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Fernandez-arcaya, Ulla; Bitetto, Isabella; Esteban, Antonio; Farriols, M. Teresa; García-ruiz, Cristina; Gil De Sola, Luis; Guijarro, Beatriz; Jadaud, Angelique; Kavadas, Stefanos; Lembo, Giuseppe; Milisenda, Giacomo; Maina, Irida; Petovic, Slavica; Sion, Letizia; Vaz, Sandrine; Massutí, Enric. |
The large-scale distribution pattern of megafauna communities along the Mediterranean middle slope was explored. The study was conducted between 500 and 800 m depth where deep-water fishery occurs. Although community studies carried out deeper than 500 m are partly available for some geographic areas, few large-scale comparative studies have been carried out. Within the framework of the MEDITS survey programme, we compared the megafauna community structure in ten geographical sub-areas (GSAs) along the Mediterranean coasts. Additionally, the spatial distribution of fishing was analysed using vessel monitoring by satellite information. Overall, the community showed a significant difference between sub-areas, with a decreasing eastward pattern in abundance... |
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Palavras-chave: Distribution pattern; Fishing impact; Continental slope; Deep sea; Megafauna; Red shrimp; Community. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00489/60051/63328.pdf |
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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. |
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... |
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Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Fish assemblages; MEDITS; Bottom trawling; Fishing effort; Mediterranean Sea. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00584/69628/67484.pdf |
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