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Lucia Rizzo and Tomás Vega Fernández
Non-indigenous species (NIS) represent one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, altering invaded habitats, competing with native species, and eventually becoming pests. The Mediterranean Sea is a marine biodiversity hotspot,...
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Loredana Stabili, Maria Immacolata Acquaviva, Ester Cecere, Carmela Gerardi, Antonella Petrocelli, Francesco Paolo Fanizzi, Federica Angilè and Lucia Rizzo
The lipidic extract of Undaria pinnatifida, one of the worst invasive species, was investigated for its potential exploitation in biotechnological applications. The antimicrobial activity of the lipidic extract in three different portions (blade, sporoph...
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Marcello Cerrato, Pere M. Mir-Rosselló, Pere Ferriol, Lorenzo Gil, Margalida Monserrat-Mesquida, Silvia Tejada, Samuel Pinya and Antoni Sureda
The western Mediterranean Sea is one of the most affected areas by the introduction of alien seaweed. Penicillus capitatus Lam. and the recently introduced Halimeda incrassata (J.Ellis) J.V.Lamour are tropical algae that invade native algae assemblies in...
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Diana C. G. A. Pinto, Marie L. Lesenfants, Gonçalo P. Rosa, Maria Carmo Barreto, Artur M. S. Silva and Ana M. L. Seca
Asparagopsis armata Harvey is a red alga native from the southern hemisphere and then introduced in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, including the Azores Archipelago, where it is considered an invasive alga. Some studies show that the extrac...
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Eun Ju Kang, Sukyeon Lee, Juhyun Kang, Hanbi Moon, Il-Nam Kim and Ju-Hyoung Kim
Caulerpa, a (sub) tropical seaweed, is a notorious taxonomic group and an invasive seaweed worldwide. Similar to several species that have been introduced to benthic habitats through aquariums, Caulerpa sertularioides has also been introduced into Korean...
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Tracey A. Beacham, Isobel S. Cole, Louisa S. DeDross, Sofia Raikova, Christopher J. Chuck, John Macdonald, Leopoldo Herrera, Tariq Ali, Ruth L. Airs, Andrew Landels and Michael J. Allen
Seaweeds contain many varied and commercially valuable components, from individual pigments and metabolites through to whole biomass, and yet they remain an under cultivated and underutilised commodity. Currently, commercial exploitation of seaweeds is p...
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