Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bates, A.E.; Strona, G.; Bulleri, F.; Horta e Costa, B.; Edgar, G.J.; Hereu, B.; Reed, D.C.; Stuart-Smith, R.D.; Barrett, N.S.; Kushner, D.J.; Emslie, M.J.; García Chartón, J.-A.; Gonçalves, E.J.; Aspillaga, E. (2024). Marine protected areas promote stability of reef fish communities under climate warming. Nature Comm. 15(1): 1822. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44976-y
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2021). Complex networks of marine heatwaves reveal abrupt transitions in the global ocean. NPG Scientific Reports 11(1): 1739. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81369-3
Fabbrizzi, E.; Scardi, M.; Ballesteros, E.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Cebrián, E.; Ceccherelli, G.; De Leo, F.; Deidun, A.; Guarnieri, G.; Falace, A.; Fraissinet, S.; Giommi, C.; Macic, V.; Mangialajo, L.; Mannino, A.M.; Piazzi, L.; Ramdani, M.; Rilov, G.; Rindi, L.; Rizzo, L.; Sara, G.; Ben Souissi, J.; Taskin, E.; Fraschetti, S. (2020). Modeling macroalgal forest distribution at Mediterranean scale: present status, drivers of changes and insights for conservation and management. Front. Mar. Sci. 7: 20. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00020
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bulleri, F.; dal Bello, M.; Maggi, E.; Ravaglioli, C.; Rindi, L. (2018). Hybrid datasets: integrating observations with experiments in the era of macroecology and big data. Ecology 99(12): 2654-2666. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2504
Bulleri, F.; Eriksson, B.K.; Queirós, A.; Airoldi, L.; Arenas, F.; Arvanitidis, C.; Bouma, T.J.; Crowe, T.P.; Davoult, D.; Guizien, K.; Ivesa, L.; Jenkins, S.R.; Michalet, R.; Olabarria, C.; Procaccini, G.; Serrão, E.A.; Wahl, M.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2018). Harnessing positive species interactions as a tool against climate-driven loss of coastal biodiversity. PLoS Biology 16(9): e2006852. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006852
dal Bello, M.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; De Lucia, G.A.; Arvanitidis, C.; van Avesaath, P.; Bachelet, G.; Bojanic, N.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; Coughlan, J.; Crowe, T.; Degraer, S.; Espinosa, F.; Faulwetter, S.; Frost, M.; Guinda, X.; Jankowska, E.; Jourde, J.; De La Pena, J.A.J.; Kerckhof, F.; Kotta, J.; Lavesque, N.; Magni, P.; de Matos, V.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Pavloudi, C.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Peleg, O.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Puente, A.; Ribeiro, P.; Rigaut-Jalabert, F.; Rilov, G.; Rousou, M.; Rubal, M.; Ruginis, T.; Silva, T.; Simon, N.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Troncoso, J.; Warzocha, J.; Weslawski, J.M.; Hummel, H. (2017). Consistent patterns of spatial variability between NE Atlantic and Mediterranean rocky shores. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 539-547. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001491
Hummel, H.; van Avesaath, P.; Wijnhoven, S.; Kleine-Schaars, L.; Degraer, S.; Kerckhof, F.; Bojanic, N.; Skejic, S.; Vidjak, O.; Rousou, M.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, J.; Jourde, J.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Simon, N.; Rigaut-Jalabert, F.; Bachelet, G.; Lavesque, N.; Arvanitidis, C.; Pavloudi, C.; Faulwetter, S.; Crowe, T.; Coughlan, J.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; dal Bello, M.; Magni, P.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; Ikauniece, A.; Ruginis, T.; Jankowska, E.; Weslawski, J.M.; Warzocha, J.; Gromisz, S.; Witalis, B.; Silva, T.; Ribeiro, P.; De Matos, V.K.F.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Veiga, P.; Troncoso, J.; Guinda, X.; De La Pena, J.A.J.; Puente, A.; Espinosa, F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Frost, M.; Mcneill, C.L.; Peleg, O.; Rilov, G. (2017). Geographic patterns of biodiversity in European coastal marine benthos. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 507-523. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001119
Kotta, J.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Holger, J.; Hummel, H.; Arvanitidis, C.; van Avesaath, P.; Bachelet, G.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bojanić, N.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; Coughlan, J.; Crowe, T.; dal Bello, M.; Degraer, S.; De La Pena, J.A.J.; De Matos, V.K.F.; Espinosa, F.; Faulwetter, S.; Frost, M.; Guinda, X.; Jankowska, E.; Jourde, J.; Kerckhof, F.; Lavesque, N.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Magni, P.; Pavloudi, C.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Peleg, O.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Puente, A.; Ribeiro, P.; Rilov, G.; Rousou, M.; Ruginis, T.; Silva, T.; Simon, N.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Troncoso, J.; Warzocha, J.; Weslawski, J.M. (2017). Essence of the patterns of cover and richness of intertidal hard bottom communities: a pan-European study. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 525-538. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001351
