The killer whale (Orcinus orca) and false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) are the only
extant cetaceans that hunt other marine mammals, with pods of the former routinely preying …

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

Abstract Early Pleistocene (Calabrian) clays of the Lindos Bay Formation have been uplifted
and are exposed today on the eastern coast of Rhodes (Hellenic forearc, Greece). The …

Mesopelagic fishes are an important element of marine food webs, a huge, still mostly
untapped food resource and great contributors to the biological carbon pump, whose future …

Almost fifty years after the first definition of the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC), the events that
occurred in the Mediterranean during the terminal portion of the Miocene still attract the …

The biomass of aquatic organisms largely determines the mass and energy flow within an
ecosystem, but the long-term impact of environmental change on biomass is not well …

Gobies (Gobiidae+ Oxudercidae) are among the largest groups of extant marine fishes.
Fossils of gobies are abundant since the Miocene, and many species have been reported so …

An almost complete and partially articulated skeleton of an Early Pleistocene baleen whale
is here described. The fossil, measuring 11 m in length, was discovered in the Calcarenite di …

The eastern Mediterranean marine ecosystem is undergoing massive modification due to
biological invasions, overfishing, habitat deterioration, and climate warming. Our ability to …

Studies of paleocommunities and trophic webs assume that multispecies assemblages
consist of species that coexisted in the same habitat over the duration of time averaging …