Marine biota are redistributing at a rapid pace in response to climate change and shifting
seascapes. While changes in fish populations and community structure threaten the …

Plastic litter has been widely documented in our oceans, leading to growing worldwide
concerns regarding its potential impact on the marine environment. A large proportion of this …

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 …

Marine litter is one of the main sources of anthropogenic pollution in the marine ecosystem,
with plastic repre-senting a global threat. This paper aims to assess the spatial distribution of …

Climate change has significant impacts on marine ecosystems, resulting in disruptions in
biological interactions, shifts in community composition, and changes in the physiology of …

Multiple stressors may combine in unexpected ways to alter the structure of ecological
systems, however, our current ability to evaluate their ecological impact is limited due to the …

Ocean warming and acidification, decreases in dissolved oxygen concentrations, and
changes in primary production are causing an unprecedented global redistribution of marine …

The Length-Weight relationships (LWRs) of 52 species (14 never reported before) of fishes,
crustaceans and cephalopods living on the shelf and upper slope off Southern Sicily are …

Abstract In the Western Mediterranean Sea, forage fishes have changed in abundance,
body condition, growth, reproduction, and distribution in the last decades. Different …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in the world due
to the variety and severity of cumulative impacts faced, including high climate risk. Species …