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Publications

We aim to disseminate our research outcomes in peer-reviewed international journals. This is a list of peer-reviewed publications from our group, starting with the most recent ones.

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Limnology and Oceanography Letters

7 ott 2023

Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments

Politi T, Zilius M, Bartoli M, Cardini U, Marzocchi U, Bonaglia S

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Ecological Economics

1 set 2023

Climate change impacts on Mediterranean fisheries: A sensitivity and vulnerability analysis for main commercial species

Farahmand S, Hilmi N, Cinar M, Safa A, Lam VWY, Djoundourian S, Shahin W, Ben Lamine E, Schickele A, Guidetti P, Allemand D, Raybaud V

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Journal of Fish Biology

11 ago 2023

Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Goby Fishes of the Caspian Sea

Zarini S, Poli F, Balshine S

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Restoration Ecology

24 lug 2023

Artificial reef effectiveness changes among types as revealed by underwater hyperspectral imagery

Riera E, Hubas C, Ungermann M, Rigot G, Pey A, Francour P, Rossi F

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Nature Plants

20 lug 2023

Ocean current patterns drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina)

Yu L, Khachaturyan M, Matschiner M, Healey A, Bauer D, Cameron B, Cusson M, Emmett Duffy J, Joel Fodrie F, Gill D, Grimwood J, Hori M, Hovel K, Hughes AR, Jahnke M, Jenkins J, Keymanesh K, Kruschel C, Mamidi S, Menning DM, Moksnes P-O, Nakaoka M, Pennacchio C, Reiss K, Rossi F, Ruesink JL, Schultz ST, Talbot S, Unsworth R, Ward DH, Dagan T, Schmutz J, Eisen JA, Stachowicz JJ, Van De Peer Y, Olsen JL, Reusch TBH

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Marine Environmental Research

1 lug 2023

Structural integrity and skeletal trace elements in intertidal coralline algae across the Northeast Atlantic reveal a distinct separation of the leading and the trailing edge populations

Kolzenburg R, Moreira H, Storey C, Ragazzola F

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Sustainability

5 giu 2023

Drivers of Small-Scale Fishers’ Acceptability across Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas at Different Stages of Establishment

Marzo D, Cavallini I, Scaccia L, Guidetti P, Di Franco A, Calò A, Niccolini F

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Contributions to Zoology

29 mag 2023

The sawfish (Rhinopristiformes, Pristidae) rostrum displayed in the “Basilica Santuario del Carmine Maggiore” in Naples, Italy: A long story of legends and taxonomic errors

Fioravanti T, Maio N, Psomadakis PN, Manzotti S, Gigante AP, Splendiani A, Bottaro M, Caputo Barucchi V

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Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

25 apr 2023

Extinct but not entirely: A new occurrence of the critically endangered Squatina squatina (Linnaeus, 1758) stresses the urgency of its conservation in the Adriatic sea

Bonanomi S, Annibale O, Lucchetti A, Bottaro M

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Diversity

1 apr 2023

Immersion Time Determines Performance of Artificial Habitats in Commercial Harbours by Changing Biodiversity of Colonising Invertebrate Assemblages

Varenne A, Richardson LE, Radford AN, Rossi F, Lecaillon G, Gudefin A, Bérenger L, Abadie E, Boissery P, Lenfant P, Simpson SD

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Frontiers in Marine Science

27 mar 2023

Ecosystem-based assessment of a widespread Mediterranean marine habitat: The Coastal Detrital Bottoms, with a special focus on epibenthic assemblages

Astruch P, Orts A, Schohn T, Belloni B, Ballesteros E, Bănaru D, Bianchi CN, Boudouresque C-F, Changeux T, Chevaldonné P, Harmelin J-G, Michez N, Monnier B, Morri C, Thibaut T, Verlaque M, Daniel B

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Oikos

15 mar 2023

Indirect grazing-induced mechanisms contribute to the resilience of Mediterranean seagrass meadows to sea urchin herbivory

