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2. Fully protected marine areas linked to reduced home ranges of fishes.
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Ohayon, Sarah, Abecasis, David, Almeida, Pedro R., Alós, Josep, Aspillaga, Eneko, Belo, Ana Filipa, Costa, José Lino, Di Franco, Antonio, Di Lorenzo, Manfredi, Ferguson, Adrian, Guidetti, Paolo, Kraft, Sebastian, La Mesa, Gabriele, Olsen, Esben Moland, Parsons, Darren, Pickholtz, Renanel, Quintella, Bernardo R., Silva, Ana Filipa, Taylor, Brett M., and Villegas‐Ríos, David
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SIZE of fishes ,FISH mortality ,PROTECTED areas ,TELEMETRY ,FISHERIES - Abstract
Home range size is a fundamental trait that can affect the probability of fish being harvested and, at the same time, may be affected by fishing. The relationship between home range size and fishing will impact the effectiveness of fully protected areas (FPAs), as it will influence the number of fish moving into fished areas, affecting both spillover and edge effects. One hypothesis is that individuals within FPAs will present reduced home range size relative to individuals in fished areas. This pattern can be driven by demographic selection (e.g. fishing of individuals with large home ranges leaving the FPAs), improved habitat requiring less foraging movements, or behavioural changes associated with reduced fishing threats. To test the relationship between home range size and protection, we compiled 1143 individual‐level home range sizes based on acoustic tracking, covering 17 species from 11 FPAs in 7 countries, with information on distance from FPA borders. A dichotomic analysis (in/out of FPAs) did not support a significant change in the home range size between FPAs and fished areas. However, continuous analysis across the FPA borders demonstrated reduced home range size within the FPAs. We did not find an effect of FPA age or size on this pattern. While we cannot pinpoint the underlying mechanism for the pattern revealed, we suggest behavioural changes as the main driver for reduced home range within FPAs. This mechanism will lead to more resident populations within FPAs, reducing fishing mortality within FPAs yet limiting spillover benefits to adjacent fisheries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Assessment of the conservation status of marine species of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) in Italy: results, drawbacks and perspectives of the fourth national report (2013–2018)
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La Mesa, Gabriele, Lauriano, Giancarlo, Mo, Giulia, Paglialonga, Angela, and Tunesi, Leonardo
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- 2021
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4. New records of scleractinian cold-water coral (CWC) assemblages in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (western Mediterranean Sea): Human impacts and conservation prospects
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Angiolillo, Michela, La Mesa, Gabriele, Giusti, Michela, Salvati, Eva, Di Lorenzo, Bianca, Rossi, Lorenzo, Canese, Simonepietro, and Tunesi, Leonardo
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- 2021
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5. Supplementary material to "Early-life dispersal traits of coastal fishes: a long-term database combining observations and growth models"
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Di Stefano, Marine, primary, Nerini, David, additional, Alvarez, Itziar, additional, Ardizzone, Giandomenico, additional, Astruch, Patrick, additional, Basterretxea, Gotzon, additional, Blanfuné, Aurélie, additional, Bonhomme, Denis, additional, Calò, Antonio, additional, Catalan, Ignacio, additional, Cattano, Carlo, additional, Cheminée, Adrien, additional, Crec'hriou, Romain, additional, Cuadros, Amalia, additional, Di Franco, Antonio, additional, Diaz-Gil, Carlos, additional, Estaque, Tristan, additional, Faillettaz, Robin, additional, Félix-Hackradt, Fabiana C., additional, Garcia-Charton, José Antonio, additional, Guidetti, Paolo, additional, Guilloux, Loïc, additional, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, additional, Harmelin-Vivien, Mireille, additional, Hidalgo, Manuel, additional, Hinz, Hilmar, additional, Irisson, Jean-Olivier, additional, La Mesa, Gabriele, additional, Le Diréach, Laurence, additional, Lenfant, Philippe, additional, Macpherson, Enrique, additional, Matić-Skoko, Sanja, additional, Mercader, Manon, additional, Milazzo, Marco, additional, Monfort, Tiffany, additional, Moranta, Joan, additional, Muntoni, Manuel, additional, Murenu, Matteo, additional, Nunez, Lucie, additional, Olivar, M. Pilar, additional, Pastor, Jérémy, additional, Pérez-Ruzafa, Ángel, additional, Planes, Serge, additional, Raventos, Nuria, additional, Richaume, Justine, additional, Rouanet, Elodie, additional, Roussel, Erwan, additional, Ruitton, Sandrine, additional, Sabatès, Ana, additional, Thibaut, Thierry, additional, Ventura, Daniele, additional, Vigliola, Laurent, additional, Vrdoljak, Dario, additional, and Rossi, Vincent, additional
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- 2024
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6. Early-life dispersal traits of coastal fishes: a long-term database combining observations and growth models
