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| Carbonara, Pierluigi; Zupa, Walter; Anastasopoulou, Aikaterini; Bellodi, Andrea; Bitetto, Isabella; Charilaou, Charis; Chatzispyrou, Archontia; Elleboode, Romain; Esteban, Antonio; Follesa, Maria Cristina; Isajlovic, Igor; Jadaud, Angelique; Garcia-ruiz, Cristina; Giannakaki, Amalia; Guijarro, Beatriz; Kiparissis, Sotiris Elias; Ligas, Alessandro; Mahe, Kelig; Massaro, Andrea; Medvesek, Damir; Mytilineou, Chryssi; Ordines, Francesc; Pesci, Paola; Porcu, Cristina; Peristeraki, Panagiota; Thasitis, Ioannis; Torres, Pedro; Spedicato, Maria Teresa; Tursi, Angelo; Sion, Letizia. |
| The uncertainty in age estimation by otolith reading may be at the root of the large variability in red mullet (Mullus barbatus) growth models in the Mediterranean. In the MEDITS survey, red mullet age data are produced following the same sampling protocol and otolith reading methodology. However, ageing is assigned using different interpretation schemes, including variations in theoretical birthdate and number of false rings considered, in addition to differences in the experience level of readers. The present work analysed the influence of these variations and the geographical location of sampling on red mullet ageing using a multivariate approach (principal component analysis). Reader experience was the most important parameter correlated with the... |
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Palavras-chave: Mullus barbatus; Age variability; MEDITS; Mediterranean; Reader effect; False rings; Date of birth. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00591/70320/68356.pdf |
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| Follesa, Maria C.; Marongiu, Martina F.; Zupa, Walter; Bellodi, Andrea; Cau, Alessandro; Cannas, Rita; Colloca, Francesco; Djurovic, Mirko; Isajlovic, Igor; Jadaud, Angelique; Manfredi, Chiara; Mulas, Antonello; Peristeraki, Panagiota; Porcu, Cristina; Ramirez-amaro, Sergio; Salmeron Jimenez, Francisca; Serena, Fabrizio; Sion, Letizia; Thasitis, Ioannis; Cau, Angelo; Carbonara, Pierluigi. |
| Thanks to the availability of the MEDITS survey data, a standardized picture of the occurrence and abundance of demersal Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean has been obtained. During the spring-summer period between 2012 and 2015, 41 Chondrichthyes, including 18 sharks (5 orders and 11 families). 22 batoids (3 orders and 4 families) and 1 chimaera, were detected from several geographical sub-areas (GSAs) established by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Batoids had a preferential distribution on the continental shelf (10-200 m depth). while shark species were more frequent on the slope (200-800 m depth). Only three species, the Carcharhiniformes Galeus melastomus and Scyliorhinus canicida and the Torpediniformes Torpedo... |
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Palavras-chave: Fish; Chondrichthyes; Bottom trawl surveys; Distribution; Abundance; Mediterranean. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00600/71220/69591.pdf |
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| Sioni, Letizia; Zupa, Walter; Calculli, Crescenza; Garofalo, Germana; Hidalgo, Manuel; Jadaud, Angelique; Lefkaditou, Evgenia; Ligas, Alessandro; Peristeraki, Panagiota; Bitetto, Isabella; Capezutto, Francesca; Carlucci, Roberto; Esteban, Antonio; Follesa, Cristina; Guijarro, Beatriz; Ikica, Zdravko; Isajlovic, Igor; Lembo, Giuseppe; Manfredi, Chiara; Perez, José Luiz; Porcu, Cristina; Thasitis, Ioannis; Tserpes, George; Carbonara, Pierluigi. |
| The present study provides updated information on the occurrence, abundance and biomass distribution patterns and length frequencies of Merluccius merluccius in the Mediterranean Sea, by analysing a time series of data from the Mediterranean International Trawl Surveys (MEDITS) from 1994 to 2015. The highest values of abundance and biomass were observed in the Sardinian Seas. The use of a generalized additive model, in which standardized biomass indices (kg km–2) were analysed as a function of environmental variables, explained how ecological factors could affect the spatio-temporal distribution of European hake biomass in the basin. High biomass levels predicted by the model were observed especially at 200 m depth and between 14°C and 18°C, highlighting... |