Buñuel X, Alcoverro T, Boada J, Zinkunegi L, Smith TM, Barrera A, Casas M, Farina S, Pérez M, Romero J, Arthur R, Pagès, JF

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Water

20 feb 2023

Troubles Never Come Alone: Outcome of Multiple Pressures on a Temperate Rocky Reef

Azzola A, Picchio V, Asnaghi V, Bianchi CN, Morri C, Oprandi A, Montefalcone, M

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Bollettino Malacologico

13 feb 2023

First record of the non-indigenous Mollusca Okenia pellucida Burn, 1967 (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Mediterranean basin

Rizgalla J, Fitori A, Doneddu M, Trainito E

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Coral Reefs

24 gen 2023

A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef

van Hoytema N, de Goeij JM, Kornder NA, El-Khaled Y, van Oevelen D, Rix L, Cardini U, Bednarz VN, Naumann MS, Al-Horani FA, Wild C

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Journal of Applied Ecology

5 gen 2023

Marine protected areas' positive effect on fish biomass persists across the steep climatic gradient of the Mediterranean Sea

Frid O, Malamud S, Di Franco A, Guidetti P, Azzurro E, Claudet J, Micheli F, Yahel R, Sala E, Belmaker J

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Diversity

29 dic 2022

Mediterranean Matters: Revision of the Family Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) with the Description of a New Genus and a New Species

Furfaro G, Trainito E, Fantin M, D’Elia M, Madrenas E, Mariottini P

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The American Naturalist

10 dic 2022

Female reproductive fluid increases the opportunities for post-mating sexual selection by prolonging egg fertilization window

Pinzoni L, Poli F, Grapputo A, Rasotto MB, Gasparini C

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Coral Reefs

14 set 2022

DNA metabarcoding confirms primary targets and breadth of diet for coral reef butterflyfishes

Coker DJ, DiBattista JD, Stat M, Arrigoni R, Reimer J, Terraneo TI, Villalobos R, Nowicki JP, Bunce M, Berumen ML

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Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

5 ago 2022

Posidonia oceanica wrack beds as a fish habitat in the surf zone

Bussotti S, Guidetti P, Rossi F

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Global Change Biology

18 lug 2022

Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea

Garrabou J, Gómez-Gras D, Medrano A, Cerrano C, Ponti M, Schlegel R, Bensoussan N, Turicchia E, Sini M, Gerovasileiou V, Teixido N, Mirasole A, Tamburello L, Cebrian E, Rilov G, Ledoux J-B, Souissi JB, Khamassi F, Ghanem R, Benabdi M, Grimes S, Ocaña O, Bazairi H, Hereu B, Linares C, Kersting DK, la Rovira G, Ortega J, Casals D, Pagès-Escolà M, Margarit N, Capdevila P, Verdura J, Ramos A, Izquierdo A, Barbera C, Rubio-Portillo E, Anton I, López-Sendino P, Díaz D, Vázquez-Luis M, Duarte C, Marbà N, Aspillaga E, Espinosa F, Grech D, Guala I, Azzurro E, Farina S, Cristina Gambi M, Chimienti G, Montefalcone M, Azzola A, Mantas TP, Fraschetti S, Ceccherelli G, Kipson S, Bakran-Petricioli T, Petricioli D, Jimenez C, Katsanevakis S, Kizilkaya IT, Kizilkaya Z, Sartoretto S, Elodie R, Ruitton S, Comeau S, Gattuso J-P, Harmelin J-G:

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Marine Genomics

22 giu 2022

Mitochondrial Genome of Nonmodel Marine Metazoans by Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)

Terraneo TI, Mariappan KG, Forsman Z, Arrigoni R

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Mitochondrial DNA Part B

12 mag 2022

The complete mitochondrial genome of Dendrophyllia minuscula (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) from the NEOM region of the Northern Red Sea

Terraneo TI, Arrigoni R, Marchese F, Chimienti G, Eweida AA, Rodrigue M, Benzoni F

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Diversity

21 apr 2022

Reproductive Behaviours and Potentially Associated Sounds of the Mottled Grouper Mycteroperca rubra: Implications Reproductive Behaviours and Potentially Associated Sounds of for Conservation