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Di Stefano, Marine, primary, Nerini, David, additional, Alvarez, Itziar, additional, Ardizzone, Giandomenico, additional, Astruch, Patrick, additional, Basterretxea, Gotzon, additional, Blanfuné, Aurélie, additional, Bonhomme, Denis, additional, Calò, Antonio, additional, Catalan, Ignacio, additional, Cattano, Carlo, additional, Cheminée, Adrien, additional, Crec'hriou, Romain, additional, Cuadros, Amalia, additional, Di Franco, Antonio, additional, Diaz-Gil, Carlos, additional, Estaque, Tristan, additional, Faillettaz, Robin, additional, Félix-Hackradt, Fabiana C., additional, Garcia-Charton, José Antonio, additional, Guidetti, Paolo, additional, Guilloux, Loïc, additional, Harmelin, Jean-Georges, additional, Harmelin-Vivien, Mireille, additional, Hidalgo, Manuel, additional, Hinz, Hilmar, additional, Irisson, Jean-Olivier, additional, La Mesa, Gabriele, additional, Le Diréach, Laurence, additional, Lenfant, Philippe, additional, Macpherson, Enrique, additional, Matić-Skoko, Sanja, additional, Mercader, Manon, additional, Milazzo, Marco, additional, Monfort, Tiffany, additional, Moranta, Joan, additional, Muntoni, Manuel, additional, Murenu, Matteo, additional, Nunez, Lucie, additional, Olivar, M. Pilar, additional, Pastor, Jérémy, additional, Pérez-Ruzafa, Ángel, additional, Planes, Serge, additional, Raventos, Nuria, additional, Richaume, Justine, additional, Rouanet, Elodie, additional, Roussel, Erwan, additional, Ruitton, Sandrine, additional, Sabatès, Ana, additional, Thibaut, Thierry, additional, Ventura, Daniele, additional, Vigliola, Laurent, additional, Vrdoljak, Dario, additional, and Rossi, Vincent, additional
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- 2024
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7. ClimateFish: A Collaborative Database to Track the Abundance of Selected Coastal Fish Species as Candidate Indicators of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Sea
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Azzurro, Ernesto, primary, Ballerini, Tosca, additional, Antoniadou, Chryssanthi, additional, Aversa, Giulia Domizia, additional, Souissi, Jamila Ben, additional, Blašković, Andrea, additional, Cappanera, Valentina, additional, Chiappi, Marina, additional, Cinti, Maria-Francesca, additional, Colloca, Francesco, additional, Cvitković, Ivan, additional, D’Amen, Manuela, additional, Despalatović, Marija, additional, Di Franco, Antonio, additional, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, additional, Dragičević, Branko, additional, Fanelli, Emanuela, additional, Figuerola, Laura, additional, Fortibuoni, Tomaso, additional, Franzitta, Giulio, additional, Garrabou, Joaquim, additional, Geloso, Tatiana, additional, Ghanem, Raouia, additional, Gori, Andrea, additional, Hervat, Martina, additional, Izquierdo-Muñoz, Andres, additional, Linares, Cristina, additional, La Mesa, Gabriele, additional, Merotto, Lorenzo, additional, Micallef, Reno, additional, Miliou, Anastasia, additional, Minelli, Annalisa, additional, Moschella, Paula, additional, Pannacciulli, Federica, additional, Panzalis, Pieraugusto, additional, Pavičić, Mišo, additional, Petrou, Antonis, additional, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., additional, Saponari, Luca, additional, Scarcella, Giuseppe, additional, Spoto, Marco, additional, Stagličić, Nika, additional, Vrdoljak, Dario, additional, Weitzmann, Boris, additional, and Schembri, Patrick Joseph, additional
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- 2022
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8. ClimateFish: A Collaborative Database to Track the Abundance of Selected Coastal Fish Species as Candidate Indicators of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Sea
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Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Azzurro, Ernesto, Ballerini, Tosca, Antoniadou, Chryssanthi, Aversa, Giulia Domizia, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Blašković, Andrea, Cappanera, Valentina, Chiappi, Marina, Cinti, Maria-Francesca, Colloca, Francesco, Cvitković, Ivan, D’Amen, Manuela, Despalatović, Marija, Di Franco, Antonio, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Dragičević, Branko, Fanelli, Emanuela, Figuerola, Laura, Fortibuoni, Tomaso, Franzitta, Giulio, Garrabou, Joaquim, Geloso, Tatiana, Ghanem, Raouia, Gori, Andrea, Hervat, Martina, Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Linares, Cristina, La Mesa, Gabriele, Merotto, Lorenzo, Micallef, Reno, Miliou, Anastasia, Minelli, Annalisa, Moschella, Paula, Pannacciulli, Federica, Panzalis, Pieraugusto, Pavičić, Mišo, Petrou, Antonis, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Saponari, Luca, Scarcella, Giuseppe, Spoto, Marco, Stagličić, Nika, Vrdoljak, Dario, Weitzmann, Boris, Schembri, Patrick J., Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias del Mar y Biología Aplicada, Azzurro, Ernesto, Ballerini, Tosca, Antoniadou, Chryssanthi, Aversa, Giulia Domizia, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Blašković, Andrea, Cappanera, Valentina, Chiappi, Marina, Cinti, Maria-Francesca, Colloca, Francesco, Cvitković, Ivan, D’Amen, Manuela, Despalatović, Marija, Di Franco, Antonio, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Dragičević, Branko, Fanelli, Emanuela, Figuerola, Laura, Fortibuoni, Tomaso, Franzitta, Giulio, Garrabou, Joaquim, Geloso, Tatiana, Ghanem, Raouia, Gori, Andrea, Hervat, Martina, Izquierdo Muñoz, Andrés, Linares, Cristina, La Mesa, Gabriele, Merotto, Lorenzo, Micallef, Reno, Miliou, Anastasia, Minelli, Annalisa, Moschella, Paula, Pannacciulli, Federica, Panzalis, Pieraugusto, Pavičić, Mišo, Petrou, Antonis, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Saponari, Luca, Scarcella, Giuseppe, Spoto, Marco, Stagličić, Nika, Vrdoljak, Dario, Weitzmann, Boris, and Schembri, Patrick J.
