Underwater Monitoring Protocol

This section reports the products obtained from the application of the Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring (RCMed U-CEM) protocol and from the resulting dataset. Users and authors are encouraged to report their outcomes in form of bibliographic reference to postmaster@reefcheckitalia.it.

 

Cerrano C, Milanese M, Mioni E, Palma M, Pantaleo U, Previati M, Rossi G, Scinto A, Turicchia E, Ponti M (2013) Reef Check Italia onlus, a network to improve civil participation in marine environment assessment Ecology for a sustainable blue and green growth, Riassunti del XXIII Congresso della Società Italiana di Ecologia. S.It.E., Ancona, 16-18 September 2013, p 162

Cerrano C, Milanese M, Ponti M (2017) Diving for science - science for diving: Volunteer scuba divers support science and conservation in the Mediterranean Sea. Aquat Conserv 27:303–323 http://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2663

Cerrano C, Casabianca M, Figurella F, Lucrezi S, Marroni A, Milanese M, Pierleoni P, Turicchia E, Ponti M (2017) Citizen science and diving system: An opportunity for marine biologists career First Italian Citizen Science Conference. Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze, Roma, 23-25 November 2017

Cerrano C, Casabianca M, Figurella F, Lucrezi S, Marroni A, Milanese M, Pierleoni P, Turicchia E, Ponti M (2017) Citizen science and diving system: An opportunity for marine biologists career European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA) 2017 conference, Malta, 07-10 October 2017

Cerrano C, Di Camillo CG, Milanese M, Previati M, Rossi G, Scinto A, Turicchia E, Ponti M (2012) Education through participation: the role of citizen science in marine habitat conservation PIXEL New perspectives in science education. Simonelli Editore, 8-9 March, 2012, Florence, Italy, p 6

Cerrano C, Bertolino M, Bo M, Di Camillo CG, Fava F, Palma M, Pantaleo U, Previati M, Scinto A, Valisano L, Ponti M (2008) Monitoraggio dell’Ambiente Costiero (MAC): il contributo dei subacquei sportivi Atti Secondo Simposio Internazionale “Il Monitoraggio Costiero Mediterraneo: problematiche e tecniche di misura”, p 497-510

Cerrano C, Navone A, Ponti M, Betti F, Nervegna G, Palma M, Pantaleo U, Pitzianti G, Previati M, Rossi G, Scinto A, Spano G (2011) Environmental volunterism in MPAs: The experience at Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo (Sardinia, Italy). Studi Trent Sci Nat 89:63-68

Cesarano C, Aulicino G, Cerrano C, Ponti M, Puce S (2021) Scientific knowledge on marine beach litter: A bibliometric analysis. Mar Pollut Bull 173:113102 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.113102

Cesarano C, Aulicino G, Cerrano C, Ponti M, Puce S (2023) Marine beach litter monitoring strategies along Mediterranean coasts. A methodological review. Mar Pollut Bull 186:114401 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114401

Chimienti G (2020) Vulnerable Forests of the pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa in the Mediterranean Sea. Diversity 12: 176. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12050176

de Francesco MC, Cerrano C, Pica D, D'Onofrio D, Stanisci A (2017) Characterization of Teatina coast marine habitats (central Adriatic Sea) toward an integrated coastal management. Fish & Ocean Opj. 5:555653 http://doi.org/10.19080/OFOAJ.2017.05.555653

Di Camillo CG, Ponti M, Bavestrello G, Krzelj M, Cerrano C (2018) Building a baseline for habitat-forming corals by a multi-source approach, including Web Ecological Knowledge. Biodivers Conserv 27:1257-1276 http://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-017-1492-8

