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2. Age validation of the European Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus Linnaeus, 1758) in the Central-Southern Tyrrhenian Sea (West Mediterranean Sea)
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Carbonara, Pierluigi, Bellodi, Andrea, Massaro, Andrea, Basilone, Gualtiero, Casciaro, Loredana, Palmisano, Michele, Bitetto, Isabella, and Follesa, Maria Cristina
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- 2023
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3. Demersal cephalopod communities in the Mediterranean : a large-scale analysis
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Keller, Stefanie, Hidalgo, Manuel, Álvarez-Berastegui, Diego, Bitetto, Isabella, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, Esteban, Antonio, Garofalo, Germana, Gonzalez, Maria, Guijarro, Beatriz, Josephides, Marios, Jadaud, Angelique, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Maiorano, Porzia, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Micallef, Reno, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Relini, Giulio, Sartor, Paolo, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, Tserpes, George, and Quetglas, Antoni
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- 2017
4. Environmentally driven synchronies of Mediterranean cephalopod populations
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Keller, Stefanie, Quetglas, Antoni, Puerta, Patricia, Bitetto, Isabella, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, Esteban, Antonio, Garcia, Cristina, Garofalo, Germana, Guijarro, Beatriz, Josephides, Marios, Jadaud, Angelique, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Maiorano, Porzia, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Micallef, Reno, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Relini, Giulio, Sartor, Paolo, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, Tserpes, George, and Hidalgo, Manuel
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- 2017
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5. Report of the 4th Workshop on Age Reading of horse mackerel, Mediterranean horse mackerel and blue jack mackerel (Trachurus trachurus, T. mediterraneus and T. picturatus) (WKARHOM)
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ICES, Jurado-Ruzafa, Alba, Legaki, Aglaia, Arévalo, Ainhoa, Bellodi, Andrea, Massaro, Andrea, Dueñas Liaño, Clara, López, Eduardo, Mullins, Eugene, Hernández, Eva, Bled Defruit, Geoffrey, Correia, Georgina, Dimitriadis, Giannis, Hemken, Gitta, El Habouz, Hammou, Rico, Iñaki, Diaz, Justine, Casciaro, Loredana, Russo, Loredana, Acosta García, Manuel Jesús, Ferreira, Maria João, Felício, Mónica, van derMeeren, Norie, Pesci, Paola, Torres Cutillas, Pedro, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Cruz, Renato, Ellebode, Romain, O’ Connor, Seán, Telliez, Solene, Tonheim, Susanne, Sioulas, Thanasis, Huijer, Tim, Meissner, Timo, Beier, Ulrika, Nikiforidou, Vasiliki, ICES, Jurado-Ruzafa, Alba, Legaki, Aglaia, Arévalo, Ainhoa, Bellodi, Andrea, Massaro, Andrea, Dueñas Liaño, Clara, López, Eduardo, Mullins, Eugene, Hernández, Eva, Bled Defruit, Geoffrey, Correia, Georgina, Dimitriadis, Giannis, Hemken, Gitta, El Habouz, Hammou, Rico, Iñaki, Diaz, Justine, Casciaro, Loredana, Russo, Loredana, Acosta García, Manuel Jesús, Ferreira, Maria João, Felício, Mónica, van derMeeren, Norie, Pesci, Paola, Torres Cutillas, Pedro, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Cruz, Renato, Ellebode, Romain, O’ Connor, Seán, Telliez, Solene, Tonheim, Susanne, Sioulas, Thanasis, Huijer, Tim, Meissner, Timo, Beier, Ulrika, and Nikiforidou, Vasiliki
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Based on the previous work from WKARHOM3 (ICES, 2018), the Working Group on Biological Parameters (ICES, 2020) identified the need for a new otolith exchange followed by an age read-ing Workshop. The Workshop on Age reading of Horse Mackerel, Mediterranean Horse Macke-rel and Blue Jack Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus, T. mediterraneus and T. picturatus) (WKAR-HOM4) had several main objectives; to review the current protocols of ageing Trachurus species, to update the advances in the validation of the ageing criteria (i.e. the annual deposition of one annulus, coherency of the interpretation), to evaluate the new precision of ageing data of Tra-churus species and to update guidelines, common ageing criteria and reference collections of otoliths. An online otolith exchange was performed using SmartDots during 2021 and 2022, and results including the three Trachurus species were published in advance of the meeting, showing a low Percentage of Agreement (PA) both when considering all the readers (44-55%) and the advanced readers only (52-54%) (Massaro and Jurado-Ruzafa, 2022). For T. trachurus the Coef-ficient of Variation (CV) was lower for the sliced samples (22-18%) than for whole otoliths sam-ples (44-38%). Readers