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

D Cossa, J Knoery, D Bănaru… - 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 …

Global overview of the applications of the Ecopath with Ecosim modeling approach using the EcoBase models repository

M Colléter, A Valls, J Guitton, D Gascuel, D Pauly… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
The 'Ecopath', later expanded to 'Ecopath with Ecosim'('EwE'), modeling approach has been
applied to hundreds of ecosystems around the world, since its first implementation in 1984 …

Climate change could drive marine food web collapse through altered trophic flows and cyanobacterial proliferation

H Ullah, I Nagelkerken, SU Goldenberg… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Global warming and ocean acidification are forecast to exert significant impacts on marine
ecosystems worldwide. However, most of these projections are based on ecological proxies …

The global contribution of forage fish to marine fisheries and ecosystems

EK Pikitch, KJ Rountos, TE Essington… - Fish and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Forage fish play a pivotal role in marine ecosystems and economies worldwide by
sustaining many predators and fisheries directly and indirectly. We estimate global forage …

[KİTAP][B] Ecology of marine bivalves: an ecosystem approach

RF Dame, MJ Kenneth - 2011 - library.oapen.org
Bivalves, such as clams and oysters, are species having two-valved shells. In the marine
ecosystem these species play a unique and essential role. This book examines the ecology …

Feeding habits and trophic levels of Mediterranean fish

KI Stergiou, VS Karpouzi - Reviews in fish biology and fisheries, 2002 - Springer
The estimation of fractional trophic levels (TROPHs) is essential for the management
offisheries resources as well as for quantifyingthe ecosystem effects of fishing. We …

Interaction strength combinations and the overfishing of a marine food web

J Bascompte, CJ Melián, E Sala - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
The stability of ecological communities largely depends on the strength of interactions
between predators and their prey. Here we show that these interaction strengths are …

Trophic pyramids reorganize when food web architecture fails to adjust to ocean change

I Nagelkerken, SU Goldenberg, CM Ferreira, H Ullah… - Science, 2020 - science.org
As human activities intensify, the structures of ecosystems and their food webs often
reorganize. Through the study of mesocosms harboring a diverse benthic coastal …

Historical changes of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: modelling the role and impact of primary productivity and fisheries changes over time

C Piroddi, M Coll, C Liquete, D Macias, K Greer… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been defined “under siege” because of intense
pressures from multiple human activities; yet there is still insufficient information on the …

Small pelagic fish in the NW Mediterranean Sea: an ecological review

I Palomera, MP Olivar, J Salat, A Sabatés, M Coll… - Progress in …, 2007 - Elsevier
In the NW Mediterranean Sea, anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and sardine (Sardina
pilchardus) are the most important small pelagic fish in terms of biomass and commercial …