The importance of thermoperiod for proper gametogenesis and successful egg and sperm production in meagre (Argyrosomus regius) breeders in aquaculture

PAULO H. DE MELLO, STEFANO LANCEROTTO, IOANNIS FAKRIADIS, PANAGIOTA TSOUKALI, MARIA PAPADAKI, CONSTANTINOS CHRYSANTHOS MYLONAS

218-231

Discarded fish on the Spanish Mediterranean coast: influence of season on fatty acids profiles

MARÍA DOLORES SUÁREZ, MARÍA ISABEL SÁEZ, MIGUEL ÁNGEL RINCÓN-CERVERA, LUIS HIDALGO, JOSE LUIS GUIL-GUERRERO

232-245

Spread of the non-indigenous ascidian Aplidium accarense (Millar, 1953) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea: morphological and molecular tools for an accurate identification

FEDERICA MONTESANTO, GIOVANNI CHIMIENTI, CARMELA GISSI, FRANCESCO MASTROTOTARO

246-254

Toward the widespread application of low-cost technologies in coastal ocean observing (Internet of Things for the Ocean)

MARCO MARCELLI, VIVIANA PIERMATTEI, RICCARDO GERIN, FABIO BRUNETTI, ERMANNO PIETROSEMOLI, SAM ADDO, LOBDA BOUDAYA, RICHARD COLEMAN, OLULUNMI AYOOLA NUBI, RICK JOJANNES, SUBRATA SARKER, ZACHARIE SOHOU, MARCO ZENNARO, KAREN WHILTSHIRE, ALESSANDRO CRISE

255-269

New discoveries in Eastern Mediterranean mesophotic sponge grounds: updated checklist and description of three novel sponge species

TAL IDAN, SIGAL SHEFER, TAMAR FELDSTEIN, MICHA ILAN

270-284

Nautical tourism affects common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus M.) foraging success in a NATURA 2000 site, North-Eastern Adriatic Sea

DARJA RIBARIC, JACK CLARKSON

285-296

Species and habitats of conservation interest in the Ecologically and Biologically Significant Area of the Strait of Sicily: a contribution towards the creation of a Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance

PIERPAOLO CONSOLI, CHIARA ALTOBELLI, PATRIZIA PERZIA, MARZIA BO, ANTONIETTA ROSSO, GIUSEPPINA ALONGI, DONATELLA SERIO, SIMONEPIETRO CANESE, TERESA ROMEO, FRANCO ANDALORO

297-316

Seasonal variation of microplastics density in Algerian surface waters (South-Western Mediterranean Sea)

SKANDER SETITI, BOUALEM HAMDI, SAFIA CHERNAI, FOUZIA HOUMA BACHARI, SAMIR BACHOUCHE, YOUSRA GHEZALI, GIUSEPPE SUARIA

317-326

First record of Marphysa chirigota (Annelida: Eunicidae) in the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Tunis)

MARWA CHAIBI, CHIARA ROMANO, ATF AZZOUNA, DANIEL MARTIN

327-339

Long-term monitoring for the surveillance of the conservation status of Tursiops truncatus in an EU Natura2000 site in the Mediterranean Sea. A pilot study in the Tuscan Archipelago

ANTONELLA ARCANGELI, ROBERTO CROSTI, ILARIA CAMPANA, LARA CAROSSO, MARTINA GREGORIETTI, GIULIA MAINARDI, VERONICA MAZZUCATO, ALBERTO CASTELLI

340-346

Recent hydrological status of the Aegean Sea derived from free drifting profilers

DIMITRIS KASSIS, GERASIMOS KORRES

347-361

Population structure and conservation status of the white gorgonian Eunicella singularis (Esper, 1791) in Tunisian waters (Central Mediterranean)

RAOUIA GHANEM, JAMILA BEN SOUISSI, JEAN-BAPTISTE LEDOUX, CRISTINA LINARES, JOAQUIM GARRABOU

362-371

Trace-metal distribution and ecological risk assessment in sediments of a sheltered coastal area (Gulf of Gaeta, central-eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) in relation to hydrodynamic conditions

SIMONE BONAMANO, DANIELE PIAZZOLLA, SERGIO SCANU, VIVIANA PIERMATTEI, MARCO MARCELLI

372-384

Acoustic deterrent devices as mitigation tool to prevent dolphin-fishery interactions in the Aeolian Archipelago (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

CHIARA ANASTASIA BRUNO, VALENTINA CASERTA, PERLA SALZERI, GIUSY BONANNO FERRARO, FEDERICO PECORARO, ALESSANDRO LUCCHETTI, LUIGI BOITANI, MONICA FRANCESCA BLASI

408-421

Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, presence and its exposure to floating marine litter in the Sardinia Channel and the Strait of Sicily: results from seven years of monitoring using ferry as platform of observation

FABRIZIO ATZORI, LARA CAROSSO, NICOLETTA CADONI, FRANCESCA FRAU, MARÍA LEONOR GARCÍA GUTIÉRREZ, GIUSEPPE ANDREA DE LUCIA, MARTINA GREGORIETTI, GIULIANA PELLEGRINO, SVITLANA LIUBARTSEVA, RITA LECCI, GIOVANNI COPPINI, FULVIO MAFFUCCI, SANDRA HOCHSCHEID, ANTONELLA ARCANGELI

422-435

Underwater photo contests to complement coastal fish inventories: results from two Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas

FRANCESCO TIRALONGO, GABRIELE La MESA, FRANCESCO PALADINI De MENDOZA, FILIPPO MASSARI, ERNESTO AZZURRO

436-445

Sightings of Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) off the southern coast of Linosa island (south-central Mediterranean Sea)

VALENTINA CORRIAS, FRANCESCO FILICIOTTO, FABIO GIARDINA

387-392

Non-indigenous freshwater fish research in Greece: Current status and future prospects

NICHOLAS KOUTSIKOS, STAMATIS ZOGARIS, LEONIDAS VARDAKAS, OLGA-IOANNA KALANTZI

393-406

Obituary

NOMIKI SIMBOURA

385-386

Obituary

PASCAL DIVANACH