participating in the exchange, following discussion during the WKAR-HOM4 meeting, agreed that the main cause of age determination error for T. trachurus was due to the different otolith preparation techniques (whole/sliced). These differences reflect the stunted growth and compactness of the annuli in older specimens (from the 4th-5th annuli on-wards). Anyway, for the three Trachurus species, there are several difficulties in age determina-tion: identification of the first growth annulus, presence of many false rings (mainly in the first and second annuli) and the interpretation and identification of the edge characteristics (opaque/translucent). The second reading exercise was performed during the workshop orga-nized in four different events (i.e. Trachuru
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- 2023
6. A holistic approach to the age validation of Mullus barbatus L., 1758 in the Southern Adriatic Sea (Central Mediterranean)
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Carbonara, Pierluigi, Intini, Simona, Kolitari, Jerina, Joksimović, Aleksandar, Milone, Nicoletta, Lembo, Giuseppe, Casciaro, Loredana, Bitetto, Isabella, Zupa, Walter, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, and Sion, Letizia
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- 2018
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7. Variabilidad espacio-temporal de los patrones de distribución de las especies de rape en el Mediterráneo
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Barcala, Elena, Bellido, Jose Maria, Bellodi, Andrea, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Carlucci, Roberto, Casciaro, Loredana, Esteban, Antonio, Jadaud, Angélique, Massaro, Andrea, Peristaki, Panagiota, Meléndez, María José, Pérez Gil, Jose Luis, Salmerón, Francisca, Pennino, Maria Grazia, and European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
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Lophius budegassa ,Lophius piscatorius ,species distribution modelling ,Mediterranean Sea ,modelado de la distribución de especies ,mar Mediterráneo - Abstract
The Mediterranean distributions of two species of anglerfish, the blackbellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) and the white anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius), were analysed from trawl survey data (MEDITS project – Spain, France, Italy and Greece) from 2006 to 2015 implementing a Delta model approach with residuals autocovariate boosted regression trees. Sea bottom temperature (SBT), sea bottom salinity (SBS), bathymetry, slope of the seabed and distance to the coast were considered possible predictors. The results show that the locations with a higher presence, abundance and biomass of L. budegassa are those with a depth range between 150 to 300 m, with an SBT range between 17.5 and 18.5°C, and SBS of 37-38 PSU. Similarly, L. piscatorius shows a higher probability of presence, abundance and biomass in location with a bathymetry range of 200-400 m, an SBT of 17.5°C to 18.5°C and an SBS of 36.5 to 37.5. Our results identify preference habitats for the anglerfishes in the Mediterranean Sea such as the Aegean Sea, the Gulf of Lions, south and southeast Spain and the northwestern Ionian Sea. In general terms, these findings enhance our understanding of the differences in the spatio-temporal distribution of these two species, providing useful information that can help their fisheries management and conservation., En este trabajo se ha analizado la distribución de las dos especies de rape (Lophius budegassa y Lophius piscatorius) presentes en el Mediterráneo a partir de los datos de campaña del Proyecto MEDITs de España, Francia, Italia y Grecia desde el año 2006 al 2015, aplicando una aproximación del modelo Delta con árboles de regresión aumentada con autocovarianza en los residuos. Se consideraron como posibles predictores la temperatura y salinidad del agua del fondo, la batimetría, la pendiente del fondo y la distancia a la costa. Los resultados muestran que localidades con mayores presencias, abundancias y biomasas del rape negro (Lophius budegassa) son aquéllas con un rango de profundidad entre 150 y 300 mm, con un rango de temperaturas del agua en el fondo (SBT) entre 17.5 y 18.5°C, y una salinidad del agua del fondo (SBS) entre 37-38 PSU. De igual manera el rape blanco (Lophius piscatorius) muestra la probabilidad más alta de presencia, abundancia y biomasa en localidades con profundidades comprendidas entre 200-400 m, una SBT entre 17.5-18.5°C y 36.5-37.5 PSU de SBS. Nuetros resultados identifican como hábitats preferenciales de los rapes el mar Egeo, el Golfo de Lion, el sur y sureste de España y el noroeste del mar Jónico. En términos generales estos hallazgos proporcionan una información que mejora nuestra comprensión sobre las diferencias espacio-temporales de la distribución de las dos especies de rape, proporcionando una información muy útil que puede ayudar en la gestión de su pesquería y conservación.
