A critical review of marine fishes from Malta (Central Mediterranean) recorded up to
December 2022 in the technical and semi-popular literature, during the Mediterranean …

Functional diversity is increasingly pointed as a useful approach to reach Biological
Conservation goals. Here, we provide an overview of the functional diversity approach …

Chondrichthyans are a vulnerable group that has been overexploited for almost half a
century in the Mediterranean. Since in this area most chondrichthyans are rarely …

Evidence of large‐scale biodiversity degradation in marine ecosystems has been reported
worldwide, yet most research has focused on few species of interest or on limited …

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 …

Measures of biodiversity change may be useful as indicators if they are responsive to
manageable drivers of biodiversity loss. However, there are many candidate indicators that …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is a large marine ecosystem with high heterogeneity in
both environmental and ecological characteristics. It presents clear gradients from north to …

Sound production represents an integral part of social communication in many teleost fish;
however, few studies have investigated the structure, organization and variability of fish …

The bamboo coral Isidella elongata is a forest-forming alcyonacean that dwells on deep-sea
soft bottoms and is presently found in the Otranto Channel (Southern Adriatic Sea). In this …

To achieve sustainable fisheries implies that resources' management is carried out in
accordance with biologically and ecologically relevant processes. In this context, to infer the …