Frine Cardone

My research interests are focused on the study of the mesophotic and aphotic macro- and megabenthic communities in particular in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic.
I am mainly interested in aspects related to the taxonomic composition, structure and distribution patterns of benthic communities associated with both soft and hard substrates across a wide bathymetric range. Particular attention is paid to marine bioconstructions, with my most recent studies targeting the deep Coralligenous bioconstructions, scleractinian reefs, Neopycnodonte reefs, and cold-water corals. Through a multidisciplinary approach, aspects concerning the distribution on different geographical scales, temporal dynamics, functioning, composition and the architectural role of each taxon are developed.