Editorial on the Research Topic A plea for the mediterranean sea: understanding impacts of multiple anthropogenic stressors on coastal and marine biodiversity, ecosystems and their services Environmental stressors, such as biodiversity loss, climate change and fluctuations, alien species invasions, land-based pollutants and anthropogenic stressors, such as intensive pressure on natural resources, maritime transport, over-fishing, eutrophication, contamination, are of major concern for the health of marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea (Katsanevakis et al., 2014; Corrales et al., 2018; Piroddi et al., 2020; Mandić et al., 2022). Analysing series of data can provide answers to the causes and changes occurring in the environment, but also provide recommendations for the preparation of management plans for highly commercial fish species and make the natural resources of the sea sustainable (Matić-Skoko et al.; Džoić et al.). ...to the influence of temperature on benthic species, salinity and Chl-a play a much more significant role in the patterns of spatial distribution and abundance of pelagic species of marine organisms (especially fish) (Džoić et al.). The research was conducted in the central and northern Adriatic Sea, showing a clear negative trend between anchovy early life stages abundances (eggs/m2; larvae/m2) and environmental variables (SST, temperature and chlorophyll data, numerically simulated salinity, maps of primary production).