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  1. Assessing the effect of the alien seaweed Caulerpa cylindracea on infralittoral rocky benthic invertebrate community: Evidence from a Mediterranean Marine Protected Area

    Article • Regional Studies in Marine Science, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  2. A Global Review on the Biology of the Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) and Its Fishery in the Mediterranean Sea: Advances in the Last Two Decades

    Article • Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  3. The impact of marine litter from fish aggregation devices on vulnerable marine benthic habitats of the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  4. Are FADs a significant source of marine litter? Assessment of released debris and mitigation strategy in the Mediterranean sea

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  5. Molecular identity of the non-indigenous Cassiopea sp. from Palermo Harbour (central Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, November 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  6. Sizing up the role of predators on Mullus barbatus populations in Mediterranean trawl and no-trawl areas

    Article • Fisheries Research, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  7. Extensive use of Fish Aggregating Devices together with environmental change influenced the spatial distribution of a tropical affinity fish

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  8. Historical separation and present-day structure of common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) populations in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  9. Historical separation and present-day structure of common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) populations in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, December 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, Dr Rui Freitas

  10. Composition and abundance of benthic marine litter in a coastal area of the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  11. Nest-mediated parental care in a marine fish: Are large-scale nesting habitats selected and do these habitats respond to small-scale requirements?

    Article • Mediterranean Marine Science, June 2018, National Documentation Centre

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  12. 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

  13. The use of echo-sounder buoys in Mediterranean Sea: A new technological approach for a sustainable FADs fishery

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  14. The impact of fisheries on vulnerable habitats: the case of trawling on circa-littoral grounds in the Strait of Sicily (central Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Marine Biology Research, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  15. 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

  16. Food resource partitioning between two sympatric temperate wrasses

    Article • Marine and Freshwater Research, January 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  17. 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

  18. Ocean acidification affects fish spawning but not paternity at CO2seeps

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, July 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  19. marine fish ecology

    Article • Journal of Applied Ichthyology, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  20. Can FADs fish aggregating devices act as a protection for fish associated

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  21. Symphodus ocellatus selected a specific algal speicie for build nest during reproduction

    Article • Marine Ecology, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  22. The effect of shipwrecks on associated fish assemblages in the central Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, July 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  23. Cephalopods in the diet of young-of-the-year bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnusL. 1758, Pisces: Scombridae) from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (central Mediterranean Sea)

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, December 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  24. 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

  25. Meiofauna as an indicator for assessing the impact of fish farming at an exposed marine site

    Article • Ecological Indicators, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr giulia maricchiolo , Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  26. Assessing the effects of a trawling ban on diet and trophic level of hake, Merluccius merluccius, in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea

    Article • Scientia Marina, November 2011, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  27. Growth changes the relationship between some fish species and FADs

    Article • Fisheries Management and Ecology, October 2011, Wiley

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  28. Persistence and co-occurrence of demersal nurseries in the Strait of Sicily (central Mediterranean): Implications for fishery management

    Article • Journal of Sea Research, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  29. Vertical distribution of two sympatric labrid fishes in the Western Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic rocky subtidal: local shore topography does matter

    Article • Marine Ecology, April 2011, Wiley

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  30. Shelter selection of the spiny lobster Palinurus elephas under different levels of Octopus vulgaris predation threat

    Article • Marine Biology, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  31. 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

  32. Numerous fads arranged in a gradient off coast can affect the coastal recruitment of amberjack

    Article • Marine Biology, July 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  33. Spatial and temporal changes in the assemblage structure of fishes associated to fish aggregation devices in the Western Mediterranean

    Article • Aquatic Living Resources, April 2006, EDP Sciences

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli, Paolo Merella

  34. Age and growth rate of juvenile bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus from the Mediterranean sea (Sicily, Italy)

    Article • Scientia Marina, June 2005, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr Mauro Sinopoli

  35. 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

  36. 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