Food from the Depths of the Mediterranean: The Role of Habitats, Changes in the Sea-Bottom Temperature and Fishing Pressure

Behavioral Pattern of Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) in the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central-Eastern Mediterranean Sea)

(2022) Giulia Cipriano et al.   Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Shedding Light on Deep-Sea Biodiversity—A Highly Vulnerable Habitat in the Face of Anthropogenic Change

(2021) Eva Paulus   Frontiers in Marine Science

Managing multiple pressures for cetaceans’ conservation with an Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Planning approach

(2021) Roberto Carlucci et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Cephalopods in the diet of Risso's dolphin ( Grampus griseus ) from the Mediterranean Sea: A review

(2021) Amanda Luna et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

A Perspective for Best Governance of the Bari Canyon Deep-Sea Ecosystems

(2021) Lorenzo Angeletti et al.   Water

Addressing Cetacean–Fishery Interactions to Inform a Deep-Sea Ecosystem-Based Management in the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central Mediterranean Sea)

(2021) Pasquale Ricci et al.   Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Effects of global warming on Mediterranean coral forests

(2021) Giovanni Chimienti et al.   Scientific Reports

Spatial assessment of benthic habitats vulnerability to bottom fishing in a Mediterranean seamount

(2021) A. De la Torriente Diez et al.   MARINE POLICY

Feeding of the deep-water fish Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809) in different habitats: from muddy bottoms to cold-water coral habitats

(2020) Francesca Capezzuto et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Spatial distribution pattern of European hake, Merluccius merluccius (Pisces: Merlucciidae), in the Mediterranean Sea

(2020) Letizia Sion et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

The MEDITS trawl survey specifications in an ecosystem approach to fishery management

(2020) Maria Teresa Spedicato et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Spatial and temporal patterns in the Mediterranean populations of Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Aristeus antennatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Aristeidae) based on the MEDITS surveys

(2020) Beatriz Guijarro et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

(2020) Roberto Danovaro et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

A mesophotic black coral forest in the Adriatic Sea

(2020) Giovanni Chimienti et al.   Scientific Reports

Exploring a deep-sea vulnerable marine ecosystem: Isidella elongata (Esper, 1788) species assemblages in the Western and Central Mediterranean

(2020) Pierluigi Carbonara et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

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

(2020) Roberto Carlucci et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Cold-water coral habitats benefit adjacent fisheries along the Apulian margin (central Mediterranean)

(2019) Gianfranco D’Onghia et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Size-dependent survival of European hake juveniles in the Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Manuel Hidalgo et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Spatiotemporal abundance pattern of deep-water rose shrimp, Parapenaeus longirostris, and Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, in European Mediterranean waters

(2019) Mario Sbrana et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Revealing the coral habitat effect on benthopelagic fauna diversity in the Santa Maria di Leuca cold-water coral province using different devices and Bayesian hierarchical modelling

(2019) Francesca Capezzuto et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Comparative analysis of habitat use and ontogenetic habitat-shifts among coral reef damselfishes

(2019) V. Komyakova et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

A taste for squid: the diet of sperm whales stranded in Greece, Eastern Mediterranean

(2019) Ilias Foskolos et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Unveiling the deep biodiversity of the Janua Seamount (Ligurian Sea): first Mediterranean sighting of the rare Atlantic bamboo coral Chelidonisis aurantiaca Studer, 1890

(2019) Marzia Bo et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Sea pens in the Mediterranean Sea: habitat suitability and opportunities for ecosystem recovery

(2018) Azzurra Bastari et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE 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

Does the Bari Canyon (Central Mediterranean) influence the fish distribution and abundance?

(2018) Letizia Sion et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Submarine canyons along the upper Sardinian slope (Central Western Mediterranean) as repositories for derelict fishing gears

(2017) Alessandro Cau et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Species distribution models of two critically endangered deep-sea octocorals reveal fishing impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems in central Mediterranean Sea

(2017) V. Lauria et al.   Scientific Reports

Leiopathes glaberrima millennial forest from SW Sardinia as nursery ground for the small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula

(2016) Alessandro Cau et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

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

Good neighbours shaped by vigorous currents: Cold-water coral mounds and contourites in the North Atlantic

(2016) Dierk Hebbeln et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Reprint of 'On and off the beaten track: Megafaunal sessile life and Adriatic cascading processes'

(2016) M. Taviani et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

New deep-water cnidarian sites in the southern Adriatic Sea

(2016) L. ANGELETTI et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

First report of live deep-water cnidarian assemblages from the Malta Escarpment

(2015) L. Angeletti et al.   ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Macro- and megafauna recorded in the submarine Bari Canyon (southern Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea) using different tools

(2015) G. D'ONGHIA et al.   MEDITERRANEAN MARINE SCIENCE

Modelling of European hake nurseries in the Mediterranean Sea: An ecological niche approach

(2015) Jean-Noël Druon et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

The deep ocean under climate change

(2015) Lisa A. Levin et al.   SCIENCE

Persistence of Pristine Deep-Sea Coral Gardens in the Mediterranean Sea (SW Sardinia)

(2015) Marzia Bo et al.   PLoS One

Fishing impact on deep Mediterranean rocky habitats as revealed by ROV investigation

(2014) Marzia Bo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Whales as marine ecosystem engineers

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

Exploring composition and behaviour of fish fauna byin situobservations in the Bari Canyon (Southern Adriatic Sea, Central Mediterranean)

(2014) Gianfranco D'Onghia et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Geomorphological, trophic and human influences on the bamboo coral Isidella elongata assemblages in the deep Mediterranean: To what extent does Isidella form habitat for fish and invertebrates?

