03256nam 2200781z- 450 991055778290332120220111(CKB)5400000000045560(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76679(oapen)doab76679(EXLCZ)99540000000004556020202201d2021 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHistorical and Current Diversity Patterns of Mediterranean Marine SpeciesBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20211 online resource (106 p.)3-0365-1205-5 3-0365-1204-7 The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-enclosed basin which experienced different natural and anthropogenic phenomena causes of community or intra-species changes over time. The Mediterranean Sea went through dramatic changes in its biota through the last 6 million years and more quickly in the recent century. All the events left a footprint on the gene pool of marine species, on their morpho-anatomical features, and on the loss or expansion of the geographical range extent. Nowadays the Mediterranean basin is changing its physical and ecological characteristics. The changes in its environmental conditions are followed by changes in its species composition and have been recorded in historical museum collections. In this book, the biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea is described at a synchronic or diachronic level, highlighting the past two centuries for which museum collections can provide overlooked information.Environmental economicsbicsscResearch and information: generalbicsscAdriatic SeaalgaeAnnelidabenthic communitiesbenthosbiodiversitybiomonitoringcetacean strandingschondrichthyansclimate changecommunity structureconservationcontrol regionendangered speciesenvironmental changesenvironmental heritagefishingherbariahistorical datahistorical ecologymacroalgae collectionsmarine mammalsMediterranean biodiversityMediterranean monk sealMediterranean Seamitochondrial DNAMonachus monachusmtDNAmuseum collectionsn/anatural history museumsPolychaetaswordfishtaxonomyzoological collectionsEnvironmental economicsResearch and information: generalLo Brutto Sabrinaedt1324216Lo Brutto SabrinaothBOOK9910557782903321Historical and Current Diversity Patterns of Mediterranean Marine Species3036059UNINA