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Under the effects of global warming, many animals and plants are undergoing rapid distribution shifts. These changes can be particularly rapid in marine fishes, and many species have responded markedly to recent increases in sea temperature. ClimateFish is an open-access database, which collates abundance data for 7 Mediterranean indigenous and 8 non-indigenous fishes, proposed as candidate indicators of climate change. These species have been selected by a network of Mediterranean scientists based on their wide distribution, responsiveness to temperature conditions and easy identification. Data are periodically collected according to a standard visual census protocol in four different depth layers. At present, the database collates data on a total number of 101'771 observed individuals belonging to the 15 target species. Counts were realized along 3142 transects carried out in 7 Mediterranean countries between 2009 and 2021. This database, associated with climate data, offers new opportunities to investigate spatiotemporal effects of climate change and to test the effectiveness of each selected indicator. Data are available at https://doi.org/10.17882/86784.
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- 2022
9. ClimateFish: A Collaborative Database to Track the Abundance of Selected Coastal Fish Species as Candidate Indicators of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Sea
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Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Azzurro, Ernesto, Ballerini, Tosca, Antoniadou, Chryssanthi, Aversa, Giulia Domizia, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Blašković, Andrea, Cappanera, Valentina, Chiappi, Marina, Cinti, Maria-Francesca, Colloca, Francesco, Cvitković, Ivan, D'Amen, Manuela, Despalatović, Marija, Di Franco, Antonio, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Dragićević, Branko, Fanelli, Emanuela, Figuerola, Laura, Fortibuoni, Tomaso, Franzitta, Giulio, Garrabou, Joaquim, Geloso, Tatiana, Ghanem, Raouia, Gori, Andrea, Hervat, Martina, Izquierdo, Andrés, Linares, Cristina, La Mesa, Gabriele, Merotto, Lorenzo, Micallef, Reno, Miliou, Anastasia, Minelli, Annalisa, Moschella, Paula, Pannacciulli, Federica, Panzalis, Pieraugusto, Pavičić, Mišo, Petrou, Antonis, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Saponari, Luca, Scarcella, Giuseppe, Spoto, Marco, Stagličić, Nika, Vrdoljak, Dario, Weitzmann, Boris, Schembri, Patrick J., Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Azzurro, Ernesto, Ballerini, Tosca, Antoniadou, Chryssanthi, Aversa, Giulia Domizia, Ben Souissi, Jamila, Blašković, Andrea, Cappanera, Valentina, Chiappi, Marina, Cinti, Maria-Francesca, Colloca, Francesco, Cvitković, Ivan, D'Amen, Manuela, Despalatović, Marija, Di Franco, Antonio, Dimitriadis, Charalampos, Dragićević, Branko, Fanelli, Emanuela, Figuerola, Laura, Fortibuoni, Tomaso, Franzitta, Giulio, Garrabou, Joaquim, Geloso, Tatiana, Ghanem, Raouia, Gori, Andrea, Hervat, Martina, Izquierdo, Andrés, Linares, Cristina, La Mesa, Gabriele, Merotto, Lorenzo, Micallef, Reno, Miliou, Anastasia, Minelli, Annalisa, Moschella, Paula, Pannacciulli, Federica, Panzalis, Pieraugusto, Pavičić, Mišo, Petrou, Antonis, Ramos-Esplá, Alfonso A., Saponari, Luca, Scarcella, Giuseppe, Spoto, Marco, Stagličić, Nika, Vrdoljak, Dario, Weitzmann, Boris, and Schembri, Patrick J.
