The semi-enclosed nature of the Mediterranean Sea, together with its smaller inertia due to
the relative short residence time of its water masses, make it highly reactive to external …

The MEDITS programme started in 1994 in the Mediterranean with the cooperation among
research institutes from four countries: France, Greece, Italy and Spain. Over the years, until …

Background Continental slopes are among the steepest environmental gradients on earth.
However, they still lack finer quantification and characterisation of their faunal diversity …

The main knowledge acquired on the structure, patterns and interactions in the bathyal
benthopelagic fauna in the north-western Ionian Sea is summarised in this article. Using …

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 …

Knowledge of broad-scale global patterns in beta diversity (ie, variation or turnover in
identities of species) for marine systems is in its infancy. We analysed the beta diversity of …

Background Large-scale patterns or trends in species diversity have long interested
ecologists. The classic pattern is for diversity (eg, species richness) to decrease with …

The morphological and functional traits of fishes are key factors defining the ecological and
biological habits of species within ecosystems. However, little is known about how the depth …

Changes in biodiversity with latitude or along a given environmental gradient have been
described in many studies, including for marine ecosystems. Currently there is no scientific …

Increasing human pressures and global environmental change may severely affect the
diversity of species assemblages and associated ecosystem services. Despite the recent …