Figure 2.
Bathymetric data for the Eastern Mediterranean showing: (a) slope gradients and (b) aspects. The study area was divided in seven (7) distinct zones based on recorded slope gradients and aspects. Note the predominant Erastosthenes Seamount to the south of Cyprus. The figure was created on Matlab-r2010a (http://matlab-r2010a.software.informer.com/). Bathymetric data are from the open database EMODnet (http://www.emodnet-hydrography.eu/).