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- 2019
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8. Tendencias espacio-temporales en la diversidad de peces demersales del Mediterráneo
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Farriols, M. Teresa, Ordines, Francesc, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Casciaro, Loredana, Di Lorenzo, Manfredi, Esteban, Antonio, Follesa, Cristina, García-Ruiz, Cristina, Isajlovic, Igor, Jadaud, Angélique, Ligas, Alessandro, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Vrgoc, Nedo, Massutí, Enric, Union Data Collection Framework for the Common Fisheries Policy, ECLIPSAME Project CTM2012-37701, and CLIFISH project CTM2015-66400-C3-1-R MINECO/FEDER
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biodiversity ,fish assemblages ,MEDITS ,bottom trawling ,fishing effort ,Mediterranean Sea ,biodiversidad ,asociaciones de peces ,arrastre de fondo ,esfuerzo pesquero ,mar Mediterráneo - Abstract
The high species richness, coupled with high proportion of endemism, makes the Mediterranean one of the world’s ‘biodiversity hotspots’. However, the continuous increase in fisheries in the last few decades has led to the overexploitation of their main commercial stocks. Using fishery-independent data collected under the framework of the MEDITS trawl surveys carried out over the last 20 years, we study the demersal fish diversity pattern in the Mediterranean at a large spatial and temporal scale to determine whether it is being affected by the general fishing overexploitation of the demersal resources. The detected diversity trends are compared with the spatio-temporal variation in bottom trawl fishing effort in the Mediterranean. Our results show a stability and even recovery of demersal fish diversity in the Mediterranean together with higher diversity values on the continental shelves of the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Sicily and the Aegean Sea. At large temporal and spatial scales, the high diversity of demersal assemblages in the Mediterranean is associated with a reduction in bottom trawl fishing effort. The inclusion of species other than target ones through diversity indices is important in the implementation of an ecosystem-based fisheries management., Debido a su alta riqueza específica y su gran proporción de organismos endémicos, el Mediterráneo es considerado un punto caliente de biodiversidad. No obstante el continuo crecimiento de las pesquerías en las últimas décadas ha desembocado en una sobrexplotación de sus principales stocks comerciales. A través de datos independientes de las pesquerías recogidos en el marco de las campañas MEDITS desarrolladas durante las dos últimas décadas se ha estudiado el patrón de diversidad de peces demersales en el Mediterráneo a través de largas escalas temporales y espaciales para evaluar si este patrón se ve afectado por el estado general de sobrexplotación de sus recursos demersales. A continuación las tendencias detectadas en la diversidad han sido comparadas a la variación espacio-temporal del esfuerzo de la pesca de arrastre a través del Mediterráneo. Nuestros resultados muestran una estabilidad e incluso recuperación de la diversidad de peces demersales en el Mediterráneo junto a valores altos de diversidad en las plataformas continentales de las Islas Baleares, Cerdeña, Sicília y el mar Egeo. La alta diversidad de las asociaciones de peces demersales a escala tanto espacial como temporal está asociada a una reducción del esfuerzo pesquero. La inclusión de especies distintas a las objetivo a través de índices de diversidad es relevante en la implementación de la aproximación ecosistémica a la gestión de las pesquerías.
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9. The MEDITS maturity scales as a useful tool for investigating the reproductive traits of key species in the Mediterranean Sea
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Follesa, Maria Cristina, Agus, Blondine, Bellodi, Andrea, Cannas, Rita, Capezzuto, Francesca, Casciaro, Loredana, Cau, Alessandro, Cuccu, Danila, Donnaloia, Marilena, Fernandez-Arcaya, Ulla, Gancitano, Vita, Gaudio, Palma, Marongiu, Martina Francesca, Mulas, Antonello, Pesci, Paola, Porcu, Cristina, Rossetti, Ilaria, Sion, Letizia, Vallisneri, Maria, Carbonara, Pierluigi, MEDITS, and European Commission
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escalas de madurez de MEDITS ,reproducción ,pez ,cefalópodos ,crustáceos ,mar Mediterráneo ,MEDITS maturity scales ,reproduction ,fish ,cephalopods ,crustaceans ,Mediterranean Sea - Abstract
Maturity is one of the most important biological parameters used in stock assessment programmes. Indeed, the macroscopic stage of gonadal development is an essential feature in estimating the maturity ogive and spawning stock biomass. It is also useful for determining the spawning season of a species and for monitoring long-term changes in the spawning cycle as well as for many other research needs related to the biology of fish. Despite the efforts made during the last few decades to standardize maturity stage data among all the researchers, marine biologists continue without a manageable and unique maturity scale to describe the reproductive development of fish gonads. For these reasons, the objectives of this article are 1) to investigate the biological parameters of five selected key species (Mullus barbatus, Galeus melastomus, Etmopterus spinax, Aristeus antennatus, Loligo vulgaris) with different reproductive strategies following the macroscopic maturity scales based on the same univocal criteria adopted in the MEDITS programme and described in this work; and 2) to compare them among some Mediterranean geographical sub-areas (GSAs) involved in the programme. Neither spawning periods nor size at first maturity (SFM50) for the studied species showed particular differences in the investigated GSAs., La madurez es uno de los parámetros biológicos más relevantes utilizados en los programas de evaluación de stock. De hecho, la etapa macroscópica del desarrollo gonadal es una característica esencial en la estimación de la madurez de la biomasa de la ojiva y del desove. También es útil para determinar la temporada de desove de una especie y para monitorear los cambios a largo plazo en el ciclo de desove, así como para muchas otras necesidades de investigación relacionadas con la biología de los peces. A pesar de los esfuerzos realizados durante las últimas décadas para estandarizar los datos de las etapas de madurez entre todos los investigadores, los biólogos marinos continúan sin una escala de madurez única y manejable para describir el desarrollo reproductivo de las gónadas de peces. Por estas razones, el objetivo de este artículo es 1) investigar los parámetros biológicos de 5 especies clave seleccionadas (Mullus barbatus, Galeus melastomus, Etmopterus spinax, Aristeus antennatus, Loligo vulgaris) con diferentes estrategias reproductivas siguiendo las escalas de madurez macroscópica basadas en criterios iguales y unívocos adoptados en el programa MEDITS y descritos en este trabajo y 2) para compararlos entre algunas sub-áreas geográficas del Mediterráneo (GSAs) involucradas en el programa. Tanto los períodos de desove como el tamaño en la primera madurez (SFM50) para las especies estudiadas no han mostrado diferencias particulares en las GSA investigadas.
