Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean

F Ferretti, B Worm, GL Britten, MR Heithaus… - Ecology …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1055–1071 Abstract Whereas many land predators disappeared
before their ecological roles were studied, the decline of marine apex predators is still …

Extinction risk and conservation of critically endangered angel sharks in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

JM Lawson, RA Pollom, CA Gordon… - ICES Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the details of local and regional extinctions allows for more efficient
allocation of conservation activities and resources. This involves identifying where …

Spatial variability of Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean

MC Follesa, MF Marongiu, W Zupa, A Bellodi, A Cau… - Scientia Marina, 2019 - iris.unica.it
Thanks to the availability of the MEDITS survey data, a standardized picture of the
occurrence and abundance of demersal Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean has …

Long-term change in a meso-predator community in response to prolonged and heterogeneous human impact

F Ferretti, GC Osio, CJ Jenkins, AA Rosenberg… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Sharks and rays' abundance can decline considerably with fishing. Community changes,
however, are more complex because of species interactions and variable vulnerability and …

Ghosts of the deep–Biodiversity, fisheries, and extinction risk of ghost sharks

B Finucci, J Cheok, DA Ebert, K Herman… - Fish and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ghost sharks (subclass Holocephali) remain a largely data‐poor group of cartilaginous
fishes. The general paucity of attention may partially be related to identification and …

Consequences of the marine climate and ecosystem shift of the 1980-90s on the Ligurian Sea biodiversity (NW Mediterranean)

CN Bianchi, A Azzola, M Bertolino, F Betti… - The European …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
A rapid temperature increase in the 1980-90s has been accompanied by dramatic and
unprecedented changes in the biota and communities of the Ligurian Sea. This review uses …

New mediterranean biodiversity records (October, 2014)

S Katsanevakis, Ü Acar, I Ammar… - Mediterranean …, 2014 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Abstract The Collective Article 'New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records' of the
Mediterranean Marine Science journal offers the means to publish biodiversity records in the …

Overview on Mediterranean shark's fisheries: Impact on the biodiversity

MN Bradai, B Saidi, S Enajjar - Marine ecology-biotic and abiotic …, 2018 - books.google.com
Bibliographic analysis shows that the Mediterranean Sea is a hot spot for cartilaginous
species biodiversity, including sharks, rays, and chimaeras; 49 sharks and 36 rays were …

Abundances of demersal sharks and chimaera from 1994-2009 scientific surveys in the central Mediterranean Sea

S Ragonese, S Vitale, M Dimech, S Mazzola - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Bibliographic and data gathered in scientific bottom trawl surveys carried out off the
Southern Coasts of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea), from 1994 to 2009 and between a depth of …

Ecological role, fishing impact, and management options for the recovery of a Mediterranean endemic skate by means of food web models

M Coll, J Navarro, I Palomera - Biological Conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean endemic starry ray (Raja asterias) is one of the few demersal skates that
are still present in Mediterranean exploited ecosystems. However, this species has declined …