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Under the effects of global warming, many animals and plants are undergoing rapid distribution shifts. These changes can be particularly rapid in marine fishes, and many species have responded markedly to recent increases in sea temperature. ClimateFish is an open-access database, which collates abundance data for 7 Mediterranean indigenous and 8 non-indigenous fishes, proposed as candidate indicators of climate change. These species have been selected by a network of Mediterranean scientists based on their wide distribution, responsiveness to temperature conditions and easy identification. Data are periodically collected according to a standard visual census protocol in four different depth layers. At present, the database collates data on a total number of 101'771 observed individuals belonging to the 15 target species. Counts were realized along 3142 transects carried out in 7 Mediterranean countries between 2009 and 2021. This database, associated with climate data, offers new opportunities to investigate spatiotemporal effects of climate change and to test the effectiveness of each selected indicator. Data are available at https://doi.org/10.17882/86784. The Mediterranean Sea is warming faster than any other marine region in the world (Pastor et al., 2020; Pisano et al., 2020), with increasingly drastic consequences on marine ecosystems (Albano et al., 2021; Garrabou et al., 2021) and on the services they provide to our societies. These changes can be particularly rapid in fish species, which are globally responding with marked shifts in latitude or depth or both (Perry et al., 2005; Chaikin et al., 2022). Climate change is indeed driving species ranges toward the poles and increasing the risks of extinction when dispersal capabilities are limited, such as in the semi-enclosed Mediterranean basin (Ben Rais Lasram et al., 2010). During the last decades, several warm water species have expanded their geographical distribution and increased their abundance in the
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- 2022
10. Movement patterns of the parrotfish Sparisoma cretense in a Mediterranean marine protected area
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La Mesa, Gabriele, Consalvo, Ivan, Annunziatellis, Aldo, and Canese, Simonepietro
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- 2012
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11. Underwater photo contests to complement coastal fish inventories: results from two Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
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TIRALONGO, FRANCESCO, La MESA, GABRIELE, PALADINI De MENDOZA, FRANCESCO, MASSARI, FILIPPO, and AZZURRO, ERNESTO
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coastal fish ,Mediterranean Sea ,cryptobenthic fish ,underwater photography ,BioBlitz - Abstract
Assessing fish assemblages and providing reliable fish inventories are tasks of particular relevance for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). In this study we demonstrated the usefulness of underwater photo contests as complementary tools to accomplish this goal. We examined a total of 3513 underwater pictures taken by both free-diving and SCUBA during two Italian photo contests organized by the Italian Federation of Sport Fishing and Underwater Activities (FIPSAS). The competitions, held during the years 2017-2018, took place in the MPAs of Punta Campanella (Tyrrhenian Sea) and Capo Rizzuto (Ionian Sea). Overall, we identified 97 fish species: 89 at Punta Campanella and 75 at Capo Rizzuto MPA, occurring in a depth range of 0-19 m across different coastal habitats. This number resulted to be considerably higher than that reported with other census techniques and close to the maximum number of species, as evidenced by accumulation curves. Significant differences in species richness were highlighted at the level of both location and habitat type. Reasons of these differences are discussed, along with the advantages and limitations of the underwater photo contest as a participatory tool for gaining regular updates on coastal fish inventories in Marine Protected Areas and beyond.
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- 2021
12. Insights on the fish assemblages of seamounts and banks in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (western Mediterranean Sea): implications for the conservation of deep-sea environments
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La Mesa, Gabriele, primary, Consalvo, Ivan, additional, Angiolillo, Michela, additional, Giusti, Michela, additional, and Tunesi, Leonardo, additional
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- 2021
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13. Spatio-temporal movement patterns of Diplodus vulgaris (Actinopterygii, Sparidae) in a temperate marine reserve (Lampedusa, Mediterranean Sea)
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La Mesa, Gabriele, Consalvo, Ivan, Annunziatellis, Aldo, and Canese, Simonepietro
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- 2013
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14. The demersal fish assemblages of the infra and circalittoral coastal rocky bottoms of the Aeolian Archipelago (Central Mediterranean Sea) studied by Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
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CONSALVO, IVAN, primary, La MESA, GABRIELE, additional, CANESE, SIMONEPIETRO, additional, GIUSTI, MICHELA, additional, SALVATI, EVA, additional, LOIA, MARCO, additional, and TUNESI, LEONARDO, additional
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- 2020
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15. Human-Driven Effect on the Escape Responses of Two Commercially Important Coastal Fish Species
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La Mesa, Gabriele, primary
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- 2018
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16. Spatial distribution pattern and physical - biological interactions in the larval notothenioid fish assemblages from the Bransfield Strait and adjacent waters
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La Mesa, Mario, primary, La Mesa, Gabriele, additional, Catalano, Barbara, additional, and Jones, Christopher D., additional
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- 2016
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17. Bycatch of Myliobatid Rays in the Central Mediterranean Sea: the Influence of Spatiotemporal, Environmental, and Operational Factors as Determined by Generalized Additive Modeling
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La Mesa, Gabriele, primary, Annunziatellis, Aldo, additional, Filidei, Elio, additional, and Fortuna, Caterina Maria, additional
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- 2016
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18. Morfometría corporal, diversidad natatoria y nicho de los tiburones demersales: estudio comparativo en el mar Mediterráneo
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Scacco, Umberto, La Mesa, Gabriele, and Vacchi, Marino
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demersal sharks ,swimming ability ,tail aspect ratio ,hepatosomatic index ,tiburones demersales ,capacidad natatoria ,cociente del aspecto de la cola ,índice hepatosomático ,human activities - Abstract
Seven demersal shark species belonging to six families, obtained from the southern Mediterranean Sea, were selected as representative of different putative swimming modes, inhabited depths and trophic levels. Caudal fin morphometrics (caudal fin span, area and aspect ratio), hepatosomatic index and muscular-skeletal amount per unit length were estimated and compared within and among species by means of both parametric and non-parametric multivariate and univariate statistical procedures. Intra-specific variation was related to size and, for one species only, also to sex. Two inter-specific patterns of variation were observed: the first pattern was interpreted as a swimming ability gradient between slow benthic and more pelagic species, as a function of caudal morphometry and body characteristics; the second pattern is related to the depth the species inhabit and/or their trophic level. These two hypotheses were tested with the current data and literature information, and discussed in the context of shark swimming modes, habit and environment. Based on observed differences in caudal fin morphometrics, liver and muscular masses, this paper is the first to provide a quantitative and comparative dataset for demersal sharks as a group, and attempts to describe sample variability as a function of expected swimming ability and occupied niche (depth inhabited and/or trophic level)., Siete especies de tiburones demersales, pertenecientes a 6 familias, capturadas en el sur del mar Mediterráneo, fueron seleccionadas como representantes de diferentes modos de natación, profundidad que suelen habitar y niveles tróficos. La morfometría de la aleta caudal (longitud, área y relación de aspecto), el índice hepato¬somático y la relación entre músculo y esqueleto por unidad de longitud fueron determinados y comparados entre los indivi¬duos y entre especies a través de procedimientos estadísticos paramétricos y no paramétricos, multivariados y univariados. La variación intra-específica se relacionó con el tamaño y, para una única especie, también con el sexo. Se observaron dos patrones interespecíficos de variación: el primero fue interpretado como un gradiente de la capacidad de natación entre es-pecies bentónicas y las más pelágicas, en función de la morfometría caudal y de las características corporales. El segundo se debió principalmente a la profundidad habitada y / o el nivel trófico. Asociando los datos actuales a la información existente en la literatura, estas dos hipótesis se comprobaron y se examinaron en el contexto del tipo de natación del tiburón y el am¬biente marino. Apartir de las diferencias observadas en la morfometría de la aleta caudal, el hígado y las masas musculares, este documento ofrece por primera vez una base de datos cuantitativos y comparativos sobre los tiburones demersales, como grupo, intentando describir la variabilidad muestral como una función de la capacidad de natación esperada y de los nichos ocupados (profundidad habitada y/ o nivel trófico).
