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109. Nguyen, H.M., Hong, U. V., Ruocco, M., Dattolo, E., Marín-Guirao, L., Pernice, M., & Procaccini, G. (2024). Thermo-priming triggers species-specific physiological and transcriptome responses in Mediterranean seagrasses. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 108614. doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108614
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108. Ma, X., Vanneste, S., Chang, J., Ambrosino, L., Barry, K., Bayer, T., Bobrov, A.A., Boston, L., Campbell, J.E., Chen, H., Chiusano, M.L., Dattolo, E., Grimwood, J., He, G., Jenkins, J., Khachaturyan, M., Marín-Guirao, L., Mesterházy, A., Muhd, D.D., Pazzaglia, J., Plott, C., Rajasekar, S., Rombauts, S., Ruocco, M., … Van de Peer Y. (2024). Seagrass genomes reveal ancient polyploidy and adaptations to the marine environment. Nature Plants, 1-16. doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01608-5
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107. Sani, T., Marini, M., Campanelli, A., Machado Toffolo, M., Goffredo, S., & Grilli, F. (2024). Evolution of Freshwater Runoff in the Western Adriatic Sea over the Last Century. Environments, 11(1), 22. doi.org/10.3390/environments11010022
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106. Nguyen, H.M., Ruocco, M., Dattolo, E., Cassetti, F. P., Calvo, S., Tomasello, A., Marín-Guirao, L., Pernice, M., Procaccini, G. (2023). Signs of local adaptation by genetic selection and isolation promoted by extreme temperature and salinity in the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Molecular Ecology, 32, 4313–4328. doi.org/10.1111/mec.17032
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105. Sani T., Prada F., Radi G., Caroselli E., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. (2024). Ocean warming and acidification detrimentally affect coral tissue regeneration at a Mediterranean CO2 vent. Science of The Total Environment, 167789. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167789
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104. Scarponi, D., Rojas, A., Nawrot, R., Cheli, A., Kowalewski, M. (2023). Assessing biotic response to anthropogenic forcing using mollusc assemblages from the Po-Adriatic System (Italy). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 529(1), SP529-2022. doi.org/10.1144/SP529-2022-249
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103. Lee, C., Caroselli, E., Machado Toffolo, M., Mancuso, A., Marchini, C., Meschini, M., Goffredo, S. (2023) Eight years of community structure monitoring through recreational citizen science at the “SS Thistlegorm” wreck (Red Sea). PLOS ONE, 18: e0282239. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282239
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102. Prada, F., Franzellitti, S., Caroselli, E., Cohen, I., Marini, M., Campanelli, A., Mancuso, A., Marchini, C., Puglisi, A., Candela, M., Mass, T., Tassi, F., LaJeunesse, T.C., Dubinsky, Z., Falini, G., Goffredo, S. 2023. Acclimatization of a coral-dinoflagellate mutualism at a CO2 vent. Communications Biology, 6(1), 66. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04327-3
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101. Triunfo, C., Gärtner, S., Marchini, C., Fermani, S., Maoloni, G., Goffredo, S., Morales, J.G., Cölfen, H., Falini, G. 2022. Recovering and exploiting aragonite and calcite single crystals with biologically controlled shapes from mussel shells. ACS Omega, 7:43992-43999. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05386.
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100. Frapiccini, E., Caroselli, E., Franzellitti, S., Prada, F., Marini, M., Goffredo, S. 2022. Peculiar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons accumulation patterns in a non-zooxanthellate scleractinian coral. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 184: 114109. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114109.
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99. Machado Toffolo, M., Grilli, F., Prandi, C., Goffredo, S., Marini, M. 2022. Extreme flooding events in coastal lagoons: seawater parameters and rainfall over a six-year period in the Mar Menor (SE Spain). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10, 1521. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10101521.
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98. Mancuso A., Yam R., Prada F., Stagioni M., Goffredo S., Shemesh A. 2022. Oxygen and carbon isotope variations in Chamelea gallina shells: environmental influences and vital effects. Geobiology, 00, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12526.
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97. Marchini C., Fossati V., Cerpelloni M., Caroselli E., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2022: Sexual reproduction and biometry of the non-zooxanthellate papillose cup coral Paracyathus pulchellus. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:925586. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.925586.
