A5051535098- Marine and fisheries research
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
University of Messina
2021-2024
Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology
2020-2022
National Research Council
2020-2022
Institute for Coastal Marine Environment
2020-2022
Mersin Üniversitesi
2022
The lack of data on the chronic effects chloroacetanilide herbicide metabolites non-target aquatic organisms creates a gap in knowledge about comprehensive impacts excessive and repeated pesticide use. Therefore, this study evaluates long-term propachlor ethanolic sulfonic acid (PROP-ESA) after 10 (T1) 20 (T2) days at environmental level 3.5 μg.L−1 (E1) its 10x fold multiply 35 (E2) model organism Mytilus galloprovincialis. To end, PROP-ESA usually showed time- dose-dependent trend,...
Otolith features are useful tools for studying taxonomy, ecology, paleontology, and fish biology since they represent a permanent record of life history. Nevertheless, the functional morphology otoliths remains an open research question that is to completely understand their eco-morphology. This study aims deepen knowledge intra- interspecific variation in sagitta three congeneric seabreams, how such variability could be related lifestyles each species. Therefore, sagittae (n = 161) 24...
Otoliths are used in taxonomy and ichthyology as they can provide a wide range of information about specimens. They an essential tool to monitor the most sensitive species for sustainable exploitation level. Despite increasing use sagittae research, their inter- intra-specific variability eco-functionality still poorly explored. This paper aims investigate Mugilidae using morphological morphometrical analysis, well scanning electron microscopy shape analysis. The 74 specimens belonging three...
Data on the biology and ecology of Galeus melastomus are old/absent for Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, despite there being numerous studies in wider area. A total 127 specimens G. from southern collected 2018–2019 using trawling nets, were analyzed to investigate size at sexual maturity, sex ratio, length–weight relationships, feeding habits. To our best knowledge, this is first time which all these features investigated Sea melastomus. The stomach content analysis showed that had intermediate...
Improve the knowledge base on ecomorphological adaptation of teleost species to different environments, trying reconstruct how habitat can shape sagittae , is essential for conservational purposes, evolutionary evaluations, and population dynamics studies. Here provided a comparative study between features, growth rates age composition two Scorpaena porcus populations inhabiting Mediterranean waters, one from Strait Messina (Central Sea) Split area (Adriatic Sea). Additionally, stomach...
The environmental monitoring of chemical toxicants has been a widely studied topic in the last few decades. main aim present study was to determine total concentration nine elements (Cd, Cr, Pb, Ni, Al, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn) fish species grey mullet (
We reviewed literature on the diet of Galeus melastomus Rafinesque, 1810, from Mediterranean Sea. Specific keywords (“Galeus diet”, “feeding habits”, “trophic position”, “biology”, “deep environment adaptation”) in principal data sources, such as Web Science, PubMed, and Google Scholar were used. Seventeen studies conducted trophic position G. have been considered for Sea regions. The feeding habits analyzed many areas western basin; instead, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, central Seas, information...
Merluccius merluccius is one of the most important Mediterranean benthopelagic predators. It represents a key species for ecosystem’s functioning due to its fundamental role in energy transferal between different domains and depth strata. The aim this study was explore feeding habits European hakes southern central Sea, also analyze timescale variations ontogenetic shift five size length classes. A total 411 stomachs collected from 2018 2020 were analyzed assess diet habits. Results...
Mesopelagic species are enjoining increasing attention due to the growing impact of fisheries activities on deep marine biocenosis. Improving knowledge base mesopelagic is required enhance their conservation gaps regarding many and families. In this context, otoliths can be fundamental assessing life history, ecomorphological adaptation environment stock composition. The present paper aims explore saccular utricular morphology intra-specific variability hatchetfish, Argyropelecus hemigymnus,...
Abstract The garfish Belone belone represents the only valid endemic species for Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean. It shows a wide global distribution range, with high commercial value ecological relevance in pelagic domain. Despite this, there needs to be more knowledge regarding otoliths of this species, total absence descriptions asterisci lapilli from populations lack studies on reliability shape analysis its sagittae. present paper aims provide first main contours...
Abstract The present paper aims to investigate the ecological role of Merluccius merluccius , Linnaeus, 1758, in southern and central Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10, Resolution GFCM/33/2009/2 General Fisheries Commission for Mediterranean), analyzing ontogenetic diet shifts, geographical variations on prey composition, feeding habits. A total 734 hake specimens ranging size between 6 cm 73 (Total Length, TL) were collected 2018. In order evaluate shifts samples divided into five classes each class...
