Prof of Ecology -- Marine Ecology & Conservation Lab (MecLab) at Palermo University, Italy. Sharing our research findings.
Palermo, Sicily
Joined September 2020
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🦅🌊 We identified 7 Med aggregation sites of the Critically Endangered common eagle ray
At Marettimo, up to 101 rays gathered—but larger diver groups were associated with fewer rays, highlighting the need for responsible tourism
doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70435
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🌩️🌪️ Allerta Meteo, violenti temporali in formazione al Centro/Nord: allarme per il Triveneto in serata mentre lo scirocco infuoca il Sud (ma ha le ore contate) 👇
meteoweb.eu/2026/07/allerta-…
...like every year I wanted to show my students Jared Wilber's nice explanation on how a permutation test works using alpacas, but couldn't find it as the link readdress to something else. @jdwlbr can you help me?
🚨Paper alert🚨
Have a read of this new piece, nicely coordinated by @CARohner and @ElasmoProject
NEW PAPER ALERT | Important Shark and Ray Areas can inform conservation planning in the Mediterranean and Black Seas
Read the full paper in the journal iScience here: doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.…
#shark #ray #chimaera #research #marine #conservation #ISRA @SharkRayFund
🚨New Paper Alert🚨Protected areas (PAs) are key to conservation, but we still lack a clear picture of how zoning really works.
Online now: Are we zoning out? Biases in the assessment of protected area zoning and a blueprint for a way forward dlvr.it/TM2JtM
🚨New Paper Alert🚨Protected areas (PAs) are key to conservation, but we still lack a clear picture of how zoning really works.
Our new study highlights gaps and offers a practical blueprint for monitoring PAs' effectiveness! 🐟🐾🌱
@OneEarth_CP
visit: authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti…
That is an additional reason to protect these amazing ecosystems! Proud of this paper!
Our most-read article for 2024 was (drumroll)... "Cyanobacteria newly isolated from marine volcanic seeps display rapid sinking and robust, high-density growth" 👏 Congrats to Max G. Schubert & team!
Read the article (free): doi.org/10.1128/aem.00841-24
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New Research on "Access and Well-Being in Small-Scale Fisheries" in Marine Policy: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jZ3K…
We surveyed small-scale fishers in 8 countries to understand their access & well-being
@Anto_Di_Franco @anton_calo @SwinGiu @MeclabU P. Guidetti E. Ben Lamine C. Scianna
Glad to share this joint effort with such a nice group of friends and colleagues!
🚨Paper Alert🚨
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Hidden impacts of #ocean #warming and #acidification on biological responses of #marine #animals revealed through meta-analysis.
🐙🦑🦞🦀🦐🦪🐠🐟🐡🐬🦈
⚠️@NatureComms
📰 nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Short video of our research in Palau with the ICONA network!
youtube.com/watch?v=5F9cN4yP…
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There's a new op ed out today about the Important Shark and Ray Areas project and the work we do. Please read and share!
buff.ly/3TZSbNp
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New preprint: Cyanobacteria isolated from marine volcanic seeps display rapid sinking and robust, high density growth. Thanks to U Palermo and Two Frontiers Project, we got unique samples from Vulcano, Italy, where CO2 bubbles into the shallow ocean, 24-7! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Thanks to @goa_on and @OARSOceanDecade, to the speakers Shigeki Wada, @cattancarlo , Ayaka Umeda and @Layla_Iijima . Thanks to the live audience for joining. Finally thanks to @icona_research.
Just the start of the #OAWeek, still many talks on OA research to come! – at Shimoda-shi, Shizuoka
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New paper out from @smrc_heitzman . Following the previous paper on the first described #coral disease in warm temperate, White Mat Syndrome, he now shows the role of #algal interactions in spreading the #disease. Great job!
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Great to see our work of the last few months on a map! I am glad to have contributed to the identification and designation of the ISRAs in the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Thanks to support from 166 contributors, we were able to delineate 65 Important Shark and Ray Areas, 6 candidate ISRAs, and 20 Areas of Interest across the Mediterranean and Black Seas region!
Learn more: sharkrayareas.org/e-atlas/
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Sharks & rays are heavily #overfished in the Mediterranean but they play key roles for ocean's health & #climatechange mitigation. Govts should implement the recently adopted measures to better manage fisheries & trade in these species bit.ly/3JU3WiA
#SharkAwarenessDay
We did enjoy two brilliant seminars given by the nextgen of #ICONA_researchers: Davide Spatafora and Michael Izumiyama
@Davide08167990
@icona_research
@ravasi_lab
@AgoRemix
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Scoperto sull’isola di Vulcano un batterio che assorbe l’anidride carbonica
Ricercatori #UniPa nel team del progetto 2Frontiers (2FP) sul ruolo dei microrganismi che vivono nei vulcani marini e in altri ambienti estremi
Maggiori info: t.ly/Lt_3O - @twofrontiers
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More media coverage of our recent workshop
Important Shark And Ray Areas Delineated In The Mediterranean And Black Seas buff.ly/44s6Umb