Garrabou J, Gómez-Gras D, Ledoux J-B, Linares C, Bensoussan N, López-Sendino P, Bazairi H, Espinosa F, Ramdani M, Grimes S, Benabdi M, Souissi JB, Soufi E, Khamassi F, Ghanem R, Ocaña O, Ramos-Esplà A, Izquierdo A, Anton I, Rubio-Portillo E, Barbera C, Cebrian E, Marbà N, Hendriks IE, Duarte CM, Deudero S, Díaz D, Vázquez-Luis M, Alvarez E, Hereu B, Kersting DK, Gori A, Viladrich N, Sartoretto S, Pairaud I, Ruitton S, Pergent G, Pergent-Martini C, Rouanet E, Teixidó N, Gattuso J-P, Fraschetti S, Rivetti I, Azzurro E, Cerrano C, Ponti M, Turicchia E, Bavestrello G, Cattaneo-Vietti R, Bo M, Bertolino M, Montefalcone M, Chimienti G, Grech D, Rilov G, Tuney Kizilkaya I, Kizilkaya Z, Eda Topçu N, Gerovasileiou V, Sini M, Bakran-Petricioli T, Kipson S, Harmelin JG (2019) Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea. Front Mar Sci 6:707 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00707

Giusti M, Cerrano C, Angiolillo M, Tunesi L, Canese S (2015) An updated overview of the geographic and bathymetric distribution of Savalia savaglia. Mediterr Mar Sci 16:128-135 http://doi.org/10.12681/mms.890

Liconti A, Pittman SJ, Rees SE, Mieszkowska N (2022) Identifying conservation priorities for gorgonian forests in Italian coastal waters with multiple methods including citizen science and social media content analysis. Divers Distrib 28:1430-1444 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13553

Lucrezi S, Milanese M, Palma M, Cerrano C (2018) Stirring the strategic direction of scuba diving marine Citizen Science: A survey of active and potential participants. PLoS ONE 13 (8): e0202484. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202484

Markantonatou V, Meidinger M, Sano M, Oikonomou E, di Carlo G, Palma M, Ponti M, Cerrano C (2013) Stakeholder participation and the use of web technology for MPA management. Adv Oceanogr Limnol 4:260-276 http://doi.org/10.1080/19475721.2013.851117

Montefalcone M, Morri C, Parravicini V, Bianchi C (2015) A tale of two invaders: divergent spreading kinetics of the alien green algae Caulerpa taxifolia and Caulerpa cylindracea. Biol Inva:1-12 http://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0908-1

Özalp HB, Alparslan M (2016) Scleractinian diversity in the Dardanelles and Marmara Sea (Turkey): morphology, ecology and distributional patterns Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, p 259 http://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2016-0023

Özalp HB, Ateş AS (2015) The occurrence of the Mediterranean soft coral Maasella edwardsi (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) in the Aegean Sea coasts of Turkey. Marine Biodiversity Records 8:e55 (55 pages) http://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267215000329

Pairaud I, Bensoussan N, Garreau P, Faure V, Garrabou J (2014) Impacts of climate change on coastal benthic ecosystems: assessing the current risk of mortality outbreaks associated with thermal stress in NW Mediterranean coastal areas. Ocean Dynam 64:103-115 http://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-013-0661-x

Ponti M, Cerrano C, Ghetta M, Abbiati M, Turicchia E (2022) Ecological status of the Ligurian coralligenous habitats assessed by the MedSens index. In: Bouafif C, Ouerghi A (eds) Proceedings of the 4th Mediterranean Symposium on the conservation of Coralligenous & other Calcareous Bio-Concretions (Genova, Italy, 20-21 September 2022). UNEP/MAP-SPA/RAC, p 90-95

Ponti M, Leoni G, Abbiati M (2011) Geographical analysis of marine species distribution data provided by diver volunteers. Biol Mar Mediterr 18:282-283

Ponti M, Rossi G, Bertolino M, Betti F, Palma M, Pantaleo U, Previati M, Scinto A, Huete-Stauffer C, Turicchia E, Perlini RA, Leoni G, Fava F, Cerrano C (2011) Reef Check: involvement of SCUBA diver volunteers in the Coastal Environment Monitoring Protocol for the Mediterranean Sea Abstracts of the 9th International Temperate Reefs Symposium, 26th June - 1st July 2011, Plymouth, UK, p 164

Ponti M, Turicchia E, Ferro F, Cerrano C, Abbiati M (2018) The understorey of gorgonian forests in mesophotic temperate reefs. Aquat Conserv http://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2928

