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. 2021 Feb 3;11:2927. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82421-y

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Example of bathymetric analyses for the Eastern Mediterranean Sea showing: (a) slope gradients and (b) aspects. Areas presenting slopes higher than 60° are indicated by the ellipses in (a), while aspects have been categorised according to the direction of aspect in (b), aiming at highlighting the role of the aspect direction in shaping the structure of the modern sea floor³⁵. Seafloor topography severely alters the ocean circulation, especially in areas with rugged sea floor, further affecting pollution dispersion^36–38. The Figures were compiled from Matlab-r2010a (http://matlab-r2010a.software.informer.com/). Bathymetric data are from the open database EMODnet (http://www.emodnet-hydrography.eu/).