Search Results - "Cannas, Rita"
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Submarine canyons along the upper Sardinian slope (Central Western Mediterranean) as repositories for derelict fishing gears
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (15-10-2017)“…By means of ROV surveys, we assessed the quantity, composition and bathymetric distribution of marine litter in 17 sites along the Sardinian continental margin…”
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Persistence of pristine deep-sea coral gardens in the Mediterranean Sea (SW Sardinia)
Published in PloS one (19-03-2015)“…Leiopathes glaberrima is a tall arborescent black coral species structuring important facies of the deep-sea rocky bottoms of the Mediterranean Sea that are…”
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Spatial variability of Chondrichthyes in the northern Mediterranean
Published in Scientia marina (01-12-2019)“…Thanks to the availability of the MEDITS survey data, a standardized picture of the occurrence and abundance of demersal Chondrichthyes in the northern…”
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European spiny lobster recovery from overfishing enhanced through active restocking in Fully Protected Areas
Published in Scientific reports (10-09-2019)“…Fully protected areas (FPAs) help preserving biodiversity and reversing the global decline of fishery resources. Stocks of the European spiny lobster Palinurus…”
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Improving the Conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans: The ELASMOMED DNA Barcode Reference Library
Published in PloS one (20-01-2017)“…Cartilaginous fish are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic stressors and environmental change because of their K-selected reproductive strategy. Accurate…”
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Deep-Dwelling Populations of Mediterranean Corallium rubrum and Eunicella cavolini : Distribution, Demography, and Co-Occurrence
Published in Biology (Basel, Switzerland) (20-02-2022)“…and are two octocorals, reported as co-occurring species in the deep rocky habitats of the Mediterranean Sea with a high hydrodynamic and moderate…”
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Environmental Status and Geomorphological Characterisation of Seven Black Coral Forests on the Sardinian Continental Shelf (NW Mediterranean Sea)
Published in Biology (Basel, Switzerland) (11-05-2022)“…Marine animal forests are key mesophotic ecosystems that are under threat from increasing natural and human pressures. Despite the fact that various…”
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Phylogeography of the veined squid, Loligo forbesii, in European waters
Published in Scientific reports (12-05-2022)“…The veined squid, Loligo forbesii Steenstrup, 1856, occurs at the European Shelf areas including the Azores and represents a valuable resource for the European…”
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A new record of the invasive seaweed Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder in the South Adriatic Sea
Published in Heliyon (01-09-2019)“…The green alga Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder is one of the most infamous and threatening invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea. Since 1985, it started…”
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The MEDITS maturity scales as a useful tool for investigating the reproductive traits of key species in the Mediterranean Sea
Published in Scientia marina (01-12-2019)“…Maturity is one of the most important biological parameters used in stock assessment programmes. Indeed, the macroscopic stage of gonadal development is an…”
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New insights on the systematics of echinoids belonging to the family Spatangidae Gray, 1825 using a combined approach based on morphology, morphometry, and genetics
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (14-02-2023)“…Spatangoids are probably the least resolved group within echinoids, with known topological incongruencies between phylogenies derived from molecular (very…”
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I Like This New Me: Unravelling Population Structure of Mediterranean Electric Rays and Taxonomic Uncertainties within Torpediniformes
Published in Animals (Basel) (01-09-2023)“…The present study focused on the three species of electric rays known to occur in the Mediterranean Sea: Torpedo torpedo, Torpedo marmorata and Tetronarce…”
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On the presence of Dipturus nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) in the Central Mediterranean area
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (27-05-2019)“…The Norwegian skate (Storm, 1881) has only recently been recorded in the western Mediterranean Sea along the coast of southern Sardinia, off Algeria and the…”
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Aquaculture over-optimism?
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (14-11-2022)“…The recent rapid growth in aquaculture production reported by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization may have inadvertently generated what we…”
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Commercial sharks under scrutiny: Baseline genetic distinctiveness supports structured populations of small-spotted catsharks in the Mediterranean Sea
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (24-02-2023)“…The present study, based on microsatellite markers, describes a population genetic analysis of the small-spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula (Linnaeus,…”
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To Be, or Not to Be: That Is the Hamletic Question of Cryptic Evolution in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Raja miraletus Species Complex
Published in Animals (Basel) (28-06-2023)“…Despite a high species diversity, skates (Rajiformes) exhibit remarkably conservative morphology and ecology. Limited trait variations occur within and between…”
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Molecular and Biological Analysis on Ommastrephes caroli Findings in the Central Western Mediterranean Sea (Sardinian Waters) Including First Age Investigation Using Eye Lenses and Beaks
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (18-06-2021)“…Molecular identifications based on two mitochondrial markers (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I -COI- and 16S ribosomal RNA gene -16S-) have been implemented to…”
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Onboard Scientific Observers Provide a Realistic Picture of Harvesting and Management Priorities for the Precious Red Coral (Corallium rubrum L.)
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (24-06-2020)“…Mediterranean red coral Corallium rubrum is considered the most precious coral worldwide. Harvesting activities are performed by licensed scuba divers and…”
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fshr: a fish sex-determining locus shows variable incomplete penetrance across flathead grey mullet populations
Published in iScience (22-01-2021)“…Whole-genome sequencing data were produced from a single flathead grey mullet female and assembled into a draft genome sequence, whereas publicly available…”
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Erratum to “A new record of the invasive seaweed Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder in the South Adriatic Sea” [Heliyon 5 (9), (September 2019), e02449]
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