Position: Research Director
SZN Dept: Integrative Marine Ecology
Email: paolo.guidetti(at)szn.it
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Personal keywords: #MarineEcology, #MarineConservation, #FishFauna, #SmallScaleFishing, #MarineSocioEcology
Scientific interests in a nutshell:
Oceans and seas worldwide host an extraordinary biodiversity that guarantees functions and services capable, in their turn, of vitally supporting nature and people. Marine biodiversity and ecosystems are threatened by multiple anthropogenic impacts (e.g., fishing, coastal urbanization, navigation, pollution) and climate change (e.g., seawater warming, invasions of non-indigenous species) that are causing significant losses of biodiversity and related services. My research focuses on: i) investigating marine biodiversity (especially the fish fauna and its trophic relationships) and functioning of marine ecosystems; ii) assessing the effects of a variety of human impacts; iii) assessing the bio-ecological and socio-cultural effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (sensu lato) and their networks; iv) supporting the management and increasing sustainability of small-scale fishing chains, from producers to consumers; v) contributing to education and public engagement initiatives.
Selected publications:
Calò A., Di Franco A., Quattrocchi F., Dimitriadis C., Ventura P., Milazzo M., Guidetti P., 2022. Multi-specific small-scale fisheries rely on few, locally essential, species: Evidence from a multi-area study in the Mediterranean. Fish and Fisheries, 23, 1299–1312.
Di Lorenzo, M., Calò, A., Di Franco, A., Milisenda G., Aglieri G., Cattano C., Milazzo M., Guidetti P., 2022. Small-scale fisheries catch more threatened elasmobranchs inside partially protected areas than in unprotected areas. Nature Communications, 13, 4381.
Bussotti S., Guidetti P., Rossi F., 2022. Posidonia oceanica wrack beds as a fish habitat in the surf zone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 272: 107882.
Grorud-Colvert K., Sullivan-Stack J., Roberts C., Constant V., Horta e Costa B., Pike E.P., Kingston N., Laffoley D., Sala E., Claudet G., Friedlander A.M., Gill D.A., Lester S.E., Day J.C., Gonçalves E.J., Ahmadia G.N., Rand M., Villagomez A., Ban N.C., Gurney G.G., Spalding A.K., Bennett N.J., Briggs J., Morgan L.E., Moffitt R., Deguignet M., Pikitch E.K., Darling E.S., Jessen S., Hameed S.O., Di Carlo G., Guidetti P., Harris J.M., Torre J., Kizilkaya Z., Agardy T., Cury P., Shah N.J., Sack K., Cao L., Fernandez M., Lubchenco J., 2021. The MPA Guide: A Framework to Achieve Global Goals for the Ocean. Science, 373: 1-10.
Bennett N.J., Calò A., Di Franco A., Niccolini F., Marzo D., Domina I., Dimitriadis C., Sobrado F., Santoni M.C., Charbonnel E., Trujillo M., Garcia-Charton J., Seddiki L., Cappanera V., Grbin J., Kastelic L., Milazzo M., Guidetti P., 2020. Social equity and marine protected areas: Perceptions of small-scale fishermen in the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Conservation, 244, 108531.