Desiderà E, Mazzoldi C, Navone A, Panzalis P, Gervaise C, Guidetti P, Di Iorio L

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Animals

24 mar 2022

Adaptive Vertical Positioning as Anti-Predator Behavior:The Case of a Prey Fish Cohabiting with Multiple Predatory Fish within Temperate Marine Algal Forests

Thiriet PD, Di Franco A, Cheminée A, Mangialajo L, Guidetti P, Branthomme S, Francour P

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Animals

6 mar 2022

The Arrangement of the Peripheral Olfactory System of Pleuragramma antarcticum: AWell-Exploited Small Sensor, an Aided Water Flow, and a Prominent Effort in Primary Signal Elaboration

Aicardi S, Bozzo M, Amaroli A, Gallus L, Risso B, Carlig E, Di Blasi D, Vacchi M, Ghigliotti L, Ferrando S

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

20 feb 2022

Does fish growth respond to fishing restrictions within Marine Protected Areas? A case study of the striped red mullet in the south-west Adriatic Sea (central Mediterranean)

Carbonara P, Ciccolella A, De Franco F, Palmisano M, Bellodi A, Lembo G, Neglia C, Spedicato MT, Zupa W, Guidetti P

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Advances in Marine Biology

16 set 2021

Mediterranean rocky reefs in the Anthropocene: Present status and future concerns

Bevilacqua S, Airoldi L, Ballesteros E, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Boero F, Bulleri F, Cebrian E, Cerrano C, Claudet J, Colloca F, Coppari M, Di Franco A, Fraschetti S, Garrabou J, Guarnieri G, Guerranti C, Guidetti P, Halpern BS, Katsanevakis S, Mangano MC, Micheli F, Milazzo M, Pusceddu A, Renzi M, Rilov G, Sarà G, Terlizzi A

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Polar Biology

19 ago 2021

Otolith chemical composition suggests local populations of Antarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarctica (Boulenger, 1902) around Antarctica are exposed to similar environmental conditions at early life stages

Di Franco A, Calò A, De Benedetto GE, Ghigliotti L, Pennetta A, Renard MDM, Pisano E, Vacchi M, Guidetti P

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Ecological Indicators

1 giu 2021

Inconsistent relationships among protection, benthic assemblage, habitat complexity and fish biomass in Mediterranean temperate rocky reefs

Di Franco E, Di Franco A, Calò A, Di Lorenzo M, Mangialajo L, Bussotti S, Bianchi CN, Guidetti P

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Marine Ecology Progress Series

7 set 2023

Seasonal effects of edge and habitat complexity on eelgrass epifaunal assemblages

Pierrejean M, Cusson M, Rossi F

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

1 set 2023

A hybrid-capture approach to reconstruct the phylogeny of Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia)

Quek ZBR, Jain SS, Richards ZT, Arrigoni R, Benzoni F, Hoeksema BW, Carvajal JI, Wilson NG, Baird AH, Kitahara MV, Seiblitz IGL, Vaga CF, Huang D

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Frontiers in Marine Science

27 lug 2023

Seascape Ecology: from characterization to evaluation of state and change over time

Montefalcone M, Bianchi CN

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Water

23 lug 2023

The Diversity, Structure, and Development of the Epibiont Community of Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826)(Cnidaria, Anthozoa)

Canessa M, Amedeo I, Bavestrello G, Panzalis P, Trainito E

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Mediterranean Marine Science

20 lug 2023

New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea (July 2023)

Grech D, Asciutto E, Bakiu R, Battaglia P, Ben-Grira C, Çamlik ÖY, Cappuccinelli R, Carmona L, Chebaane S, Crocetta F, Desiderato A, Domenichetti F, Dulčić J, Fasciglione P, Galil SB, Galiya MY, Hoffman R, Langeneck J, Lipej L, Enric Madrenas EM, Martinelli M, Martín-Hervás MDR, Masala C, Mastrototaro F, Mavric B, Montesanto F, Mucciolo S, Othman RM, Semperevalverde J, Soldo A, Spinelli A, Taşkin E, Tiralongo F, Oso A, Trainito E, Trkov D, Vitale D, Zacchetti, L

