Assessment of cetacean–fishery interactions in the marine food web of the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean Sea)

From sea monsters to charismatic megafauna: Changes in perception and use of large marine animals

(2020) Carlotta Mazzoldi et al.   PLoS One

Spatial distribution modelling of striped dolphin ( Stenella coeruleoalba ) at different geographical scales within the EU Adriatic and Ionian Sea Region, central‐eastern Mediterranean Sea

(2020) Marta Azzolin et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Benthic-pelagic coupling mediates interactions in Mediterranean mixed fisheries: An ecosystem modeling approach

(2019) Davide Agnetta et al.   PLoS One

Technical mitigation to reduce marine mammal bycatch and entanglement in commercial fishing gear: lessons learnt and future directions

(2019) Sheryl Hamilton et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in mean temperature and mean trophic level of MEDITS survey catches in the Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Panagiota Peristeraki et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Competition between marine mammals and fisheries in contemporary harvested marine ecosystems

(2019) D Jusufovski et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Ecosystem functioning of two marine food webs in the North‐Western Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean Sea)

(2019) Pasquale Ricci et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Random Forest population modelling of striped and common-bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central-eastern Mediterranean Sea)

(2018) Roberto Carlucci et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Exploring spatio-temporal changes in the demersal and benthopelagic assemblages of the north-western Ionian Sea (central Mediterranean Sea)

(2018) R Carlucci et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Exploring spatio-temporal changes in the demersal and benthopelagic assemblages of the north-western Ionian Sea (central Mediterranean Sea)

(2018) R Carlucci et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

DolFin: an innovative digital platform for studying Risso’s dolphins in the Northern Ionian Sea (North-eastern Central Mediterranean)

(2018) Rosalia Maglietta et al.   Scientific Reports

Balancing yield with resilience and conservation objectives in harvested predator-prey communities

(2017) Eric Tromeur et al.   OIKOS

Prey consumption by cetaceans reveals the importance of energy-rich food webs in the Bay of Biscay

(2017) J. Spitz et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Historical changes of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: modelling the role and impact of primary productivity and fisheries changes over time

(2017) Chiara Piroddi et al.   Scientific Reports

Linking small pelagic fish and cetacean distribution to model suitable habitat for coastal dolphin species, Delphinus delphis and Tursiops truncatus, in the Greek Seas (Eastern Mediterranean)

(2016) Marianna Giannoulaki et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Integrating ecosystem services into conservation strategies for freshwater and marine habitats: a review

(2016) Andrew J. Boulton et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Modeling the spatial distribution of the striped dolphin ( Stenella coeruleoalba ) and common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) in the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central-eastern Mediterranean Sea)

(2016) Roberto Carlucci et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Best practice in Ecopath with Ecosim food-web models for ecosystem-based management

(2016) Johanna Jacomina Heymans et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Aquatic food security: insights into challenges and solutions from an analysis of interactions between fisheries, aquaculture, food safety, human health, fish and human welfare, economy and environment

(2016) Simon Jennings et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

New records of cold-water coral sites and fish fauna characterization of a potential network existing in the Mediterranean Sea

(2016) Gianfranco D'Onghia et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Modelling cetacean distribution and mapping overlap with fisheries in the northeast Atlantic

(2016) Patricia Breen et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Reconstruction of Italy’s marine fisheries removals and fishing capacity, 1950–2010

(2015) Chiara Piroddi et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Ecosystem structure and fishing impacts in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea using a food web model within a comparative approach

(2015) Xavier Corrales et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Stomach contents of by-caught striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Ayhan Dede et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

(2014) Joe Roman et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Global Patterns in Ecological Indicators of Marine Food Webs: A Modelling Approach

(2014) Johanna Jacomina Heymans et al.   PLoS One

Mediterranean fishery discards: review of the existing knowledge

(2013) K. Tsagarakis et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Toward an ecosystem approach to fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea: Multi-gear/multi-species implications from an ecosystem model of the Greek Ionian Sea

(2013) Dimitrios K. Moutopoulos et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Stomach contents of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) stranded in Italy (Ligurian Sea, north-western Mediterranean)

(2013) Fulvio Garibaldi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

An assessment of the trophic structure of the Bay of Biscay continental shelf food web: Comparing estimates derived from an ecosystem model and isotopic data

(2013) G. Lassalle et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Marine Mammal Impacts in Exploited Ecosystems: Would Large Scale Culling Benefit Fisheries?

