Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems

JJ Bell, V Micaroni, B Harris, F Strano… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The ecology and function of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems (TMEs) remain poorly
understood globally despite their widespread distribution. They typically occur at 20–150 m …

[HTML][HTML] Incidental catch of vulnerable species in Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries–A review

P Carpentieri, A Nastasi, M Sessa, A Srour - 2021 - books.google.com
Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

19 occurrence and biogeography of mediterranean cold-water corals

G Chimienti, M Bo, M Taviani, F Mastrototaro - Mediterranean Cold-Water …, 2019 - Springer
The term cold-water coral sensu lato groups taxa with a more or less pronounced frame-
building ability (eg Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata) with forest-forming organisms …

Temperate mesophotic ecosystems: gaps and perspectives of an emerging conservation challenge for the Mediterranean Sea

C Cerrano, A Bastari, B Calcinai… - The European …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Mesophotic habitats, hosting benthic assemblages totally unknown and unexpected in the
early 2000s, are attracting an increasing interest from scientists. Realizing that many long …

Modeling macroalgal forest distribution at Mediterranean scale: present status, drivers of changes and insights for conservation and management

E Fabbrizzi, M Scardi, E Ballesteros… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Macroalgal forests are one of the most productive and valuable marine ecosystems, but yet
strongly exposed to fragmentation and loss. Detailed large-scale information on their …

Megabenthic communities of the Ligurian deep continental shelf and shelf break (NW Mediterranean Sea)

F Enrichetti, C Dominguez-Carrió, M Toma… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The Ligurian Sea is one of the most studied Mediterranean basins. Since the beginning of
the last century, many research expeditions have characterized its benthic and pelagic …

ROV vs trawling approaches in the study of benthic communities: The case of Pennatula rubra (Cnidaria: Pennatulacea)

G Chimienti, L Angeletti, L Rizzo, A Tursi… - Journal of the Marine …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Megabenthic soft bottom communities of trawlable grounds have been studied since the first
few decades of the last century, thanks to trawl fishing technologies. Despite providing an …

[HTML][HTML] Sea pens as indicators of macrofaunal communities in deep-sea sediments: Evidence from the Laurentian Channel Marine Protected Area

M Miatta, PVR Snelgrove - Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pennatulacean octocorals (sea pens), one of the primary conservation targets of the
Laurentian Channel Marine Protected Area (MPA) in eastern Canada, occur at high …

Food from the depths of the Mediterranean: The role of habitats, changes in the Sea-bottom temperature and fishing pressure

P Maiorano, F Capezzuto, A Carluccio, C Calculli… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
As part of the “Innovations in the Food System: Exploring the Future of Food” Special Issue,
this paper briefly reviews studies that highlight a link between deep-sea fishery resources …

Diversity, structure and spatial distribution of megabenthic communities in Cap de Creus continental shelf and submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean)

C Dominguez-Carrió, JL Riera, K Robert… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The continental shelf and submarine canyon off Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean) were
declared a Site of Community Importance (SCI) within the Natura 2000 Network in 2014 …