<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bianchi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marine Pollution Bulletin</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marine Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Situation, Problems and Prospects for Future Research</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marine Pollution Bulletin</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biodiversity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">biogeography</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">climate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">climate change</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ecosystem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">history</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">human impact</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">impact</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">long-term monitoring</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">marine protected area</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean sea</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">monitoring</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">network</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ocean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">protected area</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">protection</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">research</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Mediterranean marine biodiversity has received only a fraction of the attention accorded to its terrestrial counterpart, despite the great cultural and economic importance that the sea has been having for the Mediterranean countries. A rough estimate of more than 8500 species of macroscopic marine organisms should live in the Mediterranean Sea, corresponding to somewhat between 4% and 18% of the world marine species. This is a conspicuous figure if one considers that the Mediterranean Sea is only 0.82% in surface area and 0.32% in volume as compared to the world ocean. The high biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea may be explained by historical (its tradition of study dates older than for almost any other sea), paleogeographic (its tormented geological history through the last 5 my has been determining the occurrence of distinct biogeographic categories), and ecological (its variety of climatic and hydrologic situations within a single basin has probably no equals in the world) reasons. Present-day Mediterranean biodiversity is undergoing rapid alteration under the combined pressure of climate change and human impact, but protection measures, either for species or ecosystems, are still scarce. To understand the role and patterns of Mediterranean marine biodiversity, marine ecological research should: forst, re-value those scientific areas currently unfashionable with funding agencies (systematics, biogeography and taxonomy); second, start monitoring biodiversity with a long-term approach at a wholeMediterranean scale, possibly through an internationally co-ordinated network of marine protected areas.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;div style=&quot;float: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;img hspace=&quot;5&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; name=&quot;Demander un document par mail&quot; title=&quot;Demander un document par mail&quot; src=&quot;http://www.rac-spa.org/components/com_jombib/images/mail.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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