Careful definition and illustrative case studies are fundamental work in developing a Blue
Economy. As blue research expands with the world increasingly understanding its …

Common marine spatial planning challenges include lack of data on the marine
environment, high mobility of both animals and humans, and plan implementation …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most polluted marine basins and currently
serves as a hotspot for marine litter. The seafloor represents the ultimate sink for most litter …

The deep sea covers about 79% of the Mediterranean basin, including habitats potentially
able to deliver multiple ecosystem services and numerous resources of high economic …

This chapter is a review of studies that present the role of cold-water corals as shelter,
feeding and life-history critical habitats for fish species in the Mediterranean Sea and world …

As part of the “Innovations in the Food System: Exploring the Future of Food” Special Issue,
this paper briefly reviews studies that highlight a link between deep-sea fishery resources …

Integrating intricate environmental data within a unified analytical framework for extensive
conservation and monitoring initiatives encounters several challenges. These challenges …

The objective of this study is to provide additional evidence of the utilization of Cold-Water
Corals (CWC) and Submarine Canyons (SC) by fishes as areas for growing to maturity and …

A comprehensive understanding of environmental changes taking place in coastal regions
relies on accurate integration of both terrestrial and submerged geo-environmental datasets …

In the last two decades, many new living cold-water coral (CWC) sites throughout the
Mediterranean basin have been discovered and investigated. As part of oceanographic …