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Multiple stressors facilitate the spread of a non-indigenous bivalve in the Mediterranean Sea
2018
Aim The introduction of non‐indigenous species (NIS) via man‐made corridors connecting previously disparate oceanic regions is increasing globally. However, the environmental and anthropogenic factors facilitating invasion dynamics and their interactions are still largely unknown. This study compiles and inputs available data for the NIS bivalve Brachidontes pharaonis across the invaded biogeographic range in the Mediterranean basin into a species distribution model to predict future spread under a range of marine scenarios. Location Mediterranean Sea. Methods A systematic review produced the largest presence database ever assembled to inform the selection of biological, chemical and physic…
Individual and population-scale carbon and nitrogen isotopic values of Procambarus clarkii in invaded freshwater ecosystems
2022
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Predicting biological invasions in marine habitats through eco-physiological mechanistic models: a case study with the bivalveBrachidontes pharaonis
2013
Aim We used a coupled biophysical ecology (BE)-physiological mechanistic modelling approach based on the Dynamic Energy Budget theory (DEB, Dynamic energy budget theory for metabolic organisation, 2010, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge; DEB) to generate spatially explicit predictions of physiological performance (maximal size and reproductive output) for the invasive mussel, Brachidontes pharaonis. Location We examined 26 sites throughout the central Mediterranean Sea. Methods We ran models under subtidal and intertidal conditions; hourly weather and water temperature data were obtained from the Italian Buoy Network, and monthly CHL-a data were obtained from satellite imagery. Results …
Morphometric diversity of the mussel Brachidontes pharaonis in different coastal environments
2010
In the debate on how and why biodiversity evolves spatially and temporally and in an attempt to assess the further effects of anthropogenic activities, the ability of marine invertebrate to express a large spectrum of phenotypical plasticity can have a central role. The ability of a single genotype to produce more than one alternative form of morphology and/or physiological state should be larger in species living in highly changing waters like shallow habitats. Invertebrates, there, usually experience ample changes of temperature and food availability on annual, seasonal, diurnal and hourly bases which are the two main drivers leading the life histories of these organisms. In such circumst…
The impact of climate change on Mediterranean intertidal communities: losses in coastal ecosystem integrity and services
2014
As has been shown for other ecosystems, the ecological and socio-economic impacts of climate change on Mediterranean intertidal habitats are highly variable in space and time. We conducted field and laboratory measurements of cellular, ecophysiological and behavioural responses of selected intertidal invertebrates (mussels, gastropods and sponges) and completed a literature review to determine what is known of socioeconomic consequences of these biological changes. Results suggest significant gaps in our knowledge that may impede a complete understanding of likely impacts (physical, biological, and socioeconomic) and that sufficient data for such an analysis is available only for mussels. A…
Discriminazione di presunte specie criptiche: un approccio di morfometria geometrica in Brachidontes pharaonis-variabilis (Bivalvia, Mytilidae).
2010
Searching for the competitive ability of the alien seagrass Halophila stipulacea with the autochthonous species Cymodocea nodosa
2023
The tropical seagrass Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson, 1867 entered in the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal more than 100 years ago. In coastal-marine ecosystems the spatial niche of H. stipulacea is often overlapped with that of native Mediterranean Sea seagrasses and therefore it might out-compete them. Aiming to better understand its invasiveness potential, we monitored a Southern Mediterranean shallow coastal-marine water habitat from August 2010 to August 2011, where H. stipulacea co-occurred with the native seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson, 1870. Besides, the year-round dynamics of H. stipulacea was also monitored in four periods. To test the hypothesis th…
INDAGINI NON INVASIVE SU ALCUNE COLONNE DELLA VILLA ROMANA DEL CASALE, A PIAZZA ARMERINA
2012
Alcune indagini non invasive sono state eseguite a supporto delle prove di verifica delle colonne prospicienti il Corridoio della Grande Caccia della Villa Romana del Casale, a Piazza Armerina. Scopo del progetto di indagine è la localizzazione di eventuali perni metallici e anomalie interne nelle dieci colonne che separano il Corridoio della Grande Caccia dal Peristilio e valutare il livello di portanza delle singole colonne. A tale scopo sono state eseguite indagini georadar e soniche. Le indagini georadar sono state effettuate utilizzando un apparecchiatura munita di antenna con frequenza centrale di 1000 MHz in modalità monostatica, per ogni colonna, sono stati acquisiti 4 profili verti…
TECNICHE NON INVASIVE DI SUPERFICIE E DI VOLUME PER IL MONITORAGGIO STRUTTURALE DELLE SCULTURE MARMOREE
2014
L’analisi delle proprietà strutturali di una scultura in marmo, attraverso l’impiego di tecniche di indagine non invasive da realizzare direttamente in situ, è di fondamentale importanza per la valutazione dello stato di conservazione e, conseguentemente, per il monitoraggio di eventuali fenomeni di degrado che possono compromettere l’integrità dell’opera d’arte. Lo studio condotto sul bassorilievo raffigurante la Madonna con Bambino conservato presso la Cappella del Monastero delle Clarisse Totus Tuus di Gorizia ha permesso di verificare la complementarietà delle informazioni restituite da tecniche di analisi della superficie (acquisizioni in fluorescenza ultravioletta) e tecniche di anali…
FIBROSIS DIAGNOSTIC SCORES VALIDATION IN OBESE PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE
2018
FIBROSIS DIAGNOSTIC SCORES VALIDATION IN OBESE PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE