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

Marine forest days have started in Greece and Spain!

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

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. 🌏🦑🌊🧪

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.

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...

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...

📍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...

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 :-)

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!!!

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!!!

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.

Does anyone know what is wrong with this scorpionfish?

Interesting encounters in Rovinj, Croatia

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...

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...

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

CAMBioMed's sampling campaign in the Aegean Sea has started with pleasant encounters! In CAMBioMed project, we will develop an adaptive monitoring framework together with stakeholders, propose a novel toolkit for efficiently monitoring Mediterranean rocky ecosystems www.biodiversa.eu/2024/04/15/c...

CAMBioMed's sampling campaign in the Aegean Sea has started with pleasant encounters! In CAMBioMed project, we will develop an adaptive monitoring framework together with stakeholders, propose a novel toolkit for efficiently monitoring Mediterranean rocky ecosystems www.biodiversa.eu/2024/04/15/c...