Structure, functioning, and cumulative stressors of Mediterranean deep-sea ecosystems

•Three food-web models of western, central, and eastern deep Mediterranean sea.•Recycling increases and trophic organisation decreases from west to east.•Partial dependence of system resilience and overall vulnerability on food input.•Temporal simulations of varying organic matter input, fisheries, and both.•Fishery impact would be stronger, and effect interaction would be only additive.