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  1. The Alien Jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda in the Mediterranean Sea: Invasion Dynamics and Management Strategies

    Article • Oceans, March 2026, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  2. Large-scale assessment of non indigenous macroalgae in Mediterranean sensitive habitats: toward a standardized procedure

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  3. Diet of the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus in an invaded Mediterranean lagoon: a baseline assessment using DNA metabarcoding

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  4. A comprehensive assessment of non-indigenous species requires the combination of multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding with classical taxonomic identification

    Article • Environment International, May 2025, Elsevier

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  5. Exploring the Enigmatic Spread and Spatial Dynamics of Bursatella leachii in the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Biology, January 2025, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  6. Spatial distribution of the range-expanding species Seriola fasciata (Bloch, 1793) in Mediterranean Sea: From past to future

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, July 2024, Elsevier

    M.S. Luca Castriota, Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  7. Reducing Artisanal Fishery Impact on Marine Community: New Data from Comparison of Innovative and Traditional Gear

    Article • Fishes, May 2024, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota, Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  8. When Nature Requires a Resource to Be Used—The Case of Callinectes sapidus: Distribution, Aggregation Patterns, and Spatial Structure in Northwest Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, and Adjacent Waters

    Article • Biology, April 2024, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  9. Standardization of ALEX index for the ecological quality assessment under European Framework Directives in Mediterranean sensitive habitats affected by biological invasions

    Article • Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, February 2024, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  10. eDNA Metabarcoding Analysis as Tool to Assess the Presence of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS): A Case Study in the Bilge Water

    Article • Diversity, October 2023, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  11. Validated Inventories of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as Tools for Regional Policy and Patterns of NIS Spread

    Article • Diversity, August 2023, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  12. Using Local Ecological Knowledge to Search for Non-Native Species in Natura 2000 Sites in the Central Mediterranean Sea: An Approach to Identify New Arrivals and Hotspot Areas

    Article • Biology, August 2023, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  13. Status and Trends in the Rate of Introduction of Marine Non-Indigenous Species in European Seas

    Article • Diversity, December 2022, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  14. Sneaking into a Hotspot of Biodiversity: Coverage and Integrity of a Rhodolith Bed in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, November 2022, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  15. The Blue Swimming Crab Portunus segnis in the Mediterranean Sea: Invasion Paths, Impacts and Management Measures

    Article • Biology, October 2022, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  16. Ecological indicators from spatial statistics to describe the Atlantic fangtooth moray distribution in the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Transactions in GIS, September 2022, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  17. Snapshot of the Distribution and Biology of Alien Jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775) in a Mediterranean Touristic Harbour

    Article • Biology, February 2022, MDPI AG

    M.S. Luca Castriota, Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  18. First record of the Lessepsian fishParexocoetus mentoin Italian waters and GIS-based spatial and temporal distribution in Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, October 2020, Cambridge University Press

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  19. Updating the occurrences of Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea, with considerations on thermal boundaries and future range expansion

    Article • Mediterranean Marine Science, March 2020, National Documentation Centre

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  20. Marine litter in an EBSA (Ecologically or Biologically Significant Area) of the central Mediterranean Sea: Abundance, composition, impact on benthic species and basis for monitoring entanglement

    Article • Environmental Pollution, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, M.S. Luca Castriota

  21. Developing and testing an Early Warning System for Non Indigenous Species and Ballast Water Management

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, April 2017, Elsevier

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  22. Preliminary observations of caulerpin accumulation from the invasive Caulerpa cylindracea in native Mediterranean fish species

    Article • Aquatic Biology, February 2017, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, M.S. Luca Castriota

  23. Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder invasion modifies trophic niche in infralittoral rocky benthic community

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, M.S. Luca Castriota

  24. A new record of Gymnothorax unicolor (Muraenidae) in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  25. New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (March 2016)

    Article • Mediterranean Marine Science, March 2016, National Documentation Centre

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  26. New records of Lumbrineridae (Annelida: Polychaeta) in the Mediterranean biogeographic province, with an updated taxonomic key

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  27. New records of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas: early detection and participatory monitoring in practice

    Article • BioInvasions Records, January 2016, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  28. Public feedback on early warning initiatives undertaken for hazardous non-indigenous species: the case of Lagocephalus sceleratus from Italian and Maltese waters

