Andrea Tursi is a marine biologist working in the Department of Bioscences, Biotechnologies and Environment (DBBA) at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. His research is focused on the benthic communities living in the Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (Adriatic Sea, Italy) (primarily on Posidonia oceanica meadows) and on the macrophyte communities of the Apulian Transitional waters (Southern Italy). He is also involved in several research campaigns on board to study benthic assemblages of the Adriatic Sea.