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19. Modeling environmental, temporal and spatial effects on twaite shad (Alosa fallax) by-catches in the central Mediterranean Sea
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La Mesa, Gabriele, primary, Annunziatellis, Aldo, additional, Filidei, Elio, additional, and Fortuna, Caterina Maria, additional
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- 2015
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20. Blenniidae along the Italian coasts of the Ligurian and the Tyrrhenian Sea: community structure and new records of Scartella cristata for Northern Italy
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Nieder, Jürgen, La Mesa, Gabriele, and Vacchi, Marino
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Blenniidae, Community structure, Ligurian Sea, MED, Scartella cristata, Tyrrhenian Sea, Visual census - Abstract
The assemblages of blenniid fishes were studied by underwater visual methods at 15 rocky shore sites of the coast of Liguria (northern Italy) in 1998 and 10 sites along the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Sea (west coast of Italy) in 1989 and 1990. A total of 12 species was found, with little variation in species composition among sites. Fish density ranged from 0.4 to 0.9 individuals/m2. Similarity among the sampling sites of Tyrrhenian Sea followed a geographical latitudinal gradient (north-south). The study at a smaller spatial scale in the Ligurian Sea showed that both geographical distance and environmental features influence the similarity among sites. The presence of Scartella cristata at 21 out of 25 sampling stations indicate that this species, which formerly did not occur in the northern Mediterranean, is now firmly established in the coastal waters of Italy. These findings provide additional evidence of a notable and rapid biological modification in coastal fish communities, probably related to temperature increase of the Mediterranean Sea.
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- 2000
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21. Sewage pollution impact on Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages
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Azzurro, Ernesto, Matiddi, Marco, Fanelli, Emanuela, Guidetti, Paolo, La Mesa, Gabriele, Scarpato, Alfonso, Axiak, Victor, Azzurro, Ernesto, Matiddi, Marco, Fanelli, Emanuela, Guidetti, Paolo, La Mesa, Gabriele, Scarpato, Alfonso, and Axiak, Victor
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The effects of sewage outfalls on subtidal fish assemblages were studied along the NW coasts of Malta (Sicily channel, Mediterranean Sea) by means of underwater visual census. The presence of two spatially distinct outfalls discharging untreated wastewaters allowed to use a balanced symmetrical after control/impact (ACI) design that consisted of two putatively impacted locations and two controls, with four sites nested in each location. Surveys were performed in 2006 at two random dates. The study highlighted significant changes at both assemblage and individual species levels. Fish assemblages structures were different between controls and sewages, where total abundance of fish were higher. The responses of individual species to sewage pollution were mostly related to an anomalous increase of two small opportunistic species i.e. Gobius bucchichii and Parablennius rouxi and to a decrease of species of the genus Symphodus, particularly S. roissali and S. ocellatus. Moreover in correspondence of the outfalls, significant changes of the fish size distribution were detected for several species. These results support the use of fish assemblages as biological indicators for marine coastal waters and demonstrated the possibility to obtain sharp signals of environmental impact from some individual fish species
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- 2010
22. Gradients of abundance of sea breams across the boundaries of a Mediterranean marine protected area
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La Mesa, Gabriele, primary, Molinari, Andrea, additional, Bava, Simone, additional, Finoia, Maria Grazia, additional, Cattaneo-Vietti, Riccardo, additional, and Tunesi, Leonardo, additional
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- 2011
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23. Spatial pattern of coastal fish assemblages in different habitats in North-western Mediterranean
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La Mesa, Gabriele, primary, Molinari, Andrea, additional, Gambaccini, Silvia, additional, and Tunesi, Leonardo, additional
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- 2010
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24. Body morphometrics, swimming diversity and niche in demersal sharks: a comparative case study from the Mediterranean Sea
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Scacco, Umberto, primary, La Mesa, Gabriele, additional, and Vacchi, Marino, additional
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- 2009
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25. Primera liberación de juveniles de mero Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe, 1834) (Serranidae: Teleostei) cultivados en criadero en arrecifes artificiales en el mar Mediterráneo: resultados de un estudio experimental
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La Mesa, Gabriele, primary, Longobardi, Alessandro, additional, Sacco, Francesco, additional, and Marino, Giovanna, additional
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- 2008
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26. Abundance and size structure of Thalassoma pavo (Pisces: Labridae) in the western Mediterranean Sea: variability at different spatial scales
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Guidetti, Paolo, primary, Bianchi, Carlo Nike, additional, La Mesa, Gabriele, additional, Modena, Milena, additional, Morri, Carla, additional, Sara, Giampietro, additional, and Vacchi, Marino, additional
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- 2002
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27. An Analysis of the Coastal Fish Assemblage of the Ustica Island Marine Reserve (Mediterranean Sea)
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La Mesa, Gabriele, primary and Vacchi, Marino, additional
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- 1999
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28. Study of the coastal fish assemblage in the marine reserve of the Ustica Island (southern Tyrrhenian Sea)
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Vacchi, Marino, primary, Bussotti, Simona, additional, Guidetti, Paolo, additional, and La Mesa, Gabriele, additional
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- 1998
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29. Spatial pattern of coastal fish assemblages in different habitats in North-western Mediterranean.
