Foraging grounds of adult loggerhead sea turtles across the Mediterranean Sea: key sites and hotspots of risk

V Almpanidou, V Tsapalou, A Chatzimentor… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Delineating priority areas for highly mobile marine megafauna represents a major challenge
for conservation biology. To manage such areas, one must understand both their spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic Ingestion by Marine Biota in Five Southeast Asian Nations: Complex Challenges and Long-Term Implications

MA Budihardjo, MT Sani, AS Puspita… - Journal of Open …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution has drastically increased in the world's oceans, with significant contributions
from Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and …

Potential Risk of Floating Marine Litter to Cetaceans and Sea Turtles: A Review of Spatial Risk Exposure Assessments

A Arcangeli, M Gregorietti, E Pasanisi… - … and Marine Biology, 2024 - taylorfrancis.com
Marine litter is a main threat for marine life, although the assessment of the associated risks
has not yet been fully incorporated into area-based management tools. Floating litter is …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence and pattern of legacy and emerging per-and Poly-FluoroAlkyl substances (PFAS) in eggs of loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta from western …

S Moretti, G Brambilla, F Maffucci, C Barola… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Per-and Poly-FluoroAlkyl Substances (PFAS) are a class of persistent, toxic, and
mobile and chemicals both from industrial sources and from the use and disposal of …

[HTML][HTML] Locating ship strike risk hotspots for fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) and sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) along main ship** lanes in the North …

F Grossi, E Lahaye, A Moulins, A Borroni… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pelagos Sanctuary is the only pelagic marine protected area in the
Mediterranean Sea, instituted for the conservation of cetaceans. Considering the number …

Computing ship strikes and near miss events of fin whales along the main ferry routes in the Pelagos Sanctuary and adjacent west area, in summer

L David, A Arcangeli, P Tepsich… - Aquatic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea is a high‐density maritime traffic area, particularly in the
Pelagos Sanctuary. Ship strikes pose a substantial threat to fin whales (Balaenoptera …

Toward a common approach for assessing the conservation status of marine turtle species within the european marine strategy framework directive

F Girard, A Girard, J Monsinjon, A Arcangeli… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Environmental policies, including the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive
(MSFD), generally rely on the measurement of indicators to assess the good environmental …

Polymer composition assessment suggests prevalence of single-use plastics among items ingested by loggerhead sea turtles in the western mediterranean sub …

A Camedda, M Matiddi, A Vianello, S Coppa… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ingestion of plastic is becoming a major concern for various species and particularly for
marine turtles across the globe. The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) was recently …

Floating marine macro litter: density reference values and monitoring protocol settings from coast to offshore. Results from the MEDSEALITTER project

A Antonella, D Léa, A Alex, A Fabrizio, B Asunción… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Monitoring Floating Marine Macro Litter (FMML) is a global priority, stressed within
international programs, and regulated for the European Seas by the Marine Strategy …

Cetacean presence and distribution in the central Mediterranean Sea and potential risks deriving from plastic pollution

M Gregorietti, F Atzori, L Carosso, F Frau… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sardinian and Sicilian Channels are considered hotspots of biodiversity and
key ecological passages between Mediterranean sub-basins, but with significant knowledge …