My main interest in research is to understand the functioning of benthic marine ecosystems dominated by seagrass meadows of Cymodocea nodosa and Posidonia oceanica.
The main areas of my research are: 1) direct and indirect biotic interactions, in particular, herbivory and facilitation interactions, 2) effects of environmental disturbances on these interactions, and 3) resilience of marine ecosystems to global and local changes (warming, eutrophication, mechanical disturbances). |