Search Results - "Schembri, Patrick J"

Improving the Conservation of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans: The ELASMOMED DNA Barcode Reference Library by Cariani, Alessia, Messinetti, Silvia, Ferrari, Alice, Arculeo, Marco, Bonello, Juan J, Bonnici, Leanne, Cannas, Rita, Carbonara, Pierluigi, Cau, Alessandro, Charilaou, Charis, El Ouamari, Najib, Fiorentino, Fabio, Follesa, Maria Cristina, Garofalo, Germana, Golani, Daniel, Guarniero, Ilaria, Hanner, Robert, Hemida, Farid, Kada, Omar, Lo Brutto, Sabrina, Mancusi, Cecilia, Morey, Gabriel, Schembri, Patrick J, Serena, Fabrizio, Sion, Letizia, Stagioni, Marco, Tursi, Angelo, Vrgoc, Nedo, Steinke, Dirk, Tinti, Fausto

“…Cartilaginous fish are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic stressors and environmental change because of their K-selected reproductive strategy. Accurate…”
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A Critical Checklist of the Marine Fishes of Malta and Surrounding Waters by Borg, Joseph A, Dandria, David, Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J

“…A critical review of marine fishes from Malta (Central Mediterranean) recorded up to December 2022 in the technical and semi-popular literature, during the…”
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New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean) by Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J.

“…The occurrence of three bony ray-finned fishes, Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839), Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, 1810, and Grammonus ater (Risso, 1810) is…”
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Assessment of benthic biological indicators for evaluating the environmental impact of tuna farming by Mangion, Marija, Borg, Joseph A, Schembri, Patrick J, Sanchez‐Jerez, Pablo

“…The overall impact of tuna farming on soft‐bottom habitat was assessed at three tuna farms over a period of 3 years, using benthic macroinvertebrates as…”
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Habitat structure and biological characteristics of a maerl bed off the northeastern coast of the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean) by Sciberras, Marija, Rizzo, Miraine, Mifsud, Jael R., Camilleri, Katielena, Borg, Joseph A., Lanfranco, Edwin, Schembri, Patrick J.

“…Forty stations within a 20 km 2 Maltese maerl bed were sampled by grab to gather data on sediment granulometry and the percentage mass, sphericity, and…”
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Atlantic fishes in the Mediterranean: using biological traits to assess the origin of newcomer fishes by Evans, Julian, Arndt, Erik, Schembri, Patrick J.

“…Two important facets of global environmental change are alteration of climatic regimes and the introduction of alien species. From a biogeographical…”
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The Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares as a vagrant in the Mediterranean Sea by Evans, Julian, Cassar, Jonathan, Schembri, Patrick J.

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Common traits associated with establishment and spread of Lessepsian fishes in the Mediterranean Sea by Arndt, Erik, Schembri, Patrick J

“…It was more than 30 years after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 that the first reports on Indo-Pacific fishes entering the Mediterranean Sea (so-called…”
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Ecological impact of alien marine fishes: insights from freshwater systems based on a comparative review by Arndt, Erik, Marchetti, Michael P., Schembri, Patrick J.

“…We review the literature of marine non-indigenous fishes (NIF) in order to summarize information on their ecological impacts and to compare successful invading…”
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Differences in demersal community structure and biomass size spectra within and outside the Maltese Fishery Management Zone (FMZ) by Dimech, Mark, Camilleri, Mattew, Hiddink, Jan G, Kaiser, Michel J, Ragonese, Sergio, Schembri, Patrick J

“…We examined the protection effect of a long-established fisheries protection zone by studying the demersal communities and the biomass size spectra of specific…”
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Evolutionary history of the Maltese wall lizard Podarcis filfolensis: insights on the 'Expansion-Contraction' model of Pleistocene biogeography by Salvi, Daniele, Schembri, Patrick J., Sciberras, Arnold, Harris, D. James

“…The expansion–contraction (EC) model predicts demographic and range contraction of temperate species during Pleistocene glaciations as a consequence of…”
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Habitat characterization, anthropogenic impacts and conservation of rhodolith beds off southeastern Malta by Tabone, Luke, Knittweis, Leyla, Aguilar, Ricardo, Alvarez, Helena, Borg, Joseph A., Garcia, Silvia, Schembri, Patrick J., Evans, Julian

“…Rhodolith beds, including maerl, are structurally complex perennial habitats that support a high species diversity but are threatened by numerous human…”
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Sex determination in Bonellia viridis (Echiura: Bonelliidae): population dynamics and evolution by Berec, Ludek, Schembri, Patrick J., Boukal, David S.