Puente, A.; Guinda, X.; Juanes, J.A.; Ramos, E.; Echavarri-Erasun, B.; De La Hoz, C.F.; Degraer, S.; Kerckhof, F.; Bojanić, N.; Rousou, M.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, J.; Jourde, J.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Simon, N.; Bachelet, G.; Lavesque, N.; Arvanitidis, C.; Pavloudi, C.; Faulwetter, S.; Crowe, T.P.; Coughlan, J.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; dal Bello, M.; Magni, P.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; De Lucia, G.A.; Rugins, T.; Jankowska, E.; Weslawski, J.M.; Warzocha, J.; Silva, T.; Ribeiro, P.; de Matos, V.; Sousa-Pinto, I.; Troncoso, J.; Peleg, O.; Rilov, G.; Espinosa, F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Frost, M.; Hummel, H.; van Avesaath, P. (2017). The role of physical variables in biodiversity patterns of intertidal macroalgae along European coasts. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(3): 549-560. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416001673
Rindi, L.; dal Bello, M.; Dai, L.; Gore, J.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2017). Direct observation of increasing recovery length before collapse of a marine benthic ecosystem. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(6): 7 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0153
Cusson, M.; Crowe, T.P.; Araújo, R.; Arenas, F.; Aspden, R.J.; Bulleri, F.; Davoult, D.; Dyson, K.; Fraschetti, S.; Herkül, K.; Hubas, C.; Jenkins, S.; Kotta, J.; Kraufvelin, P.; Migné, A.; Molis, M.; Mulholland, O.; Noël, M.-L.J.; Paterson, D.M.; Saunders, J.; Somerfield, P.J.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Spilmont, N.; Terlizzi, A.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2015). Relationships between biodiversity and the stability of marine ecosystems: Comparisons at a European scale using meta-analysis. J. Sea Res. 98: 5-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.08.004
Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Kraberg, A.C.; Anisimova, N.; Antoniadou, C.; Araújo, R.; Bartsch, I.; Beker, B.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bertocci, I.; Cochrane, S.J.; Cooper, K.M.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Christou, E.; Crisp, D.J.; Dahle, S.; De Boissier, M.; de Kluijver, M.; Denisenko, S.; De Vito, D.; Duineveld, G.; Escaravage, V.; Fleischer, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Heip, C.H.R.; Hummel, H.; Janas, U.; Karez, R.; Kedra, M.; Kingston, P.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Libes, M.; Martens, P.; Mees, J.; Mieszkowska, N.; Mudrak, S.; Munda, I.; Orfanidis, S.; Orlando-Bonaca, M.; Palerud, R.; Rachor, E.; Reichert, K.; Rumohr, H.; Schiedek, D.; Schubert, P.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Pinto, I.S.; Southward, A.J.; Terlizzi, A.; Tsiaga, E.; van Beusekom, J.E.E.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Warzocha, J.; Wasmund, N.; Weslawski, J.M.; Widdicombe, C.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Zettler, M.L. (2010). Data integration for European marine biodiversity research: creating a database on benthos and plankton to study large-scale patterns and long-term changes. Hydrobiologia 644(1): 1-13. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0108-z
Maggi, E.; Bertocci, I.; Vaselli, S.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2009). Effects of changes in number, identity and abundance of habitat-forming species on assemblages of rocky seashores. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 381: 39-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07949
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bertocci, I.; Vaselli, S.; Maggi, E.; Bulleri, F. (2008). Neutrality and the response of rare species to environmental variance. PLoS One 3(7): 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002777, more
Bulleri, F.; Bruno, J.F.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2008). Beyond competition: Incorporating positive interactions between species to predict ecosystem invasibility. PLoS Biology 6(6): 1136-1140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060162, more
Bulleri, F.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2008). Facilitation of the introduced green alga Caulerpa racemosa by resident algal turfs: experimental evaluation of underlying mechanisms. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 364: 77-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07484, more
Claudet, J.; Osenberg, C.W.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Domenici, P.; García Chartón, J.-A.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Badalamenti, F.; Bayle-Sempere, J.T.; Brito, A.; Bulleri, F.; Culioli, J.-M.; Dimech, M.; Falcón, J.M.; Guala, I.; Milazzo, M.; Sánchez-Meca, J.; Somerfield, P.J.; Stobart, B.; Vandeperre, F.; Valle, C.; Planes, S. (2008). Marine reserves: size and age do matter. Ecol. Lett. 11(5): 481-489. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01166.x
