FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Environmental drivers influencing the abundance of round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) and European sprat (Sprattus sprattus) in different areas of the Mediterranean Sea BT AF DE FELICE, Andrea IGLESIAS, Magdalena SARAUX, Claire BONANNO, Angelo TICINA, Vjekoslav LEONORI, Iole VENTERO, Ana HATTAB, Tarek BARRA, Marco GASPAREVIC, Denis BIAGIOTTI, Ilaria BOURDEIX, Jean-Herve GENOVESE, Simona JURETIC, Tea ARONICA, Salvatore MALAVOLTI, Sara AS 1:1;2:2;3:3,4;4:5;5:6;6:1;7:2;8:3;9:5;10:6;11:1;12:3;13:5;14:6;15:5;16:1; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;9:;10:;11:;12:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;13:;14:;15:;16:; C1 National Research Council (CNR), IRBIM-Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnologies, Largo Fiera della Pesca, 1 60125 Ancona, Italy Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Oceanographic Centre of the Balearic Islands, Moll de Ponent, s/n. 07015, Palma de Mallorca, Spain MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, IFREMER, IRD, Boulevard Avenue Jean Monnet CS 30171, 34203, Sète Cedex, France IPHC UMR 7178, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, DEPE, 67000 Strasbourg, France National Research Council (CNR), ISMAR- Institute of Marine Sciences, Calata Porta Di Massa - Porto Di Napoli 80, Naples, Italy Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Šetalište I. Meštrovića 63,21000 Split, Croatia C2 CNR IRBIM, ITALY IEO, SPAIN IFREMER, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE CNR ISMAR, ITALY INST OCEANOG & FISHERIES, CROATIA SI SETE SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-europe IF 3.016 TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00748/85992/91210.pdf LA English DT Article CR PELMED - PELAGIQUES MEDITERRANÉE DE ;Sardinella aurita;Sprattus sprattus;environmental factors;acoustic survey;temporal trends AB 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. PY 2021 SO Mediterranean Marine Science SN 1108-393X PU Natl Centre Marine Research VL 22 IS 4 UT 000744169400004 BP 812 EP 826 DI 10.12681/mms.25933 ID 85992 ER EF