“…In the echiuran worm Bonellia viridis Rolando, the vast majority of sexually undifferentiated larvae metamorphose into dwarf males that live inside the female…”
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Diversity, distribution, and habitat associations of deep-water echinoderms in the Central Mediterranean by Leonard, Camille, Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Aguilar, Ricardo, Alvarez, Helena, Borg, Joseph A., Garcia, Silvia, Schembri, Patrick J.

“…Limited research effort in the Central Mediterranean deep sea has reported a lower species diversity in this area than in adjacent regions. With the recent…”
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Deep-water Corallium rubrum (L., 1758) from the Mediterranean Sea: preliminary genetic characterisation by Costantini, Federica, Taviani, Marco, Remia, Alessandro, Pintus, Eleonora, Schembri, Patrick J., Abbiati, Marco

“…The precious red coral Corallium rubrum (L., 1758) lives in the Mediterranean Sea and adjacent Eastern Atlantic Ocean on subtidal hard substrates. Corallium…”
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Validated Inventories of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as Tools for Regional Policy and Patterns of NIS Spread by Galanidi, Marika, Aissi, Mehdi, Ali, Malek, Bakalem, Ali, Bariche, Michel, Bartolo, Angela G., Bazairi, Hocein, Beqiraj, Sajmir, Bilecenoglu, Murat, Bitar, Ghazi, Bugeja, Myra, Carbonell, Aina, Castriota, Luca, Chalabi, Adbdelhafidh, Çinar, Melih Ertan, Dragičević, Branko, Dulčić, Jakov, El-Haweet, Alaa Eldin Ahmed, Farrag, Mahmoud M. S., Evans, Julian, Galil, Bella, Guerin, Laurent, Hyams-Kaphzan, Orit, Kapedani, Rezart, Kamberi, Elvis, Livi, Silvia, Mačić, Vesna, Masse, Cécile, Mavrič, Borut, Orlando-Bonaca, Martina, Ouerghi, Atef, Petović, Slavica, Png-Gonzalez, Lydia, Schembri, Patrick J., Shenkar, Noa, Sghaier, Yassine Ramzi, Shakman, Esmail, Yahyaoui, Asma, Yokeş, Mehmet Baki, Zenetos, Argyro

“…This work presents refined, updated subregional and regional non-indigenous species (NIS) inventories for the Mediterranean Sea, validated by national and…”
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Influence of tuna penning activities on soft bottom macrobenthic assemblages by Mangion, Marija, Borg, Joseph A., Thompson, Richard, Schembri, Patrick J.

“…•Influence of tuna penning on macrobenthos and sediment quality was assessed.•Before/After comparison of influence below pens and 200m and 1.5km away was…”
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Hidden in plain sight: species richness and habitat characterisation of sublittoral pebble beds by Evans, Julian, Attrill, Martin J., Borg, Joseph A., Cotton, Peter A., Schembri, Patrick J.

“…Sublittoral pebble beds are generally considered to be impoverished, but the physical and biological characteristics of these habitats are poorly known. We…”
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Effects of no-take area size and age of marine protected areas on fisheries yields: a meta-analytical approach by Vandeperre, Frederic, Higgins, Ruth M., Sánchez-Meca, Julio, Maynou, Francesc, Goñi, Raquel, Martín-Sosa, Pablo, Pérez-Ruzafa, Angel, Afonso, Pedro, Bertocci, Iacopo, Crec'hriou, Romain, D'Anna, Giovanni, Dimech, Mark, Dorta, Carmelo, Esparza, Oscar, Falcón, Jesús M., Forcada, Aitor, Guala, Ivan, Le Direach, Laurence, Marcos, Concepción, Ojeda-Martínez, Celia, Pipitone, Carlo, Schembri, Patrick J., Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Stobart, Ben, Santos, Ricardo S.

“…Marine protected areas (MPAs) are often promoted as tools for biodiversity conservation as well as for fisheries management. Despite increasing evidence of…”
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Fishers’ perception of a 35-year old exclusive Fisheries Management Zone by Dimech, Mark, Darmanin, Michael, Philip Smith, I., Kaiser, Michel J., Schembri, Patrick J.

“…Fishers’ attitudes and perceptions are critical for the success of fisheries protection areas with their associated biota, and a failure to understand fishers’…”
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