Strano, Francesca http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3460-9458
Micaroni, Valerio
Costa, Gabriele
Bertocci, Iacopo
Bertolino, Marco
Funding for this research was provided by:
PADI Foundation (28815)
Article History
Received: 25 March 2019
Revised: 8 October 2019
Accepted: 19 December 2019
First Online: 17 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: All applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for animal testing, animal care, and use of animals were followed by the authors.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgements. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article.
: FS, VM and MB conceived and designed research. FS and VM conducted field samplings and wrote the manuscript. GC collected qualitative and quantitative data from photo-quadrats and trough taxonomic identification of sponge species. IB contributed to the experimental design and to the statistical analysis. All authors contributed, read and approved the manuscript.