Marine forest coastal restoration: an underwater gardening socio-ecological plan

Project Information

OCEAN CITIZEN

Grant agreement ID: 101093910

DOI

10.3030/101093910

EC signature date 1 December 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2027

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 11 183 070,79

EU contribution

€ 10 369 172,25

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEL SALENTO
Italy

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

OCEAN CITIZEN website

Final website of OCEAN CITIZEN, after a pilot demonstrator; website structured with the different WPs, description of the Beneficiaries and working groups, newsletter, etc.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Temporal Shifts of Posidonia oceanica and Corallium rubrum in Cap de Creus (NE Spain): Recreational SCUBA diver’s perception of change

Author(s): MIGUEL MALLO, PATRIZIA ZIVERI, VICTORIA REYES-GARCÍA, SERGIO ROSSI
Published in: Mediterranean Marine Science, Issue 26, 2025, ISSN 1791-6763
Publisher: National Documentation Centre (EKT)
DOI: 10.12681/MMS.36446

Population genetics assessment of two pocilloporid coral species from the northern red sea: Implications for urbanized reef sustainability

Author(s): Elad Nehoray Rachmilovitz, Lee Shaish, Jacob Douek, Baruch Rinkevich
Published in: Marine Environmental Research, Issue 199, 2024, ISSN 0141-1136
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106580

Coral Tissue Regeneration and Growth Is Associated with the Presence of Stem-like Cells

Author(s): Jonathan Levanoni, Amalia Rosner, Ziva Lapidot, Guy Paz, Baruch Rinkevich
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/jmse12020343

From fragment to form: whole-body regeneration in a model urochordate

Author(s): Yuval Rinkevich; Baruch Rinkevich
Published in: npj Regenerative Medicine, Issue 10:36, 2025, ISSN 2057-3995
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41536-025-00423-0

Artificial Reefs around the World: A Review of the State of the Art and a Meta-Analysis of Its Effectiveness for the Restoration of Marine Ecosystems

Author(s): Carolina Bracho-Villavicencio; Helena Matthews-Cascon; Sergio Rossi
Published in: Environments, Issue Vol 10, Iss 7, 2023, ISSN 2076-3298
Publisher: Carolina Brancho-Villavicencio, Helena Matthews-Cascos and Sergio Rossi
DOI: 10.3390/ENVIRONMENTS10070121

Benthic Colonization on New Materials for Marine Ecosystem Restoration in Porto Cesareo, Italy

Author(s): Carolina Bracho-Villavicencio, Helena Matthews-Cascon, Marc García-Durán, Xavier Vélez, Nicola Lago, Laura Busquier, Sergio Rossi
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/jmse12010169

Shifting reef restoration focus from coral survivorship to biodiversity using Reef Carpets

Author(s): Yael B. Horoszowski-Fridman, Ido Izhaki, Sefano M. Katz, Ronen Barkan, Baruch Rinkevich
Published in: Communications Biology, Issue 7, 2024, ISSN 2399-3642
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05831-4

The gaps in knowledge to understand the link between resilience and trophic ecology in tropical octocorals

Author(s): ELIANA MATOS RIBEIRO, TATIANE MARTINS GARCIA, MARCELO OLIVEIRA SOARES, SERGIO ROSSI
Published in: Mediterranean Marine Science, Issue 26, 2025, ISSN 1791-6763
Publisher: National Documentation Centre (EKT)
DOI: 10.12681/MMS.36099

A model for seagrass species competition: Dynamics of the symmetric case

Author(s): Pablo Moreno-Spiegelberg; Damià Gomila
Published in: Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena, Issue 19 (2024) 2, 2024, ISSN 1760-6101
Publisher: Pablo Moreno-Spiegelberg, Damià Gomila
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2304.09693

