Ecological modelling tools are applied worldwide to support the ecosystem‐based approach
of marine resources (EAM). In the last decades, numerous applications were attempted in …

Aim A large body of knowledge exists on individual anthropogenic threats that have an
impact on marine biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea, although we know little about how …

Sharks and rays make up 96% of the class Chondrichthyes. They are among the most
endangered of any taxa, threatened through habitat loss, overfishing and hunting for shark …

Commercial fisheries have dramatically impacted elasmobranch populations worldwide.
With high capture and bycatch rates, the abundance of many species is rapidly declining …

Basic information on the distribution and habitat preferences of ecologically important
species is essential for their management and protection. In the Mediterranean Sea there is …

Differing from the extant physeteroids, macroraptorial sperm whales are currently regarded
as apex predators of the Miocene seas based on several morphofunctional observations …

Abstract Abdulla, A., Gomei, M., Hyrenbach, D., Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, G., and Agardy, T.
2009. Challenges facing a network of representative marine protected areas in the …

Shark and ray populations appear to be extremely vulnerable to fishing pressure. In this
paper, we investigated the dynamics of elasmobranch populations of the upper Tyrrhenian …

Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is an extinction hotspot for sharks, skates, and rays, with at
least half of all species being threatened. The sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus is …

The Mediterranean Sea is home to an interesting biodiversity. The current cumulative and
descriptive study aims to enumerate some relatively large marine mammals, reptiles, and …