The Mediterranean Sea

1. Ecology: Taxa and Trophic Levels

   1. Advances in Predicting the Impacts of Global Warming on the Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis in the Mediterranean Sea

      • Basile Michaelidis, Hans-O. Pörtner, Inna Sokolova, Lars Tomanek

      Pages 319-339

   2. Holoplanktonic Mollusca: Development in the Mediterranean Basin During the Last 30 Million Years and Their Future

      • Arie W. Janssen, Katja T. C. A. Peijnenburg

      Pages 341-362

   3. Ocean Acidification and Warming Effects on Crustacea: Possible Future Scenarios

      • Awantha Dissanayake

      Pages 363-372

   4. Bryozoan Constructions in a Changing Mediterranean Sea

      • Chiara Lombardi, Paul D. Taylor, Silvia Cocito

      Pages 373-384

   5. The Fishes of the Mediterranean: A Biota Under Siege

      • Menachem Goren

      Pages 385-400

   6. Physiological Responses of Marine Animals Towards Adaptation to Climate Changes

      • Elena Fabbri, Enrico Dinelli

      Pages 401-417

2. Global Climate Change and Ecosystem Effects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 419-419

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   2. A Comparative Analysis of Trophic Structure and Functioning in Large-Scale Mediterranean Marine Ecosystems

      • Alberto Barausse, Luca Palmeri

      Pages 421-434

   3. Bioconstructions in the Mediterranean: Present and Future

      • Petar Kružić

      Pages 435-447

   4. Marine Bioerosion

      • Christine H. L. Schönberg, Max Wisshak

      Pages 449-461

   5. Metamorphoses: Bioinvasions in the Mediterranean Sea

      • B. S. Galil, Menachem Goren

      Pages 463-478

   6. Future Trends of Mediterranean Biodiversity

      • José Templado

      Pages 479-498

   7. Regime Shifts in the Marine Environment: How Do They Affect Ecosystem Services?

      • Alexandra C. Kraberg, Karen H. Wiltshire

      Pages 499-504

3. Mediterranean Man and Sea: Myths, Origins, Challenges and Opportunities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 505-505

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   2. Mediterranean Culture and Climatic Change: Past Patterns and Future Trends

      • Anna Maria Mercuri, Laura Sadori

      Pages 507-527

   3. The Mediterranean Human Population: An Anthropological Genetics Perspective

      • Marco Sazzini, Stefania Sarno, Donata Luiselli

      Pages 529-551

   4. The Mediterranean and the Voices Transported by Time

      • Maria Helena Trindade Lopes

      Pages 553-557

   5. Mediterranean Royal Purple: Biology Through Ritual

      • David Iluz

      Pages 559-570

   6. Socioeconomic Aspects: Human Migrations, Tourism and Fisheries

      • Dafna M. DiSegni, Mordechai Shechter

      Pages 571-575

   7. Effect of Climatic and Anthropogenic Disturbances on Sponge Fisheries

      • Thierry Pérez, Jean Vacelet

      Pages 577-587

This volume is an indispensable addition to the multidisciplinary coverage of the science of the Mediterranean Sea. The editors have gathered leading authorities from the fields of Marine Biology, Ecology, paleoclimatology, Chemical and Physical Oceanography, Zoology, Botany, Aquatic Photosynthesis, Socioeconomics, Mariculture,  Mediterranean History and Science of Humanity.   Beginning with the birth of the Mediterranean Sea and its myths. From coral to fish, an introduction is given to its major inhabitants of plants and animals past and present. The chapters illustrate how organisms interact as part of the structure and function of the Sea's main ecosystems. The rise of the Mediterranean as the cradle of the Western Civilization leads to a discourse on the status of human interaction with the sea. Accelerating global climate change, water warming, ocean acidification and sea level rise, and analyses of their effects on key organisms, entire ecosystems and  human socioeconomics are given. Forecasting and predictions are presented taking into account different future scenarios from the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change).   The volume is richly illustrated in color, with an extensive bibliography. A valuable addition to the limited literature in the field, offering up-to-date broad coverage merging science and humanities.​

• Climate change
• Mariculture
• Marine bioerosion
• Marine chemosynthesis
• Marine molluscs
• Mediterranean
• marine and freshwater sciences

“The editors have done a superb job of bringing together an updated, multidisciplinary survey of the Mediterranean Sea as we know it today. … This book belongs in university libraries and on the desks and bookshelves of all researchers interested in the Mediterranean Sea. It is a credit to the science and study of the Mediterranean Sea, and as such it makes an important contribution to the literature.” (Charles W. Finkl, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 31 (3), May, 2015)

• Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  Stefano Goffredo

• Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

  Zvy Dubinsky

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