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Danovaro, R.; Bianchelli, S.; Brambilla, P.; Brussa, G.; Corinaldesi, C.; Del Borghi, A.; Dell'Anno, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Greco, S.; Grosso, M.; Nepote, E.; Rigamonti, L.; Boero, F. (2024). Making eco-sustainable floating offshore wind farms: Siting, mitigations, and compensations. Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 197: 114386. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114386
Di Capua, I.; Piredda, R.; D'Angiolo, R.; Minucci, C.; Montalbano, A.; Boero, F.; Carotenuto, Y.; Uttieri, M. (2023). Is integrated taxonomy useful to study diversity and ecology? An example from crustacean zooplankton at the Long‐Term ecological research site MareChiara (LTER‐MC). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 44(3): e12752. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12752
She, J.; Muñiz Piniella, A.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Boehme, L.; Boero, F.; Christensen, A.; Crowe, T.; Darecki, M.; Nogueira, E.; Grémare, A.; Hernandez, F.; Kõuts, T.; Kromkamp, J.; Petihakis, G.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Reißmann, J.H.; Tuomi, L.; Zingone, A. (2019). An integrated approach to coastal and biological observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 314. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00314
Gravili, C.; Pavesi, L.; Boero, F.; Tendal, O.S. (2018). A review of Paul Lassenius Kramp’s hydrozoan types (taxonomic status, location and condition of the material) and a biography of the Danish zoologist. Zootaxa 4407(1): 65-85. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.4
Scorrano, S.; Aglieri, G.; Boero, F.; Dawson, M.N.; Piraino, S. (2017). Unmasking Aurelia species in the Mediterranean Sea: an integrative morphometric and molecular approach. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 180(2): 243-267. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12494
Corriero, G.; Pierri, C.; Accoroni, S.; Alabiso, G.; Bavestrello, G.; Barbone, E.; Bastianini, M.; Bazzoni, A.M.; Bernardi Aubry, F.; Boero, F.; Buia, M.C.; Cabrini, M.; Camatti, E.; Cardone, F.; Cataletto, B.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Cecere, E.; Cibic, T.; Colangelo, P.; de Olazabal, A.; D'Onghia, G.; Finotto, S.; Fiore, N.; Fornasaro, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Gambi, M.C.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guglielmo, R.; Longo, C.; Lorenti, M.; Lugliè, A.; Maiorano, P.; Mazzocchi, M.G.; Mercurio, M.; Mastrototaro, F.; Mistri, M.; Monti, M.; Munari, C.; Musco, L.; Nonnis-Marzano, C.; Padedda, B.M.; Patti, F.P.; Petrocelli, A.; Piraino, S.; Portacci, G.; Pugnetti, A.; Pulina, S.; Romagnoli, T.; Rosati, I.; Sarno, D.; Satta, C.T.; Sechi, N.; Schiaparelli, S.; Scipione, B.; Sion, L.; Terlizzi, A.; Tirelli, V.; Totti, C.; Tursi, A.; Ungaro, N.; Zingone, A.; Zupo, V.; Basset, A. (2016). Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast. Aquat. Conserv. 26(2): 392-409. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2550
Gibbons, M.J.; Boero, F.; Brotz, L. (2016). We should not assume that fishing jellyfish will solve our jellyfish problem. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 73(4): 1012-1018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsv255
Boero, F.; Kraberg, A.C.; Krause, G.; Wiltshire, K.H. (2015). Time is an affliction: why ecology cannot be as predictive as physics and why it needs time series. J. Sea Res. 101: 12-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.07.008
Boero, F.; Dupont, S.; Thorndyke, M. (2015). Make new friends, but keep the old: towards a transdisciplinary and balanced strategy to evaluate Good Environmental Status. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 95(6): 1069-1070. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415000557
Gravili, C.; Bevilacqua, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2015). Missing species among Mediterranean non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa. Biodivers. Conserv. 24(6): 1329-1357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0859-y
Gravili, C.; De Vito, D.; Di Camillo, C.G.; Martell, L.; Piraino, S.; Boero, F. (2015). The non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Salento, Italy with notes on their life-cycles: an illustrated guide. Zootaxa 3908(1): 1-187. http://hdl.handle.net/10.11646/zootaxa.3908.1.1
Boero, F.; Bernardi, G. (2014). Phenotypic vs genotypic approaches to biodiversity, from conflict to alliance. Marine Genomics 17: 63-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2014.03.005
Milisenda, G.; Rosa, S.; Fuentes, V.L.; Boero, F.; Guglielmo, L.; Purcell, J.E.; Piraino, S. (2014). Jellyfish as prey: frequency of predation and selective foraging of Boops boops (Vertebrata, Actinopterygii) on the Mauve Stinger Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). PLoS One 9(4): e94600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094600
Piraino, S.; Aglieri, G.; Martell, L.; Mazzoldi, C.; Melli, V.; Milisenda, G.; Scorrano, S.; Boero, F. (2014). Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 3794(3): 455-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.7
Rivetti, I.; Fraschetti, S.; Lionello, P.; Zambianchi, E.; Boero, F. (2014). Global warming and mass mortalities of benthic invertebrates in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoS One 9(12): e115655. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115655
Gravili, C.; Di Camillo, C.G.; Piraino, S.; Boero, F. (2013). Hydrozoan species richness in the Mediterranean Sea: past and present. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 34(s1): 41-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12023
Mastrototaro, F.; D'Onghia, G.; Corriero, G.; Matarrese, A.; Maiorano, P.; Panetta, P.; Gherardi, M.; Longo, C.; Rosso, A.; Sciuto, F.; Sanfilippo, R.; Gravili, C.; Boero, F.; Taviani, M.; Tursi, A. (2010). Biodiversity of the white coral bank off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (Mediterranean Sea): an update. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 57(5-6): 412-430. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.021