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96. Palladino G., Caroselli E., Tavella T., D’Amico F., Prada F., Mancuso A., Franzellitti S., Rampelli S., Candela M., Goffredo S., Biagi E. 2022: Metagenomic shifts in mucus, tissue and skeleton of the coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural CO2 gradient. ISME Communications, 2: 65. doi: 10.1038/s43705-022-00152-1.
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95. Machado Toffolo, M., Simoncini, G.A., Marchini, C., Meschini, M., Caroselli, E., Franzellitti, S., Prada, F. and Goffredo, S. 2022: Long-term Effects of an Informal Education Program on Tourist Environmental Perception. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:830085. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.830085
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94. Prada, F., Brizi, L., Franzellitti, S., Mengoli, S., Fermani, S., Polishchuk, I., Baraldi, N., Ricci, F., Palazzo, Q., Caroselli, E., Pokroy, B., Giorgini, L., Fantazzini, P., Falini, G., Goffredo, S., Fabricius, K.E. 2021: Coral micro- and macro-morphological skeletal properties in response to life-long acclimatization at CO2 vents in Papua New Guinea. Scientific Reports, 11:19927. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98976-9
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93. Marchini, C., Gizzi, F., Pondrelli, T., Moreddu, L., Marisaldi, L., Montori, F., Lazzari, V., Airi, V., Caroselli, E., Prada, F., Falini, G., Dubinsky, Z., Goffredo, S. 2021: Decreasing pH impairs sexual reproduction in a Mediterranean coral transplanted at a CO2 vent. Limnology & Oceanography, 9999: 1–11. doi: 10.1002/lno.11937
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92. Palazzo, Q., Prada, F., Steffens, T., Fermani, S., Samorì, C., Bernardi, G., Terrón-Sigler, A., Sparla, F., Falini, G., Goffredo, S. 2021: The skeleton of Balanophyllia coral species suggests adaptive traits linked to the onset of mixotrophy. Science of the Total Environment, 795: 148778. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148778
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91. Bergami, E., Caroselli, E., Vaccari, L., Corsi, I., Semenov, A., Macali, A. 2021: Pioneer settlement of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus (Esper, 1794) on plastic. Coral Reefs, 40: 1355–1360. doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02131-9
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90. Meschini, M., Machado Toffolo, M., Marchini, C., Caroselli, E., Prada, F., Mancuso A., Franzellitti, S., Locci, L., Davoli, M., Trittoni, M., Nanetti, E., Tittarelli, M., Bentivogli, R., Branchini, S., Neri, P., Goffredo, S. 2021: Reliability of data collected by volunteers: a nine-year citizen science study in the Red Sea. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 694258. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.694258
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89. Meschini, M., Machado Toffolo, M., Caroselli, E., Franzellitti, S., Marchini, C., Prada, F., Boattini, A., Brambilla, V., Martinez, G., Prati, F., Simoncini, G., Visentin, M., Airi, V., Branchini, S., Goffredo, S. 2021: Educational briefings in touristic facilities promote tourist sustainable behavior and customer loyalty. Biological Conservation, 259: 109122. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109122
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88. Cheli, A., Mancuso, A., Azzarone, M., Fermani, S., Kaandorp, J. Marin, F., Montroni, D., Polishchuk, I., Prada, F., Stagioni, M., Valdré, G., Pokroy, B., Falini, G., Goffredo, S., Scarponi, D. 2021: Climate variation during the Holocene influenced the skeletal properties of Chamelea gallina shells in the North Adriatic Sea (Italy). PLOS ONE, 16: e0247590. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247590
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87. Palladino, G., Rampelli, S., Scicchitano, D., Musella, M., Quero, G.M., Prada, F., Mancuso, A., Seyfarth, A.M., Turroni, S., Candela, M., Biagi, E. 2021: Impact of marine aquaculture on the microbiome associated with nearby holobionts: the case of Patella caerulea living in proximity of sea bream aquaculture cages. Microorganisms , 9: 455. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9020455
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86. Meschini, M., Prati, F., Simoncini, G.A., Airi, V., Caroselli, E., Prada, F., Marchini, C., Machado Toffolo, M., Branchini, S., Brambilla, V., Covi, C., & Goffredo, S. 2021: Environmental Awareness Gained During a Citizen Science Project in Touristic Resorts Is Maintained After 3 Years Since Participation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8: 584644. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.584644
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85. Teixido N., Caroselli E., Alliouane S., Ceccarelli C., Comeau S., Gattuso J.-P., Fici P., Micheli F., Mirasole A., Monismith S., Munari M., Palumbi S., Sheets E., Urbini L., De Vittor C., Goffredo S., Gambi M.C. 2020: Ocean acidification causes variable trait shifts in a coral species. Global Change Biology, 26: 6813-6830. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15372
