In link.springer.com/article/10.1... we used Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea) as a case study to demonstrate a complementary approach on how to map the footprint of small-scale fisheries when tracking data are unavailable
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Marine forest days have started in Greece and Spain!
Stelios Katsanevakis@skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 2mo ago#CitizenScience with #scuba diving! 🌊🤿 Over two days in #Lesvos, 18 divers surveyed 3 dive sites, in 2 locations, collecting valuable data on rocky reefs, macroalgae, sea urchins, and fish as part of the Marine Forest Days Event, organised within the @cambiomed-biodiversa.com project.
Can we out-eat an invasive predator? 🐟 In this interview, Maria Zotou (University of the Aegean) explains the impact of the venomous Lionfish in the Mediterranean and what steps #GuardIAS is taking to tackle the problem. Watch here: youtu.be/8F8eROs-bxE #IAS #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions
The Lionfish Invasion | GuardIAS Case Study
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Hey #fish and #ocean friends! The #IMCC8 call for abstracts is open! My favorite international collection of practitioners and researchers all in once place. Though always room to do better, @scbmarine.bsky.social does *standout* work to gather disciplines, geographies, ages, job types, etc. 🌏🦑🌊🧪
Society for Conservation Biology@society4conbio.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe call for abstracts is open for #IMCC8! We welcome global, interdisciplinary, and student-led contributions. Help shape the future of ocean conservation. 🔗 Submit your abstract: conbio.org/mini-sites/i... ⏰ Deadline: 15 May #OceanConservation #MarineScience #SCBMarine @scbmarine.bsky.social
Rivers and seas are connected—so #conservation should be too. 🌍 Our just published research shows that protecting nature works best when we account for how species move and how pollution spreads across ecosystems. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365... #Biodiversity #Ocean #Freshwater #ConservationPlanning 🌐🌍🧪
There is no virtual replacement for synergies created during in person project meetings. Our annual @cambiomed-biodiversa.com meeting hosted in Pisa is a perfect example of it. A productive and bonding experience.
Producing local time-series with non-standarised methods and tools, creates biases limiting our ability to detect biodiversity changes across broader scales. Our datasets from 5 Mediterrenean regions showed that data resolution must be compromised to enable meaningful comparisons.
@cambiomed-biodiversa.com · 5mo agoJust completed a productive annual meeting in Pisa hosted by @dipbiounipi.bsky.social. Main conclusion: harmonize monitoring of reefs across the Mediterranean, otherwise time series collected locally will not be comperable and able to detect basin wide changes across time and space @biodiversa.eu
Just completed a productive annual meeting in Pisa hosted by @dipbiounipi.bsky.social. Main conclusion: harmonize monitoring of reefs across the Mediterranean, otherwise time series collected locally will not be comperable and able to detect basin wide changes across time and space @biodiversa.eu
Check out our news article in la Repubblica www.repubblica.it/green-and-bl...
Nel Mediterraneo l'invasione silenziosa del pesce lucertola diamante
Favorita dal surriscaldamento del mare, la specie di origine subtropicale è più diffusa di quanto si immaginasse. Ma perché è sin qui stata “invisibile”? E qua…
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2️⃣weeks until registrations and abstract submissions open for May’s #BioMonWeek2026, the European conference for Biodiversity Monitoring! Choose to apply among the sessions tied to the conference's 9️⃣ themes. ℹ️ www.biodiversa.eu/wp-content/u... 🌐 www.biomonweek.eu #BiodiversityMonitoring
Hidden in plain sight: the overlooked establishment of the diamond lizardfish Synodus synodus in the Mediterranean Sea ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hc... In this paper, we discuss the ecological relevance of neo-native fishes and the challenges of detecting novel populations
Conserving biodiversity and water in a human-dominated landscape requires holistic and integrated options, read about our approaches in the @biodiversa.eu INSPIRE project Neusiedl Lake case study to find out more. www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/options...
Options for conserving biodiversity and water in a human-dominated landscape
Ongoing climate change and human demands put increasing amounts of pressure on land and water. This is especially true for freshwater ecosystems, such as lakes, wetlands and ponds, which are rapidly d...
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📍Since yesterday, the seafront promenade in front of Mar Menuda in Tossa de Mar carries Kike’s name. Huge thanks to the Tossa Town Council for this well-deserved tribute and for the beautiful video from yesterday ✨❤️ You can read the news here: www.tossademar.cat/ca/news/toss...