Boero, F.; Putti, M.; Trainito, E.; Prontera, E.; Piraino, S.; Shiganova, T.A. (2009). First records of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) from the Ligurian, Thyrrhenian and Ionian Seas (Western Mediterranean) and first record of Phyllorhiza punctata (Cnidaria) from the Western Mediterranean. Aquat. Invasions 4(4): 675-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2009.4.4.13
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Miglietta, M.P.; Parsons, T.R.; Piraino, S. (2008). Gelatinous plankton: irregularities rule the world (sometimes). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 356: 299-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07368, more
Boero, F.; Schierwater, B.; Piraino, S. (2007). Cnidarian milestones in metazoan evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(5): 693-700. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icm041, more
Boero, F.; Bucci, C.; Colucci, A.M.R.; Gravili, C.; Stabili, L. (2007). Obelia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Campanulariidae): a microphagous, filter-feeding medusa. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 28(S1): 178-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00164.x, more
Boero, F.; Bonsdorff, E. (2007). A conceptual framework for marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 28(S1): 134-145. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00171.x, more
Denitto, F.; Miglietta, M.P.; Boero, F. (2007). Life cycle of Bougainvillia nana (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Bougainvilliidae) from Italy, including a discussion of Bougainvillia muscus in the Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(5): 853-857. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054574, more
Gravili, C.; Bouillon, J.; D'Elia, A.; Boero, F. (2007). The life cycle of Gastroblasta raffaelei (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Leptomedusae, Campanulariidae) and a review of the genus Gastroblasta. Ital. J. Zoolog. 74(4): 395-403. dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000701650768
Puce, S.; Bavestrello, G.; Di Camillo, C.; Boero, F. (2007). Symbiotic relationships between hydroids and bryozoans. Symbiosis 44: 137-143, more
Schmich, J.; Kraus, Y.; De Vito, D.; Graziussi, D.; Boero, F.; Piraino, S. (2007). Induction of reverse development in two marine Hydrozoans. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 51(1): 45-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.062152js, more
Bevilacqua, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Russo, G.F.; Boero, F. (2006). Mitigating human disturbance: can protection influence trajectories of recovery in benthic assemblages? J. Anim. Ecol. 75(4): 908-920. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01108.x, more
Bussotti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2006). Spatial and temporal variability of sessile benthos in shallow Mediterranean marine caves. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 325: 109-119, more
De Vito, D.; Piraino, S.; Schmich, J.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2006). Evidence of reverse development in Leptomedusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): the case of Laodicea undulata (Forbes and Goodsir 1851). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 149(2): 339-346. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0182-3, more
Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Bevilacqua, S.; Boero, F. (2006). The distribution of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from micro- to macro-scale: spatial patterns on habitat-forming algae. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 339(2): 148-158, more
Govindarajan, A.F.; Boero, F.; Halanych, K.M. (2006). Phylogenetic analysis with multiple markers indicates repeated loss of the adult medusa stage in Campanulariidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 38: 820-834, more
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Piraino, S. (2005). The role of Cnidaria in evolution and ecology. Ital. J. Zoolog. 72: 65-71, more
Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Bussotti, S.; Guarnieri, G.; D'Ambrosio, P.; Boero, F. (2005). Conservation of Mediterranean seascapes: analyses of existing protection schemes. Mar. Environ. Res. 59(4): 309-332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.05.007, more
Guidetti, P.; Verginella, L.; Viva, C.; Odorico, R.; Boero, F. (2005). Protection effects on fish assemblages, and comparison of two visual-census techniques in shallow artificial rocky habitats in the northern Adriatic Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 85(2): 247-255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315405011124h
Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S.; Boero, F. (2005). Evaluating the effects of protection on fish predators and sea urchins in shallow artificial rocky habitats: a case study in the northern Adriatic Sea. Mar. Environ. Res. 59(4): 333-348. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.05.008
Puce, S.; Calcinai, B.; Bavestrello, G.; Cerrano, C.; Gravili, C.; Boero, F. (2005). Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) symbiotic with Porifera: a review. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 26: 73-81, more
Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Bussotti, S.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guidetti, P.; Pati, A.C.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.; Schmich, J.; Terlizzi, A.; Geraci, S. (2004). From biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to the roots of ecological complexity. Ecol. Compl. 2: 101-109, more
Bouillon, J.; Medel, M.D.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F.; Gravili, C. (2004). Fauna of the Mediterranean Hydrozoa. Scientia Marina (Barcelona), 68(Suppl. 2). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. 5-449 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s25, more
