The need for implementing efficient value-adding tools able to optimise Earth Observation
data usage, compels the scientific community to find innovative solutions for the downstream …

Despite the recognized important ecological role that cetaceans play in the marine
environment, their protection is still scarcely enforced in the Mediterranean Sea even though …

Abstract The European Water Framework Directive implements the policies to achieve a
good ecological status of all European waterbodies. To determine the ecological potential in …

Limited data are available about the coastal ecology of the Calabria region, in the southern
Italy. As well, data about the levels of biodiversity and the structure of food webs in these …

Spatial fisheries management is widely used to reduce overfishing, rebuild stocks, and
protect biodiversity. However, the effectiveness and optimization of spatial measures …

Predicting range shifts of marine species under different CO2 emission scenarios is of
paramount importance to understand spatial potential changes in a context of climate …

The exploitation of fishery resources acts as a driving force on cetaceans both directly, by
determining their fishing mortality or injury as by-catch species, and indirectly, through the …

Relatively scant information is available on the Risso's dolphin in comparison to the other
species regularly present in the Mediterranean Sea. Recently, its conservation status has …

Understanding of cetaceans' trophic role and the quantification of their impacts on the food
web is a critical task, especially when data on their prey are linked to deep-sea ecosystems …

Understanding the trophic ecology of marine ecosystems is a key challenge given that they
are subject to anthropogenic pressures that can alter the integrity of the food web. The …