Advancing understanding of Cumulative Impacts on European marine biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services for human wellbeing

Project Information

ACTNOW

Grant agreement ID: 101060072

DOI

10.3030/101060072

EC signature date 2 December 2022

Start date 1 March 2023

End date 28 February 2027

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 10 632 000,00

EU contribution

€ 10 632 000,00

Coordinated by

STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN
Netherlands

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (33)

Scientific Reports

Author(s): K. Kalloniati, E. D. Christou, A. Kournopoulou, J. A. Gittings, I. Theodorou, S. Zervoudaki & D. E. Raitsos
Published in: Nature Scientific Reports, 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48254-7

Scientific Reports

Author(s): K. Kalloniati; E. D. Christou; A. Kournopoulou; J. A. Gittings; I. Theodorou; S. Zervoudaki; D. E. Raitsos
Published in: Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2023), 2023, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48254-7

The Zooxanthellate Jellyfish Holobiont Cassiopea andromeda, a Source of Soluble Bioactive Compounds

Author(s): Stefania De Domenico, Gianluca De Rinaldis, Marta Mammone, Mar Bosch-Belmar, Stefano Piraino, Antonella Leone
Published in: Marine Drugs, Issue 21, 2025, ISSN 1660-3397
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/MD21050272

Wild or Reared? Cassiopea andromeda Jellyfish as a Potential Biofactory

Author(s): Stefania De Domenico, Andrea Toso, Gianluca De Rinaldis, Marta Mammone, Lara M. Fumarola, Stefano Piraino, Antonella Leone
Published in: Marine Drugs, Issue 23, 2025, ISSN 1660-3397
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/MD23010019

Jellyfish and comb jellies in the Baltic Sea: Depth resolved distribution pattern along the salinity gradient of the Baltic Sea during September 2020 - dataset

Author(s): Cornelia Jaspers, Helena Hauss, Hans-Harald Hinrichsen
Published in: Data in Brief, Issue 60, 2025, ISSN 2352-3409
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.DIB.2025.111511

Marine Heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea: A Literature Review

Author(s): Darmaraki, S., Denaxa, D., Theodorou, I., Livanou, E., Rigatou, D., Raitsos E., D., Stavrakidis-Zachou, O., Dimarchopoulou, D., Bonino, G., McAdam, R., Organelli, E., Pitsouni , A., & Parasyris, A.
Published in: Mediterranean Marine Science, 2024, ISSN 1791-6763
Publisher: Mediterranean Marine Science, 25(3), 586–620
DOI: 10.12681/mms.38392

Innovative and practical tools for monitoring and assessing biodiversity status and impacts of multiple human pressures in marine systems

Author(s): Angel Borja; Torsten Berg; Hege Gundersen; Anders Gjørwad Hagen; Kasper Hancke; Samuli Korpinen; Miguel C. Leal; Tiziana Luisetti; Iratxe Menchaca; Ciaran Murray; GerJan Piet; Sophie Pitois; Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta; James E. Sample; Elizabeth Talbot; María C. Uyarra
Published in: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2024, ISSN 1573-2959
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4047391/v1

Diel-cycling hypoxia and hypercapnia interact with the physiological and redox response of the bivalve Mytilus edulis to heat-wave

Author(s): Eugénie T.R. Dereuder, Stefan Otto, Gregor Rehder, Inna M. Sokolova
Published in: Marine Environmental Research, Issue 209, 2025, ISSN 0141-1136
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.MARENVRES.2025.107241

Nature Communications

Author(s): Federica Manca; Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi; Corey J. A. Bradshaw; Mar Cabeza; Camilla Gustafsson; Alf M. Norkko; Tomas V. Roslin; David N. Thomas; Lydia White; Giovanni Strona
Published in: Nature, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48273-6

Habitat loss and small-scale fishery: A controversial issue

Author(s): Chiara Silvestrini, Alberto Colletti, Antonio Di Franco, Francesco Colloca, Giacomo Milisenda, Serena Zampardi, Maria Cristina Mangano, Giorgio Aglieri, Marco Ranù, Gianluca Liguori, Roberto Danovaro, Federica Foglini
Published in: Marine Ecology, 2024, ISSN 1439-0485
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12795

Making Ecosystem Modeling Operational–A Novel Distributed Execution Framework to Systematically Explore Ecological Responses to Divergent Climate Trajectories

Author(s): Jeroen Steenbeek, Pablo Ortega, Raffaele Bernardello, Villy Christensen, Marta Coll, Eleftheria Exarchou, Alba Fuster-Alonso, Ryan Heneghan, Laura Julià Melis, Maria Grazia Pennino, David Rivas, Noel Keenlyside
Published in: Earth's Future, 2024, ISSN 2328-4277
Publisher: AGU
DOI: 10.1029/2023EF004295

Biodiversity and distribution of gelatinous macrozooplankton in the North Sea and adjacent waters - dataset from winter 2022

Author(s): Camilla Juul Dahl Jensen, Louise G. Køhler, Bastian Huwer, Malin Werner, Leslie Cieters, Cornelia Jaspers
Published in: Data in Brief, Issue 57, 2025, ISSN 2352-3409
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.DIB.2024.111100

