Habitat Protection Archives

Differences in the occurrence and abundance of batoids across an oceanic archipelago using complementary data sources: Implications for conservation

A newly discovered forest of the whip coral Viminella flagellum (Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) in the Mediterranean Sea: A non-invasive method to assess its population structure

Spatial assessment of benthic habitats vulnerability to bottom fishing in a Mediterranean seamount

Abstract Physical damage caused by the mechanical impact of bottom fishing gears on epibenthic community can reduce the biomass and coverage of habitat-forming species as well as the richness and diversity of the rest of the associated community. A practical development of a methodology for spatially assessing the potential degree of disturbance that benthic habitats … Read more

First record of two species of Echinodermata for Libyan waters

First record of the basket star Astrospartus mediterraneus (Risso, 1826) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the Libyan waters.

First record of the non-indigenous sohal surgeonfish Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775) (Chordata: Acanthuridae) from the Lebanese waters, eastern Mediterranean Sea

Extensive use of habitat-damaging fishing gears inside habitat-protecting Marine Protected Areas

Bathyal megabenthic assemblages in the SE Iberian Peninsula (Western Mediterranean Sea)

Distributions of some poorly known Atlanto-Mediterranean deep-sea anthozoans in the Western Mediterranean

The cascade effect and trawling

We have all heard the term “cascade effect” used to refer to how a government decision, a war, a political event, or other situation impacts society, the economy, prices, and so on. This expression is also used in ecology to explain how human action, a catastrophic event, or a particular incident, for instance, can have … Read more