Environmental drivers influencing the abundance of round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) and European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in different areas of the Mediterranean Sea
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| Date | 2021 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | de Felice Andrea1, Iglesias Magdalena2, Saraux Claire3, 4, Bonanno Angelo5, Ticina Vjekoslav6, Leonori Iole1, Ventero Ana2, Hattab Tarek3, Barra Marco5, Gasparevic Denis6, Biagiotti Ilaria1, Bourdeix Jean-Herve3, Genovese Simona5, Juretic Tea6, Aronica Salvatore5, Malavolti Sara1 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : National Research Council (CNR), IRBIM-Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 1 60125 Ancona, Italy 2 : Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Oceanographic Centre of the Balearic Islands, Moll de Ponent, s/n. 07015, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 3 : MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Boulevard Avenue Jean Monnet CS 30171, 34203, Sète Cedex, France 4 : IPHC UMR 7178, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, DEPE, 67000 Strasbourg, France 5 : National Research Council (CNR), ISMAR- Institute of Marine Sciences, Calata Porta Di Massa - Porto Di Napoli 80, Naples, Italy 6 : Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište I. Meštrovića 63,21000 Split, Croatia |
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| Source | Mediterranean Marine Science (1108-393X) (Natl Centre Marine Research), 2021 , Vol. 22 , N. 4 , P. 812-826 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.12681/mms.25933 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 4 | ||||||||
| Note | Contribution to the Special Issue: “MEDiterranean International Acoustic Survey (MEDIAS)” | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Sardinella aurita, Sprattus sprattus, environmental factors, acoustic survey, temporal trends | ||||||||
| Abstract | Data on Sardinella aurita (round sardinella) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat) in the Mediterranean Sea are limited due to their scarce commercial interest, at least in European countries. Yet, these two small pelagic fish, sitting at opposite ends of the thermal range, could be interesting sentinel species to monitor the effects of climate change in the basin. Using the Mediterranean International Acoustic Surveys (MEDIAS) - the most extensive source of information on these species - we analysed their biomass in several geographical subareas of the central and western Mediterranean Sea in relation to satellite-derived environmental parameters. Our findings highlight that the S. aurita biomass responded to temperature, salinity, chlorophyll concentration and sea level anomaly, depending on the GSA examined, whereas the S. sprattus biomass correlated significantly with salinity in GSA 6, with salinity and chlorophyll concentration in GSA 7 and with sea level anomaly in GSA 17. These data widen our knowledge of the factors that contribute to the ecology of these species. Further studies of their spatial distribution and of their interactions with other small pelagic species, predators and prey are needed to depict a more comprehensive scenario. | ||||||||
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