Position: Postdoctoral fellow
SZN Dept: Integrative Marine Ecology
Email: elena.desidera(at)szn.it
Skype: elesidera
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Personal keywords: #MarineProtectedAreas, #ConservationBiology, #BehavioralEcology, #FishAcousticCommunication
Scientific interests in a nutshell:
My main research interests focus on fish ecology and the evaluation of marine protected areas (MPAs) effectiveness. More specifically, I am interested in assessing the effectiveness of fishing restrictions in protecting fish populations, with particular reference to fish reproduction and behavioural ecology. During my PhD I used complementary techniques like underwater visual census (UVC) and passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) to collect fish data and record fish sound production patterns, also related to reproduction. I am deeply interested in surveying the historical and local ecological knowledge held by the main users of the sea, such as small-scale and recreational fishers as well as SCUBA divers.
Selected publications:
Desiderà E, Mazzoldi C, Navone A, Panzalis P, Gervaise C, Guidetti P, Di Iorio, L (2022). Reproductive Behaviours and Potentially Associated Sounds of the Mottled Grouper Mycteroperca rubra: Implications for Conservation. Diversity, 14(5), 318.
Desiderà E, Trainito E, Navone A, et al. (2021). Using complementary visual approaches to investigate residency, site fidelity and movement patterns of the dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) in a Mediterranean marine protected area. Mar Biol 168, 111.
Mazzoldi C, Bearzi G, Brito C, Carvalho I, Desiderà E, Endrizzi L, et al. (2019). From sea monsters to charismatic megafauna: Changes in perception and use of large marine animals. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0226810.
Desiderà E, Magnani L, Navone A, Guidetti P, Mazzoldi C. (2019). First direct evidence of reproductive behaviour of the white grouper, Epinephelus aeneus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1817). Mediterranean Mar Sci. 20(2), 326-330.
Desiderà E, Guidetti P, Panzalis P, Navone A, et al. (2019). Acoustic fish communities: sound diversity of rocky habitats reflects fish species diversity. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 608:183-197.