One of the main drivers of marine ecosystem change is fishing activity, bottom trawling being
the most intensive fishing practice affecting benthic ecosystems worldwide. In the western …

The diet of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula, captured in the Aegean Sea by
bottom-trawl from 2006 to 2012, was investigated with respect to sex, maturity condition …

Sharks play a key role in the functioning of marine ecosystems and maintenance of trophic
web balance, including life cycles of parasites co-occurring in their habitats. We investigated …

Shark populations have suffered dramatic declines across the world as a result of
overfishing. Marine protected areas (MPAs) can help restore overfished populations; …

To obtain a better understanding of the functioning of ecosystems and how they respond to
disturbance, it is necessary to identify the relevant biotic interactions and specific trophic …

Body size plays a key role for the productivity and resilience of marine populations. This
work analyses the variation in body size indicators taken from~ 400 000 individuals during …

Abstract Knowledge of the mechanisms that allow coexistence among sympatric species is
fundamental to understand ecosystem functioning. Resource partitioning among seven …

The small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) is a bottom-dwelling elasmobranch that
represents the most discarded catch in terms of biomass in the Catalan coast (NW …

Stable isotopes (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) were analysed in vertebrae of Scyliorhinus canicula (n=
40; 13 males, 27 females) from the central Tyrrhenian Sea to explore a potential trophic shift …

We examined the feeding ecology (diet, trophic width and trophic position) of five demersal
shark species (Mustelus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758, Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810 …