Species diversity assessments are an important step to evaluate the conservation status of a
community, both in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. These assessments are pivotal if …

Fishers “local ecological knowledge”(LEK) can be used to reconstruct long-term trends of
species that are at very low biomass due to overfishing. In this study, we used historical …

Conservation and management of shark populations is increasingly becoming important in
many marine regions, since there is a growing body of evidence showing that several …

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays), which have peculiar and vulnerable life-history traits, are
highly threatened by fishing activities. Indeed, between 53% and 71% of Mediterranean …

Elasmobranchs are among the species most threatened by overfishing and a large body of
evidence reports their decline around the world. As they are large predators occupying the …

Elasmobranchs, which include sharks and batoids, play critical roles in maintaining the
integrity and stability of marine food webs. However, these cartilaginous fish are among the …

Parthenogenesis, or virgin birth, describes a mode of reproduction where an egg develops
into an offspring without fertilization, and is observed across various vertebrate taxa …

The ability to correctly identify specimens at the species level is crucial for assessing and
conserving biodiversity. Despite this, species-specific data are lacking for many of South …

The Mediterranean Sea has a long-lasting history of fishery exploitation that, together with
other anthropogenic impacts, has led to declines in several marine organisms. In particular …

Fisheries bycatch is the main threat to sea turtle populations in marine habitats in the
Mediterranean Sea. Bycatch in set nets accounts for 30,000 catches yearly, which combined …