Rindi F, Gavio B, Pezzolesi L, Pica D, Ponti M, Torsani F, Cerrano C (2022) ?Spring composition of the macroalgal vegetation of a small offshore island in the north-western Mediterranean (Gallinara Island, Ligurian Sea). Italian Botanist 13:45-65 https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.13.81812

Tamburini M, Badocco D, Ercadi R, Turicchia E, Zampa G, Gasparini F, Ballarin L, Guerra R, Lasut MT, Makapedua DM, Mamuaja J, Pastore P, Ponti M (2022) Bioaccumulation of mercury and other trace elements in the edible holothurian Holothuria (Halodeima) atra in relation to gold mining activities in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Front Mar Sci 9:863629 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.863629

Turicchia E, Abbiati M, Cerrano C, Ponti M (2017) May citizen science effectively support underwater monitoring programs? 3rd European Conference on Scientific Diving Book of abstracts, 22-23 March 2017, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, p 46

Turicchia E, Abbiati M, Sweet M, Ponti M (2018) Mass mortality hits gorgonian forests at Montecristo Island. Dis Aquat Org 131:79-85 https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03284

Turicchia E, Cerrano C, Abbiati M, Ponti M (2016) From citizen sciences to environmental quality assessment: The Portofino mpa case study Rapport du 41e Congrès de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la mer Méditerranée. CIESM, 12-16 September 2016,Kiel, Germany, p 552

Turicchia E, Cerrano C, Ghetta M, Abbiati M, Ponti M (2021) MedSens index: The bridge between marine citizen science and coastal management. Ecological Indicators. 122: 107296 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107296 (go to MedSens index web page)

Turicchia E, Cerrano C, Ghetta M, Giannini F, Abbiati M, Ponti M (2022) Ecological status of the Tuscan Archipelago rocky habitats assessed by the MedSens index. In: Bonora L, Carboni D, De Vincenzi M, Matteucci G (eds) Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”. Firenze University Press, p 785-793

Turicchia E, Poli D, Abbiati M, Ponti M (2013) Abundance, size, and growth rate of Geodia cydonium (Demospongiae: Geodiidae) in the northern Adriatic temperate biogenic reefs Rapport du 40e Congrès de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la mer Méditerranée. CIESM, 28 October - 1 November 2013, Marseille, France, p 699

Turicchia E, Ponti M, Abbiati M, Cerrano C (2015) Citizen  science  as  a  tool  for  the  environmental  quality  assessment  of  Mediterranean  Marine Protected Areas. In: Cerrano C, Henocque Y, Hogg K, Moschella P, Ponti M (eds) Proceedings of the MMMPA/ CIESM international joint conference on Mediterranean marine protected areas: Integrated management as a response to ecosystem threats. CIESM, 15-17 October 2015, Ancona, Italy, p 29

Turicchia E, Ponti M, Rossi G, Milanese M, Di Camillo CG, Cerrano C (2021) The Reef Check Mediterranean Underwater Coastal Environment Monitoring protocol. Front Mar Sci 8 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.620368 (go to the protocol web page)

Turicchia E, Ponti M, Rossi G, Cerrano C (2021) The Reef Check Med dataset on key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020. Front Mar Sci 8:675574 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.675574 (go to the protocol web page)

Ponti M, Turicchia E, Cerrano C (2020) MedSens data (Version 1.0.0, update May 18, 2019). Dataset maintained by Reef Check Italia, Zenodo repository. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4000213

Ponti M, Turicchia E, Cerrano C (2021) MedSens data (Version 2.0.0, update June 4, 2021). Dataset maintained by Reef Check Italia, Zenodo repository. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4900082

 

Ponti M, Turicchia E, Cerrano C (2022) MedSens data (Version 3.0.0, update February 24, 2022). Dataset maintained by Reef Check Italia, Zenodo repository. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6330628

Ponti M, Turicchia E, Cerrano C (2023) MedSens data (Version 4.0.0, update April 23, 2023). Dataset maintained by Reef Check Italia, Zenodo repository. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7856984Ponti M,

 

Turicchia E, Rossi G, Cerrano C (2021) Reef Check Med - key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020. Dataset maintained by Reef Check Italia onlus, EMODnet Biology data portal https://doi.org/10.14284/468