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Marine Ecology Progress Series

8 giu 2023

Role of crab holobionts in benthic N cycling in mangroves with different trophic status

Zilius M, Bartoli M, Bonaglia S, Cardini U, Chiozzini VG, Marzocchi U, Moraes PC, Zaiko A, Braga ES

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Marine Environmental Research

29 mag 2023

Unexpected slow recovery of seagrass leaf epiphytes after the impact of a summer heat wave and concomitant mucilage bloom

Gallo E, Oprandi A, Bianchi CN, Morri C, Azzola A, Montefalcone M

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Biogeographia The Journal of Integrative Biogeography

22 mag 2023

A new perspective on the distribution of Camachoaglaja africana (Pruvot-Fol, 1953) and Biuve fulvipunctata (Baba, 1938) (Gastropoda, Cephalaspidea) in the Mediterranean and the NE Atlantic

Trainito E, Doneddu M, Furfaro G

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Diversity

18 apr 2023

Health Status of Stranded Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Contamination by Immunotoxic Pollutants: A Threat to the Pelagos Sanctuary—Western Mediterranean Sea

Grattarola C, Minoia L, Giorda F, Consales G, Capanni F, Ceciarini I, Franchi E, Ascheri D, Garibaldi F, Dondo A, Goria M, Serracca L, Varello K, Masoero L, Di Francesco CE, Casalone C, Marsili L

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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

30 mar 2023

The Role of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in Juvenile Fish Dispersal along the North-Western Coast of Sicily

Sinopoli M, Badalamenti F, Bottaro M, D’Anna G

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Frontiers in Marine Science

20 mar 2023

Multiple indices on different habitats and descriptors provide consistent assessments of environmental quality in a marine protected area

Oprandi A, Atzori F, Azzola A, Bianchi CN, Cadoni N, Carosso L, Desiderà E, Frau F, Garcia Gutiérrez ML, Guidetti P, Morri C, Piazzi L, Poli F and Montefalcone M

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Contributions to Zoology

13 mar 2023

Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the scleractinian coral family Euphylliidae

Arrigoni R, Stolarski J, Terraneo TI, Hoeksema BW, Berumen ML, Payri C, Montano S, Benzoni F

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Aquaculture

15 feb 2023

Development of an efficient, noninvasive method for identifying gender year-round in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

Brundu G, Cannavacciuolo A, Nannini M, Somma E, Munari M, Zupo V, Farina S

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Marine Biodiversity

25 gen 2023

Leptogorgia sarmentosa (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) in NE Sardinia (Mediterranean Sea): distribution and growth patterns

Canessa M, Bavestrello G, Trainito E

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Diversity

11 gen 2023

Marine Noise Effects on Juvenile Sparid Fish Change among Species and Developmental Stages

Di Franco E, Rossi F, Di Iorio L, Sdiri K, Calò A, Di Franco A, Harmelin-Vivien M, Spennato G, Cottalorda J-M, Derijard B, Bussotti S, Pierson P, Guidetti P

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Marine Pollution Bulletin

1 gen 2023

Preliminary assessment of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in tissues of Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) specimens stranded along the Italian coasts

Minoia L, Consales G, Mazzariol S, Mancusi C, Terracciano G, Ceciarini I, Capanni F, Neri A, D'Agostino A, Marsili L

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Marine Pollution Bulletin

15 dic 2022

Preliminary assessment of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in tissues of Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus) specimens stranded along the Italian coasts

Minoia L, Consales G, Mazzariol S, Mancusi C, Terracciano G, Ceciarini I, Capanni F, Neri A, D'Agostino A, Marsili L

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Aquaculture

16 nov 2022

Development of an efficient, noninvasive method for identifying gender year-round in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

