MEDLEM database, a data collection on large Elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean and Black seas
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| Date | 2020 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Mancusi Cecilia1, Baino Romano1, Fortuna Corina2, de Sola Luis Gil3, Morey Gabriel4, Bradai Mohamed Nejmeddine5, Kallianotis Argyrios6, Soldo Alen7, Hemida Farid8, Saad Adib Ali9, Dimech Mark10, Peristeraki Panagiota11, Bariche Michel12, Clò Simona13, de Sabata Eleonora13, Castellano Laura14, Garibaldi Fulvio15, Lanteri Luca15, Tinti Fausto16, Pais Antonio17, Sperone Emilio18, Micarelli Primo19, Poisson Francois20, Sion Letizia21, Carlucci Roberto21, Cebrian-Menchero Daniel22, Séret Bernard23, Ferretti Francesco24, El-Far Alaa25, Saygu Ismet26, Shakman Esmail A.27, Bartoli Alex28, Guallart Javier29, Damalas Dimitrios10, Megalofonou Persefoni30, Vacchi Marino31, Bottaro Massimiliano32, Notarbartolo Di Sciara Giuseppe33, Follesa Maria Cristina34, Cannas Rita34, Kabasakal Hakan35, Zava Bruno36, Cavlan Graziella37, Jung Armelle38, Abudaya Mohammed39, Kolitari Jerina40, Barash Adi41, Joksimovic Aleksandar42, Marčeta Bojan43, Gonzalez Vilas Luis44, Tiralongo Francesco45, Giovos Ioannis46, Bargnesi Filippo47, Lelli Stefano48, Barone Monica49, Moro Stefano50, Mazzoldi Carlotta51, Charis Charilaou52, Abella Alvaro Juan53, Serena Fabrizio53, Colloca Francesco32, Cetkovic Ilija42 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Environmental Protection Agency, ARPAT, Italy 2 : Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ISPRA, Italy 3 : IEO, Spain 4 : Balearic Islands Government, Spain 5 : INSTM, Tunisia 6 : N.AG.RE.F., Greece 7 : University of Split, Croatia 8 : USTHB, Algeria 9 : Tishreen University, Syria 10 : Food and Agriculture Organization 11 : Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Greece 12 : American University of Beirut, Lebanon 13 : Medsharks, Italy 14 : Aquarium of Genoa, Italy 15 : University of Genoa, Italy 16 : University of Bologna, Italy 17 : University of Sassari, Italy 18 : University of Calabria, Italy 19 : Aquarium of Massa Marittima, Italy 20 : MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, France 21 : University of Bari, Italy 22 : RAC-SPA, Tunisia 23 : Ichtyo Consult, France 24 : Department of Fish & Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech. USA 25 : National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt 26 : University of Cukurova, Turkey 27 : University of Tripoli, Libya 28 : SUBMON – Marine Environmental Services, Spain 29 : University of Valencia, Spain 30 : University of Athens, Greece 31 : Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council, Italy 32 : Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy 33 : Tethys Research Institute, Italy 34 : University of Cagliari, Italy 35 : Ichthyological Research Society, Turkey 36 : Wilderness Environmental Studies, Italy 37 : Nature Trust, Malta 38 : Des Requins et Des Hommes, France 39 : National Research Centre, Gaza-Palestine 40 : University of Tirana, Albania 41 : University of Haifa, Israel 42 : University of Montenegro, Montenegro 43 : Fisheries Research Institute, Slovenia 44 : University of Vigo, Spain 45 : University of Catania, Italy 46 : iSea & Marine and Environmental Research, MER, Greece & Cyprus 47 : Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy 48 : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, EastMed Project, Italy 49 : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation, Fisheries Resources Consultant, Italy 50 : Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 51 : University of Padova, Italy 52 : DFMR - Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Cyprus 53 : Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, IRBIM, National Research Council, Italy |
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| Source | Mediterranean Marine Science (1108-393X) (National Documentation Centre (EKT)), 2020 , Vol. 21 , N. 2 , P. 276-288 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.12681/mms.21148 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 34 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Bycatch, databases, geographical distribution, large elasinobranchs, Mediterranean and Black seas, sharks | ||||||||
| Abstract | The Mediterranean Large Elasmobranchs Monitoring (MEDLEM) database contains over 3000 records (more than 4000 individuals) of large elasmobranch species from 20 different countries around the Mediterranean and Black seas, observed from 1666 to 2017. The main species included in the archive are the devil fish (1 813 individuals), the basking shark (939 individuals), the blue shark (585 individuals) and the great white shark (337 individuals). In the last decades other species such as the shortfin mako (166 individuals), the spiny butterfly ray (138) and the thresher shark (174 individuals) were reported with an increasing frequency. This was possibly due to an increased public awareness on the conservation status of sharks, and a consequent development of new monitoring programmes. MEDLEM does not have a homogeneous reporting coverage throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas and it should be considered as a database of observed species presence. Scientific monitoring efforts in the south-eastern Mediterranean and Black seas are generally lower than in the northern sectors and the absence in our database of some species does not imply their actual absence in these regions. Some considerations are made on the frequency and spatial distribution of records, size structure of the observed individuals for selected species, general area coverage and species involved as by-catch by fishing gear. |
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