255, more Boero, F.; Kraberg, A.C.; Krause, G.; Wiltshire, K.H. (2015). Time is an affliction: why ecology cannot be as predictive as physics and why it needs time series. J. Sea Res. 101: 12-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.07.008, more Boero, F.; Dupont, S.; Thorndyke, M. (2015). Make new friends, but keep the old: towards a transdisciplinary and balanced strategy to evaluate Good Environmental Status. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 95(6): 1069-1070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000557, more Gravili, C.; Bevilacqua, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2015). Missing species among Mediterranean non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa. Biodivers. Conserv. 24(6): 1329-1357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0859-y, more Gravili, C.; De Vito, D.; Di Camillo, C.G.; Martell, L.; Piraino, S.; Boero, F. (2015). The non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Salento, Italy with notes on their life-cycles: an illustrated guide. Zootaxa 3908(1): 1-187. http://hdl.handle.net/10.11646/zootaxa.3908.1.1, more Boero, F.; Bernardi, G. (2014). Phenotypic vs genotypic approaches to biodiversity, from conflict to alliance. Marine Genomics 17: 63-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2014.03.005, more Milisenda, G.; Rosa, S.; Fuentes, V.L.; Boero, F.; Guglielmo, L.; Purcell, J.E.; Piraino, S. (2014). Jellyfish as prey: frequency of predation and selective foraging of Boops boops (Vertebrata, Actinopterygii) on the Mauve Stinger Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). PLoS One 9(4): e94600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094600, more Piraino, S.; Aglieri, G.; Martell, L.; Mazzoldi, C.; Melli, V.; Milisenda, G.; Scorrano, S.; Boero, F. (2014). Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 3794(3): 455-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.7, more Rivetti, I.; Fraschetti, S.; Lionello, P.; Zambianchi, E.; Boero, F. (2014). Global warming and mass mortalities of benthic invertebrates in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoS One 9(12): e115655. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115655, more Gravili, C.; Di Camillo, C.G.; Piraino, S.; Boero, F. (2013). Hydrozoan species richness in the Mediterranean Sea: past and present. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 34(s1): 41-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12023, more Mastrototaro, F.; D'Onghia, G.; Corriero, G.; Matarrese, A.; Maiorano, P.; Panetta, P.; Gherardi, M.; Longo, C.; Rosso, A.; Sciuto, F.; Sanfilippo, R.; Gravili, C.; Boero, F.; Taviani, M.; Tursi, A. (2010). Biodiversity of the white coral bank off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (Mediterranean Sea): an update. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 57(5-6): 412-430. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.021, more Boero, F. (2009). Recent innovations in marine biology. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 30(s1): 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00308.x, more Boero, F.; Putti, M.; Trainito, E.; Prontera, E.; Piraino, S.; Shiganova, T.A. (2009). First records of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) from the Ligurian, Thyrrhenian and Ionian Seas (Western Mediterranean) and first record of Phyllorhiza punctata (Cnidaria) from the Western Mediterranean. Aquat. Invasions 4(4): 675-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2009.4.4.13, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Miglietta, M.P.; Parsons, T.R.; Piraino, S. (2008). Gelatinous plankton: irregularities rule the world (sometimes). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 356: 299-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07368, more Boero, F.; Schierwater, B.; Piraino, S. (2007). Cnidarian milestones in metazoan evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(5): 693-700. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icm041, more Boero, F.; Bucci, C.; Colucci, A.M.R.; Gravili, C.; Stabili, L. (2007). Obelia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Campanulariidae): a microphagous, filter-feeding medusa. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 28(S1): 178-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00164.x, more Boero, F.; Bonsdorff, E. (2007). A conceptual framework for marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 28(S1): 134-145. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00171.x, more Denitto, F.; Miglietta, M.P.; Boero, F. (2007). Life cycle of Bougainvillia nana (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Bougainvilliidae) from Italy, including a discussion of Bougainvillia muscus in the Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(5): 853-857. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054574, more Gravili, C.; Bouillon, J.; D'Elia, A.; Boero, F. (2007). The life cycle of Gastroblasta raffaelei (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Leptomedusae, Campanulariidae) and a review of the genus Gastroblasta. Ital. J. Zoolog. 