Brundu G, Cannavacciuolo A, Nannini M, Somma E, Munari M, Zupo V, Farina S

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Nature Communications

9 ago 2022

Small-scale fisheries catch more threatened elasmobranchs inside partially protected areas than in unprotected areas

Di Lorenzo M, Calò A, Di Franco A, Milisenda G, Aglieri G, Cattano C, Milazzo M, Guidetti P

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The European Zoological Journal

19 lug 2022

Marine rocky reef assemblages and lithological properties of substrates are connected at different ecological levels

Canessa M, Bavestrello G, Guidetti P, Navone A, Trainito E

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Fish and Fisheries

11 lug 2022

Multi-specific small-scale fisheries rely on few, locally essential, species: Evidence from a multi-area study in the Mediterranean

Calò A, Di Franco A, Quattrocchi F, Dimitriadis C, Ventura P, Milazzo M, Guidetti P

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Scientific Reports

14 giu 2022

Sixth sense in the deep‑sea:the electrosensory system in ghost shark Chimaera monstrosa

Bottaro M

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

22 apr 2022

Protection effectiveness and sea urchin predation risk: The role of roving predators beyond the boundaries of a marine protected area in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Farina S, Ceccherelli G, Piazzi L, Grech D, Panzalis P, Navone AG, Guala I

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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

26 mar 2022

Phylogeography of recent Plesiastrea (Scleractinia: Plesiastreidae) based on an integrated taxonomic approach

Juszkiewicz DJ, White NE, Stolarski J, Benzoni F, Arrigoni R, Hoeksema BW, Wilson NG, Bunce M, Richards ZT

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PeerJ

7 mar 2022

Sea urchin harvest inside marine protected areas: an opportunity to investigate the effects of exploitation where trophic upgrading is achieved

Ceccherelli G, Addis P, Atzori F, Cadoni N, Casu M, Coppa S, De Luca M, de Lucia GA, Farina S, Fois N, Frau F, Gazale V, Grech D, Guala I, Mariani M, Marras MSG, Navone A, Pansini A, Panzalis P, Pinna F, Ruiu A, Scarpa F, Piazzi L

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Journal of Environmental Management

1 mar 2022

An integrated assessment of the Good Environmental Status of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas

Fraschetti S, Fabbrizzi E, Tamburello L, Uyarra MC, Micheli F, Sala E, Pipitone C, Badalamenti F, Bevilacqua S, Boada J, Cebrian E, Ceccherelli G, Chiantore M, D'Anna G, Di Franco A, Farina S, Giakoumi S, Gissi E, Guala I, Guidetti P, Katsanevakis S, Manea E, Montefalcone M, Sini M, Asnaghi V, Calò A, Di Lorenzo M, Garrabou J, Musco L, Oprandi A, Rilov G, Borja A

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Global Change Biology

20 set 2021

Improving predictions of invasive fish ranges combining functional and ecological traits with environmental suitability under climate change scenarios

Schickele A, Guidetti P, Giakoumi S, Zenetos A, Francour P, Raybaud V

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Science

10 set 2021

The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean

Grorud-Colvert K, Sullivan-Stack J, Roberts C, Constant V, Horta e Costa B, Pike EP, Kingston N, Laffoley D, Sala E, Claudet J, Friedlander AM, Gill DA, Lester SE, Day JC, Gonçalves EJ, Ahmadia GN, Rand M, Villagomez A, Ban NC, Gurney GG, Spalding AK, Bennett NJ, Briggs J, Morgan LE, Moffitt R, Deguignet M, Pikitch EK, Darling ES, Jessen S, Hameed SO, Di Carlo G, Guidetti P, Harris JM, Torre J, Kizilkaya Z, Agardy T, Cury P, Shah NJ, Sack K, Cao L, Fernandez M, Lubchenco J

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Marine Biology

19 giu 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

Desiderà E, Trainito E, Navone A, Blandin R, Magnani L, Panzalis P, Mazzoldi C, Guidetti P

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Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

10 mag 2021

Marine protected areas and endangered shark conservation

Guidetti P, Bottaro M, Ciccolella A, Danovaro R

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