Gelatinous macrozooplankton in the North Sea: Biodiversity and distribution pattern during winter 2023-Q1 dataset

Author(s): Camilla Juul Dahl Jensen, Marie Meffre, Malin Werner, Bastian Huwer, Hermann Neumann, Cornelia Jaspers
Published in: Data in Brief, Issue 60, 2025, ISSN 2352-3409
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.DIB.2025.111432

Modularity buffers the spread of spatial perturbations in macroalgal networks

Author(s): Caterina Mintrone, Luca Rindi, Iacopo Bertocci, Elena Maggi, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 35, 2025, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CUB.2024.11.038

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Author(s): Mengs, G.; Stern, R.F.; Clarke, J.L.; Faith, M.; Medlin, L.K.
Published in: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024, ISSN 2078-2489
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/applmicrobiol4010021

Posidonia oceanica leaf bleaching: does it affect the plant photoprotective mechanisms?

Author(s): Patrizia Stipcich, Carmen Arena, Giulia Ceccherelli, Rosa Donadio, Carlos Jimenez, Vasilis Resaikos, Ermenegilda Vitale, Simonetta Fraschetti
Published in: Environmental Research, Issue 284, 2025, ISSN 0013-9351
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2025.122233

Arctic and Subarctic marine heatwaves and their ecological impacts

Author(s): Laurene Pecuchet, Bayoumy Mohamed, Alexander Hayward, Aida Alvera-Azcárate, Jakob Dörr, Karen Filbee-Dexter, Katherine J. Kuletz, Kelly Luis, Manfredi Manizza, Charles E. Miller, Peter A. U. Staehr, Marysia Szymkowiak, Thomas Wernberg
Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2296-665X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FENVS.2025.1473890

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Author(s): Bosch-Belmar, M.; Milanese, M.; Sarà, A.; Mobilia, V.; Sarà, G.
Published in: Biology, Issue 13(1), 9, 2023, ISSN 2078-2489
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/biology13010009

Management of jellyfish outbreaks to achieve good environmental status

Author(s): Yolanda Sagarminaga, Stefano Piraino, Christopher P. Lynam, Valentina Leoni, Athanasios Nikolaou, Cornelia Jaspers, Mar Bosch-Belmar, Lara M. Fumarola, Ángel Borja, Emanuela Spada, Eva Amorim, Patrizia Borrello, Roberta de Angelis, Antonella Leone, Natalia Montero, Luis Ferrer, Matthew M. Holland, Thomas K. Doyle, George Tsirtsis, Stelios Katsanevakis
Published in: Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, Issue 2, 2024, ISSN 2813-8287
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FOCSU.2024.1449190

Ecopath modelling Unravels the food web of the Gulf of Corinth, a deep Mediterranean important marine Mammal area

Author(s): Nikolaos Raptis, Georgia Papantoniou, Dionysios E. Raitsos, Dimitrios Damalas, Konstantinos Tsagarakis
Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Issue 218, 2025, ISSN 0967-0637
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2025.104466

Environmental Science and Technology

Author(s): Sinja Rist, Sofie Rask, Iliana V. Ntinou, Øystein V
Published in: Environ. Sci. Technol., 2024, ISSN 0013-936X
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09582

Legacies of temperature fluctuations promote stability in marine biofilm communities

Author(s): Luca Rindi, Jianyu He, Mara Miculan, Matteo Dell’Acqua, Mario Enrico Pè, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-57258-Y

Projected loss of brown macroalgae and seagrasses with global environmental change

Author(s): Federica Manca, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Mar Cabeza, Camilla Gustafsson, Alf M. Norkko, Tomas V. Roslin, David N. Thomas, Lydia White, Giovanni Strona
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-024-48273-6

Citizen science-based jellyfish observation initiatives in the Mediterranean Sea

Author(s): Dor Edelist, Antonio Canepa-Oneto, Joel Azzopardi, Ainara Ballesteros, Jesús Bellido, Ferdinando Boero, Cesar Bordehore, Alan Deidun, Eva S. Fonfría, Adam Gauci, Josep Maria Gili, Sonia K. M. Gueroun, Tamar Guy-Haim, Zafrir Kuplik, Valentina Leoni, Tjasa Kogovsek, Macarena Marambio, Antoine Mangin, Thomas Moranduzzo, İlayda Destan Öztürk, Bayram Öztürk, Raul Palma, Stefano Piraino, Emily Robertson, Ioannis Savva, Mirta Smodlaka Tankovic, Lucrecia Souviron-Priego, Valentina Tirelli, Antoine Troullier, Valentijn Venus, Serena Zampardi, Dror L. Angel
Published in: Hydrobiologia, 2025, ISSN 0018-8158
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S10750-025-05852-Y

Marine protected areas promote stability of reef fish communities under climate warming

Author(s): Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Amanda E. Bates, Giovanni Strona, Fabio Bulleri, Barbara Horta e Costa, Graham J. Edgar, Bernat Hereu, Dan C. Reed, Rick D. Stuart-Smith, Neville S. Barrett, David J. Kushner, Michael J. Emslie, Jose Antonio García-Charton, Eman
Published in: Nature Communications, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44976-y