This Collective Article presents information on 20 taxa belonging to five (5) Phyla: Cnidaria (2), Mollusca (8), Arthropoda (4), Echinodermata (1) and Chordata recorded from the Alboran Sea Levantine Sea. These new records were found in seven (7) different ecoregions as follows: Sea: record of rare football octopus Ocythoe tuberculata harbour Algeciras (Spain); Western Mediterranean first isopod Arcturinella deltensis Ligurian Sea, third whole Sea; site for Muricidae Coralliophila ahuiri...
Pharmaceuticals are widely recognized as potentially hazardous to aquatic ecosystems. In the last two decades, constant intake of biologically active chemicals used in human healthcare has been related growing release these agents into natural environments. As reported by several studies, various pharmaceuticals have detected, mainly surface water (seas, lakes, and rivers), but also groundwater drinking water. Moreover, contaminants their metabolites can show biological activity even at very...
The introduction of pollutants, such as thiacloprid and benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), into the waters urbanized coastal estuarine areas through fossil fuel spills, domestic industrial waste discharges, atmospheric inputs, continental runoff poses a major threat to fauna flora aquatic environment can have significant impact on internal defense system invertebrates mussels. Using monoclonal polyclonal anti-Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) anti-inducible nitric oxide synthetase (iNOS) antibodies for first...
The rapid development of aquaculture makes it desirable to use environment-friendly methods purifying the wastewater effluent. Seaweed is often cultured for dual purpose useful algal biomass production and its bioremediation potential. This paper offers a survey on growth characters ecological functions macroalgae Gracilaria gracilis (Steentoft, L.M. Irvine & Farnham, 1995), collected from Ganzirri lagoon (Messina, Italy). results obtained provided promising data in terms rates, biofiltering...
Deep Sea environments represent the final collector of anthropogenic debris mainly represented by both plastic and non-plastic materials with different size. This led to potential contamination deep marine fauna due direct indirect ingestion, representing a hazard for species itself consumer. In this framework, present study explored occurrence in gastrointestinal tract three Decapoda high commercial ecological value (Parapenaeus longirostris, Aristeus antennatus, Aristaeomorpha foliacea)...
The present paper represents the first description of abnormal hermaphroditism in Galeus melastomus (Rafinesque, 1810). black mouth cat shark specimen, collected summer from southern Tyrrhenian Sea at entrance Salerno gulf, showed a basic intersexuality characterized by presence male secondary and female primary sexual characters. reproductive system has been described with an accurate morphological analysis, also including histological assessment oocytes. Results only right clasper, not...
Monitoring the occurrence and distribution of rare fish species is essential, especially in a semi-closed basin such as Mediterranean Sea. Biologically interesting often represent fishing waste (being part by-catch) therefore are not retained, leading to huge gap data collection. Here we report about Ionian Sea Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819) specimen, mesopelagic from order Lampriformes considered whole basin. The sample was captured at depth 720 m off coast Noto (Sicily, Italy) by deep-sea...
One of the most crucial biological indicators in tracking long-term variations reproductive cycle is sexual development. Scorpaena porcus (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly known as black scorpionfish, a small teleost from family Scorpaenidae. Much about its ecology, but data on and defense systems are still lacking. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), such piscidins, integral components innate immune system fish. These exhibit wide range activity against bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa act first line...
Understanding the interaction between marine biota and litter is essential to comprehend how organisms face continuous alteration of their habitats due anthropogenic pressure. The evidence here reported, based on both direct in situ observations citizen science obtained information, refer interactions two Mediterranean Cephalopoda species natural environments, and, more specifically, between: i) Octopus vulgaris a plastic bin used for laying eggs inside, ii) Sepia officinalis an artificial...
This paper aims to investigate the ecological role of Merlucicius merluccius, Linnaeus, 1758, in southern and central Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 10, Resolution GFCM/33/2009/2 General Fisheries Commission for Mediterranean), analysing ontogenetic diet shift, geographical variations on prey composition feeding habits. A sample 734 hake specimens between 6 cm 73 total length (TL) were collected 2018. To value shifts composition, five size-classes created from each class calculated quantitative...