74(4): 395-403. dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000701650768, more Puce, S.; Bavestrello, G.; Di Camillo, C.; Boero, F. (2007). Symbiotic relationships between hydroids and bryozoans. Symbiosis 44: 137-143, more Schmich, J.; Kraus, Y.; De Vito, D.; Graziussi, D.; Boero, F.; Piraino, S. (2007). Induction of reverse development in two marine Hydrozoans. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 51(1): 45-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.062152js, more Bevilacqua, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Russo, G.F.; Boero, F. (2006). Mitigating human disturbance: can protection influence trajectories of recovery in benthic assemblages? J. Anim. Ecol. 75(4): 908-920. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01108.x, more Bussotti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2006). Spatial and temporal variability of sessile benthos in shallow Mediterranean marine caves. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 325: 109-119, more De Vito, D.; Piraino, S.; Schmich, J.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2006). Evidence of reverse development in Leptomedusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): the case of Laodicea undulata (Forbes and Goodsir 1851). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 149(2): 339-346. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0182-3, more Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Bevilacqua, S.; Boero, F. (2006). The distribution of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from micro- to macro-scale: spatial patterns on habitat-forming algae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 339(2): 148-158, more Govindarajan, A.F.; Boero, F.; Halanych, K.M. (2006). Phylogenetic analysis with multiple markers indicates repeated loss of the adult medusa stage in Campanulariidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 38: 820-834, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Piraino, S. (2005). The role of Cnidaria in evolution and ecology. Ital. J. Zoolog. 72: 65-71, more Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Bussotti, S.; Guarnieri, G.; D'Ambrosio, P.; Boero, F. (2005). Conservation of Mediterranean seascapes: analyses of existing protection schemes. Mar. Environ. Res. 59(4): 309-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.05.007, more Guidetti, P.; Verginella, L.; Viva, C.; Odorico, R.; Boero, F. (2005). Protection effects on fish assemblages, and comparison of two visual-census techniques in shallow artificial rocky habitats in the northern Adriatic Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 85(2): 247-255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315405011124h, more Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S.; Boero, F. (2005). Evaluating the effects of protection on fish predators and sea urchins in shallow artificial rocky habitats: a case study in the northern Adriatic Sea. Mar. Environ. Res. 59(4): 333-348. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.05.008, more Puce, S.; Calcinai, B.; Bavestrello, G.; Cerrano, C.; Gravili, C.; Boero, F. (2005). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) symbiotic with Porifera: a review. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 26: 73-81, more Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Bussotti, S.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guidetti, P.; Pati, A.C.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.; Schmich, J.; Terlizzi, A.; Geraci, S. (2004). From biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to the roots of ecological complexity. Ecol. Compl. 2: 101-109, more Bouillon, J.; Medel, M.D.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F.; Gravili, C. (2004). Fauna of the Mediterranean Hydrozoa. Scientia Marina (Barcelona), 68(Suppl. 2). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. 5-449 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s25, more Guidetti, P.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2004). Desertification caused by Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca) fishery along Apulian rocky coasts (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea): effects on littoral fish assemblages. Conserv. Biol. 18(5): 1417-1423, more Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2004). Effects of the desertification caused by Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca) fishery on adult and juvenile abundance of a Mediterranean rocky-reef fish. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 48(9-10): 978-982. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.12.006, more Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2004). Effects of the edible sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus, fishery along the Apulian rocky coasts (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea). Fish. Res. 66(2-3): 287-297. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-7836(03)00206-6, more Moscatello, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.D.; Fanelli, G.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2004). Plankton biodiversity around the Salento Peninsula (south east Italy): an integrated water/sediment approach. