Authors: Paolo Rossi, Massimo Ponti, Sara Righi, Cristina Castagnetti, Roberto Simonini, Francesco Mancini, Panagiotis Agrafiotis, Leonardo Bassani, Fabio Bruno, Carlo Cerrano, Paolo Cignoni, Massimiliano Corsini, Pierre Drap, Marco Dubbini, Joaquim Garrabou, Andrea Gori, Nuno Gracias, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Cristina Linares, Torcuato Pulido Mantas, Fabio Menna, Erica Nocerino, Marco Palma, Gaia Pavoni, Alessandro Ridolfi, Sergio Rossi, Dimitrios Skarlatos, Tali Treibitz, Eva Turicchia, Matan Yuval, Alessandro Capra
Venue: Frontiers in Marine Science
Type: Publication
Abstract: Marine animal forests are benthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders (such as sponges, corals, and bivalves) able to generate three-dimensional (3D) frameworks with high structural complexity. The biodiversity and functioning of marine animal forests are strictly related to their 3D complexity. The present paper aims at providing new perspectives in underwater optical surveys. Starting from the current gaps in data collection and analysis that critically limit the study and conservation of marine animal forests, we discuss the ...
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Topics: 
Environmental resource management
Data science
Ecology
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