Guidetti, P.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2004). Desertification caused by Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca) fishery along Apulian rocky coasts (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea): effects on littoral fish assemblages. Conserv. Biol. 18(5): 1417-1423
Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2004). Effects of the desertification caused by Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca) fishery on adult and juvenile abundance of a Mediterranean rocky-reef fish. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 48(9-10): 978-982. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.12.006
Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2004). Effects of the edible sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus, fishery along the Apulian rocky coasts (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea). Fish. Res. 66(2-3): 287-297. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-7836(03)00206-6
Moscatello, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.D.; Fanelli, G.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2004). Plankton biodiversity around the Salento Peninsula (south east Italy): an integrated water/sediment approach. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(S1): 85-102. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s185
Piraino, S.; De Vito, D.; Schmich, J.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2004). Reverse development in Cnidaria. Can. J. Zool. 82: 1748-1754, more
Tommasa, L.D.; Danovaro, R.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2004). Resting stage abundance in the biogenic fraction of surface sediments from the deep Mediterranean Sea. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 68(S1): 103-111. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68s1103
Guidetti, P.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2003). Distribution patterns of sea urchins and barrens in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs impacted by the illegal fishery of the rock-boring mollusc Lithophaga lithophaga. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 143: 1135-1142. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-003-1163-z
Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Boero, F. (2003). Changes in Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages exposed to sewage pollution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 253: 269-278. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps253269
Piraino, S.; De Vito, D.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2003). Larval necrophilia: the odd life cycle of a pandeid hydrozoan in the Weddell Sea shelf. Polar Biol. 26(3): 178-185. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-002-0460-1
Terlizzi, A.; Bevilacqua, S.; Fraschetti, S.; Boero, F. (2003). Taxonomic sufficiency and the increasing insufficiency of taxonomic expertise. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 46(5): 556-561. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00066-3, more
Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2003). Molluscs on subtidal cliffs: patterns of spatial distribution. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(1): 165-172, more
Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Terlizzi, A.; Miglietta, M.P.; Della Tommasa, L.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variation of hydroids and polychaetes associated with Cystoseira amentacea (Fucales: phaeophyceae). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140: 949-957. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0770-9, more
Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Terlizzi, A.; Miglietta, M.P.; Tommasa, L.D.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variation of hydroids and polychaetes associated with Cystoseira amentacea (Fucales: Phaeophyceae). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140(5): 949-957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0770-9
Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in fish assemblages associated with coralligenous formations in south-eastern Apulia (SE Italy). Ital. J. Zoolog. 69: 325-331
Guidetti, P.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2002). Coastal fish indicate human-induced changes in the Mediterranean littoral. Mar. Environ. Res. 53(1): 77-94
Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in the abundance of the parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense, in SE Apulia (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea). Ital. J. Zoolog. 69: 229-232. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000209356464
Guidetti, P.; Boero, F.; Dulcic, J. (2002). Mass mortality of gilt sardine, Sardinella aurita (Clupeidae), in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. Cybium 26(4): 317-319
Piraino, S.; Fanelli, G.; Boero, F. (2002). Variability of species' roles in marine communities: change of paradigms for conservation priorities. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140: 1067-1074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0769-2, more
Rubino, F.; Moscatello, S.; Saracino, O.D.; Fanelli, G.; Belmonte, G.; Boero, F. (2002). Plankton-derived resting stages in marine coastal sediments along the Salento Peninsula (Apulia, south-eastern Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 23(Suppl. 1): 329-339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00031.x
Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2002). The effects of sewage discharge on shallow hard substrate sessile assemblages. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 44(6): 542-548
Boero, F. (2001). Light after dark: the partnership for enhancing expertise in taxonomy. Trends Ecol. Evol. 16(5): 266
Fraschetti, S.; Bianchi, C.N.; Terlizzi, A.; Fanelli, G.; Morri, C.; Boero, F. (2001). Spatial variability and human disturbance in shallow subtidal hard bottom assemblages: a regional approach. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 212: 1-12, more
Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2001). Occurrence of the Mediterranean parrotfish Sparisoma cretense (Perciformes: Scaridae) in south-eastern Apulia (south-east Italy). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 81(4): 717-718. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401004507
Della Tommasa, L.; Belmonte, G.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages in a submarine canyon: a component of shallow-deep-sea coupling? Hydrobiologia 440(1-3): 249-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004139715482
Faucci, A.; Boero, F. (2000). Structure of an epiphytic hydroid community on Cystoseira at two sites of different wave exposure. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 255-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s1255
Gravili, C.; Pagliara, R.; Vervoort, W.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Trends in hydroidomedusan research from 1911 to 1997. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 23-29. dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s123
Miglietta, M.P.; Tommasa, L.D.; Denitto, F.; Gravili, C.; Pagliara, P.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Approaches to the ethology of hydroids and medusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 63-71. dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s163
Pagliara, P.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Photosynthetic planulae and planktonic hydroids: contrasting strategies of propagule survival. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 173-178. dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s1173
Rubino, F.; Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Geraci, S.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages of plankton in recent north Adriatic sediments. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 21(3-4): 263-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0485.2000.00725.x
Pati, A.C.; Belmonte, G.; Cecherelli, V.-U.; Boero, F. (1999). The inactive temporary component: an unexplored fraction of meiobenthos. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 134: 419-427, more
Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Rubino, F.; Boero, F. (1997). Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review. Hydrobiologia 355: 159-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003071205424
Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Fanelli, G.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F. (1996). The continuity of living matter and the discontinuities of its constituents: do plankton and benthos really exist? Trends Ecol. Evol. 11(4): 177-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(96)20007-2, more
Gravili, C.; Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1996). Zanclea species (Hydroidomedusae, Anthomedusae) from the Mediterranean. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 60(1): 99-108
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Gravier-Bonnet, N. (1995). The life cycle of Pteroclava krempfi (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Cladocorynidae), with notes on Asyncoryne philippina (Asyncorynidae). Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 59(1): 65-76
Boero, F. (1994). Fluctuations and variations in coastal marine environments. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 15(1): 3-25
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1993). Zoogeography and life cycle patterns of Mediterranean Hydromedusae (Cnidaria). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 48: 239-266, 5 figures
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1993). Fraseroscyphus sinuosus n.gen. (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Leptomedusae, Sertulariidae), an epiphytic hydroid with a specialised clinging organ. Can. J. Zool. 71(5): 1061-1064. dx.doi.org/10.1139/z93-141
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C. (1991). The life cycle of Hydrichthys mirus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthomedusae: Pandeidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 101(2): 189-199. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00893.x
Bouillon, J.; Boero, F.; Seghers, G. (1991). Notes additionnelles sur les méduses de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) 4 = New species of hydromedusae living in Papua New Guinea (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria) 4. Cah. Biol. Mar. 32(3): 387-411
Bouillon, J.; Boero, F.; Fraschetti, S. (1991). The life cycle of Laodicea indica (Laodiceidae, Leptomedusae, Cnidaria). Hydrobiologia 216(1): 151-157. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00026456
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1989). The life cycles of Octotiara russelli and Stomotoca atra (Cnidaria, Anthomedusae, Pandeidae). Zoologica Scri. 18(1): 1-7. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1989.tb00118.x
Boero, F. (1984). The ecology of marine hydroids and effects of environmental factors: a review. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 5: 93-118
Boero, F. (1981). Osservazioni ecologiche sugli idroidi della fascia a mitili della riviera Ligure di Levante = Ecological observations on the hydroid population of the mussel belt of the Ligurian Eastern Riviera. Cah. Biol. Mar. 22(1): 107-117
Boero, F.; Foglini, F.; Fraschetti, S.; Goriup, P.; MacPherson, E.; Planes, S.; Soukissian, T.; CoCoNet Consortium (2016). CoCoNet: towards coast to coast networks of marine protected areas (from the shore to the high and deep sea), coupled with sea-based wind energy potential. Scires-It-Scientific Research and Information Technology 6(Supplement): 1-95
Boero, F. (2013). Review of jellyfish blooms in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Studies and Reviews. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, 92. FAO: Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-107457-2. 53 pp.
Boero, F. (2010). Marine Sciences: from natural history to ecology and back, on Darwin's shoulders. Adv. Oceanogr. Limnol. 1(2): 219–233. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/aiol.2010.5309
Boero, F. (2002). Gelatinous zooplankton: here today and gone tomorrow, but ignored at our peril. Ocean Challenge 12(1): 24-27
Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). The Hydrozoa: a new classification in the light of old knowledge. Thalassia Salent. 24: 3-45
Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296, more
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Piraino, S. (1998). Heterochrony, generic distinction and phylogeny in the family Hydractiniidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Zool. Verh. 323: 25-36
Gili, J.-M.; Alva, V.; Coma, R.; Orejas, C.; Pages, F.; Ribes, M.; Zabala, M.; Arntz, W.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F.; Hughes, R.G. (1998). The impact of small benthic passive suspension feeders in shallow marine ecosystems: the hydroids as an example, in: den Hartog, J.C. et al. (Ed.) Commemorative volume for the 80th birthday of William Vervoort in 1997. pp. 99-105
Bouillon, J.; Wouters, K.; Boero, F. (1992). Etude des Solanderiidae de la Baie de Hansa (Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée) avec une révision du genre Solanderia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 62: 5-33
Boero, F.; Carli, A. (1979). Catture di Elasmobranchi nella tonnarella di Camogli (Genova) dal 1950 al 1974. Boll. Musei Inst. Biol. Univ. Genova 47: 27-34
Boero, F.; Carli, A. (1977). Prima segnalazione mediterranea di Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell) (Selachii, Sphyrnidae). Boll. Musei Inst. Biol. Univ. Genova 45: 91-93
Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Pagès, F.; Gili, J.-M.; Boero, F. (2006). An introduction to Hydrozoa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1936), 194. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-580-1. 591 + 1 cd-rom pp., more
Avian, M.; Boero, F.; Mills, C.E.; Rossi, L.; Rottini-Sandrini, L. (1995). Cnidaria, Ctenophora. Checklist delle Specie della Fauna Italiana, 3. Calderini: Bologna. 38 pp.
