Despite the recognized important ecological role that cetaceans play in the marine
environment, their protection is still scarcely enforced in the Mediterranean Sea even though …

The need for implementing efficient value-adding tools able to optimise Earth Observation
data usage, compels the scientific community to find innovative solutions for the downstream …

Limited data are available about the coastal ecology of the Calabria region, in the southern
Italy. As well, data about the levels of biodiversity and the structure of food webs in these …

Abstract The European Water Framework Directive implements the policies to achieve a
good ecological status of all European waterbodies. To determine the ecological potential in …

The exploitation of fishery resources acts as a driving force on cetaceans both directly, by
determining their fishing mortality or injury as by-catch species, and indirectly, through the …

Understanding of cetaceans' trophic role and the quantification of their impacts on the food
web is a critical task, especially when data on their prey are linked to deep-sea ecosystems …

Relatively scant information is available on the Risso's dolphin in comparison to the other
species regularly present in the Mediterranean Sea. Recently, its conservation status has …

The residency pattern and site fidelity of Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus were studied
using sightings data collected during standardized vessel-based surveys carried out from …

Spatial fisheries management is widely used to reduce overfishing, rebuild stocks, and
protect biodiversity. However, the effectiveness and optimization of spatial measures …

Cetacean stranding events are an important source of information and biological samples,
providing data on species occurrence, distribution and population dynamics as well as on …