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SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND COMPETENCES Dr. Silvia Bianchelli is a researcher in Ecology at Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA) Università Politecnica delle Marche – Ancona (Italy). Her principal area of research is spatial and temporal patterns of benthic biodiversity distribution and relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, both in coastal and deep-sea environment. Special interest is focused on responses of benthic communities to natural and anthropogenic disturbance, also in relation with local, national and international directives and policies (e.g., Marine Strategy Framework Directive, conservation and management policies, ecological restoration).

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[20]  M. Mea,et al.  Nematode diversity patterns at different spatial scales in bathyal sediments of the Mediterranean Sea , 2013 .

[21]  R. Danovaro,et al.  High Meiofaunal and Nematodes Diversity around Mesophotic Coral Oases in the Mediterranean Sea , 2013, PloS one.

[22]  X. D. D. Madron,et al.  Major consequences of an intense dense shelf water cascading event on deep-sea benthic trophic conditions and meiofaunal biodiversity , 2013 .

[23]  R. Danovaro,et al.  Red coral extinction risk enhanced by ocean acidification , 2013, Scientific Reports.

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[31]  F. Jorissen,et al.  Live (stained) benthic foraminifera in the Whittard Canyon, Celtic margin (NE Atlantic) , 2011 .

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[38]  M. Mea,et al.  α-, β-, γ-, δ- and ε-diversity of deep-sea nematodes in canyons and open slopes of Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean margins. , 2009 .

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[40]  R. Danovaro,et al.  Trophic conditions and meiofaunal assemblages in the Bari Canyon and the adjacent open slope (Adriatic Sea) , 2008 .

[41]  R. Danovaro,et al.  Biodiversity response to experimental induced hypoxic-anoxic conditions in seagrass sediments , 2008, Biodiversity and Conservation.