Deep-sea biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea: the known, the unknown, and the unknowable

R Danovaro, JB Company, C Corinaldesi, G D'Onghia… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Deep-sea ecosystems represent the largest biome of the global biosphere, but knowledge of
their biodiversity is still scant. The Mediterranean basin has been proposed as a hot spot of …

Megafauna of vulnerable marine ecosystems in French mediterranean submarine canyons: Spatial distribution and anthropogenic impacts

MC Fabri, L Pedel, L Beuck, F Galgani… - Deep Sea Research …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME) in the deep Mediterranean Sea have been
identified by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean as consisting of …

[LIVRE][B] Methods for the study of deep-sea sediments, their functioning and biodiversity

R Danovaro - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
For years scientists viewed the deep sea as calm, quiet, and undisturbed, with marine
species existing in an ecologically stable and uniform environment. Recent discoveries have …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidant systems in extremophile marine fish species

R Bakiu, E Piva, S Pacchini, G Santovito - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Living in extreme environments, marine organisms face constant exposure to a range of
stressors, such as high radiation levels, fluctuations in temperature, and oxidative stress …

Effects of deep-water coral banks on the abundance and size structure of the megafauna in the Mediterranean Sea

G D'Onghia, P Maiorano, L Sion, A Giove… - Deep Sea Research …, 2010 - Elsevier
The Santa Maria di Leuca (SML) coral banks represent a rare example of living Lophelia-
Madrepora-bearing coral mounds in the Mediterranean Sea. They are located between 350 …

Structure and zonation of demersal fish assemblages off the Azores Archipelago (mid-Atlantic)

GM Menezes, MF Sigler, HM Silva… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2006 - int-res.com
The assemblages of the demersal fish fauna of the Azores Archipelago are described from
longline surveys that extended from the coastline to 1200 m water depth. A total of 104 fish …

An introduction to Mediterranean deep-sea biology

F Sardà, M Canals, A Tselepides, A Calafat, MM Flexas… - 2004 - digital.csic.es
[EN] This chapter presents the state of the art concerning the deep-sea Mediterranean
environment: geology, hydrology, biology and fisheries. These are the fields of study dealt …

Climate influence on deep sea populations

JB Company, P Puig, F Sarda, A Palanques… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Dynamics of biological processes on the deep-sea floor are traditionally thought to be
controlled by vertical sinking of particles from the euphotic zone at a seasonal scale …

An Integrative Assessment Combining Deep-Sea Net Sampling, in situ Observations and Environmental DNA Analysis Identifies Cabo Verde as a Cephalopod …

V Merten, T Bayer, TBH Reusch, O Puebla… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The deep sea is among the largest, most biologically diverse, yet least-explored ecosystems
on Earth. Baseline information on deep-sea biodiversity is crucial for understanding …

A closer look at the bycatch of medium‐sized and large sharks in the northern Catalan coast (north‐western Mediterranean Sea): Evidence of an ongoing decline?

I Nuez, M Gazo, L Cardona - Aquatic Conservation: Marine and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Historically, the Mediterranean Sea supported a rich shark fauna. Presently,
however, populations of most shark species have significantly declined, largely due to …