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84. Caroselli E., Ozalp H.B., Lavia M., De Witt F., Raimondi F., Goffredo S. 2020: Population dynamics of a temperate coral along a depth gradient in the Dardanelles. Limnology & Oceanography, 65: 2676-2687. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11540
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83. Caroselli E., Frapiccini E., Franzellitti S., Palazzo Q., Prada F., Betti M., Goffredo S., Marini M. 2020: Accumulation of PAHs in the tissues and algal symbionts of a common Mediterranean coral: skeletal storage relates to population age structure. Science of the Total Environment, 743: 140781. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140781
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82. Sun C.Y., Gránásy L., Stifler C. A., Zaquin T., Chopdekar R.V., Tamura, N., Weaver J.C., Zhang J.A.Y., Goffredo S., Falini F., Marcus M.A., Pusztai T., Schoeppler V., Mass T., Gilbert P.U.P.A. 2020: Crystal nucleation and growth of spherulites demonstrated by coral skeletons and phase-field simulations. Acta Biomaterialia, 120: 277-292. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2020.06.027
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81. Franzellitti S., Prada F., Viarengo A., Fabbri E. (2020) Evaluating bivalve cytoprotective responses and their regulatory pathways in a climate change scenario. Science of the Total Environment, 137733. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137733
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80. Biagi E., Caroselli E., Barone M., Pezzimenti M., Teixido N., Soverini M., Rampelli S., Turroni S., Gambi M.C., Brigidi P., Goffredo S., Candela M. 2020: Patterns in microbiome composition differ with ocean acidification in anatomic compartments of the Mediterranean coral Astroides calycularis living at CO2 vents. Science of the Total Environment, 724: 138048. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138048
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79. Savinelli B., Fernández T.V., Galasso N.M., D’Anna G., Pipitone C., Prada F., Zenone A., Badalamenti F., Musco L. (2020) Microplastics impair the feeding performance of a Mediterranean habitat-forming coral. Marine Environmental Research 155: 104887. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104887
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78. Marchini C., Tortorelli G., Guidi E., Airi V., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S 2020: Reproduction of the azooxanthellate coral Caryophyllia inornata is not affected by temperature along an 850 km gradient on the Western Italian coast. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 785. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00785
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77. Wall M., Prada F., Fietzke J., Caroselli E., Dubinsky Z., Brizi L., Fantazzini P., Franzellitti S., Mass T., Montagna P., Falini G., Goffredo S 2019: Linking internal carbonate chemistry regulation and calcification in corals growing at a Mediterranean CO2 vent. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 699. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00699
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76. Prada F., Musco L., Alagna A., Agnetta D., Beccari E., D’Anna G., Giacalone V. M., Pipitone C., Vega Fernández T., Goffredo S., Badalamenti F. 2019: Anthropogenic impact is negatively related to coral health in Sicily (Mediterranean Sea). Scientific Reports 9: 13469. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49713-w
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75. Prada F., Yam R., Levy O., Caroselli E., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S., Shemesh A. 2019: Kinetic and metabolic isotope effects in zooxanthellate and non-zooxanthellate Mediterranean corals along a wide latitudinal gradient. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 522. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00522
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74. Mancuso A., Stagioni M., Prada F., Scarponi D., Piccinetti C., Goffredo S. 2019: Environmental influence on calcification of the bivalve Chamelea gallina along a latitudinal gradient in the Adriatic Sea. Scientific Reports, 9: 11198. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47538-1
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73. Caroselli E., Gizzi F., Prada F., Marchini C., Airi V., Kaandorp J., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2019: Low and variable pH decreases recruitment efficiency in populations of a temperate coral naturally present at a CO2 vent. Limnology & Oceanography, 64: 1059-1069. doi:10.1002/lno.11097
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72. Njegić Džakula, B., Fermani, S., Dubinsky, Z., Goffredo, S., Falini, G., Kralj, D. 2019: In vitro coral biomineralization under relevant aragonite supersaturation conditions. Chemistry–A European Journal, 25: 10616-10624. doi: 10.1002/chem.201900691
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71. Guarino, R., Goffredo, S., Falini, G., Pugno, N. M. 2019: Mechanical properties of Chamelea gallina shells at different latitudes. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 94: 155-163. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.02.032
