Bycatch–a term widely used to refer to part of the catch unintentionally caught during a
fishing operation, in addition to target species, and consisting of the discards and incidental …

In the marine benthos, megabenthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders
(such as sponges, corals, and bivalves) form three-dimensional structures which provide …

Late in summer 2003, extensive mass mortality of at least 25 rocky benthic macro‐
invertebrate species (mainly gorgonians and sponges) was observed in the entire …

Mass mortality events of benthic invertebrates in the temperate north‐western (NW)
Mediterranean Sea have been observed in recent seasons. A 16 month in situ study in the …

The effects of global warming have been addressed on coral reefs in tropical areas, while it
is still unclear how coral forests are reacting, particularly at temperate latitudes. Here we …

The Catalan Sea, located between the eastern Iberian coast and the Balearic Islands, is a
representative portion of the western Mediterranean basin and provides a valuable case …

Leiopathes glaberrima is a tall arborescent black coral species structuring important facies
of the deep-sea rocky bottoms of the Mediterranean Sea that are severely stifled by fishing …

During the last two decades, several Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) have affected
coralligenous assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea, causing catastrophic mass mortalities …

A forest of the black coral Antipathella subpinnata was found from 52 to 80 m depth in three
different sites at Tremiti Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA; Mediterranean Sea), with two …

Mediterranean gorgonian forests are threatened by several human activities and are
affected by climatic anomalies that have led to mass mortality events in recent decades. The …