García-Charton, J.A.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Marcos, C.; Claudet, J.; Badalamenti, F.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Falcón, J.M.; Milazzo, M.; Schembri, P.J.; Stobart, B.; Vandeperre, F.; Brito, A.; Chemello, R.; Dimech, M.; Domenici, P.; Guala, I.; Le Diréach, L.; Maggi, E.; Planes, S. (2008). Effectiveness of European Atlanto-Mediterranean MPAs: Do they accomplish the expected effects on populations, communities and ecosystems? J. Nat. Conserv. 16(4): 193-221. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2008.09.007
Vaselli, S.; Bertocci, I.; Maggi, E.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2008). Effects of mean intensity and temporal variance of sediment scouring events on assemblages of rocky shores. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 364: 57-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07469, more
Balata, D.; Piazzi, L.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2007). Sediment disturbance and loss of beta diversity on subtidal rocky reefs. Ecology 88(10): 2455-2461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/07-0053.1, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Chato Osio, G. (2007). Replication and mitigation of effects of confounding variables in environmental impact assessment: effect of marinas on rocky-shore assemblages. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 334: 21-35, more
Bertocci, I.; Vaselli, S.; Maggi, E.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2007). Changes in temporal variance of rocky shore organism abundances in response to manipulation of mean intensity and temporal variability of aerial exposure. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 338: 11-20, more
Terlizzi, A.; Anderson, M.J.; Fraschetti, S.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2007). Scales of spatial variation in Mediterranean subtidal sessile assemblages at different depths. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 332: 25-39, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2006). Understanding the consequences of changing biodiversity on rocky shores: How much have we learned from past experiments? J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 338(2): 193-204. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2006.06.020, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bertocci, I.; Vaselli, S.; Maggi, E. (2006). Temporal variance reverses the impact of high mean intensity of stress in climate change experiments. Ecology 87(10): 2489-2499, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2005). Unanticipated impacts of spatial variance of biodiversity on plant productivity. Ecol. Lett. 8: 791-799, more
Bertocci, I.; Maggi, E.; Vaselli, S.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2005). Contrasting effects of mean intensity and temporal variation of disturbance on assemblages of rocky shores. Ecology 86(8): 2061-2067, more
Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2005). Patterns of distribution of marine assemblages from rocky shores: evidence of relevant scales of variation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 296: 13-29, more
Micheli, F.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Gambaccini, S.; Bertocci, I.; Borsini, C.; Chato Osio, G.; Romano, F. (2005). Cascading human impacts, marine protected areas, and the structure of Mediterranean reef assemblages. Ecol. Monogr. 75(1): 81-102, more
Terlizzi, A.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bevilacqua, S.; Fraschetti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Anderson, M.J. (2005). Multivariate and univariate asymmetrical analyses in environmental impact assessment: a case study of Mediterranean subtidal sessile assemblages. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 289: 27-42, more
Balestri, E.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Lardicci, C. (2004). Variability in patterns of growth and morphology of Posidonia oceanica exposed to urban and industrial wastes: contrasts with two reference locations. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 308(1): 1-21. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2004.01.015, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2004). Increasing accuracy of causal inference in experimental analyses of biodiversity. Funct. Ecol. 18: 761-768, more
Piazzi, L.; Balata, D.; Cinelli, F.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2004). Patterns of spatial variability in epiphytes of Posidonia oceanica: differences between a disturbed and two reference locations. Aquat. Bot. 79(4): 345-356. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2004.05.006
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2003). The importance of the variance around the mean effect size of ecological processes. Ecology 84: 2335-2346, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Maggi, E.; Bertocci, I.; Vaselli, E.; Micheli, F.; Osio, G.C.; Cinelli, F. (2003). Variation in rocky shore assemblages in the north-western Mediterranean: contrasts between islands and the mainland. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 293: 193-215, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bertocci, I.; Micheli, F.; Maggi, E.; Fosella, T.; Vaselli, S. (2003). Implications of spatial heterogeneity for management of marine protected areas (MPAs): examples from assemblages of rocky coasts in the northwest Mediterranean. Mar. Environ. Res. 55: 429-458, more
