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Raffaele Corrado

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Wind forcing and fate of <i>Sardinella aurita</i> eggs and larvae in the Sicily Channel (Mediterranean Sea)

2015

Abstract. Multidisciplinary studies are recently seeking to define diagnostic tools for fishery sustainability by coupling ichthyoplanktonic datasets, physical and bio-geochemical oceanographic measurements, and ocean modelling. The main goal of these efforts is the understanding of those processes that control fate and dispersion of fish larvae and eggs and thus tune the inter-annual variability of biomass of fish species. We here analyzed eggs and larvae distribution and biological features of Sardinella aurita in the northeast sector of the Sicily Channel (Mediterranean Sea) collected during the 2010 and 2011 summer cruises. We make use of satellite sea surface temperature, wind, and chl…

FisherySea surface temperatureBiomass (ecology)OceanographyMediterranean seabiologyPotential vorticitySustainable fisheryWind stressEnvironmental scienceSubmarine pipelineSardinellabiology.organism_classification
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Planktonic stages of small pelagic fishes (Sardinella aurita and Engraulis encrasicolus) in the central Mediterranean Sea: The key role of physical f…

2018

Abstract Multidisciplinary studies are recently aiming to define diagnostic tools for fishery sustainability by coupling ichthyoplanktonic datasets, physical and bio-geochemical oceanographic measurements, and ocean modelling. The main goal of these efforts is to understand those processes that control the dispersion and fate of fish larvae and eggs, and thus tuning the inter-annual variability of the biomass of small pelagic fish species. In this paper we analyse the distribution of eggs and larvae as well as the biological features of the two species of pelagic fish, Engraulis encrasicolus and Sardinella aurita in the north-eastern sector of the Sicily Channel (Mediterranean Sea) from ich…

0106 biological sciencesSardinella aurita010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesEngraulis encrasicolusSicily ChannelWind stressAquatic Science01 natural sciencesPotential vorticityEngraulisMediterranean seaEngraulis encrasicolus Ichthyoplankton Lagrangian simulations Mediterranean Sea Potential vorticity Remote sensing Sardinella aurita Sicily Channel Surface temperature and Chlorophyll-a.Mediterranean SeaSardinella0105 earth and related environmental sciencesbiology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyGeologyPelagic zoneIchthyoplanktonPlanktonRemote sensingbiology.organism_classificationLagrangian simulationsSea surface temperatureOceanographySurface temperature and Chlorophyll-aIchthyoplanktonEnvironmental science
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Seascape connectivity of European anchovy in the Central Mediterranean Sea revealed by weighted Lagrangian backtracking and bio-energetic modelling

2020

AbstractEcological connectivity is one of the most important processes that shape marine populations and ecosystems, determining their distribution, persistence, and productivity. Here we use the synergy of Lagrangian back-trajectories, otolith-derived ages of larvae, and satellite-based chlorophyll-a to identify spawning areas of European anchovy from ichthyoplanktonic data, collected in the Strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean Sea), i.e., the crucial channel in between the European and African continents. We obtain new evidence of ecosystem connectivity between North Africa and recruitment regions off the southern European coasts. We assess this result by using bio-energetic modeling, …

0106 biological sciencesMediterranean climateMarine conservationSettore BIO/07 - Ecologia010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesClimateEcological connectivityPopulation DynamicsFisherieslcsh:MedicineDistribution (economics)Environment01 natural sciencesModels BiologicalArticleMediterranean seaLagrangian back-trajectoriesEuropean anchovyMediterranean SeaAnimalsEuropean anchovyEcosystemlcsh:ScienceEcosystem0105 earth and related environmental sciencesSeascapeMultidisciplinarygeography.geographical_feature_categorybiologybusiness.industryPhysical oceanography010604 marine biology & hydrobiologylcsh:RFishesbiology.organism_classificationFisheryStrait of SicilyGeographyLarvalcsh:QbusinessChannel (geography)
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Coupling Lagrangian simulation models and remote sensing to explore the environmental effect on larval growth rate: The Mediterranean case study of r…

2023

The relationship between environmental conditions and early life-history traits of Sardinella aurita are investigated using material collected in two sites of the Central Mediterranean Sea. Individual mean daily growth during the planktonic phase has been determined by using otolith microstructure analysis, while Lagrangian simulation models allowed to estimate the daily position in space and time of each specimen from the hatching to the catch. Generalized Additive Mixed Models (GAMMs) have been implemented to explore the impact of environmental conditions at time t, t-1 day and t-2 days on the mean daily growth rate occurring at time t. Spatial analysis evidenced a wide dispersion of eggs…

Global and Planetary ChangeSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaOcean Engineeringsmall pelagics otolith microstructure analysis mixed effect models temperature chlorophyll-a concentration Tyrrhenian Sea Strait of SicilyAquatic ScienceOceanographyWater Science and TechnologyFrontiers in Marine Science
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