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SUBMITTER: Ferretti F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3541648 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferretti Francesco F Osio Giacomo C GC Jenkins Chris J CJ Rosenberg Andrew A AA Lotze Heike K HK
Scientific reports 20130110
Sharks and rays' abundance can decline considerably with fishing. Community changes, however, are more complex because of species interactions, and variable vulnerability and exposure to fishing. We evaluated long-term changes in the elasmobranch community of the Adriatic Sea, a heavily exploited Mediterranean basin where top-predators have been strongly depleted historically, and fishing developed unevenly between the western and eastern side. Combining and standardizing catch data from five tr ...[more]