Bulleri, F.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Acunto, S.; Cinelli, F.; Hawkins, S.J. (2002). The influence of canopy algae on vertical patterns of distribution of low-shore assemblages on rocky coasts in the north-west Mediterranean. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 267: 89-106, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2001). Beyond BACI: optimization of environmental sampling designs through monitoring and simulation. Ecol. Appl. 11: 783-799, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2001). Variability in abundance of algae and invertebrates at different spatial scales on rocky sea shores. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 209: 131-141, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Pannacciulli, F.G.; Bulleri, F.; Moschella, P.S.; Airoldi, L.; Relini, G.; Cinelli, F. (2001). Predicting the consequences of anthropogenic disturbance: large-scale effects of loss of canopy algae on rocky shores. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 214: 137-150, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2000). Variance in ecological consumer-resource interactions. Nature (Lond.) 407: 370-374, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2000). Predicting direct and indirect interactions during succession in a midlittoral rocky shore assemblage. Ecol. Monogr. 70: 45-72, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2000). Priority effects, taxonomic resolution, and the prediction of variable patterns of succession in littoral rock pools. Oecologia 123: 265-274, more
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2009). Environmental variability: analysis and ecological implications, in: Wahl, M. (Ed.) Marine hard bottom communities: Patterns, dynamics, diversity, and change. Ecological Studies, 206: pp. 127-141
Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2009). Mechanisms underpinning diversity–stability relationships in hard bottom assemblages, in: Wahl, M. (Ed.) Marine hard bottom communities: Patterns, dynamics, diversity, and change. Ecological Studies, 206: pp. 391-407
Lyons, D.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Frid, C.L.J.; Vinebrooke, R. (2015). Modifiers of impacts on marine ecosystems: disturbance regimes, multiple stressors and receiving environments, in: Crowe, T. et al. (Ed.) Marine ecosystems: human impacts on biodiversity, functioning and services. Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation, : pp. 73-110
Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Maggi, E. (2012). The analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem function experiments: partitioning richness and density-dependent effects, in: Solan, M. et al.Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Frameworks, methodologies, and integration. pp. 73-84
Konar, B.; Iken, K.B.; Pohle, G.; Miloslavich, P.; Cruz-Motta, J.J.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Kimani, E.; Knowlton, A.; Trott, T.; Iseto, T.; Shirayama, Y. (2010). Surveying nearshore biodiversity, in: Mcintyre, A.D. (Ed.) Life in the world's oceans: diversity, distribution, and abundance. pp. 27-41
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
Arvanitidis, C.; Pavloudi, C.; Faulwetter, S.; Keklikoglou, K.; Vasileiadou, K.; Chatzinikolaou, E.; Rousou, M.; Mavraki, D.; Nikolopoulou, M.; Bailly, N.; Oulas, A.; Patkos, T.; Varsos, K.; Lagnel, J.; Gougousis, A.; Bekiari, C.; Doerr, M.; Panteri, E.; Minadakis, N.; Pattakos, N.; Kotta, J.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Bachelet, G.; Lavesque, N.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; dal Bello, M.; Bojanic, N.; Como, S.; Coppa, S.; Magni, P.; Coughlan, J.; Crowe, T.; Degraer, S.; De La Pena, J.A.J.; Guinda, X.; Puente, A.; Kirienko Fernandes de Matos, V.; Ribeiro, P.; Espinosa, F.; Kerckhof, F.; Jankowska, E.; Weslawski, J.M.; Peleg, O.; Rilov, G.; Perez-Ruzafa, A.; Ruginis, T.; Jourde, J.; Leclerc, J.-C.; Simon, N.; Pedrotti, M.L.; Silva, T.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Rubal, M.; Troncoso, J.S.; Warzocha, J.; van Avesaath, P.; Frost, M.; Hummel, H. (2016). Taxonomic vs functional patterns across European marine benthic habitats: using research infrastructures (LIFEWATCH, ESFRI) in large-scale ecology, in: 51st European Marine Biology Symposium, Rhodes, 26-30 September 2016: Oral Presentations. pp. 51-52
Crowe, T.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L. (2006). Effects of biodiversity on the functioning and stability of marine ecosystems - European scale comparisons (BIOFUSE - RMP 4.4), in: Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning EU Network of Excellence: General Assembly - Science Meeting Lecce (Italy) 9-11 May 2006: Book of Abstracts. pp. 18, more