@article{fdi:010079675,
  title = {{MEDLEM} database, a data collection on large {E}lasmobranchs in the {M}editerranean and {B}lack seas},
  author = {{M}ancusi, {C}. and {B}aino, {R}. and {F}ortuna, {C}. and {D}e {S}ola, {L}. {G}. and {M}orey, {G}. and {B}radai, {M}. {N}. and {K}allianotis, {A}. and {S}oldo, {A}. and {H}emida, {F}. and {S}aad, {A}. {A}. and {D}imech, {M}. and {P}eristeraki, {P}. and {B}ariche, {M}. and {C}lo, {S}. and {D}e {S}abata, {E}. and {C}astellano, {L}. and {G}aribaldi, {F}. and {L}anteri, {L}. and {T}inti, {F}. and {P}ais, {A}. and {S}perone, {E}. and {M}icarelli, {P}. and {P}oisson, {F}. and {S}ion, {L}. and {C}arlucci, {R}. and {C}ebrian-{M}enchero, {D}. and {S}{\'e}ret, {B}ernard and {F}erretti, {F}. and {E}l-{F}ar, {A}. and {S}aygu, {I}. and {S}hakman, {E}. {A}. and {B}artoli, {A}. and {G}uallart, {J}. and {D}amalas, {D}. and {M}egalofonou, {P}. and {V}acchi, {M}. and {C}olloca, {F}. and {B}ottaro, {M}. and {D}i {S}ciara, {G}. {N}. and {F}ollesa, {M}. {C}. and {C}annas, {R}. and {K}abasakal, {H}. and {Z}ava, {B}. and {C}avlan, {G}. and {J}ung, {A}. and {A}budaya, {M}. and {K}olitari, {J}. and {B}arash, {A}. and {J}oksimovic, {A}. and {C}etkovic, {I}. and {M}arceta, {B}. and {V}ilas, {L}. {G}. and {T}iralongo, {F}. and {G}iovos, {I}. and {B}argnesi, {F}. and {L}elli, {S}. and {B}arone, {M}. and {M}oro, {S}. and {M}azzoldi, {C}. and {C}haris, {C}. and {A}bella, {A}. {J}. and {S}erena, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {M}editerranean {L}arge {E}lasmobranchs {M}onitoring ({MEDLEM}) database contains more than 3,000 records (with more than 4,000 individuals) of large elasmobranch species from 21 different countries around the {M}editerranean and {B}lack seas, observed from 1666 to 2017. {T}he principal species included in the archive are the devil ray (1,868 individuals), the basking shark (935 individuals), the blue shark (622 individuals), and the great white shark (342 individuals). {I}n the last decades, other species such as the thresher shark (187 individuals), the shortfin mako (180 individuals), and the spiny butterfly ray (138) were reported with increasing frequency. {T}his was possibly due to increased public awareness on the conservation status of sharks, and the consequent development of new monitoring programs. {MEDLEM} does not have homo-geneous reporting coverage throughout the {M}editerranean and {B}lack seas and it should be considered as a database of observed species presence. {S}cientific monitoring efforts in the south-eastern {M}editerranean and {B}lack seas arc generally lower than in the northern sectors and the absence of some species in our database does not imply their actual absence in these regions. {H}owever, the available data allowed us to analyse the frequency and spatial distribution of records, the size frequencies for a few selected the available data allowed us to analyse the frequency and spatial distribution of records, the size frequencies for a few selected species, the overall area coverage, and which species are involved as bycatch by different fishing gears.},
  keywords = {{B}ycatch ; databases ; geographical distribution ; large elasinobranchs ; {M}editerranean and {B}lack seas ; sharks ; {MEDITERRANEE} ; {MER} {NOIRE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}editerranean {M}arine {S}cience},
  volume = {21},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {276--288},
  ISSN = {1108-393{X}},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.12681/mms.21148},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079675},
}