Climate change and interconnected risks to sustainable development in the Mediterranean

W Cramer, J Guiot, M Fader, J Garrabou… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Recent accelerated climate change has exacerbated existing environmental problems in the
Mediterranean Basin that are caused by the combination of changes in land use, increasing …

Current global risks to marine mammals: taking stock of the threats

IC Avila, K Kaschner, CF Dormann - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Marine mammals are impacted by many anthropogenic activities and mitigating these
impacts requires knowledge about the geographic occurrence of threats. Here, we …

The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

G Suaria, CG Avio, A Mineo, GL Lattin, MG Magaldi… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been recently proposed as one of the most impacted
regions of the world with regards to microplastics, however the polymeric composition of …

Microplastic ingestion by Mullus surmuletus Linnaeus, 1758 fish and its potential for causing oxidative stress

C Alomar, A Sureda, X Capó, B Guijarro, S Tejada… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
A total of 417 striped red mullet, Mullus surmuletus, were analyzed to study microplastic
ingestion and livers of fish were assessed to study effects of microplastics. Nearly one third …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical contaminants entering the marine environment from sea-based sources: A review with a focus on European seas

V Tornero, G Hanke - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic contaminants reach the marine environment mostly directly from land-based
sources, but there are cases in which they are emitted or re-mobilized in the marine …

Model development for the assessment of terrestrial and aquatic habitat quality in conservation planning

M Terrado, S Sabater, B Chaplin-Kramer… - Science of the total …, 2016 - Elsevier
There is a growing pressure of human activities on natural habitats, which leads to
biodiversity losses. To mitigate the impact of human activities, environmental policies are …

Cumulative human impacts on Mediterranean and Black Sea marine ecosystems: assessing current pressures and opportunities

F Micheli, BS Halpern, S Walbridge, S Ciriaco… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Management of marine ecosystems requires spatial information on current impacts. In
several marine regions, including the Mediterranean and Black Sea, legal mandates and …

Fin whales and microplastics: The Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Cortez scenarios

MC Fossi, L Marsili, M Baini, M Giannetti… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact that microplastics have on baleen whales is a question that remains largely
unexplored. This study examined the interaction between free-ranging fin whales …

Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: the ecosystem approach in practice

A Borja, M Elliott, JH Andersen, T Berg… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine
ecosystems and impacting their ability to sustain ecological and human communities. To …

Invading the Mediterranean Sea: biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities

S Katsanevakis, M Coll, C Piroddi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Human activities, such as ship**, aquaculture, and the opening of the Suez Canal, have
led to the introduction of nearly 1000 alien species into the Mediterranean Sea. We …