Not only corals: seagrass bleaching in the eastern Mediterranean

Author(s): Patrizia Stipcich, Carmen Arena, Giulia Ceccherelli, Rosa Donadio, Carlos Jimenez, Gabriella La Manna, Vasilis Resaikos, Ermenegilda Vitale, Simonetta Fraschetti
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 985, 2025, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2025.179754

Effect of Acute Thermal Stress Exposure on Ecophysiological Traits of the Mediterranean Sponge Chondrilla nucula: Implications for Climate Change

Author(s): Mar Bosch-Belmar; Martina Milanese; Antonio Sarà; Valeria Mobilia; Gianluca Sarà
Published in: Biology, Vol 13, Iss 1, p 9 (2023), 2023, ISSN 2079-7737
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biology13010009

Understanding Cassiopea andromeda (Scyphozoa) Invasiveness in Different Habitats: A Multiple Biomarker Comparison

Author(s): Jorge Thé, Marta Mammone, Stefano Piraino, Antonio Pennetta, Giuseppe De Benedetto, Tatiane Garcia, Marcelo de Oliveira Soares, Sergio Rossi
Published in: Water, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2073-4441
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/W15142599

Combined effects of a pharmaceutical pollutant, gemfibrozil, and abiotic stressors (warming and air exposure) on cellular stress responses of the blue mussels Mytilus edulis

Author(s): Halina Falfushynska, Eugene P. Sokolov, Inna M. Sokolova
Published in: Aquatic Toxicology, 2025, ISSN 0166-445X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2024.107233

Remotely Sensing Phytoplankton Size Structure in the Mediterranean Sea: Insights from In Situ Data and Temperature-Corrected Abundance-Based Models

Author(s): John A. Gittings, Eleni Livanou, Xuerong Sun, Robert J. W. Brewin, Stella Psarra, Manolis Mandalakis, Alexandra Peltekis, Annalisa Di Cicco, Vittorio E. Brando, Dionysios E. Raitsos
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/RS17142362

Using dark diversity to disentangle the effects of protection and habitat quality on species diversity

Author(s): Tal Gavriel, Ernesto Azzurro, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Iacopo Bertocci, Leda Liyue Cai, Joachim Claudet, Antonio Di Franco, Ori Frid, Paolo Guidetti, Periklis Kleitou, Demetris Kletou, Shahar Malamud, Fiorenza Micheli, Caterina Mintrone, Enric Sala, Shira Salingre, Ioannis Savva, Ruth Yahel, Jonathan Belmaker
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 305, 2025, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.BIOCON.2025.111096

Comparative assessment of pelagic/benthic microalgae in the oligotrophic continental shelf of Heraklion Bay, Eastern Mediterranean: A pigments-based chemotaxonomic analysis

Author(s): Ben Möller, Eleni Livanou, Stella Psarra, Panayota Koulouri, Costas Dounas, Ana Rotter, Manolis Mandalakis
Published in: Regional Studies in Marine Science, Issue 89, 2025, ISSN 2352-4855
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSMA.2025.104320

Marine fishes experiencing high-velocity range shifts may not be climate change winners

Author(s): Shahar Chaiki, Federico Riva, Katie E. Marshall, Jean-Philippe Lessard & Jonathan Belmaker
Published in: nature ecology & evolution, 2024, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: nature ecology & evolution
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02350-7

Book chapters (1)

Physiology and functional biology of Rhizostomeae jellyfish

Author(s): Renato M. Nagata, Isabella D’Ambra, Chiara Lauritano, Guilherme M. von Montfort, Nicolas Djeghri, Mayara A. Jordano, Sean P. Colin, John H. Costello, Valentina Leoni
Published in: Advances in Marine Biology, Advances in Rhizostomeae Jellyfish Research, 2025
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/BS.AMB.2024.07.007

Other (1)

Low<i>P</i>_critbut no hypoxia tolerance? Hypoxia compensation in the Arctic keystone species<i>Boreogadus saida</i>

Author(s): Sarah Kempf; Carolin Julie Neven; Felix Christopher Mark
Published in: EPIC.awi.de, 2023
Publisher: EPIC.awi.de
DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.04.539365

Conference proceedings (3)

Trophic ecology of jellyfish in marine food webs

Author(s): Leoni V., Milisenda G., Piraino S.
Published in: Jellyfish Blooms Symposium 7th International, 2023, ISSN 1234-5678
Publisher: JBS

Nature Communications

Author(s): R. Stern, D. Clarke and C. MacKenze
Published in: ASC 2023, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.17895/ices.pub.24420700.v1

Tolerance of Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775) to warming scenarios of the Mediterranean Sea.

Author(s): Lara Marastella Fumarola, Mar Bosch-Belmar, Valentina Leoni, Guillaume Marchessaux, Gianluca Sarà, Stefano Piraino
Published in: Jellyfish Blooms Symposium 7th International, 2023, ISSN 1234-5678
Publisher: JBS