Chitin was extracted from Polybius henslowii, a swimming crab, captured in large quantities
throughout the Portuguese coast by purse seine vessels as bycatch. After standard chitin …

We reviewed literature on the diet of the Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810, from the
Mediterranean Sea. Specific keywords (“Galeus melastomus diet”,“feeding habits”,“trophic …

Available information and potential data gaps for non-fish marine organisms (cnidarians,
crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs, sponges, mammals, reptiles, and seabirds) covered by …

Abstract Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) in the deep Mediterranean Sea have been
identified by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean as consisting of …

The isolation of the Southern Ocean after the opening of Drake Passage some 23–25 million
years ago, the formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the subsequent cooling of the …

Seven deep-sea fish species were sampled in the Blanes Canyon area (NW Mediterranean)
at a depth of 1200 m during winter. The concentrations of nine metals were determined in …

The food-web structure and seasonality of the dominant taxa of benthopelagic megafauna
(fishes and decapods) on the middle slope of the Catalan Sea (Balearic Basin, NW …

An exploration of the structure of demersal and benthopelagic assemblages in the north-
western Ionian Sea was carried out by means of a set of statistical analyses. Self-organising …

Feeding habits of blackmouth catshark Galeus melastomus and velvet belly lantern shark
Etmopterus spinax were studied throughout the Spanish Mediterranean, from the Alboran …

Bottom trawling is the most extensive fishing activity affecting the continental shelf in
Mediterranean waters. This gear has caused negative effects on the communities and …