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(S1): 85-102. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s185, more Piraino, S.; De Vito, D.; Schmich, J.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2004). Reverse development in Cnidaria. Can. J. Zool. 82: 1748-1754, more Tommasa, L.D.; Danovaro, R.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2004). Resting stage abundance in the biogenic fraction of surface sediments from the deep Mediterranean Sea. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(S1): 103-111. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1103, more Guidetti, P.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2003). Distribution patterns of sea urchins and barrens in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs impacted by the illegal fishery of the rock-boring mollusc Lithophaga lithophaga. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 143: 1135-1142. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-003-1163-z, more Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Boero, F. (2003). Changes in Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages exposed to sewage pollution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 253: 269-278. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps253269, more Piraino, S.; De Vito, D.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2003). Larval necrophilia: the odd life cycle of a pandeid hydrozoan in the Weddell Sea shelf. Polar Biol. 26(3): 178-185. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-002-0460-1, more Terlizzi, A.; Bevilacqua, S.; Fraschetti, S.; Boero, F. (2003). Taxonomic sufficiency and the increasing insufficiency of taxonomic expertise. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 46(5): 556-561. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00066-3, more Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2003). Molluscs on subtidal cliffs: patterns of spatial distribution. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(1): 165-172, more Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Terlizzi, A.; Miglietta, M.P.; Della Tommasa, L.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variation of hydroids and polychaetes associated with Cystoseira amentacea (Fucales: phaeophyceae). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140: 949-957. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0770-9, more Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Terlizzi, A.; Miglietta, M.P.; Tommasa, L.D.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variation of hydroids and polychaetes associated with Cystoseira amentacea (Fucales: Phaeophyceae). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140(5): 949-957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0770-9, more Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in fish assemblages associated with coralligenous formations in south-eastern Apulia (SE Italy). Ital. J. Zoolog. 69: 325-331, more Guidetti, P.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2002). Coastal fish indicate human-induced changes in the Mediterranean littoral. Mar. Environ. Res. 53(1): 77-94, more Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in the abundance of the parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense, in SE Apulia (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea). Ital. J. Zoolog. 69: 229-232. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000209356464, more Guidetti, P.; Boero, F.; Dulcic, J. (2002). Mass mortality of gilt sardine, Sardinella aurita (Clupeidae), in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. Cybium 26(4): 317-319, more Piraino, S.; Fanelli, G.; Boero, F. (2002). Variability of species' roles in marine communities: change of paradigms for conservation priorities. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140: 1067-1074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0769-2, more Rubino, F.; Moscatello, S.; Saracino, O.D.; Fanelli, G.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2002). Plankton-derived resting stages in marine coastal sediments along the Salento Peninsula (Apulia, south-eastern Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 23(Suppl. 1): 329-339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00031.x, more Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2002). The effects of sewage discharge on shallow hard substrate sessile assemblages. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 44(6): 542-548, more Boero, F. (2001). Light after dark: the partnership for enhancing expertise in taxonomy. Trends Ecol. Evol. 16(5): 266, more Fraschetti, S.; Bianchi, C.N.; Terlizzi, A.; Fanelli, G.; Morri, C.; Boero, F. (2001). Spatial variability and human disturbance in shallow subtidal hard bottom assemblages: a regional approach. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 212: 1-12, more Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2001). Occurrence of the Mediterranean parrotfish Sparisoma cretense (Perciformes: Scaridae) in south-eastern Apulia (south-east Italy). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 81(4): 717-718. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401004507, more Della Tommasa, L.; Belmonte, G.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages in a submarine canyon: a component of shallow-deep-sea coupling? Hydrobiologia 440(1-3): 249-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004139715482, more Faucci, A.; Boero, F. (2000). Structure of an epiphytic hydroid community on Cystoseira at two sites of different wave exposure. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 255-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s1255, more Gravili, C.; Pagliara, R.; Vervoort, W.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Trends in hydroidomedusan research from 1911 to 1997. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 23-29. dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s123, more Miglietta, M.P.; Tommasa, L.D.; Denitto, F.; Gravili, C.; Pagliara, P.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Approaches to the ethology of hydroids and medusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 63-71. dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s163, more Pagliara, P.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Photosynthetic planulae and planktonic hydroids: contrasting strategies of propagule survival. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 173-178. dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s1173, more Rubino, F.; Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Geraci, S.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages of plankton in recent north Adriatic sediments. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 21(3-4): 263-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0485.2000.00725.x, more Pati, A.C.; Belmonte, G.; Cecherelli, V.-U.; Boero, F. (1999). The inactive temporary component: an unexplored fraction of meiobenthos. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 134: 419-427, more Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Rubino, F.; Boero, F. (1997). Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review. Hydrobiologia 355: 159-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003071205424, more Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Fanelli, G.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F. (1996). The continuity of living matter and the discontinuities of its constituents: do plankton and benthos really exist? Trends Ecol. Evol. 11(4): 177-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(96)20007-2, more Gravili, C.; Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1996). Zanclea species (Hydroidomedusae, Anthomedusae) from the Mediterranean. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 60(1): 99-108, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Gravier-Bonnet, N. (1995). The life cycle of Pteroclava krempfi (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Cladocorynidae), with notes on Asyncoryne philippina (Asyncorynidae). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 59(1): 65-76, more Boero, F. (1994). Fluctuations and variations in coastal marine environments. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 15(1): 3-25, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1993). Zoogeography and life cycle patterns of Mediterranean Hydromedusae (Cnidaria). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 48: 239-266, 5 figures, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1993). Fraseroscyphus sinuosus n.gen. (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Leptomedusae, Sertulariidae), an epiphytic hydroid with a specialised clinging organ. Can. J. Zool. 71(5): 1061-1064. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z93-141, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C. (1991). The life cycle of Hydrichthys mirus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthomedusae: Pandeidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 101(2): 189-199. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00893.x, more Bouillon, J.; Boero, F.; Seghers, G. (1991). Notes additionnelles sur les méduses de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) 4 = New species of hydromedusae living in Papua New Guinea (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) 4. Cah. Biol. Mar. 32(3): 387-411, more Bouillon, J.; Boero, F.; Fraschetti, S. (1991). The life cycle of Laodicea indica (Laodiceidae, Leptomedusae, Cnidaria). Hydrobiologia 216(1): 151-157. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00026456, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1989). The life cycles of Octotiara russelli and Stomotoca atra (Cnidaria, Anthomedusae, Pandeidae). Zoologica Scri. 18(1): 1-7. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00118.x, more Boero, F. (1984). The ecology of marine hydroids and effects of environmental factors: a review. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 5: 93-118, more Boero, F. (1981). Osservazioni ecologiche sugli idroidi della fascia a mitili della riviera Ligure di Levante = Ecological observations on the hydroid population of the mussel belt of the Ligurian Eastern Riviera. Cah. Biol. Mar. 22(1): 107-117, more
