About the Authors

Sergio Ragonese

Affiliation Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), National Research Council (CNR), Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy

Sergio Vitale

sergio.vitale@cnr.it

Affiliation Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), National Research Council (CNR), Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy

Mark Dimech

Affiliation Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences (MCFS), Fort San Lucjan-Marsaxlokk, Birzebbuga, Malta

Salvatore Mazzola

Affiliation Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC), National Research Council (CNR), Mazara del Vallo, Sicily, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: SR SV MD. Wrote the manuscript: SR SV MD SM.