(2013) J.E. Cartes et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Cold-water coral mounds and sponge-beds as habitats for demersal fish on the Norwegian shelf

(2013) Tina Kutti et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

New cold-water coral occurrences in the Eastern Ionian Sea: Results from experimental long line fishing

(2013) Ch. Mytilineou et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Megafauna of vulnerable marine ecosystems in French mediterranean submarine canyons: Spatial distribution and anthropogenic impacts

(2013) M-C. Fabri et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Gaidropsarus grantifrom a Ligurian seamount: a Mediterranean native species?

(2013) Lidia Orsi Relini et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

AfaciesofKophobelemnon(Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from Santa Maria di Leuca coral province (Mediterranean Sea)

(2013) Francesco Mastrototaro et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Setting Priorities for Regional Conservation Planning in the Mediterranean Sea

(2013) Fiorenza Micheli et al.   PLoS One

Reproductive biology and recruitment of the deep-sea fish community from the NW Mediterranean continental margin

(2013) U. Fernandez-Arcaya et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

A regional network of sustainable managed areas as the way forward for the implementation of an Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the Mediterranean

(2012) Silvia de Juan et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Sustainability of deep-sea fish species under the European Union Common Fisheries Policy

(2012) Sebastian Villasante et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

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

Services from the deep: Steps towards valuation of deep sea goods and services

(2012) Claire W. Armstrong et al.   Ecosystem Services

Effects of trawling on fish and invertebrates from deep-sea coral facies of Isidella elongata in the western Mediterranean

(2011) Francesc Maynou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Distribution and behaviour of deep-sea benthopelagic fauna observed using towed cameras in the Santa Maria di Leuca cold-water coral province

(2011) G D’Onghia et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Shortspine thornyhead and rockfish (Scorpaenidae) distribution in response to substratum, biogenic structures and trawling

(2011) C Du Preez et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Bioeconomic Modeling and the Management of Cold-Water Coral Resources

(2011) Claire Armstrong et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

The White Coral Community in the Central Mediterranean Sea Revealed by ROV Surveys

(2011) André Freiwald et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Characteristics of the Mesophotic Megabenthic Assemblages of the Vercelli Seamount (North Tyrrhenian Sea)

(2011) Marzia Bo et al.   PLoS One

Man and the Last Great Wilderness: Human Impact on the Deep Sea

(2011) Eva Ramirez-Llodra et al.   PLoS One

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

Demersal assemblages in two trawl fishing lanes located on the Baronie Seamount (Central Western Mediterranean)

(2010) A. Sabatini et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Effects of deep-sea bottom longlining on the Hatton Bank fish communities and benthic ecosystem, north-east Atlantic

(2010) P. Durán Muñoz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Biological structures as a source of habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on the deep ocean margins

(2010) Lene Buhl-Mortensen et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

The ecological and economic value of cold-water coral ecosystems

(2010) Naomi S. Foley et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

A conceptual framework for the protection of vulnerable habitats impacted by fishing activities in the Mediterranean high seas

(2010) S. de Juan et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Submarine canyons: hotspots of benthic biomass and productivity in the deep sea

(2010) F. C. De Leo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biodiversity of the white coral bank off Cape Santa Maria di Leuca (Mediterranean Sea): An update

(2009) F. Mastrototaro et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

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

Hydrographic characteristics of water masses and circulation in the Northern Ionian Sea

(2009) Giorgio Budillon et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Nursery areas of red mullet (Mullus barbatus), hake (Merluccius merluccius) and deep-water rose shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) in the Eastern-Central Mediterranean Sea

(2009) Roberto Carlucci et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Megabenthic diversity patterns and community structure of the Blanes submarine canyon and adjacent slope in the Northwestern Mediterranean: a human overprint?

(2009) Eva Ramirez-Llodra et al.   Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective

Cold-water corals in the Cap de Creus canyon, northwestern Mediterranean: spatial distribution, density and anthropogenic impact

(2009) C Orejas et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Long-term changes in deep-water fish populations in the northeast Atlantic: a deeper reaching effect of fisheries?

(2009) D.M. Bailey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Relationship between environment and the occurrence of the deep-water rose shrimp Aristeus antennatus (Risso, 1816) in the Blanes submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean)

(2009) F. Sardà et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Long-term changes in the composition and diversity of deep-slope megabenthos and trophic webs off Catalonia (western Mediterranean): Are trends related to climatic oscillations?

(2009) J.E. Cartes et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Modelling recruitment dynamics of hake, Merluccius merluccius, in the central Mediterranean in relation to key environmental variables

(2008) V. Bartolino et al.   FISHERIES RESEARCH

Habitat-fisheries interactions: a missing link?

(2008) C. W. Armstrong et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE