The Mediterranean Sea is a marine biodiversity hot spot. Here we combined an extensive
literature analysis with expert opinions to update publicly available estimates of major taxa …

Both old and new information on the biology and ecology of Atlantic bluefin tuna have
confronted scientists with research challenges: research needs to be connected to current …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Despite being one of the most common pieces of information used in assessing the status of
fish stocks, relative abundance indices based on catch per unit effort (cpue) data are …

Bakun, A., 2002: An empirical test for the existence of a generation-time-dependent
mechanism for the rapid adaptive response of fish populations to variations in ocean …

Harvesting the Sea provides the first systematic treatment of the exploitation of various
marine resources, such as large-scale fishing, fish salting, salt and purple-dye production …

Current trends in marine ecosystems need to be interpreted against a solid understanding of
the magnitude and drivers of past changes. Over the last decade, marine scientists from …

The study of climate impacts on Living Marine Resources (LMRs) has increased rapidly in
recent years with the availability of climate model simulations contributed to the assessment …

In this paper we demonstrate that low level 'artisanal'fishing can dramatically affect
populations of slow-growing, late-maturing animals and that even on remote oceanic …

Current studies have shown a severe general decline in insect species diversity, their
abundance, and a biomass reduction of flying insects. Most of previous studies have been …