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The project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase” aims to research and promote coastal and marine biodiversity at the MARE Outpost (Avamposto MARE), a marine station established in Tricase (Lecce, Italy) in 2015. From March 2016 to September 2017, the first biodiversity inventory of the Tricase coastal area (Ionian Sea) was realized with the aid of citizen scientists (e.g. local fishermen, divers, bathers, and tourists). Preliminary results include 556 taxa, of which the 95% were identified at the species level. Despite the broad knowledge on Mediterranean coastal biodiversity, 71 species represented new records for the Ionian Sea. In parallel with the research activities, people’s awareness of the value of biodiversity was raised with scientific dissemination initiatives, involving about 1700 people. The “Biodiversity MARE Tricase” project realized a first small-scale species inventory contributing to the distributional, taxonomic, and ecological knowledge of the present Mediterranean biota. The coastal area of Tricase will be soon included in a new Marine Protected Area and this project represents a step forward for the sustainable development of the community of this coast.
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This work started as Master thesis project of VM and FS within the framework of the Coastal and Marine Biology Course (http://www.marinetraining.eu/content/msc-coastal-and-marine-biology-and-ecology) at the University of Salento, Lecce, and it was possible thanks to the establishment of Avamposto MARE. The support from the institutions and the people behind these was invaluable; a warm thanks to Antonio Errico and Salvatore Baglivo (“Magna Grecia Mare” Association), Antonio Coppola (Former Mayor of Tricase), Maurizio Raeli and Biagio Di Terlizzi (CIHEAM Bari). The project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase” (http://www.biodiversitymaretricase.org) was partially funded by the PADI Foundation Grant 2017 (28815) and by the Italian Zoological Union (UZI), and the Scientific Committee for the Italian Fauna (CSFI) through a prize for the best poster on the Italian Fauna at the National Joint Conference of the Italian Society of Ecology (SItE), the Italian Zoological Union (UZI), and the Italian Society of Biogeography (SIB), whom we thank for believing in us. We would like to thank the community of Tricase, starting from the “Ittiturismo Anime Sante” (Daniele, Francesco, and Rocco Cazzato), “Deep Water Divers” (Salvatore Bortone and Anna Rita Chiuri), “Masseria Nonno Tore (Irene Vaglio and Carlo Panico)”, Alessandro, Marco and Rocco Ferrarese, and the young marine biologists from the primary school Lucio and Giulio, for their precious help. We would also thank the trainee Emanuele Astoricchio (Italy), Laura Basconi (Italy), Anna Berti (Italy), Jessica de Felice (Italy), Jade Sourisse (France), Olivier Vangheluwe (France), and the work-linked training students Maria Assunta Corciulo, Giacomo Luzzati and Noemi Marra. Thanks also to Egidio Trainito for his scientific and moral support.
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Micaroni, V., Strano, F., Di Franco, D. et al. Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: biodiversity research, monitoring and promotion at MARE Outpost (Apulia, Italy). Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 29, 599–604 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-018-0726-3
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