    Article • Management of Biological Invasions, January 2016, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  29. First record of the fangtooth moray, Enchelycore anatina (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae), from Maltese waters, central Mediterranean

    Article • Acta Ichthyologica Et Piscatoria, September 2015, Szczecinskie Towarzystwo Naukowe

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  30. First record of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from Malta

    Article • BioInvasions Records, June 2015, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  31. Fistularia commersonii(Teleostea: Fistulariidae): walking through the Lessepsian paradox of mitochondrial DNA

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  32. alien polychaete from Italian harbours

    Article • Marine Biodiversity, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  33. diet of myctophid Diaphus metopoclampus in Mediterranean

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  34. The silver-cheeked toadfishLagocephalus sceleratus(Gmelin, 1789) reaches Italian waters

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, June 2014, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  35. Abudefduf saxatilis in the Straits of Sicily

    Article • BioInvasions Records, March 2014, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  36. a new record of an Atlantic species in Mediterranean

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, January 2014, Cambridge University Press

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  37. Diet and prey selectivity of the red mullet,Mullus barbatus(Pisces: Mullidae), from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: the role of the surf zone as a feeding ground

    Article • Marine Biology Research, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  38. Second record of Gephyroberyx darwinii in the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  39. Assessing the fish assemblage associated with FADs (Fish Aggregating Devices) in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea using two different professional fishing gears

    Article • Fisheries Research, July 2012, Elsevier

    M.S. Luca Castriota, Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  40. The use of bottom longline on soft bottoms: An opportunity of development for fishing tourism along a coastal area of the Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, January 2012, Elsevier

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  41. Trophic relationships among scorpaeniform fishes associated with gas platforms

    Article • Helgoland Marine Research, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  42. Feeding habits and selectivity of the wide-eyed flounder,Bothus podas(Delaroche, 1809) (Bothidae) from the southern Tyrrhenian sea

    Article • Marine Biology Research, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  43. Age, growth and feeding habits of the bluemouth rockfish, Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus (Delaroche 1809) in the central Mediterranean (southern Tyrrhenian Sea)

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, June 2010, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  44. Temporal variations in the diet of pearly razorfish Xyrichtys novacula (Osteichthyes: Labridae)

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, May 2010, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  45. Age and growth of pearly razorfish, Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus 1758), in the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, January 2010, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  46. A new locality and host for Pseudione crenulata G.O. Sars, 1898 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) in the Mediterranean

    Article • Acta Parasitologica, January 2010, De Gruyter

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  47. Diet of Atlantic lizardfish, Synodus saurus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pisces: Synodontidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Scientia Marina, March 2009, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  48. An evaluation of resource partitioning between two billfish, Tetrapturus belone and Xiphias gladius, in the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, August 2008, Cambridge University Press

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  49. Feeding habits of the albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga (Perciformes, Scombridae) from central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Biology, June 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  50. Diet of Tetrapturus belone (Istiophoridae) in the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, February 2008, Cambridge University Press

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  51. First record of the lessepsian fish Siganus luridus (Osteichthyes: Siganidae) in the Tyrrhenian Sea

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, January 2008, Cambridge University Press

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  52. Feeding ecology of little tunny Euthynnus alletteratus in the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, July 2007, Cambridge University Press

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  53. Feeding habits of the bullet tuna Auxis rochei in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, July 2007, Cambridge University Press

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  54. Annual trend of fish assemblages associated with FADs in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, June 2007, Wiley

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, M.S. Luca Castriota

  55. Feeding habits of the Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793) in the southern Tyrrhenian sea

    Article • Fisheries Research, November 2006, Elsevier

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  56. Food and feeding habits of pearly razorfish, Xyrichtys novacula (Linnaeus, 1758), in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: variation by sex and size

    Article • Environmental Biology of Fishes, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    M.S. Luca Castriota, Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  57. for the first time the diet of very small sized blue fin tuna ( less tha 15 cm TL ) was studied

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, August 2004, Wiley

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, M.S. Luca Castriota

  58. Reproductive cycle and sex inversion in razor fish, a protogynous labrid in the southern Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, June 2004, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  59. First record of Seriola rivoliana Cuvier, 1833 in the Mediterranean

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, February 2002, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota

  60. Seriola carpenteri: a new immigrant in the Mediterranean from the Atlantic Ocean

    Article • Journal of Fish Biology, November 2000, Wiley

    M.S. Luca Castriota