Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
Research Interests: biodiversity; ecosystem functioning; marine biogeochemistry; climate change.

Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada.
Research Interests: vulnerable marine ecosystems; deep-sea ecology; conservation; impacts of fishing.

Institut de Ciències del Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Research Interests: benthic ecology; vulnerable marine ecoystems; megabenthic community dynamics; ecological restoration.

Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica di Napoli “Anton Dohrn”, Fano Marine Centre, Viale Adriatico 1-N, 61032 Fano, Italy.
Research Interests: marine microbial and molecular ecology; marine bioremediation; marine microbiology; marine viruses; marine pollution.

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Research Interests: meiofauna; deep-sea biodiversity; marine ecosystems; marine ecosystem restoration.

Department of Earth and Marine Science, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Research Interests: biodiversity; ecosystem functioning; multiple stressor; fisheries and aquaculture; modelling.

Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Research Interests: benthic ecology; population and community ecology; conservation; restoration; climate change.

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Università Federico II Napoli, CNR-IAS Genova, Italy.
Research Interests: marine biodiversity; ecosystem functioning; sustainability; cnidaria; science communication.

Department of Science and Engineering of Matter, Environment and Urban Planning (SIMAU), Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Research Interests: marine microbes; microbial diversity; marine pollution; anthropogenic impacts; marine ecology.
Sustainable Blue Economy Chair, Department of Earth and Ocean Dynamics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Research Interests: deep-sea habitats; seafloor mapping; anthropogenic impacts; marine litter; blue economy.
