Despite its ecological, aesthetic and economic value, coralligenous biodiversity patterns are still poorly understood.
Silvija Kipson, Maïa Fourt, Núria Teixidó, Emma Cebrian, Edgar Casas, Enric Ballesteros,Mikel Zabala, Joaquim Garrabou 2011, 'Rapid Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Method for Highly Diverse Benthic Communities:A Case Study of Mediterranean Coralligenous Outcrops', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0027103. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, seventeen species have not been recorded before from the coralligenous community.
Marco Bertolino, Carlo Cerrano, Giorgio Bavestrello, Mirco Carella, Maurizio Pansini,Barbara Calcinai 2013, 'Diversity of Porifera in the Mediterranean coralligenous accretions, with descriptionof a new species', ZooKeyshttp://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3234. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Extensive field surveys were conducted to assess the actual condition of coralligenous assemblages at varying levels of human pressure.
S. Bevilacqua, G. Guarnieri, G. Farella, A. Terlizzi, S. Fraschetti 2018, 'A regional assessment of cumulative impact mapping on Mediterranean coralligenousoutcrops', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-20297-1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The coralligenous assemblages cover an area of 130.9 ha and range from 10 to 113 mdepth.
Almudena Cánovas Molina, Monica Montefalcone, Paolo Vassallo, Carla Morri, Carlo NikeBianchi, Giorgio Bavestrello 2016, 'Combining literature review, acoustic mapping and in situ observations: an overviewof coralligenous assemblages in Liguria (NW Mediterranean Sea)', Scientia Marinahttp://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1616. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Habitats of conservation concern, such as marine caves, seagrass meadows and coralligenous assemblages, were detected and studied.
F. ESPINOSA, C. NAVARRO-BARRANCO, A. R. GONZÁLEZ, M. MAESTRE, J. C. GARCÍA-GÓMEZ,A. BENHOUSSA, A. LIMAM, H. BAZAIRI 2014, 'A combined approach to assessing the conservation status of Cap des Trois Fourchesas a potential MPA: is there a shortage of MPAs in the southern Mediterranean?', Mediterranean Marine Sciencehttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12552. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This study aimed to assess the efficacy of different methods in detecting anthropogenic impacts on coralligenous habitat.
Luigi Piazzi, David Balata, Enrico Cecchi, Paola Gennaro, Fabrizio Serena 2014, 'Effectiveness of different investigation procedures in detecting anthropogenic impactson coralligenous assemblages', Scientia Marinahttp://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1540. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The study aimed to investigate patterns of spatial and temporal variability of mobile macroinvertebrate assemblages associated to coralligenous habitat.
R. BEDINI, L. BONECHI, L. PIAZZI 2014, 'Spatial and temporal variability of mobile macro-invertebrate assemblages associatedto coralligenous habitat', Mediterranean Marine Sciencehttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/12399. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)