The presence of microplastic in marine fishes has been well documented but few studies
have directly examined differences between fishes occupying contrasting environmental …

Climate change is inducing deep modifications in species geographic ranges worldwide.
However, the consequences of such changes on community structure are still poorly …

Nursery areas are crucial for many elasmobranch species, providing benefits that increase
fitness and survival. Shark nurseries are well studied and our knowledge of their function …

While niche-based processes have been invoked extensively to explain the structure of
interaction networks, recent studies propose that neutrality could also be of great …

Fish diets provide information that can be used to explore and model complex ecosystems,
and infer resource partitioning among species. The exhaustive sampling of prey items …

Dietary habits and trophic‐guild structure were examined in a fish assemblage (47 species)
of the Chesapeake Bay estuary, USA, using 10 years of data from> 25 000 fish stomachs …

Adoption of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management relies on recognition of the
link between fish and other components of the ecosystem, namely their physical and …

This manuscript explores the role of European anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the
central Mediterranean Region, shedding light on their ecological significance, conservation …

An exploration of the structure of demersal and benthopelagic assemblages in the north-
western Ionian Sea was carried out by means of a set of statistical analyses. Self-organising …

The ecosystem functioning of two marine food webs covering the north‐eastern (Salento)
and south‐western (Calabria) sectors of the North‐Western Ionian Sea (NWIS)(Central …