Peer reviewed publications (11) [show]
Boero, F.; Foglini, F.; Fraschetti, S.; Goriup, P.; MacPherson, E.; Planes, S.; Soukissian, T.; CoCoNet Consortium (2016). CoCoNet: towards coast to coast networks of marine protected areas (from the shore to the high and deep sea), coupled with sea-based wind energy potential. Scires-It-Scientific Research and Information Technology 6(Supplement): 1-95, more Boero, F. (2013). Review of jellyfish blooms in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Studies and Reviews. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, 92. FAO: Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-107457-2. 53 pp., more Boero, F. (2010). Marine Sciences: from natural history to ecology and back, on Darwin's shoulders. Adv. Oceanogr. Limnol. 1(2): 219–233. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/aiol.2010.5309, more Boero, F. (2002). Gelatinous zooplankton: here today and gone tomorrow, but ignored at our peril. Ocean Challenge 12(1): 24-27, more Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). The Hydrozoa: a new classification in the light of old knowledge. Thalassia Salent. 24: 3-45, more Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Piraino, S. (1998). Heterochrony, generic distinction and phylogeny in the family Hydractiniidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Zool. Verh. 323: 25-36, more Gili, J.-M.; Alva, V.; Coma, R.; Orejas, C.; Pages, F.; Ribes, M.; Zabala, M.; Arntz, W.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F.; Hughes, R.G. (1998). The impact of small benthic passive suspension feeders in shallow marine ecosystems: the hydroids as an example, in: den Hartog, J.C. et al. (Ed.) Commemorative volume for the 80th birthday of William Vervoort in 1997. pp. 99-105, more Bouillon, J.; Wouters, K.; Boero, F. (1992). Etude des Solanderiidae de la Baie de Hansa (Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée) avec une révision du genre Solanderia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 62: 5-33, more Boero, F.; Carli, A. (1979). Catture di Elasmobranchi nella tonnarella di Camogli (Genova) dal 1950 al 1974. Boll. Musei Inst. Biol. Univ. Genova 47: 27-34, more Boero, F.; Carli, A. (1977). Prima segnalazione mediterranea di Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell) (Selachii, Sphyrnidae). Boll. Musei Inst. Biol. Univ. Genova 45: 91-93, more
Books (3) [show]
Heip, C.H.R.; Hummel, H.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Appeltans, W.; Arvanitidis, C.; Aspden, R.; Austen, M.; Boero, F.; Bouma, T.J.; Boxshall, G.; Buchholz, F.; Crowe, T.; Delaney, A.E.; Deprez, T.; Emblow, C.; Feral, J.-P.; Gasol, J.M.; Gooday, A.J.; Harder, J.; Ianora, A.; Kraberg, A.C.; MacKenzie, B.R.; Ojaveer, H.; Paterson, D.; Rumohr, H.; Schiedek, D.; Sokolowski, A.; Somerfield, P.J.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Vincx, M.; Weslawski, J.M.; Nash, R. (2009). Marine biodiversity & ecosystem functioning. MarBEF EU Network of Excellence: Dublin. 100 pp., more Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1936), 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp., more Avian, M.; Boero, F.; Mills, C.E.; Rossi, L.; Rottini-Sandrini, L. (1995). Cnidaria, Ctenophora. Checklist delle Specie della Fauna Italiana, 3. Calderini: Bologna. 38 pp., more
Book chapters (11) [show]
Canepa, A.; Fuentes, V.; Sabatés, A.; Piraino, S.; Boero, F.; Gili, J.-M. (2014). Pelagia noctiluca in the Mediterranean Sea, in: Pitt, K.A. et al. Jellyfish blooms. pp. 237-266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7015-7_11, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (2005). Cnidaria and Ctenophora (cnidarians and comb jellies), in: Rohde, K. (Ed.) Marine parasitology. pp. 177-182, more Boero, F. (2004). Introduction to Topic 1.5: Do we need a revision of our biodiversity research agenda?, in: Magni, P. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. pp. 16-18, more Boero, F. (2004). Summary of discussions on Topic 1.5: Do we need a revision of our biodiversity research agenda?, in: Magni, P. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. pp. 72-74, more Boero, F. (2003). The unknown: historical and contemporary perspectives concerning species composition, their distribution and general trends of their abundance over time: phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos, in: Arvanitidis, C. et al. Electronic conference on 'Marine Biodiversity in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea': summary of discussions, 7 to 20 April, 2003. pp. 19-26, more Della Tommasa, L.; Belmonte, G.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages in a submarine canyon: a component of shallow-deep-sea coupling?, in: Jones, M.B. et al. Island, Ocean and Deep-Sea Biology: Proceedings of the 34th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal, 13-17 September 1999. Developments in Hydrobiology, 152: pp. 249-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1982-7_23, more Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Rubino, F.; Boero, F. (1997). Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review, in: Naumov, A.D. et al. Interactions and Adaptation Strategies of Marine Organisms: Proceedings of the 31st European Marine Biology Symposium, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 9-13 September 1996. Developments in Hydrobiology, 121: pp. 159-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1907-0_17, more Boero, F. (1996). Episodic events: their relevance to ecology and evolution, in: Dworschak, P.C. et al. (Ed.) Influences of Organisms on their Environment, the Role of Episodic Events: Proceedings of the 29th European Marine Biology Symposium Vienna, 29 August-2 September 1994. Marine Ecology (Berlin), 17(1-3): pp. 237-250, more Belmonte, G.; Castello, P.; Piccinni, M.R.; Quarta, S.; Rubino, F.; Geraci, S.; Boero, F. (1995). Resting stages in marine sediments off the Italian coast, in: Eleftheriou, A. et al. (Ed.) Biology and ecology of shallow coastal waters. Proceedings of the 28th European Marine Biological Symposium, Crete, Greece, 23-28 September 1993. International Symposium Series, : pp. 53-58, more Balduzzi, A.; Bianchi, C.N.; Boero, F.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Pansini, M.; Sarà, M. (1989). The suspension-feeder communities of a Mediterranean sea cave, in: Ros, J.D. (Ed.) Topics in Marine Biology: Proceedings of the 22nd European Marine Biology Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, August 1987. Scientia Marina (Barcelona), 53(2-3): pp. 387-395, more Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1989). An evolutionary interpretation of anomalous medusoid stages in the life cycles of some Leptomedusae (Cnidaria), in: Ryland, J.S. et al. (Ed.) Reproduction, Genetics and Distributions of Marine Organisms: 23rd European Marine Biology Symposium, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea, 5-9 September 1988. International Symposium Series, : pp. 37-41, more
Abstract [show]
Benedetti Cecchi, L.; Crowe, T.; Boehme, L.; Boero, F.; Christensen, A.; Grémare, A.; Hernandez, F.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Nogueira García, E.; Petihakis, G.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Zingone, A. (2018). European Marine Board expert Working Group's recommendations to Strengthen Europe's Capability in Biological Ocean Observations., in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 116, more
Reports (2) [show]
Soukissian, T.; O'Hagan, A.M.; Azzellino, A.; Boero, F.; Brito e Melo, A.; Comiskey, P.; Gao, Z.; Howell, D.; Le Boulluec, M.; Maisondieu, C.; Scott, B.E.; Tedeschi, E.; Maheri, A.; Pennock, S.; Heymans, J.J.; Kellett, P.; Alexander, B.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Rodriguez-Perez, A.; van Elslander, J. (2023). European offshore renewable energy: Towards a sustainable future. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 9. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789464206173. 86 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7561906, more Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Crowe, T.; Boehme, L.; Boero, F.; Christensen, A.; Grémare, A.; Hernandez, F.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Nogueira García, E.; Petihakis, G.; Robidart, J.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Zingone, A.; Larkin, K.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Kellett, P.; Heymans, S.J.J. (2018). Strengthening Europe's capability in biological ocean observations. Marine Board Future Science Brief, 3. European Marine Board: Ostend. ISBN 9789492043559. 76 pp., more
Other publications (7) [show]
Boero, F. (2007). The Mediterranean Sea: its biodiversity and the impact of global warming. MarBEF Newsletter 7: 17-19, more Boero, F. (2005). Letters to the Editor: Lots of biodiversity research services… but for whom? MarBEF Newsletter 2: 27, more Boero, F.; Di Camillo, C.; Gravili, C. (2005). Phantom aliens in Mediterranean waters. MarBEF Newsletter 3: 21-22, more Miglietta, A.M.; Boero, F. (2005). The role of natural history museums: the 'Pietro Peranzan' Museum, Salenta Peninsula, Italy - a case study. MarBEF Newsletter 3: 26-27, more Boero, F. (2004). International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM). MarBEF Newsletter 1: 14-15, more Fraschetti, S.; Rossi, F.; Guarnieri, G.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F.; Herman, P.M.J. (2004). Biodiversity-substratum interactions on hard substrata. MarBEF Newsletter 1: 26, more Della Croce, N.; Boero, F. (1976). Ecologia e biologia dei porti del Mar Ligure e Alto Tirreno. Aspetti termici del Golfo di La Spezia, in: (1977). IIIes journées d'études sur les pollutions marines (Split, 22-23 octobre 1976), Protection du littoral méditerranéen, Compte rendu des travaux du Comité de lutte contre les pollutions marines durant le XXVe Congrès. pp. 125-131, more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Colin, L. (2019). Investigating the population structure of hard corals across the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Thesis. University of Oxford/fondazione bertarelli: Oxford. 32 pp., more

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