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70. Naggi, A., Torri, G., Iacomini, M., Colombo Castelli, G., Reggi, M., Fermani, S., Dubinsky, Z., Goffredo, S., Falini, G. 2018: Structure and function of stony coral intraskeletal polysaccharides. ACS omega, 3: 2895-2901. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b02053
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69. Musco L., Vega Fernández T., Caroselli E., Roberts J.M., Badalamenti F. 2018: Protocooperation among small polyps allows the coral Astroides calycularis to prey on large jellyfish. Ecology, 99: 2400-2401. doi:10.1002/ecy.2413
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68. Franzellitti S., Airi V., Calbucci D., Caroselli E., Prada F., Voolstra C., Mass T., Falini G., Fabbri E., Goffredo S. 2018: Transcriptional response of the heat shock gene hsp70 aligns with differences in stress susceptibility of shallow-water corals from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 140: 444-454. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.07.006
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67. Ozalp H.B., Caroselli E., Raimondi F., Goffredo S. 2018: Skeletal growth, morphology and skeletal parameters of a temperate, solitary and zooxanthellate coral along a depth gradient in the Dardanelles (Turkey). Coral Reefs, 37: 633-646. doi:10.1007/s00338-018-1687-9
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66. Iluz D., Fermani S., Ramot M., Reggi M., Caroselli E., Prada F., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S., Falini G. 2017: Calcifying response and recovery potential of the brown alga Padina pavonica under ocean acidification. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 1:316-323. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00051
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65. Gizzi F., de Mas L., Airi V., Caroselli E., Prada F., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2017: Reproduction of an azooxanthellate coral is unaffected by ocean acidification. Scientific Reports, 7: 13049. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13393-1
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64. Caroselli E., Ricci F., Brambilla V., Marchini C., Tortorelli G., Airi V., Mattioli G., Levy O., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2017: Growth, population dynamics and reproductive output model of the non-zooxanthellate temperate solitary coral Caryophyllia inornata (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae). Limnology & Oceanography, 3: 1111-1121. doi:10.1002/lno.10489
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63. Samorì C., Caroselli E., Prada F., Reggi M., Fermani S., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S., Falini G. 2017: Ecological relevance of skeletal fatty acid concentration and composition in Mediterranean scleractinian corals. Scientific Reports, 7: 1929. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-02034-2.
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62. Musco L., Prada F., D’Anna G., Galasso N.M., Pipitone C., Fernández T.V., Badalamenti F. 2017: Turning casualty into opportunity: fragmenting dislodged colonies is effective for restoring reefs of a Mediterranean endemic coral. Ecological Engineering, 98: 206-212. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.10.075.
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61. Poli D., Fabbri E., Goffredo S., Airi V., Franzellitti S. 2017: Physiological plasticity related to zonation affects hsp70 expression in the reef-building coral Pocillopora verrucosa. PLoS ONE, 12: e0171456. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171456.
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60. Airi V., Prantoni S., Calegari M., Lisini Baldi V., Gizzi F., Marchini C., Levy O., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2017: Reproductive output of a non-zooxanthellate temperate coral is unaffected by temperature along an extended latitudinal gradient. PLoS ONE, 12: e0171051. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171051.
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59. Maor-Landaw K., Ben-Asher H.W., Karako-Lampert S., Salmon-Divon M., Prada F., Caroselli E., Goffredo S., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Levy O. 2017: Mediterranean versus Red sea corals facing climate change, a transcriptome analysis. Scientific Reports, 7: 42405. doi:10.1038/srep42405.
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58. Prada F., Caroselli E., Mengoli S., Brizi L., Fantazzini P., Capaccioni B., Pasquini L., Fabricius K.E., Dubinsky Z., Falini G., Goffredo S. 2017: Ocean warming and acidification synergistically increase coral mortality. Scientific Reports, 7: 40842. doi: 10.1038/srep40842.
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57. Reggi M., Samori C., Fermani S., Gizzi F., Prada F., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S., Falini G. 2016: Influence of intra-skeletal coral lipids on calcium carbonate precipitation. CrystEngComm, 18: 8829-8833. doi: 10.1039/C6CE01939K.
