Submarine canyons are major geomorphic features of continental margins around the world.
Several recent multidisciplinary projects focused on the study of canyons have considerably …

The semi-enclosed nature of the Mediterranean Sea, together with its smaller inertia due to
the relative short residence time of its water masses, make it highly reactive to external …

Bottom trawling has many impacts on marine ecosystems, including seafood stock
impoverishment, benthos mortality, and sediment resuspension. Historical records of this …

Submarine canyons are morphological incisions into continental margins that act as major
conduits of sediment from shallow-to deep-sea regions. However, the exact mechanisms …

In the context of marine conservation, trawl fishing activity is the most important ecosystem
stressor in demersal Mediterranean waters. Limited management measures in bottom …

The spatial distribution of neutral genetic diversity is mainly influenced by barriers to
dispersal. The nature of such barriers varies according to the dispersal means and …

Until recently, the deep continental margins (200–4,000 m) were perceived as monotonous
mud slopes of limited ecological or environmental concern. Progress in seafloor map** …

Cross shelf-break exchange is limited by the tendency of geostrophic flow to follow
bathymetric contours, not cross them. However, small scale topography, such as canyons …

Contemporary suspended sediment transport was studied in seven submarine canyons of
the Gulf of Lions (GoL). Current meters equipped with turbidity sensors were moored 4 m …

Over recent decades, man's expanding influence on the oceans has begun to cause change
in some regions, including in the Mediterranean Sea. New proliferations of jellyfish may be …