The Mediterranean Sea is a marine biodiversity hot spot. Here we combined an extensive
literature analysis with expert opinions to update publicly available estimates of major taxa …

Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

The contribution of carbonate‐producing benthic organisms to the global marine carbon
budget has been overlooked, the prevailing view being that calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is …

The biological pump describes the transport of particulate matter from the sea surface to the
ocean's interior including the seabed. The contribution by gelatinous zooplankton bodies as …

Deep-water corals are known to provide essential habitat for fish and invertebrates along the
continental slope in different areas of the world, offering prey to coral predators, protection or …

The food-web structure of the epibenthic and infaunal invertebrates on the continental slope
of the Catalan Sea (Balearic basin, NW Mediterranean) was investigated using carbon and …

Food web structure of the macroplankton/micronekton fauna on the continental slope of the
Catalan Sea (Balearic basin, NW Mediterranean) was investigated using carbon and …

The continental shelf and submarine canyon off Cap de Creus (NW Mediterranean) were
declared a Site of Community Importance (SCI) within the Natura 2000 Network in 2014 …

Highly diverse megabenthic assemblages dominated by passive and active suspension
feeders have been recently reported in shelf edge environments of the Mediterranean Sea …

We analyzed what are the best ecological conditions for megafauna associated with the
bamboo coral Isidella elongata based on the geomorphological, physical and trophic …