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56. Gizzi F., Caccia M.G., Simoncini G.A., Mancuso A., Reggi M., Fermani S., Brizi L., Fantazzini P., Stagioni M., Falini G., Piccinetti C., Goffredo S. 2016: Shell properties of commercial clam Chamelea gallina are influenced by temperature and solar radiation along a wide latitudinal gradient. Scientific Reports, 6:36420. doi: 10.1038/srep36420.
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55. Caroselli E., Brambilla V., Ricci F., Mattioli G., Levy O., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2016: Inferred calcification rate of a temperate azooxanthellate caryophylliid coral along a wide latitudinal gradient. Coral Reefs, 35: 919–928. doi: 10.1007/s00338-016-1422-3
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54. Caroselli E., Ricci F., Brambilla V., Mattioli G., Levy O., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2016: Relationships between growth, population dynamics, and environmental parameters in the solitary non-zooxanthellate scleractinian coral Caryophyllia inornata along a latitudinal gradient in the Mediterranean Sea. Coral Reefs, 35: 507-519. doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1393-9
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53. Falini G., Fermani S., Goffredo S. 2015: Coral biomineralization: a focus on intra-skeletal organic matrix and calcification. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 46: 17-26. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.09.005
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52. Goodbody-Gringley G.,Marchini C., Chequer A.D., Goffredo S. 2015: Population structure of Montastraea cavernosa on shallow versus mesophotic reefs in Bermuda. PLoS ONE, 10: e0142427. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142427
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51. Marchini C., Airi V., Fontana R., Tortorelli G., Rocchi M., Falini G., Levy O., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2015: Annual reproductive cycle and unusual embryogenesis of a temperate coral in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoS ONE, 10: e0141162. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141162
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50. Caroselli E., Falini G., Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z., Levy O. 2015: Negative response of photosynthesis to natural and projected high seawater temperatures estimated by pulse amplitude modulation fluorometry in a temperate coral. Frontiers in Physiology, 6: 317. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00317.
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49. Branchini S., Meschini M., Covi C., Piccinetti C., Zaccanti F., Goffredo S. 2015: Participating in a Citizen Science Monitoring Program: Implications for Environmental Education. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0131812. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131812.
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48. Fantazzini P., Mengoli S., Pasquini L., Bortolotti V., Brizi L., Mariani M., Di Giosia M., Fermani S., Capaccioni B., Caroselli E., Prada F., Zaccanti F., Levy O., Dubinsky Z., Kaandorp J. A., Konglerd P., Hammel J. U., Dauphin Y., Cuif J.-P., Weaver J. C., Fabricius K. E., Wagermaier W., Fratzl P., Falini G., Goffredo S. 2015: Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation. Nature Communications, 6: 7785. doi 10.1038/ncomms8785
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47. Caroselli E., Nanni V., Levy O., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2015: Latitudinal variations in biometry and population density of a Mediterranean solitary coral. Limnology & Oceanography, DOI: 10.1002/lno.10100
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46. Pasquini L., Molinari A., Fantazzini P., Dauphen Y., Cuif J.-P., Levy O., Dubinsky Z., Caroselli E., Prada F., Goffredo S., Di Giosia M., Reggi M., Falini G. 2015: Isotropic microscale mechanical properties of coral skeletons. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12: 20150168. doi 10.1098/rsif.2015.0168
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45. Goffredo S., Mancuso A., Caroselli E., Prada F., Dubinsky Z., Falini G., Levy O., Fantazzini P., Pasquini L. 2015: Skeletal mechanical properties of Mediterranean corals along a wide latitudinal gradient. Coral Reefs, 34: 121-132. doi 10.1007/s00338-014-1222-6
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44. Branchini S., Pensa F., Neri P., Tonucci B.M., Mattielli L., Collavo A., Sillingardi., Piccinetti C., Zaccanti., Goffredo S. 2015: Using a citizen science program to monitor coral reef biodiversity through space and time. Biodiversity and Conservation, 24: 319-336. doi 10.1007/s10531-014-0810-7
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43. Reggi M., Fermani S., Landi V., Sparla F., Caroselli E., Gizzi F., Dubinsky Z., Levi O., Cuif J. P., Dauphin Y., Goffredo S., Falini G. 2014: Biomineralization in Mediterranean corals: The role of the intra-skeletal organic matrix. Crystal Growth & Design, 14: 4310-4320. doi:10.1021/cg5003572
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42. Adamiano A., Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z., Levy O., Fermani S., Fabbri D., Falini G. 2014: Analytical pyrolysis-based study on intra-skeletal organic matrices from Mediterranean corals. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 406: 6021-6033. doi: 10.1007/s00216-014-7995-1