Heterotrophy in marine animal forests in an era of climate change

Author(s): Vianney Denis, Christine Ferrier‐Pagès, Nadine Schubert, Martina Coppari, David M. Baker, Emma F. Camp, Andrea Gori, Andréa G. Grottoli, Fanny Houlbrèque, Sandra R. Maier, Giorgio Mancinelli, Stephane Martinez, Şükran Yalçın Özdilek, Veronica Z. Radice, Marta Ribes, Claudio Richter, Nuria Viladrich, Sergio Rossi
Published in: Biological Reviews, Issue 99, 2024, ISSN 1464-7931
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/brv.13053

A conceptual approach for an innovative marine animal forest apparatus that facilitates carbon sequestration and biodiversity enhancement

Author(s): B. Rinkevich
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 947, 2024, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174353

ARTIFICIAL REEFS IN BRAZIL: PERSPECTIVES ON THE RESTORATION OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS

Author(s): Carolina Bracho Villavicencio, Raisa Maria Silveira, Elissandra Viana Marques, Lucas Ricardo Ferreira Nobre, Vitória Vasconcelos do Nascimento, Marcelo De Oliveira Soares, Sergio Rossi, Helena Matthews Cascon
Published in: Arquivos de Ciências do Mar, Issue 56, 2024, ISSN 2526-7639
Publisher: Arquivos de Ciências do Mar
DOI: 10.32360/acmar.v56i2.83510

What can marine animal forests do for us?

Author(s): Sergio Rossi
Published in: Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, 2025, ISSN 0718-686X
Publisher: Universidad de Magallanes
DOI: 10.22352/AIP202553005

Population Genetics Assessment of the Model Coral Species Stylophora pistillata from Eilat, the Red Sea

Author(s): Elad Nehoray Rachmilovitz; Jacob Douek; Baruch Rinkevich
Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Issue 12 (2): 315, 2024, ISSN 2077-1312
Publisher: Basel MDPI AG 2013-
DOI: 10.3390/JMSE12020315

Framed reef modules: a new and cost-effective tool for coral restoration

Author(s): Xiangbo Liu , Wentao Zhu, Ruimei Chen, Baruch Rinkevich, Shai Shafir, Jingquan Xia, Ming Zhu, Rouwen Chen, Aimin Wang, Xiubao Li
Published in: Restoration Ecology, Issue Vol. 32, No. 1, 2024, ISSN 1061-2971
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/REC.13997

Marine Animal Forests: Bridging Science, Policy, and Local Knowledge

Author(s): SERGIO ROSSI, LORENZO BRAMANTI, FEDERICA COSTANTINI, THANOS DAILIANIS, NADINE SCHUBERT, VASILIS GEROVASILEIOU
Published in: Mediterranean Marine Science, Issue 26, 2025, ISSN 1791-6763
Publisher: National Documentation Centre (EKT)
DOI: 10.12681/MMS.40440

How spatiotemporal dynamics can enhance ecosystem resilience

Author(s): Moreno-Spiegelberg, P., Rietkerk M., Gomila, D.
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 122(11), 2025, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Science USA
DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.2412522122

First record of Caulerpa prolifera (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) beyond 60m depth in the SW Tenerife Island, Spain

Author(s): S. Fraissinet; J. Blanco; R. Aguilar; S. Rossi
Published in: Regional Studies in Marine Science, Issue 90 (2025) 104466, 2025, ISSN 2352-4855
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSMA.2025.104466

Forethoughtful coral nurseries: alleviating climate change impediments on the reefs of tomorrow

Author(s): Baruch Rinkevich
Published in: Discover Oceans, Issue 2:21, 2025, ISSN 2948-1562
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/S44289-025-00062-9

Can Marine Animal Forests benefit from existing conservation measures? A systematic approach towards the identification of protected sessile benthic species in the Mediterranean Sea

Author(s): LUCIA RIZZO, TOMÁS VEGA FERNÁNDEZ, FRANCESCA NECCI, MICHAËL GRELAUD, PATRIZIA ZIVERI, VASILIS GEROVASILEIOU, SERGIO ROSSI
Published in: Mediterranean Marine Science, Issue 26, 2025, ISSN 1791-6763
Publisher: National Documentation Centre (EKT)
DOI: 10.12681/MMS.38550