(2012) Lyne Morissette et al.   PLoS One

Comparing Deep-Sea Fish Fauna between Coral and Non-Coral “Megahabitats” in the Santa Maria di Leuca Cold-Water Coral Province (Mediterranean Sea)

(2012) Gianfranco D'Onghia et al.   PLoS One

Complex wasp-waist regulation of pelagic ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean

(2012) Shane P. Griffiths et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Dolphins and coastal fisheries within a marine protected area: mismatch between dolphin occurrence and reported depredation

(2011) G. Bearzi et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Inter-basin movements of Mediterranean sperm whales provide insight into their population structure and conservation

(2011) A. Frantzis et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Encounters with pelagic and continental slope cetacean species near the northern shore of the Gulf of Taranto, Italy

(2011) S. Dimatteo et al.   ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Comparison of ecosystem modelling and isotopic approach as ecological tools to investigate food webs in the NW Mediterranean Sea

(2011) Joan Navarro et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Global distribution of large submarine canyons: Geomorphic differences between active and passive continental margins

(2011) Peter T. Harris et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

OBIS-SEAMAP: The World Data Center for Marine Mammal, Sea Bird, and Sea Turtle Distributions

(2011) Patrick Halpin et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

A review of interactions between cetaceans and fisheries in the Azores

(2010) Mónica A. Silva et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Biomass removal by dolphins and fisheries in a Mediterranean Sea coastal area: do dolphins have an ecological impact on fisheries?

(2010) Giovanni Bearzi et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Food-web traits of protected and exploited areas of the Adriatic Sea

(2010) Simone Libralato et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The demersal faunal assemblage of the north-western Ionian Sea (central Mediterranean): current knowledge and perspectives

(2010) P. Maiorano et al.   CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGY

The bathyal benthopelagic fauna in the north-western Ionian Sea: structure, patterns and interactions

(2010) Francesca Capezzuto et al.   CHEMISTRY AND ECOLOGY

Adding rigor to ecological network models by evaluating a set of pre-balance diagnostics: A plea for PREBAL

(2010) Jason S. Link   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Effects of local fisheries and ocean productivity on the northeastern Ionian Sea ecosystem

(2010) Chiara Piroddi et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Food-web traits of the North Aegean Sea ecosystem (Eastern Mediterranean) and comparison with other Mediterranean ecosystems

(2010) K. Tsagarakis et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

‘Whales eat fish’? Demystifying the myth in the Caribbean marine ecosystem

(2010) Lyne Morissette et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus in the Mediterranean Sea

(2010) Giovanni Bearzi et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

The Young, the Weak and the Sick: Evidence of Natural Selection by Predation

(2010) Meritxell Genovart et al.   PLoS One

Effects of deep-water coral banks on the abundance and size structure of the megafauna in the Mediterranean Sea

(2009) G. D’Onghia et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Cascading top-down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances

(2009) Julia K. Baum et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

An overview of dolphin depredation in Italian artisanal fisheries

(2009) G. Lauriano et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

ECOLOGY: Should Whales Be Culled to Increase Fishery Yield?

(2009) L. R. Gerber et al.   SCIENCE

The looming crisis: interactions between marine mammals and fisheries

(2008) Andrew J. Read   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Getting beneath the surface of marine mammal – fisheries competition

(2008) J. MATTHIOPOULOS et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Novel index for quantification of ecosystem effects of fishing as removal of secondary production

(2008) S Libralato et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines

(2008) Michael R. Heithaus et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION