Editorial Team

Editors in Chief

Alberto Basset, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Italy
Gian Carlo Carrada, Department of Biological Sciences, Zoology Section, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy

Associate Editors

Maurizio Pinna, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Italy
Monia Renzi, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Italy
Masumi Yamamuro, Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan

Eco-regional Editors

John Baxter, (for Northern Europe), Scottisch Natural Heritage, United Kingdom
Rutger De Wit, (for Mediterranean and Black Sea) UMR 5119 CNRS-Université Montpellier II "Ecosystèmes lagunaires", France
Donald De Angelis, (for North America) US Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, United States
Julia Ramos Miranda, (for Caribean and South America) Centro EPOMEX, Mexico
Ron West, (for Oceania) School of Biological Sciences, Australia

Editors

Christos Arvanitidis, Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
Saimir Beqiraj, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania
Alberto Castelli, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy
Angelo Cau, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
Francisco A. Comin, Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, Spain
Roberto Danovaro, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
Silvano Focardi, Department of Environmental Sciences "G. Sarfatti", University of Siena, Italy
Serena Fonda Umani, Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy
Lucian Georgescu, European Study Center for the Environment, Romania
Giulio Izzo, Environmental Biology and Nature Conservation, ENEA, Italy
Sven Jorgensen, Royal School of Pharmacy, Denmark
Manos Koutrakis, NAGREF-FRI, Greece
Drosos Koutsoubas, Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, Greece
Antonio Mazzola, Department of Animal Biology, University of Palermo, Italy
Snejana Moncheva, Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Nicholas Murray, NETSEA-L, United Kingdom
Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Department of Land Ecology and Terrestrial Environments, University of Pavia, Italy
Sotiris Orfanidis, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Greece
Aicha Beya Mammeria, Department of Biology, University of El-Taref, Algeria
Evangelos Papathanassiou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece
Angel Perez Ruzafa, Department of Ecology and Hydrology, Spain
Xavier Quintana, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Spain
Arturas Razinkovas, Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Lithuania
Sophia Reizopoulou, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Greece
Loreto Rossi, Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Remigio Rossi, Department of Biology, University of Ferrara, Italy
Cosimo Solidoro, National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Italy
Davide Tagliapietra, Marine Sciences Institute (ISMAR)-CNR, Italy
Carmelo R. Tomas, Center for Marine Science, United States

Editorial Office

Ilaria Rosati, Italian National Research Council (CNR-IBAF), Monterotondo, Italy and Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Italy
Maurizio Pinna, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Italy
Monia Renzi, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Italy

Special Features & Forums Editor

Marco Abbiati, University of BOLOGNA, Italy
Salvatrice Vizzini, University of Palermo