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41. Laiolo L., Barausse A., Dubinsky Z., Palmeri L., Goffredo S., Kamenir Y., Al-Najjar T., Iluz D. 2014: Phytoplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat, Red Sea): A simulation study of mariculture effects. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 86: 481-493. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.026
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40. Maor-Landaw K., Karako-Lampert S., Waldman-Ben-Asher H., Goffredo S., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Levy O. 2014: Gene expression profiles during short-term heat stress in the Red Sea coral Stylophora pistillata. Global Change Biology, 20: 3026-3035. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12592
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39. Goffredo S., Prada F., Caroselli E., Capaccioni B., Zaccanti F., Pasquini L., Fantazzini P., Fermani S., Reggi M., Levy O., Fabricius K. E., Dubinsky Z., Falini G. 2014: Biomineralization control related to population density under ocean acidification. Nature Climate Change, 4: 593-597. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2241
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38. Airi V., Gizzi F., Falini G., Levy O., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2014: Reproductive efficiency of a Mediterranean endemic zooxanthellate coral decreases with increasing temperature along a wide latitudinal gradient. PLoS ONE, 9: e91792. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091792
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37. Sancho-Tomas M., Fermani S., Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z., Garcia-Ruiz J. M., Gomez-Morales J., Falini G. 2013: Exploring coral biomineralization in gelling environments by means of a counter diffusion system. CrystEngComm, 16: 1257-1267. doi: 10.1039/C3CE41894D
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36. Fantazzini P., Mengoli S., Evangelisti S., Pasquini L., Mariani M., Brizi L., Goffredo S., Caroselli E., Prada F., Falini G., Levy O., Dubinsky Z. 2013: A time-domain nuclear magnetic resonance study of Mediterranean scleractinian corals reveals skeletal-porosity sensitivity to environmental changes. Environmental Science & Technology, 47: 12679−12686. doi: 10.1021/es402521b
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35. Pinchasov-Grinblat Y., Mauzerall D., Goffredo S., Falini G., Dubinsky Z. 2013: Photoacoustics: a novel application to the determination of photosynthetic efficiency in zooxanthellate hermatypes. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 11: 374-381. doi: 10.4319/lom.2013.11.374
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34. Falini G., Reggi M., Fermani S., Sparla F., Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z., Levi O., Dauphin Y., Cuif J. P. 2013: Control of aragonite deposition in colonial corals by intra-skeletal macromolecules. Journal of Structural Biology, 183: 226-238. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.05.001
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33. Casado-Amezúa P., Gasparini G., Goffredo S. 2013: Phenological and morphological variations in the Mediterranean orange coral Astroides calycularis between two distant localities. Zoology, 116: 159-167. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2012.10.005
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32. Caroselli E., Mattioli G., Levy O., Falini G., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2012: Inferred calcification rate of a Mediterranean azooxanthellate coral is uncoupled with sea surface temperature along an 8° latitudinal gradient. Frontiers in Zoology, 9: 32. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-32
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31. Caroselli E., Zaccanti F., Mattioli G., Falini G., Levy O., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2012: Growth and demography of the solitary scleractinian coral Leptopsammia pruvoti along a sea surface temperature gradient in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoS ONE, 7: e37848. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037848
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30. Casado-Amezúa P., Goffredo S., Templado J., Machordom A. 2012: Genetic assessment of population structure and connectivity in the threatened Mediterranean coral Astroides calycularis (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae) at different spatial scales. Molecular Ecology, 21: 3671-3685. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05655.x
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29. Goffredo S., Marchini C., Rocchi M., Airi V., Caroselli E., Falini G., Levy O., Dubinsky Z., Zaccanti F. 2012: Unusual pattern of embryogenesis of Caryophyllia inornata (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Maybe agamic reproduction? Journal of Morphology, 273: 943-956. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20039
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28. Goffredo S., Caroselli E., Mezzo F., Laiolo L., Vergni P., Pasquini L., Levy O., Zaccanti F., Tribollet A., Dubinsky Z., Falini G. 2012: The puzzling presence of calcite in skeletons of modern solitary corals from the Mediterranean Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 85: 187-199. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.02.014