Canepa, A.; Fuentes, V.; Sabatés, A.; Piraino, S.; Boero, F.; Gili, J.-M. (2014). Pelagia noctiluca in the Mediterranean Sea, in: Pitt, K.A. et al.Jellyfish blooms. pp. 237-266. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7015-7_11
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (2005). Cnidaria and Ctenophora (cnidarians and comb jellies), in: Rohde, K. (Ed.) Marine parasitology. pp. 177-182
Boero, F. (2004). Introduction to Topic 1.5: Do we need a revision of our biodiversity research agenda?, in: Magni, P. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. pp. 16-18, more
Boero, F. (2004). Summary of discussions on Topic 1.5: Do we need a revision of our biodiversity research agenda?, in: Magni, P. et al. (Ed.) Electronic conference on 'The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: new challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring': summary of discussions, 6 to 24 September, 2004. pp. 72-74, more
Boero, F. (2003). The unknown: historical and contemporary perspectives concerning species composition, their distribution and general trends of their abundance over time: phytoplankton, zooplankton and benthos, in: Arvanitidis, C. et al.Electronic conference on 'Marine Biodiversity in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea': summary of discussions, 7 to 20 April, 2003. pp. 19-26
Della Tommasa, L.; Belmonte, G.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Boero, F. (2000). Resting stages in a submarine canyon: a component of shallow-deep-sea coupling?, in: Jones, M.B. et al.Island, Ocean and Deep-Sea Biology: Proceedings of the 34th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal, 13-17 September 1999. Developments in Hydrobiology, 152: pp. 249-260. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1982-7_23
Belmonte, G.; Miglietta, A.M.; Rubino, F.; Boero, F. (1997). Morphological convergence of resting stages of planktonic organisms: a review, in: Naumov, A.D. et al.Interactions and Adaptation Strategies of Marine Organisms: Proceedings of the 31st European Marine Biology Symposium, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, 9-13 September 1996. Developments in Hydrobiology, 121: pp. 159-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1907-0_17
Boero, F. (1996). Episodic events: their relevance to ecology and evolution, in: Dworschak, P.C. et al. (Ed.) Influences of Organisms on their Environment, the Role of Episodic Events: Proceedings of the 29th European Marine Biology Symposium Vienna, 29 August-2 September 1994. Marine Ecology (Berlin), 17(1-3): pp. 237-250
Belmonte, G.; Castello, P.; Piccinni, M.R.; Quarta, S.; Rubino, F.; Geraci, S.; Boero, F. (1995). Resting stages in marine sediments off the Italian coast, in: Eleftheriou, A. et al. (Ed.) Biology and ecology of shallow coastal waters. Proceedings of the 28th European Marine Biological Symposium, Crete, Greece, 23-28 September 1993. International Symposium Series, : pp. 53-58
Balduzzi, A.; Bianchi, C.N.; Boero, F.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Pansini, M.; Sarà, M. (1989). The suspension-feeder communities of a Mediterranean sea cave, in: Ros, J.D. (Ed.) Topics in Marine Biology: Proceedings of the 22nd European Marine Biology Symposium, Barcelona, Spain, August 1987. Scientia Marina (Barcelona), 53(2-3): pp. 387-395
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J. (1989). An evolutionary interpretation of anomalous medusoid stages in the life cycles of some Leptomedusae (Cnidaria), in: Ryland, J.S. et al. (Ed.) Reproduction, Genetics and Distributions of Marine Organisms: 23rd European Marine Biology Symposium, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Swansea, 5-9 September 1988. International Symposium Series, : pp. 37-41
Benedetti Cecchi, L.; Crowe, T.; Boehme, L.; Boero, F.; Christensen, A.; Grémare, A.; Hernandez, F.; Kromkamp, J.C.; Nogueira García, E.; Petihakis, G.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Zingone, A. (2018). European Marine Board expert Working Group's recommendations to Strengthen Europe's Capability in Biological Ocean Observations., in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 116
Boero, F. (2007). The Mediterranean Sea: its biodiversity and the impact of global warming. MarBEF Newsletter 7: 17-19, more
Boero, F. (2005). Letters to the Editor: Lots of biodiversity research services… but for whom? MarBEF Newsletter 2: 27, more
Boero, F.; Di Camillo, C.; Gravili, C. (2005). Phantom aliens in Mediterranean waters. MarBEF Newsletter 3: 21-22, more
Miglietta, A.M.; Boero, F. (2005). The role of natural history museums: the 'Pietro Peranzan' Museum, Salenta Peninsula, Italy - a case study. MarBEF Newsletter 3: 26-27, more
Boero, F. (2004). International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea (CIESM). MarBEF Newsletter 1: 14-15, more
Fraschetti, S.; Rossi, F.; Guarnieri, G.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F.; Herman, P.M.J. (2004). Biodiversity-substratum interactions on hard substrata. MarBEF Newsletter 1: 26, more
Della Croce, N.; Boero, F. (1976). Ecologia e biologia dei porti del Mar Ligure e Alto Tirreno. Aspetti termici del Golfo di La Spezia, in: (1977). IIIes journées d'études sur les pollutions marines (Split, 22-23 octobre 1976), Protection du littoral méditerranéen, Compte rendu des travaux du Comité de lutte contre les pollutions marines durant le XXVe Congrès. pp. 125-131
Colin, L. (2019). Investigating the population structure of hard corals across the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Thesis. University of Oxford/fondazione bertarelli: Oxford. 32 pp.
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