Mediterranean mercury assessment 2022: an updated budget, health consequences, and research perspectives

D Cossa, J Knoery, D Banaru… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mercury (Hg) and especially its methylated species (MeHg) are toxic chemicals that
contaminate humans via the consumption of seafood. The most recent UNEP Global …

OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS

P Testor, B De Young, DL Rudnick, S Glenn… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The OceanGliders program started in 2016 to support active coordination and enhancement
of global glider activity. OceanGliders contributes to the international efforts of the Global …

Phthalate release from plastic fragments and degradation in seawater

A Paluselli, V Fauvelle, F Galgani… - Environmental science & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Plastic debris in the environment contains plasticizers, such as phthalates (PAEs), that can
be released during plastic aging. Here, two common plastic materials, an insulation layer of …

Evidence of niche partitioning among bacteria living on plastics, organic particles and surrounding seawaters

C Dussud, AL Meistertzheim, P Conan… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution is widespread in ocean ecosystems worldwide, but it is unknown if plastic
offers a unique habitat for bacteria compared to communities in the water column and …

Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean

D Aurelle, S Thomas, C Albert, M Bally, A Bondeau… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

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 …

Recent changes in the marine ecosystems of the northern Adriatic Sea

M Giani, T Djakovac, D Degobbis, S Cozzi… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2012 - Elsevier
This review of studies on long term series on river discharges, oceanographic features,
plankton, fish and benthic compartments, collected since the 1970s revealed significant …

Paleoclimate and paleoceanography over the past 20,000 yr in the Mediterranean Sea Basins as indicated by sediment elemental proxies

F Martinez-Ruiz, M Kastner, D Gallego-Torres… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Marine sediments record paleoenvironmental changes over time through variations in major
and trace element concentrations. The main objective of this paper is to review such …

Hydrodynamic provinces and oceanic connectivity from a transport network help designing marine reserves

V Rossi, E Ser‐Giacomi, C López… - Geophysical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Oceanic dispersal and connectivity have been identified as crucial factors for structuring
marine populations and designing marine protected areas (MPAs). Focusing on larval …

[HTML][HTML] Metal and trace element concentrations in cetaceans worldwide: A review

I Delgado-Suarez, E Lozano-Bilbao, A Hardisson… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This bibliographical review is a compilation of different scientific publications that reported
data on metal concentrations in the muscle tissue of different species of cetaceans from seas …