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The streaming of plastic in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 AbstractPlastic debris is a ubiquitous pollutant on the sea surface. To date, substantial research efforts focused on the detection of plastic accumulation zones. Here, a different paradigm is proposed: looking for crossroad regions through which large amounts of plastic debris flow. This approach is applied to the Mediterranean Sea, massively polluted
Baudena, Alberto +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 The Eastern Mediterranean Sea is an exceptional habitat. Its relative isolation and distinct characteristics create a unique ecosystem recognized as a marine biodiversity hot spot, where one-fifth of the species are endemic.
Rotem Zirler +17 more
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Recent Occurrence of Rare Echeneis naucrates from the Turkish Mediterranean Coast
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Journal of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, 2021 One specimen of live sharksucker was caught with a bottom trammel net in Taşucu Bay, south-eastern coast of Turkey, at 1 m depth on May, 2021. Meristic parameters were determined by fin ray counts and metric parameters were measured from the photos of ...
Erhan Mutlu
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, 2016 Abstract This chapter assesses the legal regime of the Mediterranean Sea. The legal regime of any given ocean or sea is a composite product, which includes the unilateral acts of States by which they establish maritime zones and regulate the exercise of their power therein; the bilateral agreements for the delimitation of maritime ...
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Comparison of deep-water viromes from the atlantic ocean and the mediterranean sea.
PLoS ONE, 2014 The aim of this study was to compare the composition of two deep-sea viral communities obtained from the Romanche Fracture Zone in the Atlantic Ocean (collected at 5200 m depth) and the southwest Mediterranean Sea (from 2400 m depth) using a pyro ...
Christian Winter +4 more
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Rapid response to climate change in a marginal sea
Scientific Reports, 2017 The Mediterranean Sea is a mid-latitude marginal sea, particularly responsive to climate change as reported by recent studies. The Sicily Channel is a choke point separating the sea in two main basins, the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Western ...
K. Schroeder +5 more
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Scientia Marina, 2017 Anchovy is a commercial species that supports large fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, anchovy is an essential element of the pelagic food web, playing a considerable role in connecting the lower and upper trophic levels.
Ana Ventero +2 more
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Acta Herpetologica, 2012 Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) was studied over 3 summers in a nearshore habitat, the Patoku area in the southern part of Driniki Bay, Albania. Tissue samples were collected from 40 loggerhead turtles incidentally captured in stavnike fish-traps (a
Can Yilmaz +4 more
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Confirmed occurrence of moontail bullseye, Priacanthus hamrur (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Priacanthidae), in the Mediterranean Sea with first record off the coast of Turkey [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2018 A new Lessepsian migrant, moontail bullseye, Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775), is recorded for the second time from the Mediterranean Sea, and for the first time from Turkey. A single male specimen of P. hamrur was caught at a depth of about
D. Erguden, M. Gurlek, C. Turan
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Marine Organisms Fouling on Ghost Nets in the Sounio Marine Protected Area (Greece)
PollutantsGhost nets are the result of fishing nets ending up at sea by fishing vessels during operations, repairs, accidental loss, and from aquaculture activities.
Nikolaos Simantiris +3 more
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