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La Mesa, Gabriele, Molinari, Andrea, Gambaccini, Silvia, and Tunesi, Leonardo
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FISH behavior , *HABITATS , *MULTIVARIATE analysis - Abstract
Variability of fish assemblages across habitat structures can depend on spatial scales. A hierarchical sampling design was used to assess the spatial variability of temperate fish assemblages in different habitats and at multiple scales. Underwater visual censuses were carried out along the coasts of Elba Island (NW Mediterranean) on Posidonia oceanica beds, rocky algal reefs and sandy habitat at three spatial scales, namely tens of metres (individual replicates), hundreds of metres (sites) and tens of kilometres (locations). At the assemblage level, there was a clear relationship between fish and habitat type and the observed habitat-related differences were largely dependent on species identity. Fish assemblages on P. oceanica beds and rocky reefs shared a high number of species, whereas overlap with sandy assemblages was negligible. Multivariate analyses revealed significant differences in fish assemblages among habitats, although there was also a significant habitat × site interaction. These differences relied mainly upon assemblage composition and species richness. Assemblages on rocky reefs and P. oceanica meadows usually harboured a higher number of species and individuals compared with sandy assemblages. Nevertheless, the patterns of habitat-related differences in species richness and, especially, in the total number of fish, changed significantly from site to site. Eight species showed significant differences over habitats, but they were not consistent due to the interaction of habitat with site. Predictability of fish at both assemblage and population levels decreased with the scale of observation, and the spatial pattern of fish observed at the smallest scale was likely dependent on factors other than habitat type. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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30. The inhibition of cell proliferation by Mitomycin C does not prevent transdifferentiation of outer cornea into lens in larval Xenopus laevis
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Filoni, Sergio, Cannata, Stefano M., Bernardini, Sergio, and La Mesa, Gabriele
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The aim of the present work is to evaluate the relationship between cell proliferation and transdifferentiation (TS) of the outer cornea into lens in larval Xenopus laevis. Data obtained from corneal fragments treated with Mitomycin C (MMC) (0.1 mg/ml, 50 min) and implanted into the vitreous chamber (MMC/v ch) were compared with those obtained from untreated corneal fragments implanted into the vitreous chamber (contr/v ch) or between outer and inner corneas (contr/o c). Results demonstrated that in contr/v ch implants, which transdifferentiated into lenses or lentoid bodies in 88% of cases, the mitotic index (MI) showed a sharp increase during the period of lens vesicle formation (3 days) and became very low when the formation of lens fibres was under way (7 days). In contro c implants, which did not undergo any lens forming transformations, the MI remained unchanged in comparison to time 0. In MMC/v ch implants, the inhibition of the mitotic activity was 100% up to the third day after implantation. On the fifth and seventh days, scant mitotic activity was observed in some cases, but the MI was much lower than the MI of contr/o c implants. The MMC/v ch implants transdifferentiated into lentoid bodies in 26% of cases. The lentoid bodies were much smaller than those observed in control implants, but they reacted positively with the lens antibodies at the same time after implantation as controls. Even the complete inhibition of proliferation due to stronger MMC treatments (e.g. 0.15 mg/ml, 50 min) did not prevent lens TS. On the whole, these data indicate that in larval Xenopus laevis the retinal factor present in the vitreous chamber, besides promoting cell proliferation in the outer cornea, also has an instructive action in specifying the lens phenotype. An increased proliferation may be favourable for lens TS of cornea but is not a prerequisite for it.
