The deep sea covers about 79% of the Mediterranean basin, including habitats potentially
able to deliver multiple ecosystem services and numerous resources of high economic …

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 Although the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is largely based on
the establishment of environmental targets and associated proxies to achieve Good …

Heterogeneous data collection in the marine environment has led to large gaps in our
knowledge of marine species distributions. To fill these gaps, models calibrated on existing …

A total of 147 days spread over 4 years were recorded by a stereophonic sonobuoy set up in
the Mediterranean sea, near the coast of Toulon, south of France. These recordings were …

Seamounts are submerged marine mountains across the world's oceans at complex
geological and hydrodynamic sites, hosting significant biodiversity and economically …

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 …

Sources of data other than those derived from conventional research protocols may
contribute valuable information to fill gaps in knowledge about cetacean occurrences and …

The spring phytoplankton bloom is the main event influencing ecosystem richness in the
pelagic realm of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea (NW Med Sea). The Marine Strategy …

Cetaceans are key biological indicators of the status of marine waters and are protected
under an extensive legislative framework. Research about these highly dynamic species is …