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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2026): Mediterranean Marine Science

Published: 2026-05-14

Research Article
Three decades of sea turtle rehabilitation in Greece (1995-2024) reveal high anthropogenic impact

DIMITRIS MARGARITOULIS, EIRINI KASIMATI, ALIKI PANAGOPOULOU, ALAN F. REES

400-409

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Will-o’-the-wisps on sea turtle nesting beaches: will light pollution prevent new colonisation of the Western Mediterranean?

ÉRICA MOURA, FULVIO MAFFUCCI, CHIARA RONCARI, MARIANNA FARINA, ROBERTA TETI , SANDRA HOCHSCHEID

459-468

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Population density and health condition of Cladocora caespitosa in the shallow zone of the Amvrakikos Gulf (Ionian Sea - Western Greece)

ELENI GAVRIEL, PAVLOS AVRAMIDIS, CONSTANTIN KOUTSIKOPOULOS, ALEXIS RAMFOS

426-439

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Underwater visual census-derived fish biomass as a proxy for small-scale fisheries catch and revenue indicators

LUCA PALAZZO, ANTONIO CALÒ, ELENA DESIDERÀ, MANFREDI Di LORENZO, ANTONIO DI FRANCO, PAOLO GUIDETTI

469-480

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Reproductive Characteristics of the Invasive Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in the Marchica Lagoon (Alboran Sea, Morocco)

NASSIR KADDOURI, DOUAA SLIMANI, MOHAMED SELFATI, NAJIB EL OUAMARI, HOCEIN BAZAIRI

365-378

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To be or not to be alien, that is the question: the case of five new polychaete species from the Levantine Sea

MATTEO PUTIGNANO, ANDREA TOSO, LARA MARASTELLA FUMAROLA, DESIRÈE DIMICHELE, MICHEL BARICHE, ADRIANA GIANGRANDE, LUIGI MUSCO, STEFANO PIRAINO, JOACHIM LANGENECK

330-356

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Extreme storms could limit the expansion of the invasive species Caulerpa cylindracea on rocky shores

CARLOS SANZ-LAZARO, MARC TERRADAS-FERNÁNDEZ, NURIA CASADO-COY

321-329

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Anthropogenic noise is a dominant component of the shallow-water soundscape of the eastern Ionian Sea

VASSILIS GALANOS, ALICE AFFATATI, ANASTASIOS KALIMERIS, STELIOS KATSANEVAKIS, ANGELO CAMERLENGHI, VASILIS TRYGONIS

287-301

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A natural population of the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758) in the northern Adriatic Sea: Changes over time and restoration potential

DARIA EZGETA-BALIĆ, RATKO CVITANIĆ, NEDO VRGOČ, DAMIR MEDVEŠEK, JELENA NEJAŠMIĆ, MELITA PEHARDA, BARBARA ZORICA, NIKA STAGLIČIĆ, NIKO BUJAS

308-320

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Current fish community structure of an anthropogenically pressured system: the case of the Küçükçekmece Lagoon (NW Türkiye)

GÜLŞAH SAÇ, SEVAN AĞDAMAR, HARUN İNCİ, ÖZGÜN DENIZ YÜREKLİ, İREM ŞARLAK, TUĞÇE YETİM, MÜFIT ÖZULUĞ

277-286

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Biological parameters and ecology of the Thornback Ray (Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758) in the Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean

FRANCESCA FERRAGUT–PERELLO, MARIA VALLS, JULIA ESCRIBANO, SERGIO RAMÍREZ–AMARO, FRANCESC ORDINES

410-425

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Short Communication
Whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in the Mediterranean Sea: first confirmed records from the southeastern Levant

ADI BARASH, YA’ARA GROSSMARK, RE’EM NERI, SHEVY BAT-SHEVA ROTHMAN

302-307

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Integrating zooplankton biomarkers within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) assessment

MARIA PROTOPAPA, INMA HERRERA, WILHELM HAGEN, ROLF KOPPELMANN, JONNA ENGSTRÖM-ÖST, CATHERINE TSANGARIS, SOULTANA ZERVOUDAKI, LIDIA YEBRA

357-364

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