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31. Cooling water intake of the electric power plan in the litoral area of Lazio: adverse impact on early stage of teleostei
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Matiddi, Marco and La Mesa, Gabriele
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Fish ,Larvae ,Electric power plan ,BIO/07 ,Centrale termoelettrica ,Larve ,Thermal plume ,Refluo termico ,Pesci ,Entrainment - Abstract
La crescente richiesta di energia elettrica per il funzionamento delle apparecchiature elettroniche di uso quotidiano, sia in ambito civile che industriale, ha provocato negli ultimi decenni il proliferare di centrali termoelettriche, con conseguente aumento della potenza di produzione e delle dimensioni delle singole unità produttive. La necessità di raffreddare i condensatori e, quindi, l'esigenza di disporre di ingenti quantitativi d’acqua atti allo scopo, ha reso sempre più pressante il problema di reperire siti idonei per l’istallazione delle centrali, motivo per cui la maggior parte di esse sono state collocate presso la costa, con evidenti vantaggi di presa di acqua e smaltimento del calore residuo direttamente a mare. Spesso non si è tenuto in debito conto che, l’utilizzo di notevoli masse di acqua, potesse provocare problemi ambientali, non solo come impatto sulle biocenosi nel bacino ricevente il refluo termico, ma anche con una serie di effetti nocivi sugli organismi associati al volume d’acqua prelevata, quasi sempre con conseguenze mortali. Studi sugli impatti degli scarichi di reflui caldi sulle biocenosi, hanno dimostrato che gli organismi viventi sottoposti all’effetto del “pennacchio caldo” possono subire shock termici dovuti a repentini cambiamenti di temperatura in un tempo così breve da non consentirne l’acclimatazione. Questi impatti, sono in grado di provocare cambiamenti sulle risorse trofiche dei pesci, anticipazione nel raggiungimento della maturità sessuale, aggregazione massiva di individui nelle aree di scarico, riduzione della ricchezza specifica della comunità. Per quanto riguarda i volumi di acqua prelevati dall’ambiente per i processi di raffreddamento delle centrali termoelettriche, l’impossibilità di resistere alla forza con cui l’acqua viene pompata nell’impianto, fa sì che un certo numero di organismi (pesci, molluschi e organismi planctonici) associati alla massa in ingresso, vengano trascinati verso l’interno della struttura. Gli organismi di taglia maggiore si arrestano contro le grate metalliche dei filtri, dove subiscono effetti dannosi dipendenti dall’esaurimento fisico, dal soffocamento e dall’impatto meccanico contro le barriere, tale fenomeno viene definito “impingement”. Gli organismi di piccole dimensioni (fra cui larve e uova di pesci), vengono trascinati all’interno delle strutture di raffreddamento, fenomeno di “entrainment”, dove subiscono abrasioni meccaniche, intossicazione per la presenza di biocidi e stress legati all’aumento di temperatura ed a cambiamenti di pressione. L’impatto delle centrali elettriche sulle comunità ittiche ha riscosso particolare attenzione nel Nord America ed in Canada, dove l’industria idroelettrica ha una lunga tradizione e l’entità delle ricadute economiche per il depauperamento di specie commerciali sono notevoli. In Italia la presa e restituzione di acqua per usi industriali è regolamentata dal Decreto Legislativo n.152 del 3 Aprile 2006 (Gazzetta Ufficiale n.88) anche se, nel detto decreto, non si fa cenno agli organismi viventi associati alla massa d’acqua utilizzata. Inoltre nonostante la maggior parte delle centrali Italiane siano collocate lungo la costa, non risultano studi sperimentali volti all’individuazione di un impatto sulle biocenosi, conseguente la presa di acqua marina. E’ in tale ambito che è nata l’idea progettuale, indirizzata alla verifica di eventuali impatti sulla fauna ittica relativi alla presa e restituzione di acqua marina per il raffreddamento dei condensatori della centrale termoelettrica A. Volta nel Tirreno centrale. L’idea, seppur innovativa e mai sperimentata in Italia, non teneva in considerazione il sopraggiungere della crisi economica che ha, di fatto, dal 2008 ad oggi provocato la riduzione del quantitativo annuale di produzione elettrica della centrale, in conseguenza della chiusura in tutto il territorio nazionale di numerosi esercizi commerciali e fabbriche, con successiva minor richiesta energetica. L’altalenante funzionamento della centrale e quindi il ridotto prelievo di acqua marina, ha aumentato enormemente i livelli di variabilità del sistema, diminuendo al contempo la disponibilità programmatica per i campionamenti e la presenza costante di un refluo termico a mare consistente. Si è quindi deciso di concentrare le attività di ricerca nella valutazione del fenomeno dell’entrainment sugli stadi precoci dei teleostei, ricerca che presenta il maggior indice di innovazione, non essendo mai stata sperimentata in nessuna centrale Italiana e di cui non ci risulta esistano lavori analoghi in tutto il Mediterraneo. L’analisi ha riguardato la messa a punto di un sistema di campionamento particolare, dovendo operare all’interno delle strutture artificiali dell’impianto, con la scelta degli attrezzi da pesca più idonei, l’individuazione dell’area di prelievo, il lume della maglia più adatto ed i tempi di cala più redditizi, cioè in grado di armonizzare abbondanza di catture e rigurgito dovuto ad intasamento delle maglie. I campionamenti con reti da plancton per la componente ittioplanctonica e le uova sono state eseguite nei canali interni alla centrale nell’area antecedente i filtri. Le attività a mare invece, hanno riguardato il campionamento con sciabica da terra nell’area interessata dal refluo termico ed in due aree controllo a nord e sud dello stesso, per la cattura dei giovanili in fase d’insediamento. Le attività di campionamento interne alla centrale sono state condotte dal 2009 al 2011, con cadenza stagionale nei primi due anni. Durante le 384 ore di lavoro sono stati filtrati un totale di 235.574,5 m3 di acqua marina, suddiviso in 236 cale, la maggior parte delle quali nel 2009. Alcune cale sono state effettuate preliminarmente nel 2008, al fine di definire il disegno di campionamento per gli anni successivi ed individuare l’area di prelievo, la tipologia di rete adatta e standardizzare i tempi di cala più idonei. Le attività di smistamento e determinazione tassonomica hanno portato complessivamente alla raccolta di 668 individui suddivisi in 24 taxa e 2.459 uova di teleostei. Lo studio ha dimostrato, per il sistema di raffreddamento della centrale A. Volta, l’esistenza di un impatto sugli stadi precoci dei teleostei, in conseguenza del fenomeno di entrainment, con un prelievo stimato per l’anno 2009 di circa 12 x 106 larve e 24,5 x 106 uova, le sardine e le alici sono risultate le specie maggiormente impattate dalla centrale. Il peso stimato, circa 300 Kg, delle larve di sardina prelevate dalla centrale nel corso del 2009, è stato relazionato con i dati di cattura del bianchetto in Liguria. Il dato corrisponde a 50 giorni barca per il compartimento di Genova e 31 giorni barca per il compartimento di Savona, con una perdita economica che va dai 9.000,00 euro (vendita all’ingrosso) ai 15.000,00 euro (vendita al dettaglio). L’analisi statistica mediante PERMANOVA ha inoltre constatato differenze significative fra le comunità ittioplanctoniche nelle varie stagioni per i valori di abbondanza, mentre non sono risultati significativamente differenti i dati stagionali per numero di uova. L’estate si è confermata come il periodo con i valori di diversità, ricchezza specifica ed equitabilità più elevati, mentre l’inverno ha registrato il maggior numero di esemplari campionati. La relazione fra il numero di esemplari catturati e le fasi lunari ha mostrato una maggiore abbondanza di larve durante il I quarto lunare, fase in cui la differenza di marea manifesta un’escursione minore rispetto alla fase di luna piena o luna nuova. L’identificazione delle principali specie registrate nei diversi periodi, è stata confermata da dati di letteratura in aree limitrofe del Mediterraneo. Le catture con sciabica da terra non hanno mostrato differenze significative nelle comunità ittiche soggette al refluo caldo rispetto alle aree di controllo. Due to the large amount of natural water used in the cooling intake of electric power plants, resulting impact on marine organisms have been studied in different part of the world. Cooling water intake usually affect marine organisms in three different way: entrainment (where small aquatic organisms are carried by the cooling water into the power plant), impingement (where the cooling water intake traps larger organisms against the intake screens) and thermal outfall (hot water discharged on living organisms in the receiving water body). In this study (the first one carried out in Italy), the impact of the cooling water intake of the electric power plant of Montalto di Castro (VT) (Central Tyrrhenian Sea) on fish was determined by evaluating the effect of entrainment on eggs and larvae and that of thermal outfall on juveniles. A specific sampling design has been create to operate inside the artificial intake, with new methodology, different plankton nets and right time of haul. Sampling campaign have been conduct at sea, using a handed trawling net, to the catch of juveniles fish during settlement stage, in the thermal outfall area and in two control areas. Overall 668 fish larvae of 24 taxa and 2500 fish eggs were collected after filtering 235.574 m3 of marine water inside the intake. Impact of entrainment on early stage of fish was estimated to be of 12 x 106 larvae and 24,5 x 106 eggs per year. Sardina pilchardus was the most impacted species, with an estimated economic damage to the traditional fisheries, ranging between 9.000 and 15.000 euro per year. The highest values of diversity index, richness and evenness were recorded in summer, whereas the largest number of larvae were caught during winter. Dottorato di ricerca in Ecologia e gestione delle risorse biologiche
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32. Sewage pollution impact on Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages.
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Azzurro E, Matiddi M, Fanelli E, Guidetti P, La Mesa G, Scarpato A, and Axiak V
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- Animals, Environmental Monitoring, Mediterranean Sea, Population Dynamics, Ecosystem, Fishes, Sewage adverse effects, Water Pollutants, Chemical adverse effects, Water Pollution adverse effects
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The effects of sewage outfalls on subtidal fish assemblages were studied along the NW coasts of Malta (Sicily channel, Mediterranean Sea) by means of underwater visual census. The presence of two spatially distinct outfalls discharging untreated wastewaters allowed to use a balanced symmetrical after control/impact (ACI) design that consisted of two putatively impacted locations and two controls, with four sites nested in each location. Surveys were performed in 2006 at two random dates. The study highlighted significant changes at both assemblage and individual species levels. Fish assemblages structures were different between controls and sewages, where total abundance of fish were higher. The responses of individual species to sewage pollution were mostly related to an anomalous increase of two small opportunistic species i.e. Gobius bucchichii and Parablennius rouxi and to a decrease of species of the genus Symphodus, particularly S. roissali and S. ocellatus. Moreover in correspondence of the outfalls, significant changes of the fish size distribution were detected for several species. These results support the use of fish assemblages as biological indicators for marine coastal waters and demonstrated the possibility to obtain sharp signals of environmental impact from some individual fish species.
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