Ecological modelling tools are applied worldwide to support the ecosystem‐based approach
of marine resources (EAM). In the last decades, numerous applications were attempted in …

Why are marine species where they are? The scientific community is faced with an urgent
need to understand aquatic ecosystem dynamics in the context of global change. This …

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 …

The development of an ecosystem approach is essential to improve understanding of the
nature and dynamics of exploited marine ecosystems and the complexity of species …

In this paper, we describe an exploited continental shelf ecosystem (Gulf of Gabes) in the
southern Mediterranean Sea using an Ecopath mass-balance model. This allowed us to …

Marine ecosystems are dynamic and complex, with interactions, feedback loops and
environmental effects occurring concurrently. Fishing activities impact on their structure and …

Fisheries have important impacts on marine biodiversity. In this work, combined information
on the abundance, species richness, diversity indices, species composition, trophic level …

Despite research and public scrutiny over recent decades, discarding continues to be an
issue for trawl fisheries. Previous research demonstrates that environmental, biological …

By‐catch and (or) discards in fisheries have been considered a serious problem and have
been unanimously criticized by politicians, environmental groups, the public and scientists …

Escape gaps are a tool commonly used to reduce the catch of sublegal-size animals and
bycatch in crustacean trap fisheries. In Florida's Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) …