A5080555902- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Maritime Navigation and Safety
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Institute for Coastal Marine Environment
2016-2025
National Research Council
2015-2025
University of Palermo
2025
Consorzio Roma Ricerche
2024
Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impact and Sustainability in the Marine Environment
2021
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2016
Abstract The age determination in fast-growing short-living species, such as European anchovy ( Engraulis encrasicolus ), has been widely recognized a difficult task and bias introduced by readers leads to reconstructing the population structure. In this context, it is worth note that structure of fish represents key information fishery ecology for stock assessment models. uncertainty estimating otolith reading linked number false-growth increments (checks) laid down before annulus...
Abstract. The Strait of Sicily plays a crucial role in determining the water-mass exchanges and related properties between western eastern Mediterranean. Hydrographic measurements carried out from 1998 to 2013 allowed identification main water masses present Sicily: surface layer composed Atlantic (AW) flowing eastward, intermediate deep layers mainly Levantine (LIW), transitional Mediterranean (tEMDW) opposite direction. Furthermore, for first time, signature intermittent presence (WIW) is...
A number of scientific papers in the last few years singled out influence environmental conditions on spatial distribution fish species, highlighting need for fisheries community to investigate, besides biomass estimates, also habitat selection commercially important species. The Mediterranean Sea, although generally oligotrophic, is characterized by high variability and represents an ideal study area investigate adaptive behavior small pelagics under different conditions. In this European...
Abstract. In this work, we study a Mediterranean cyclone, Helios, which took place during 9–11 February 2023 in the southeastern part of Sicily and Malta, by multiparametric approach combining microseism results with sea state meteorological data provided wavemeter buoy, HF radar, hindcast maps satellite SEVIRI images. The sub-tropical system Helios caused heavy rainfall, strong wind gusts violent storm surges significant wave heights greater than 5 m. We deal relationships between such...
Abstract Engraulis encrasicolus and Sardina pilchardus stocks are highly variable in terms of recruitment, biomass spatial distribution. Changes habitat conditions may influence both the survival early life stages adult stages. Detailed studies on distribution selection such species have been performed different areas world, highlighting importance environmental processes. The present study analyzes anchovy sardine Tyrrhenian Sea relation to heterogeneity. Four acoustic surveys were carried...
Age determination through reading annual rings in whole otoliths is a complicated, time-consuming task that can lead to errors population age structure, negatively affecting marine fish management plans. Recently, Fourier transform near-infrared spectroscopy (FT-NIRS) has been successfully used evaluate age, at least several long-life species. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) an important pelagic species for its ecological role and socioeconomic value. In the Mediterranean Sea,...
Fishery production is highly dependent on fish growth and environmental factors; primary temperature are the two most important variables affecting almost all biological rates, especially individual or population rate. The of European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus, was compared between populations inhabiting different ecosystems: Tyrrhenian Sea, characterized by riverine inputs Strait Sicily, an oligotrophic area. effects habitat conditions also evaluated using literature data other...
Understanding drivers of fish maturity is essential to predict the productivity, stability, and resiliency exploited populations. Size at for European sardine ( Sardina pilchardus ) in Central Mediterranean Sea has never been published within rigorous peer review process. In past, stock assessment working groups requested such information; however, size which 50% population reaches sexual (L 50 often received weak estimates based on a single or few years observation, do not necessarily...
The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) has been undertaking scientific and technological activities aimed at implementing intelligent automated systems for the collection data in support oceanography fisheries science, as well providing services fishing operators. Two independent operational units autonomously developed two original devices, Fishery Observing System (FOS) Information Communications Technology kit (ICT-kit), recently converging towards a new modular system named...
Abstract Hydroacoustic data collected during two echosurveys carried out in the Sicily Channel 1998 and 2002 were analysed to investigate distribution spatial structure of small pelagic fish species relation sedimentological nature sea bottom. The study was on contiguous areas (labelled ZONE 1 2) continental shelf off southern coast Sicily, characterised by different dominant texture, ‘sand’ for ‘clayey‐silt’ 2. Simultaneous information schools seabed obtained using a quantitative...
Abstract. The Strait of Sicily plays a crucial role in determining the water mass exchanges and related properties between western eastern Mediterranean. presence sills to east west complex seabed topography modulate thermohaline circulation Mediterranean basin. An anti-estuarine is mainly characterized, from dynamic point view, by two-layer system: surface layer composed Atlantic Water (AW) flowing eastward, essentially dominated mesoscale processes, subsurface Levantine Intermediate (LIW)...
An alternative method to the traditional hydrated oocyte (HO) has been evaluated for Sicilian anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus. The is based on processing of ovarian whole mount images and identification spawning batch in size frequency distributions shows advantage that it can be applied various stages rather than strictly HO stage. Despite peculiar elliptical shape anchovy oocytes, this image analysis technique was fully successful since yolked stage appeared perform equally fecundity measurements.
In this study, hydroacoustic data collected with a scientific echosounder working at two frequencies (38 and 120 kHz) over the continental shelf off southern Sicilian coast were used in order to investigate relationship between fish schools plankton patches. Specifically, image analysis algorithms applied raw echograms detect characterise pelagic aggregations, considered as proxy of food availability. The was first investigated using estimated total biomass whole water column and, second, by...
In this study, hydroacoustic data collected with a scientific echosounder working at two frequencies (38 and 120 kHz) over the continental shelf off southern Sicilian coast were used in order to investigate relationship between fish schools plankton patches. Specifically, image analysis algorithms applied raw echograms detect characterise pelagic aggregations, considered as proxy of food availability. The was first investigated using estimated total biomass whole water column and, second, by...