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10. Spatio-temporal variability in the distribution pattern of anglerfish species in the Mediterranean Sea
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Barcala, Elena, primary, Bellido, Jose Maria, additional, Bellodi, Andrea, additional, Carbonara, Pierluigi, additional, Carlucci, Roberto, additional, Casciaro, Loredana, additional, Esteban, Antonio, additional, Jadaud, Angélique, additional, Massaro, Andrea, additional, Peristaki, Panagiota, additional, Meléndez, María José, additional, Pérez Gil, Jose Luis, additional, Salmerón, Francisca, additional, and Pennino, Maria Grazia, additional
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- 2020
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11. Long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of cephalopod assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea
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Quetglas, Antoni, primary, Valls, Maria, additional, Capezzuto, Francesca, additional, Casciaro, Loredana, additional, Cuccu, Danila, additional, González, María, additional, Ikica, Zdravko, additional, Krstulović Šifner, Svjetlana, additional, Lauria, Valentina, additional, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, additional, Peristeraki, Panagiota, additional, Piccinetti, Corrado, additional, Vidoris, Pavlos, additional, and Keller, Stefanie, additional
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- 2020
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12. The MEDITS maturity scales as a useful tool for investigating the reproductive traits of key species in the Mediterranean Sea
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Follesa, Maria Cristina, primary, Agus, Blondine, additional, Bellodi, Andrea, additional, Cannas, Rita, additional, Capezzuto, Francesca, additional, Casciaro, Loredana, additional, Cau, Alessandro, additional, Cuccu, Danila, additional, Donnaloia, Marilena, additional, Fernandez-Arcaya, Ulla, additional, Gancitano, Vita, additional, Gaudio, Palma, additional, Marongiu, Martina Francesca, additional, Mulas, Antonello, additional, Pesci, Paola, additional, Porcu, Cristina, additional, Rossetti, Ilaria, additional, Sion, Letizia, additional, Vallisneri, Maria, additional, and Carbonara, Pierluigi, additional
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- 2020
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13. Spatio-temporal trends in diversity of demersal fish assemblages in the Mediterranean
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Farriols, M. Teresa, primary, Ordines, Francesc, additional, Carbonara, Pierluigi, additional, Casciaro, Loredana, additional, Di Lorenzo, Manfredi, additional, Esteban, Antonio, additional, Follesa, Cristina, additional, García-Ruiz, Cristina, additional, Isajlovic, Igor, additional, Jadaud, Angélique, additional, Ligas, Alessandro, additional, Manfredi, Chiara, additional, Marceta, Bojan, additional, Peristeraki, Panagiota, additional, Vrgoc, Nedo, additional, and Massutí, Enric, additional
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- 2020
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14. Spatio-temporal trends in diversity of demersal fish assemblages in the Mediterranean
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Farriols, M. Teresa, Ordines, Francesc, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Casciaro, Loredana, Di Lorenzo, Manfredi, Esteban, Antonio, Follesa, Cristina, García-ruiz, Cristina, Isajlovic, Igor, Jadaud, Angelique, Ligas, Alessandro, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Vrgoc, Nedo, Massutí, Enric, Farriols, M. Teresa, Ordines, Francesc, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Casciaro, Loredana, Di Lorenzo, Manfredi, Esteban, Antonio, Follesa, Cristina, García-ruiz, Cristina, Isajlovic, Igor, Jadaud, Angelique, Ligas, Alessandro, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Vrgoc, Nedo, and Massutí, Enric
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The high species richness, coupled with high proportion of endemism, makes the Mediterranean one of the world’s ‘biodiversity hotspots’. However, the continuous increase in fisheries in the last few decades has led to the overexploitation of their main commercial stocks. Using fishery-independent data collected under the framework of the MEDITS trawl surveys carried out over the last 20 years, we study the demersal fish diversity pattern in the Mediterranean at a large spatial and temporal scale to determine whether it is being affected by the general fishing overexploitation of the demersal resources. The detected diversity trends are compared with the spatio-temporal variation in bottom trawl fishing effort in the Mediterranean. Our results show a stability and even recovery of demersal fish diversity in the Mediterranean together with higher diversity values on the continental shelves of the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Sicily and the Aegean Sea. At large temporal and spatial scales, the high diversity of demersal assemblages in the Mediterranean is associated with a reduction in bottom trawl fishing effort. The inclusion of species other than target ones through diversity indices is important in the implementation of an ecosystem-based fisheries management.