Tossa de Mar dedica un passeig al biòleg, ecòleg i naturalista tossenc Kike Ballesteros
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The University of the Aegean invites applications for a 2-year Researcher (MSc, #MarineEcology) post under the LIFE-PINNACARE project. Focus: Pinna nobilis #conservation in Greece + field work. 📅 Apply by 6 Jan 2026. 📧 More info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/393307 — dive in! #Conservation #job 🌍🌐
Come and work with us in beautiful and affordable Palermo :-)
@cambiomed-biodiversa.com · 9mo agoWe are advertising a 12month scholarship for analyzing pictures of macroalgae using an AI tool. The candidate should have a bachelor degree in Biological Sciences or similar. For applications see Borsa di Ricerca n. 44/2025 on www.szn.it/index.php/it... DEADLINE 30 November!!!
We are advertising a 12month scholarship for analyzing pictures of macroalgae using an AI tool. The candidate should have a bachelor degree in Biological Sciences or similar. For applications see Borsa di Ricerca n. 44/2025 on www.szn.it/index.php/it... DEADLINE 30 November!!!
Bandi attivi - Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
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A 11month postdoc at the Center for Marine Research Rovinj, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia supervised by the amazing Dr Ljiljana Ivesa. The position focuses on the conservation and restoration of fucalean marine forests in the northern Adriatic euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/381267 Deadline 17 Nov!!!
Contest point 3 – Postdoctoral Fellow
Associate position as senior assistant at the Marine Research Center in Rovinj, Laboratory for Benthic Ecology, for work in the field of natural sciences, interdisciplinary natural sciences, marine sc...
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Després de la seva tesi, centrada en la distribució espacial dels boscos de Cystoseires, va iniciar —gairebé per casualitat i guiada només per la seva curiositat— el que acabaria sent un projecte exemplar de restauració d’aquests ecosistemes al Mediterrani.
Our study investigated the functional diversity of coastal fish communities across habitats in the Mediterranean Sea. It demonstrates that sandy habitats contribute disproportionately to functional beta diversity in Mediterranean infralittoral ecosystems authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
A main goal of CAMBioMed is to standarise monitoring of infralittoral rocky reefs across the Mediterranean Sea. In this video, Prof. Hugh Possingham explains why this is important for any ecosystem.
William (Bill) Sutherland@billsutherland.bsky.social · 11mo agoExcellent advice from Hugh Possingham on monitoring conservation projects and why most Monitoring and Evaluation is flawed. youtu.be/qa6Ewt-W5mU?...
Take a look at our latest blog article on 'The ecological value of the Tajo River basin'. Born in the Sierra de Albarracín (Teruel, Spain), the Tajo flows westwards meeting the Atlantic in the Portuguese capital of Lisboa. #Spain #Portugal #Tajo www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/the-eco...
The ecological value of the Tajo River basin
“The Tajo River received its name from a king of all the Spain’s; it is born in that place and dies in the Ocean Sea, kissing the walls of the famous city of Lisbon, and it is thought that its sands a...
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Applying CAMBioMed's sampling protocols in Croatia #StazioneZoologicaAntonDohrn #RodjerBoskovicInstitute
Take a look at our first of a new series of blog posts from INSPIRE. This weeks edition comes from the Aegean team on "Cross-Realm Ecological Connections for Spatial Conservation in the Aegean Sea". www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/cross-r...
Cross-Realm Ecological Connections for Spatial Conservation in the Aegean Sea
Conservation in the Aegean Sea demands a comprehensive understanding of how ecosystems interact across both marine and freshwater realms. A recent case study conducted under the INSPIRE integrated pla...
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Researchers from #StazioneAntonDohrn and the #UniversityofPisa implemented #CAMBioMed 's monitoring protocols for temperate rocky reefs in Tuscany last week. In contrast to the Cyclades Islands (Greece), macroalgal forests were present whereas no alien herbiovores were recorded.
🚨🗓️🚨 5 WEEKS left until the MarinePlan FINAL EVENT! Join us online to learn about MarinePlan's improved transdisciplinary approach to EB-MSP and conservation in European seas. 🌊🪸🐠🌊 REGISTER HERE: thuenen.webex.com/webappng/sit... Agenda is available on our website: www.marineplan.eu
Repeating the fieldwork conducted by @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social and colleagues 17 years ago in the Cyclades. Lots of changes have been observed! Main results of the historical data can be find in these publications onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... and www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
During our first week of sampling, we have already noticed a remarkable change in the percentage cover of macroalgae in several sites of the Cyclades Islands. Once macroalgal forests, now turf... @skatsanevakis.bsky.social @rilovlab.bsky.social @ceabcsic.bsky.social
