Small pelagic fish dynamics: A review of mechanisms in the Gulf of Lions

C Saraux, E Van Beveren, P Brosset, Q Queiros… - Deep Sea Research …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Around 2008, an ecosystem shift occurred in the Gulf of Lions, highlighted by considerable
changes in biomass and fish mean weight of its two main small pelagic fish stocks …

Current and future influence of environmental factors on small pelagic fish distributions in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea

MG Pennino, M Coll, M Albo-Puigserver… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
In the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea, the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus) and the
European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) are the most important small pelagic fish in …

Patterns of trace metal bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in a phytoplankton-zooplankton-small pelagic fish marine food web

T Chouvelon, E Strady, M Harmelin-Vivien… - Marine Pollution …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Trace metal contamination in the European sardine and anchovy food web was investigated
in the Gulf of Lions, NW Mediterranean Sea, including seawater and size fractions of …

Changes in life history traits of small pelagic fish in the Western Mediterranean Sea

M Albo-Puigserver, MG Pennino, JM Bellido… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Small pelagic fish (SPF) in the western Mediterranean Sea are key elements of the marine
food web and are important in terms of biomass and fisheries catches. Significant declines in …

Retrospective analysis of the pelagic ecosystem of the Western Mediterranean Sea: Drivers, changes and effects

M Coll, JM Bellido, MG Pennino… - Science of The Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract In the Western Mediterranean Sea, forage fishes have changed in abundance,
body condition, growth, reproduction, and distribution in the last decades. Different …

SOS small pelagics: A safe operating space for small pelagic fish in the western Mediterranean Sea

F Ramírez, MG Pennino, M Albo-Puigserver… - Science of the Total …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Sustainable fishing practices must ensure human wellbeing by safeguarding the integrity of
marine life-supporting systems. Unfortunately, a significant challenge to fisheries …

Testing the bottom-up hypothesis for the decline in size of anchovy and sardine across European waters through a bioenergetic modeling approach

C Menu, L Pecquerie, C Bacher, M Doray… - Progress in …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Small pelagic fish have shown a general decrease in size and body condition over the past
two decades in several European regional seas. Although the underlying processes are still …

Small pelagic fish fitness relates to local environmental conditions and trophic variables

E Lloret-Lloret, M Albo-Puigserver, J Giménez… - Progress in …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Small pelagic fish (SPF) are key organisms for the functioning of pelagic marine ecosystems.
In recent decades, these species have undergone significant changes in biomass, growth …

Ten lessons on the resilience of the EU common fisheries policy towards climate change and fuel efficiency-A call for adaptive, flexible and well-informed fisheries …

F Bastardie, DA Feary, T Brunel, LT Kell… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
To effectively future-proof the management of the European Union fishing fleets we have
explored a suite of case studies encompassing the northeast and tropical Atlantic, the …

[HTML][HTML] Ubiquitous vertical distribution of microfibers within the upper epipelagic layer of the western Mediterranean Sea

B Rios-Fuster, M Compa, C Alomar, V Fagiano… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The abundance of microplastics (plastic particles of less than 5 mm) along the sea surface
and in seafloor sediments have been extensively documented worldwide; however, little is …