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Palavras-chave: Merluccius merluccius; Distribution pattern; Environmental factors; MEDITS; Mediterranean Sea. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00591/70351/68419.pdf |
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| Spedicato, Maria Teresa; Zupa, Walter; Carbonara, Pierluigi; Fiorentino, Fabio; Follesca, Maria Cristina; Galgani, Francois; Garcia-ruiz, Cristina; Jadaud, Angelique; Ioakeimidis, Christos; Lazarakis, Giorgios; Lembo, Giuseppe; Mandic, Milica; Maiorano, Porzia; Sartini, Marina; Serena, Fabrizio; Cau, Alessandro; Esteban, Antonio; Isajlovic, Igor; Micallef, Reno; Thasitis, Ioannis. |
| Marine litter is one of the main sources of anthropogenic pollution in the marine ecosystem, with plastic representing a global threat. This paper aims to assess the spatial distribution of plastic macro-litter on the seafloor, identifying accumulation hotspots at a northern Mediterranean scale. Density indices (items km–2) from the MEDITS trawl surveys (years 2013-2015) were modelled by generalized additive models using a Delta-type approach and several covariates: latitude, longitude, depth, seafloor slope, surface oceanographic currents and distances from main ports. To set thresholds for the identification of accumulation areas, the percentiles (85th, 90th and 95th) of the plastic spatial density distribution were computed on the raster data. In the... |
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Palavras-chave: Marine macro-litter; Plastic; Mediterranean Sea; GAM modelling; Accumulation areas; MEDITS. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00591/70319/68355.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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| Ordines, Francesc; Lloret, Josep; Tugores, Pilar; Manfredi, Chiara; Guijarro, Beatriz; Jadaud, Angelique; Porcu, Cristina; Gil De Sola, Luis; Carlucci, Roberto; Sartini, Marina; Isajlovic, Igor; Massutti, Enric. |
| A new approach to recruitment overfishing diagnosis is presented. We hypothesize that condition of recruits should increase when recruitment failures are caused by fishing activity. This would be a consequence of the increase in trophic resource availability, because the population is smaller than that which the ecosystem could support. Temporal series of hake recruit condition were calculated from MEDITS survey data collected in Mediterranean geographical sub-areas (GSAs) 1, 6, 17 and 19 from 1994 to 2015. Multiple linear regressions were used to analyse the relationship between mean annual condition and abundance of recruits and climatic indices in each GSA. Significant correlations were only detected in GSA 6, where 69% of condition variability was... |
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Palavras-chave: Merluccius merluccius; Fishery; Recruits; Condition index; Recruitment overfishing; MEDITS survey. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00513/62458/66762.pdf |
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| Sbrana, Mario; Zupa, Walter; Ligas, Alessandro; Capezzuto, Francesca; Chatzispyrou, Archontia; Follesa, Maria Cristina; Gancitano, Vita; Guijarro, Beatriz; Isajlovic, Igor; Jadaud, Angelique; Markovic, Olivera; Micallef, Reno; Peristeraki, Panagiota; Piccinetti, Corrado; Thasitis, Ioannis; Carbonara, Pierluigi. |
| The main characteristics concerning the distribution of two of the most important decapod crustaceans of commercial interest in the Mediterranean Sea, the deep-water rose shrimp, Parapenaeus longirostris, and the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, are studied in the European Mediterranean waters. The study is based on data collected under the MEDITS trawl surveys from 1994 to 2015 from the Gibraltar Straits to the northeastern Levantine Basin (Cyprus waters). The observed differences can be interpreted as different responses to environmental drivers related to the differing life history traits of the two species. In fact, N. norvegicus is a long-living, benthic burrowing species with low growth and mortality rates, while P. longirostris is an epibenthic,... |
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Palavras-chave: Nephrops norvegicus; Parapenaeus longirostris; Distribution; Trawl survey; Mediterranean Sea. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00489/60052/63331.pdf |
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