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- 2019
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15. Spatio-temporal variability in the distribution pattern of anglerfish species in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Barcala-Bellod, Elena, Bellido-Millán, José María, Bellodi, A., Carbonara, Pierluigi, Carlucci, Roberto, Casciaro, Loredana, Esteban-Acón, Antonio, Jadaud, Angélique, Massaro, A., Peristaki, P., Meléndez-Vallejo, María José, Pérez, G.L., Salmerón, Francisca, Pennino, Maria Grazia, Barcala-Bellod, Elena, Bellido-Millán, José María, Bellodi, A., Carbonara, Pierluigi, Carlucci, Roberto, Casciaro, Loredana, Esteban-Acón, Antonio, Jadaud, Angélique, Massaro, A., Peristaki, P., Meléndez-Vallejo, María José, Pérez, G.L., Salmerón, Francisca, and Pennino, Maria Grazia
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The Mediterranean distributions of two species of anglerfish, the blackbellied anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) and the white anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius), were analysed from trawl survey data (MEDITS project – Spain, France, Italy and Greece) from 2006 to 2015 implementing a Delta model approach with residuals autocovariate boosted regression trees. Sea bottom temperature (SBT), sea bottom salinity (SBS), bathymetry, slope of the seabed and distance to the coast were considered possible predictors. The results show that the locations with a higher presence, abundance and biomass of L. budegassa are those with a depth range between 150 to 300 m, with an SBT range between 17.5 and 18.5°C, and SBS of 37- 38 PSU. Similarly, L. piscatorius shows a higher probability of presence, abundance and biomass in location with a bathymetry range of 200-400 m, an SBT of 17.5°C to 18.5°C and an SBS of 36.5 to 37.5. Our results identify preference habitats for the anglerfishes in the Mediterranean Sea such as the Aegean Sea, the Gulf of Lions, south and southeast Spain and the northwestern Ionian Sea. In general terms, these findings enhance our understanding of the differences in the spatio-temporal distribution of these two species, providing useful information that can help their fisheries management and conservation.
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- 2019
16. Spatio-temporal trends in diversity of demersal fish assemblages in the Mediterranean
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Farriols, María Teresa, Ordines, Francesc, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Casciaro, Loredana, Dilorenzo, M., Esteban-Acón, Antonio, Follesa, Maria Cristina, García-Ruiz, Cristina, Isajlovic, I., Jadaud, Angélique, Ligas, Alessandro, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Vrgoc, Nedo, Massutí, Enric, Farriols, María Teresa, Ordines, Francesc, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Casciaro, Loredana, Dilorenzo, M., Esteban-Acón, Antonio, Follesa, Maria Cristina, García-Ruiz, Cristina, Isajlovic, I., Jadaud, Angélique, Ligas, Alessandro, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Vrgoc, Nedo, and Massutí, Enric
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The high species richness, coupled with high proportion of endemism, makes the Mediterranean one of the world’s ‘biodiversity hotspots’. However, the continuous increase in fisheries in the last few decades has led to the overexploitation of their main commercial stocks. Using fishery-independent data collected under the framework of the MEDITS trawl surveys carried out over the last 20 years, we study the demersal fish diversity pattern in the Mediterranean at a large spatial and temporal scale to determine whether it is being affected by the general fishing overexploitation of the demersal resources. The detected diversity trends are compared with the spatio-temporal variation in bottom trawl fishing effort in the Mediterranean. Our results show a stability and even recovery of demersal fish diversity in the Mediterranean together with higher diversity values on the continental shelves of the Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Sicily and the Aegean Sea. At large temporal and spatial scales, the high diversity of demersal assemblages in the Mediterranean is associated with a reduction in bottom trawl fishing effort. The inclusion of species other than target ones through diversity indices is important in the implementation of an ecosystem-based fisheries management.
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- 2019
17. Long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of cephalopod assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea
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Quetglas, Antoni, Valls-Mir, María, Capezzuto, Francesca, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, González-Aguilar, María, Ikica, Zdravko, Krstulović Šifner, Svjetlana, Lauria, Valentina, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Piccinetti, Corrado, Vidoris, Pavlos, Keller, Stefanie, Quetglas, Antoni, Valls-Mir, María, Capezzuto, Francesca, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, González-Aguilar, María, Ikica, Zdravko, Krstulović Šifner, Svjetlana, Lauria, Valentina, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Piccinetti, Corrado, Vidoris, Pavlos, and Keller, Stefanie
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The Mediterranean Sea shows a trend of increasing temperature and decreasing productivity from the western to the eastern basin. In this work we investigate whether this trend is reflected in the cephalopod assemblages found throughout the Mediterranean. Data obtained with bottom trawl surveys carried out during the last 22 years by EU Mediterranean countries were used. In addition to analysing spatial differences in cephalopod assemblages, we also analysed putative temporal changes during the last two decades. For this purpose, the basin was spatially divided into bioregions, the trawling grounds were subdivided into depth strata, and the dataset was split into two time series of 11 years each. All analyses were done using PRIMER software. The species richness did not vary with the longitudinal gradient, though in most bioregions it showed a mild decrease with depth before plummeting in the deepest waters. Cluster analysis revealed four different bathymetric assemblages in all bioregions. Despite the contrasting conditions between basins and the claims of biodiversity loss, our study revealed that spatial and temporal differences during the last two decades were restricted to changes in the relative abundance of species from a common pool of species inhabiting the whole Mediterraneans from a common pool of species inhabiting the whole Mediterranean.species from a common pool of species inhabiting the whole Mediterranean.
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- 2019
18. Old Info for a New Fisheries Policy: Discard Ratios and Lengths at Discarding in EU Mediterranean Bottom Trawl Fisheries
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Cardinale, M. (Massimiliano), Tsagarakis, Konstantinos, Carbonell, Ana, Brčić, Jure, Bellido-Millán, José María, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Casciaro, Loredana, Edridge, Alex, García-Jiménez, María Teresa, González-Aguilar, María, Krstulović-Šifner, Svjetlana, Machias, Athanassios, Notti, Emilio, Papantoniou, Georgia, Sala, Antonello, Škeljo, Frane, Vitale, Sergio, Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki, Cardinale, M. (Massimiliano), Tsagarakis, Konstantinos, Carbonell, Ana, Brčić, Jure, Bellido-Millán, José María, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Casciaro, Loredana, Edridge, Alex, García-Jiménez, María Teresa, González-Aguilar, María, Krstulović-Šifner, Svjetlana, Machias, Athanassios, Notti, Emilio, Papantoniou, Georgia, Sala, Antonello, Škeljo, Frane, Vitale, Sergio, and Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki
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Discarding is considered globally among the most important issues for fisheries management. The recent reform of the Common Fisheries Policy establishes a landing obligation for the species which are subject to catch limits and, in the Mediterranean, for species which are subject to Minimum Conservation Reference Size (MCRS) as defined in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006. Additionally, several other initiatives aim to reduce unwanted catches of target and bycatch species, including species of conservation concern. This raises the need to study discarding patterns of (mainly) these species. In this work we collated a considerable amount of historical published information on discard ratios and lengths at discarding for species caught in EU Mediterranean bottom trawl fisheries. The main aim was to summarize the available historical records and make them more accessible for scientific and managerial needs, as well as to try identifying patterns in discarding. We show discard ratios and lengths at which 50% of the individuals were discarded (L50) for 15 species (9 bony fishes, three crustacean decapods, and three elasmobranchs). Discard ratios were usually low for target species such as hake, red mullets and highly commercial shrimps and exemptions from the landing obligation under the de minimis rules could be sought in several cases. Discard ratios were usually higher for commercial bycatch species. Discarding is affected by a combination of factors and for a given species, especially for non-target ones, discards are likely to fluctuate within a fishery, across seasons, years, and regions. For most species considered, L50s were lower than the MCRS (when in place) and length at first maturity. L50s of target species, such as hake, were very small due to the existence of market demands for small sized individuals. However, for species of low demand, like horse mackerels, a higher retention size was observed, often exceeding MCRS. Lengths at discarding are affe
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19. Old Info for a New Fisheries Policy: Discard Ratios and Lengths at Discarding in EU Mediterranean Bottom Trawl Fisheries
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Tsagarakis, Konstantinos, primary, Carbonell, Ana, additional, Brčić, Jure, additional, Bellido, Jose M., additional, Carbonara, Pierluigi, additional, Casciaro, Loredana, additional, Edridge, Alexius, additional, García, Teresa, additional, González, Maria, additional, Krstulović Šifner, Svjetlana, additional, Machias, Athanassios, additional, Notti, Emilio, additional, Papantoniou, Georgia, additional, Sala, Antonello, additional, Škeljo, Frane, additional, Vitale, Sergio, additional, and Vassilopoulou, Vassiliki, additional
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20. Large-scale spatio-temporal patterns of Mediterranean cephalopod diversity
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Kellerhttps://w3.ifremer.fr/archimer-admin/author.jsp#, Stefanie, Bartolino, Valerio, Hidalgo, Manuel, Bitetto, Isabella, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, Esteban, Antonio, Garcia, Cristina, Garofalo, Germana, Josephides, Marios, Jadaud, Angelique, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Maiorano, Porzia, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Massut, Enric, Micallef, Reno, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Relini, Giulio, Sartor, Paolo, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, Tserpes, George, Quetglas, Antoni, Kellerhttps://w3.ifremer.fr/archimer-admin/author.jsp#, Stefanie, Bartolino, Valerio, Hidalgo, Manuel, Bitetto, Isabella, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, Esteban, Antonio, Garcia, Cristina, Garofalo, Germana, Josephides, Marios, Jadaud, Angelique, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Maiorano, Porzia, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Massut, Enric, Micallef, Reno, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Relini, Giulio, Sartor, Paolo, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, Tserpes, George, and Quetglas, Antoni
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Species diversity is widely recognized as an important trait of ecosystems’ functioning and resilience. Understanding the causes of diversity patterns and their interaction with the environmental conditions is essential in order to effectively assess and preserve existing diversity. While diversity patterns of most recurrent groups such as fish are commonly studied, other important taxa such as cephalopods have received less attention. In this work we present spatio-temporal trends of cephalopod diversity across the entire Mediterranean Sea during the last 19 years, analysing data from the annual bottom trawl survey MEDITS conducted by 5 different Mediterranean countries using standardized gears and sampling protocols. The influence of local and regional environmental variability in different Mediterranean regions is analysed applying generalized additive models, using species richness and the Shannon Wiener index as diversity descriptors. While the western basin showed a high diversity, our analyses do not support a steady eastward decrease of diversity as proposed in some previous studies. Instead, high Shannon diversity was also found in the Adriatic and Aegean Seas, and high species richness in the eastern Ionian Sea. Overall diversity did not show any consistent trend over the last two decades. Except in the Adriatic Sea, diversity showed a hump-shaped trend with depth in all regions, being highest between 200-400 m depth. Our results indicate that high Chlorophyll a concentrations and warmer temperatures seem to enhance species diversity, and the influence of these parameters is stronger for richness than for Shannon diversity.
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21. Large-scale spatio-temporal patterns of Mediterranean cephalopod diversity
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Keller, Stefanie, Bartolino, Valerio, Hidalgo, Manuel, Bitetto, Isabella, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, Esteban, Antonio, Garcia, Cristina, Garofalo, Germana, Josephides, Marios, Jadaud, Angelique, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Maiorano, Porzia, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Massut, Enric, Micallef, Reno, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Relini, Giulio, Sartor, Paolo, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, Tserpes, George, Quetglas, Antoni, Keller, Stefanie, Bartolino, Valerio, Hidalgo, Manuel, Bitetto, Isabella, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, Esteban, Antonio, Garcia, Cristina, Garofalo, Germana, Josephides, Marios, Jadaud, Angelique, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Maiorano, Porzia, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Massut, Enric, Micallef, Reno, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Relini, Giulio, Sartor, Paolo, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, Tserpes, George, and Quetglas, Antoni
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Species diversity is widely recognized as an important trait of ecosystems’ functioning and resilience. Understanding the causes of diversity patterns and their interaction with the environmental conditions is essential in order to effectively assess and preserve existing diversity. While diversity patterns of most recurrent groups such as fish are commonly studied, other important taxa such as cephalopods have received less attention. In this work we present spatio-temporal trends of cephalopod diversity across the entire Mediterranean Sea during the last 19 years, analysing data from the annual bottom trawl survey MEDITS conducted by 5 different Mediterranean countries using standardized gears and sampling protocols. The influence of local and regional environmental variability in different Mediterranean regions is analysed applying generalized additive models, using species richness and the Shannon Wiener index as diversity descriptors. While the western basin showed a high diversity, our analyses do not support a steady eastward decrease of diversity as proposed in some previous studies. Instead, high Shannon diversity was also found in the Adriatic and Aegean Seas, and high species richness in the eastern Ionian Sea. Overall diversity did not show any consistent trend over the last two decades. Except in the Adriatic Sea, diversity showed a hump-shaped trend with depth in all regions, being highest between 200-400 m depth. Our results indicate that high Chlorophyll a concentrations and warmer temperatures seem to enhance species diversity, and the influence of these parameters is stronger for richness than for Shannon diversity.
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22. Large-Scale Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Mediterranean Cephalopod Diversity
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Keller, Stefanie, primary, Bartolino, Valerio, additional, Hidalgo, Manuel, additional, Bitetto, Isabella, additional, Casciaro, Loredana, additional, Cuccu, Danila, additional, Esteban, Antonio, additional, Garcia, Cristina, additional, Garofalo, Germana, additional, Josephides, Marios, additional, Jadaud, Angelique, additional, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, additional, Maiorano, Porzia, additional, Manfredi, Chiara, additional, Marceta, Bojan, additional, Massutí, Enric, additional, Micallef, Reno, additional, Peristeraki, Panagiota, additional, Relini, Giulio, additional, Sartor, Paolo, additional, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, additional, Tserpes, George, additional, and Quetglas, Antoni, additional
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23. Occurrence and abundance of the deep-water red shrimps Aristeus antennatus (Risso, 1816) and Aristaeomorpha foliacea (Risso, 1827) in the central eastern Mediterranean Sea
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Rinelli, Paola, Marco L. Bianchini, Casciaro, Loredana, Giove, Agnese, Mannini, Alessandro, Politou, Chrissi-Yanna, Profeta, Adriana, Ragonese, Sergio, and Sabatini, Andrea
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The blue-and-red shrimp Aristeus antennatus and the giant red shrimp Aristaeomorpha foliacea are among the major economic resources in the Mediterranean Sea and represent the main target of the western and central Mediterranean deep-sea (400-800 m) fisheries. In this paper, data on abundance (both density and biomass) of A. antennatus and A. foliacea resulting from the MEDITS surveys from 1994 to 2004, carried out with common protocols in seven Mediterranean FAO-GFCM Geographical Sub-Areas (GSAs), have been analysed using standardized methodologies. Both red shrimps species occur almost exclusively on the "meso-bathyal" stratum (500-800 m). The distribution pattern appears quite different for the two species, but no significant trends in density and biomass (neither at geographical nor at temporal level) could be detected. Sardinia shows the highest abundance for both species, although with some local negative tendencies along time. A very high interannual variability was detected in all areas. Comparing the present results to those recorded by Cau et al. in 2002, a rather stable status of the deep-sea red shrimps stocks was observed, which is not an encouraging finding when considering the reduction in fishing capacity and the management measures adopted by the EU in recent years.
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24. Large-Scale Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Mediterranean Cephalopod Diversity
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Stefanie Keller, Giulio Relini, Paolo Sartor, Manuel Hidalgo, George Tserpes, Antoni Quetglas, Panagiota Peristeraki, Antonio Esteban, Bojan Marčeta, Loredana Casciaro, Germana Garofalo, Maria Teresa Spedicato, Chiara Manfredi, Reno Micallef, Valerio Bartolino, Danila Cuccu, Angélique Jadaud, Porzia Maiorano, Cristina García, Evgenia Lefkaditou, Marios Josephides, Enric Massutí, Isabella Bitetto, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Málaga., MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (UMR MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Keller, Stefanie, Bartolino, Valerio, Hidalgo, Manuel, Bitetto, Isabella, Casciaro, Loredana, Cuccu, Danila, Esteban, Antonio, Garcia, Cristina, Garofalo, Germana, Josephides, Mario, Jadaud, Angelique, Lefkaditou, Evgenia, Maiorano, Porzia, Manfredi, Chiara, Marceta, Bojan, Massutí, Enric, Micallef, Reno, Peristeraki, Panagiota, Relini, Giulio, Sartor, Paolo, Spedicato, Maria Teresa, Tserpes, George, and Quetglas, Antoni
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Chlorophyll ,0106 biological sciences ,Mediterranean climate ,Time Factors ,Time Factor ,bottom trawl surveys ,Biodiversity ,lcsh:Medicine ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,generalized additive models ,Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares ,Diversity index ,Mediterranean sea ,Species Specificity ,Animals ,Pesquerías ,14. Life underwater ,species richness ,lcsh:Science ,[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography ,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) ,Multidisciplinary ,Geography ,Animal ,Mediterranean Region ,Ecology ,Medicine (all) ,Chlorophyll A ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,lcsh:R ,Temperature ,Species diversity ,Models, Theoretical ,respiratory system ,climate change ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) ,Cephalopoda ,environmental drivers ,lcsh:Q ,Alpha diversity ,Species richness ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,human activities ,Research Article ,Diversity (business) - Abstract
Species diversity is widely recognized as an important trait of ecosystems’ functioning and resilience. Understanding the causes of diversity patterns and their interaction with the environmental conditions is essential in order to effectively assess and preserve existing diversity. While diversity patterns of most recurrent groups such as fish are commonly studied, other important taxa such as cephalopods have received less attention. In this work we present spatio-temporal trends of cephalopod diversity across the entire Mediterranean Sea during the last 19 years, analysing data from the annual bottom trawl survey MEDITS conducted by 5 different Mediterranean countries using standardized gears and sampling protocols. The influence of local and regional environmental variability in different Mediterranean regions is analysed applying generalized additive models, using species richness and the Shannon Wiener index as diversity descriptors. While the western basin showed a high diversity, our analyses do not support a steady eastward decrease of diversity as proposed in some previous studies. Instead, high Shannon diversity was also found in the Adriatic and Aegean Seas, and high species richness in the eastern Ionian Sea. Overall diversity did not show any consistent trend over the last two decades. Except in the Adriatic Sea, diversity showed a hump-shaped trend with depth in all regions, being highest between 200–400 m depth. Our results indicate that high Chlorophyll a concentrations and warmer temperatures seem to enhance species diversity, and the influence of these parameters is stronger for richness than for Shannon diversity, SI
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