The Mediterranean Sea is a marine biodiversity hot spot. Here we combined an extensive
literature analysis with expert opinions to update publicly available estimates of major taxa …

Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus are amongst the best-known cetaceans. In the
Mediterranean Sea, however, modern field studies of cetaceans did not start until the late …

Marine debris has been found in marine animals since the early 20th century, but little is
known about the impacts of the ingestion of debris in large marine mammals. In this study …

Cetacean–habitat modeling, although still in the early stages of development, represents a
potentially powerful tool for predicting cetacean distributions and understanding the …

As part of a project to identify marine protected areas (MPAs) in Spanish Mediterranean
waters, habitat preference models were developed using 11 years of survey data to provide …

The lack of comprehensive sighting data sets precludes the application of standard habitat
suitability modeling approaches to predict distributions of the majority of marine mammal …

The recent decline in the Mediterranean population of short‐beaked common dolphins
Delphinus delphis has been the subject of scientific controversy and political indifference …

It has been suggested that seamounts hold higher abundances of some 'visiting'animals,
such as tuna, sharks, billfishes, marine mammals, sea-turtles and even seabirds, but this has …

Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus habitat preferences are still poorly understood in the
Mediterranean, despite the population being classified as 'Endangered'by the IUCN …

The physical habitat of cetaceans occurring along the continental slope in the western
Ligurian Sea was investigated. Data were collected from two different sighting platforms, one …