L’ESPLORAZIONE DI PUNTA DEL MESCO: UN’ESPERIENZA DI CITIZEN SCIENCE NEI PRIMI ANNI ‘60

Abstract

The beginnings of the collaboration between divers and marine biologists in the description of the benthic communities of the Ligurian Sea between the 1950s and 1960s are described. In particular, the focus is made on the exploration of Punta del Mesco, which led to the description of a peculiar coralligenous community characterized by large colonial anthozoans. In this experience, the journalist and diving pioneer Gianni Roghi and the researcher Professor Lucia Rossi played the fundamental role