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27. Goffredo S., Vergni P., Reggi M., Caroselli E., Sparla F., Levy O., Dubinsky Z., Falini G. 2011: The skeletal organic matrix from Mediterranean coral Balanophyllia europaea influences calcium carbonate precipitation. PLoS ONE, 6: e22338 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022338
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26. Goffredo S., Gasparini G., Marconi G., Putignano M. T., Pazzini C., Airi V., Zaccanti F. 2011: Sexual reproduction in the Mediterranean endemic orange coral, Astroides calycularis (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 87: 589-604. doi: 10.5343/bms.2010.1068
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25. Caroselli E., Prada F., Pasquini L., Nonnis Marzano F., Zaccanti F., Falini G., Levy O., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2011: Environmental implications of skeletal micro-density and porosity variation in two scleractinian corals. Zoology, 114: 255-264. doi: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.04.003 (journal cover paper)
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24. Goffredo S., Caroselli E., Gasparini G., Marconi G., Putignano M. T., Pazzini C., Zaccanti F. 2011: Colony and polyp biometry and size structure in the orange coral Astroides calycularis (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae). Marine Biology Research, 7: 272-280. doi: 10.1080/17451000.2010.492222
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23. Goffredo S., Caroselli E., Mattioli G., Zaccanti F. 2010: Growth and population dynamic model for the non-zooxanthellate temperate solitary coral Leptopsammia pruvoti (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). Marine Biology, 157: 2603-2612. doi: 10.1007/s00227-010-1522-5
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22. Goffredo S., Gasparini G., Marconi G., Putignano M. T., Pazzini C., Zaccanti F. 2010: Gonochorism and planula brooding in the Mediterranean endemic orange coral Astroides calycularis (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae). Morphological aspects of gametogenesis and ontogenesis. Marine Biology Research, 6: 421-436. doi: 10.1080/17451000903428488
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21. Goffredo S., Pensa F., Neri P., Orlandi A., Scola Gagliardi M., Velardi A., Piccinetti C., Zaccanti F. 2010: Unite research with what citizens do for fun: “recreational monitoring” of marine biodiversity. Ecological Applications, 20: 2170-2187. doi: 10.1890/09-1546.1
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20. Goffredo S., Di Ceglie S., Zaccanti F. 2009: Genetic differentiation of the temperate-subtropical stony coral Leptopsammia pruvoti in the Mediterranean Sea. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 55: 99-115. doi: 10.1560/IJEE.55.2.99 (journal cover paper)
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19. Goffredo S., Caroselli E., Mattioli G., Pignotti E., Dubinsky Z., Zaccanti F. 2009: Inferred level of calcification decreases along an increasing temperature gradient in a Mediterranean endemic coral. Limnology & Oceanography, 54: 930-937. doi: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.3.0930
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18. Goffredo S., Lasker H. R. 2008: An adaptive management approach to an octocoral fishery based on the Beverton-Holt model. Coral Reefs, 27: 751-761. doi: 10.1007/s00338-008-0391-6 (Coral Reefs best paper award 2008 short list)
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17. Goffredo S., Caroselli E., Mattioli G., Pignotti E., Zaccanti F. 2008: Relationships between growth, population structure and sea surface temperature in the temperate solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). Coral Reefs, 27: 623-632. doi: 10.1007/s00338-008-0362-y
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16. Goffredo S., Caroselli E., Pignotti E., Mattioli G., Zaccanti F. 2007: Variation in biometry and population density of solitary corals with environmental factors in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Biology, 152: 351-361. doi: 10.1007/s00227-007-0695-z
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15. Goffredo S., Piccinetti C., Zaccanti F. 2007: Tsunami survey expedition: preliminary investigation of Maldivian coral reefs two weeks after the event. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 131: 95-105. doi: 10.1007/s10661-006-9459-3
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14. Gektidis M., Dubinsky Z., Goffredo S. 2007: Microendoliths of the Shallow Euphotic Zone in open and shaded habitats at 30º N – Eilat, Israel – paleoecological implications. Facies, 53: 43-55. doi: 10.1007/s10347-006-0091-z
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13. Goffredo S., Lasker H. R. 2006: Modular growth of a gorgonian coral generates predictable patterns of colony and population growth. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 336: 221-229. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.05.012
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12. Goffredo S., Airi V., Radetić J., Zaccanti F. 2006: Sexual reproduction of the solitary sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae) in the Mediterranean. 2. Quantitative aspects of the annual reproductive cycle. Marine Biology, 148: 923-932. doi: 10.1007/s00227-005-0137-8
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11. Goffredo S., Radetić J., Airi V., Zaccanti F. 2005: Sexual reproduction of the solitary sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae) in the Mediterranean. 1. Morphological aspects of gametogenesis and ontogenesis. Marine Biology 147: 485-495. doi: 10.1007/s00227-005-1567-z
