Organization of Squamata (Reptilia) assemblages in Mediterranean archipelagos by Daniel Escoriza

“…I evaluated the composition of the assemblages comparing distinct biogeographic subregions within the Mediterranean: Adriatic, Aegean, Balearic, Corsica–Sardinia, Crete, Gulf of Gabés, Ionian Sea, Ligurian Sea, Malta, Sicily, and Tyrrhenian Sea. …”
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A Note on Religion by Laura Betzig

“…At the beginning of our era, after a battle on the Ionian Sea, Antony and Cleopatra took their own lives in Egypt, and Augustus was made an imperator by his senators . …”
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First Record of <i>Megamphopus katagani</i> Bakir, Sezgin & Myers, 2011 (Amphipoda, Photidae) in the Italian Waters: A Species Associated with the “Amphioxus Sand” Biocenosis by Emanuele Mancini, Giuseppe Catalano, Marco Lezzi, Francesco Tiralongo, Andrea Bonifazi

“…During a sampling survey carried out along the eastern Sicily coast (Ionian Sea) the macrozoobenthic community associated with this biocenosis was investigated. …”
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The settlement of the Mardaites and their military-administrative position in the themata of the West: A chronology by Cvetković Miloš

“…The Mardaites were moved in the territory of the themata of Nicopolis and Cephalonia at the close of the same century in a bid to reinforce Byzantine positions on the eastern coast of the Ionian Sea at the time of the Arab threat to this region. …”
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Distribution, demography and conservation perspectives of Retama raetam subsp. gussonei (Fabaceae) in Calabria (S Italy) by Giuseppe Caruso, Dimitar Uzunov, Carmen Gangale

“…Present number of censussed plants (1,523; 82.5% by the Ionian Sea, 17.5% by the Tyrrhenian), the complex and heterogeneous composition of the population (divided in four biometric/age classes and spread on nine different sectors), its distribution within the study area, its evolution as a result of spontaneous population dynamic or future management actions, might be hopefully long term monitored through the study model here applied.…”
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Corfu Crisis of 1923: Occupation of Kerkyra in Context of Italian Policy in Eastern Mediterranean by T. P. Nesterova

“…The author of the article dwells on the fact that the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923, which finally secured the possession of the Dodecanese Islands for Italy, allowed Italy to intensify its policy in the Ionian sea region. The author was able to identify the main stages of the diplomatic struggle over the occupation of the island of Corfu, to show the special interest of Italy in resolving the issue of Corfu outside the structures of the new international organization - the League of Nations. …”
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Tomographic image of the crust and uppermost mantle of the Ionian and Aegean regions by G. N. Stavrakakis, F. M. Mele, G. Karantonis, C. Falcone, G. Drakatos, L. Beranzoli, B. Alessandrini

“…High velocities are present at Moho depth beneath the Ionian sea close to the Calabrian and Aegean arcs. The tomographic images suggest a close relationship between P-wave velocity pattern and the subduction systems of the studied area.…”
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Biological Aspects of Juveniles of the Common Stingray, <i>Dasyatis pastinaca</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) (Elasmobranchii, Dasyatidae), from the Central Mediterranean Sea by Francesco Tiralongo, Giuseppina Messina, Bianca Maria Lombardo

“…Data on the biology of <i>Dasyatis pastinaca</i> are absent from the Ionian Sea and only a few studies were conducted in the Mediterranean Sea. …”
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NATURAL GAS SUPPLY PROJECTS FOR EUROPE – SOUTH STREAM AND NABUCCO by Domagoj Sučić, Daria Karasalihović Sedlar, Lidia Hrnčević

“…It will connect Russia with Austria through Black Sea, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary, and with southern Italy through Greece and Ionian Sea, respectively. Nabucco is a European Union planned gas pipeline with the capacity of 31 bcm per year. …”
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The Italian occupation of Albania 1939 and the international reactions to it Dr. Youssef Taha Hussein by أ. م. د. يوسف طه حسين

“…Albania is one of the Balkan countries located in southeastern Europe, bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south and southeast, and Albania overlooks the Adriatic Sea to the west, while it overlooks the Ionian Sea to the southwest, and its total area is about 28,748 km2, while the population reaches 3,020,209 people, according to the latest available statistic for the year 2014 . …”
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From Extermination to Conservation: Historical Records of Shark Presence during the Early and Development Phase of the Greek Fishery by Dimitrios K. Moutopoulos, Evridiki Lazari, George Katselis, Ioannis Giovos

“…In the early-20th century (1912), the first sighting of the presence of a dead shark was reported in the Ionian Sea. Later on, the presence of sharks gradually increased up to 1969, with most records being more frequent for the Aegean Sea, whereas the number of sharks being sighted declined leading up to the middle of 1980s. …”
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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF OIL DISPERSION AFTER AN ACCIDENTAL SUBSEA BLOWOUT IN THE GULF OF PATRAS by Dimitrios-Periklis A. Giannoulis, Nikolaos A. Avgerinos, Dionissios P. Margaris

“…In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the exploitation of hydrocarbon deposits within the Greek territory, in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea. This increasing interest comes along with the possibility of an oil spill event of devastating impact on the environment, the marine life and the economic activity of the nearby coastal areas. …”
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Structure of an epiphytic hydroid community on Cystoseira at two sites of different wave exposure by Anuschka Faucci, Ferdinando Boero

“…In particular, the seasonal and spatial distribution of epiphytic hydroids on three species of Cystoseira at two sites of different wave exposure at Porto Cesareo (Ionian Sea/Italy) were investigated. Thirty-two hydroid species were recorded which are well known from other substrates and thus are not specific to Cystoseira; dominant species were all thecates. …”
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Skin filament recovery after clipping in Hippocampus guttulatus: behavioural and histological aspects by Gristina, M, Bertrandino, S, Cardone, F, Mentino, D, Corriero, G, Scillitani, G

“…We present the results of a study on the effects of filament clipping on activity patterns and the regeneration of this structure at the macroscopic and microscopic level in Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1801 from the Gulf of Taranto (Apulia, Ionian Sea). Twelve individuals of both sexes underwent filament clipping, and their behaviour sequences (expressed as percent of total time spent swimming, resting, food searching, and swinging) were monitored for 10 wk in water tanks. …”
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Calendaricities and multimodality in the Eastern Mediterranean cyclonic activity by I. Osetinsky, P. Alpert

“…Those are mostly the Winter Lows passing over Cyprus en route eastward of the Ionian Sea where they are generated in situ or come to from N.…”
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Chondrichthyes species in deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea by Letizia Sion, Anna Bozzano, Gianfranco D’Onghia, Francesca Capezzuto, Michele Panza

“…Data collected during the DESEAS survey carried out in three areas of the Mediterranean Sea (Balearic Sea, western and eastern Ionian Sea) were used to describe the distribution and abundance of chondrichthyes species at depths between 600 and 4000 m. …”
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Cytochrome b marker reveals an independent lineage of Stenella coeruleoalba in the Gulf of Taranto. by Salvatrice Ciccarese, Roberto Carlucci, Elena Ciani, Eleonora Corcella, Annalisa Cosentino, Carmelo Fanizza, Giovanna Linguiti, Rachele Antonacci

“…This is even more significant in the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central-eastern Mediterranean Sea), where the geomorphological and hydrographic characteristics support the hypothesis of a separated striped dolphin population genetically diverging from its original Mediterranean counterpart. …”
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First records of two planktonic Indo-Pacific diatoms: Chaetoceros bacteriastroides and C. pseudosymmetricus in the Adriatic Sea by Marijeta Čalić, Stijepo Ljubimir, Sunčica Bosak, Ana Car

“…Areal expansion and introduction of new phytoplankton species in the Adriatic Sea might be related to different circulation regimes in the Ionian Sea and the concurrent rise in sea temperature in the Mediterranean in the last decade. …”
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Fault plane solutions of crustal earthquakes in Southern Italy (1988-1995): seismotectonic implications by A. Amato, A. Frepoli

“…Although not well constrained due to only a few data in the region, there is a hint of active compression at the outer front of the Calabrian arc, in the Ionian Sea. The observed pattern of fault plane solutions suggests that the transition between oceanic subduction beneath Calabria and continental subduction in Sicily and in Southern Apennines controls the active tectonics of Southern Italy.…”
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Early Observations on the Steamer <i>Bengala</i> (Formerly Named <i>Mecca</i> and <i>Livorno</i>) Sunk off Capo Rizzuto (Crotone, Italy) in 1889 by Salvatore Medaglia, Francesco Megna, Luca De Rosa

“…In the waters of the Calabrian Ionian Sea, off Isola di Capo Rizzuto (Crotone, Italy) and at a depth of 26–29 m, lies the wreck of <i>Bengala</i>, an iron screw-steamer foundered in 1889. …”
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