The available information regarding the 2 sea turtle species breeding in the Mediterranean
(loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta and green turtle Chelonia mydas) is reviewed, including …

Climate change is a threat to marine turtles that is expected to affect all of their life stages. To
guide future research, we conducted a review of the most recent literature on this topic …

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 …

Mediterranean ecosystems support important processes and functions that bring direct
benefits to human society. Yet, marine ecosystem services are usually overlooked due to the …

Adverse impacts of marine litter is documented on> 1400 species, including marine
megafauna (fish, birds, sea turtles and mammals). The primary impacts include ingestion …

Loggerhead turtles are a globally vulnerable species of marine turtle. Broad-scale patterns
of distribution and abundance can provide regional managers a tool to effectively conserve …

Heterogeneous data collection in the marine environment has led to large gaps in our
knowledge of marine species distributions. To fill these gaps, models calibrated on existing …

Southeast Florida witnesses an enormous seasonal influx of upper trophic level marine
predators each year as massive aggregations of migrating blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus …

Understanding the at-sea spatial behaviour of sea turtles is a priority for their conservation.
In the present paper, the current information on the distribution and movement patterns of …

Mediterranean fin whales comprise a genetically distinct population, listed as Vulnerable
(VU) in the IUCN Red List. Collisions with vessels are believed to represent the main cause …