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10. Goffredo S., Mezzomonaco L., Zaccanti F. 2004: Genetic differentiation among populations of the Mediterranean hermaphroditic brooding coral Balanophyllia europaea (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). Marine Biology, 145: 1075-1083. doi: 10.1007/s00227-004-1403-x
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9. Goffredo S., Piccinetti C., Zaccanti F. 2004: Volunteers in marine conservation monitoring: Mediterranean Hippocampus Mission, a study on the distribution of seahorses carried out in collaboration with recreational scuba divers. Conservation Biology 18: 1492-1503. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00015.x (journal cover paper)
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8. Goffredo S., Mattioli G., Zaccanti F. 2004: Growth and population dynamics model of the Mediterranean solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). Coral Reefs, 23: 433-443. doi: 10.1007/s00338-004-0395-9
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7. Goffredo S., Zaccanti F. 2004: Laboratory observations on larval behaviour and metamorphosis in the Mediterranean solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 74: 449-458.
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6. Goffredo S., Chadwick-Furman N. E. 2003: Comparative demography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia, Fungiidae) at Eilat, northern Red Sea. Marine Biology, 142: 411-418. doi: 10.1007/s00227-002-0980-9
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5. Goffredo S., Arnone S., Zaccanti F. 2002: Sexual reproduction in the Mediterranean solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 229: 83-94. doi: 83-94. 10.3354/meps229083
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4. Chadwick-Furman N. E., Goffredo S., Loya Y. 2000: Growth and population dynamic model of the reef coral Fungia granulosa Klusinger, 1879 at Eilat, northern Red Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 249: 199-218. doi: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00204-5
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3. Goffredo S., Telò T., Scanabissi F. 2000: Ultrastructural observations of the spermatogenesis of the hermaphroditic solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Zoomorphology, 119: 231-240. doi: 10.1007/PL00008495
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2. Goffredo S., Chadwick-Furman N. E. 2000: Abundance and distribution of mushroom corals (Scleractinia, Fungiidae) on a coral reef at Eilat, northern Red Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science, 66: 241-254.
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1. Goffredo S., Telò T. 1998: Hermaphroditism and brooding in the solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Italian Journal of Zoology, 65: 159-165.
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Papers in peer review journals
Pinchasov-Grinblat Y., Hoffman R., Goffredo S., Falini G., Dubinsky Z. 2012: The effect of nutrient enrichment on three species of macroalgae as determined by photoacoustics. Marine Science, 2: 125-131. doi: 10.5923/j.ms.20120206.03
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Books
2. Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z. (editors) 2016: The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future. The world of Medusa and her sisters. Springer, Cham (ISBN 978-3-319-31305-4)
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1. Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z. (editors) 2014: The Mediterranean Sea: Its history and present challenges. Springer, Dordrecht (ISBN 978-94-007-6703-4)
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Book chapters
4. Caroselli E., Goffredo S. 2016: Population dynamics of temperate corals in a changing climate. In: Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z. (eds) The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future. The world of Medusa and her sisters. Springer, Cham. Pages 317-328. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-31305-4_20
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3. Airi V., Gizzi F., Marchini C., Goffredo S. 2016: Sexual reproduction of Mediterranean scleractinian corals. In: Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z. (eds) The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future. The world of Medusa and her sisters. Springer, Cham. Pages 269-278. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-31305-4_17
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2. Reggi M., Fermani S., Goffredo S., Falini G. 2016: Influences of coral intra‐skeletal organic matrix on calcium carbonate precipitation. In: Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z. (eds) The Cnidaria, Past, Present and Future. The world of Medusa and her sisters. Springer, Cham. Pages 207-222. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-31305-4_13
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1. Caroselli E., Goffredo S. 2014: Mediterranean coral population dynamics: a tale of 20 years of field studies. In: Goffredo S., Dubinsky Z. (eds) The Mediterranean Sea: its history and present challenges. Springer, Dordrecht. Pages 275-284. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-6704-1_15
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