Pubblicazioni

Angiolillo M., Bertasi F., Grossi L., Loia M., Vani D., Rende S.F., Giusti M. and Tunesi L. (2023). Deep Aggregations of the Polychaete Amage adspersa (Grube, 1863) in the Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean Sea) as Revealed via ROV Observations. Diversity, 15, 906. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15080906.

Angiolillo, M., Gérigny, O., Valente, T., Fabri, M.-C., Tambute, E., Rouanet, E., Claro, F., Tunesi, L., Vissio, A., Daniel, B., Galgani, F. (2021). Distribution of seafloor litter and its interaction with benthic organisms in deep waters of the Ligurian Sea (Northwestern Mediterranean). Science of the Total Environment 788, 147745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147745

Bacci T., Targusi M., Lattanzi L., Marusso V., Trabucco B. and Tomassetti P. (2024). Decapod Crustacean Records from A Collection of Marine Soft-Bottom Macrofauna of the Italian Waters Supporting the Update of Checklists and Registers of the Mediterranean Basin. Diversity 2024, 16, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16010002

Bacci T., Penna M., Rende S.F., Trabucco B., Gennaro P., Bertasi F., Marusso V., Grossi L., Cicero A.M. (2016). Effects of Costa Concordia shipwreck on epiphytic assemblages and biotic features of Posidonia oceanica canopy, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 109 (1): 110-116, ISSN 0025-326X, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.012

Bacci T., Scardi M., Tomasello A., Valiante L.M., Piazzi L., Calvo S., Badalamenti F., Di Nuzzo F., Raimondi V., Assenzo M., Cecchi E., Penna M., Bertasi F., Piazzi A. & La Porta B. (2024). Long term response of Posidonia oceanica meadow restoration at the population and plant level: implications for management decisions. Restoration Ecology, p.e14360. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14360

Bertasi F. (2016). The occurrence of the alien species Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in North Adriatic lagoons: an overlooked presence. Italian Journal of Zoology, 83(1):77-88. doi: 10.1080/11250003.2016.1140839

Bianchi J., Valente T., Scacco U., Cimmaruta R., Sbrana A., Silvestri C., Matiddi M., (2020). Food preference determines the best suitable digestion protocol for analysing microplastic ingestion by fish. Marine Pollution Bulletin 154, 111050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111050

Bigiotti G., Vitali F., Mocali S., L'Abate G., Malusà E., Kozacki D., Bertoncelj I., Ourry M., Pugliese M., Maisel H., Olimi E., Tommasini M.G., Jacomini C., D'Avino L., (2025). Estimating the microarthropod diversity in cropping systems by comparing ecological indices across Europe. Applied Soil Ecology, 214, October 2025, 106357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106357

Bray L., Digka N., TsangarisC., Camedda A., Gambaiani D., De Lucia G.A., Matiddi M., Miaud C., Palazzo L., Del-Olmo A.P., Raga J.A., Silvestri C., Kaberi H. (2019). Determining suitable fish to monitor plastic ingestion trends in the Mediterranean Sea. Environmental Pollution. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.100

Camedda A., Matiddi M., Vianello A., Coppa S., Bianchi J., Silvestri C., Palazzo L., Massaro G., Atzori F., Ruiu A., Piermarini R., Cocumelli C., Briguglio P., Hochscheid S., Brundu R., de Lucia G. (2021). Polymer composition assessment suggests prevalence of single-use plastics among items ingested by loggerhead sea turtles in the western mediterranean sub-region. Environmental Pollution 292(Pt A):11827. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118274

Cardinaletti G., Di Marco P., Daniso E., Messina M., Donadelli V., Finoia M.G., Petochi T., Fava F., Faccenda F., Contò M., Cerri R., Volpatti D., Bulfon C., Mandich A., Longobardi A., Marino G., Pulido-Rodriguez L.F., Parisi G., Tibaldi E. (2022). Growth and Welfare of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Response to Graded Levels of Insect and Poultry By-Product Meals in Fishmeal-Free Diets. Animals (2022), 12, 1698. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12131698.

Chemello G., Trotta E, Notarstefano V., Papetti L., Di Renzo L., Matiddi M., Silvestri C., Carnevali O., Gioacchini G. (2023). Microplastics evidence in yolk and liver of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), a pilot study. Environmental Pollution, 337, ISSN 0269-7491, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122589

Ciaralli L., Valente T., Monfardini E., Libralato G., Manfra L., Berto D., Rampazzo F., Gioacchini G., Chemello G., Piermarini R., Silvestri C., Matiddi M. (2024). Rose or red, but still under threat: Comparing microplastics ingestion between two sympatric marine crustacean species (Aristaeomorpha foliacea and Parapenaeus longirostris). Animals 14, 2212. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani1452212

Ciaralli L., Vencato S., de Lucia G.A., Valente T., Monfardini E., Libralato G., Manfra L., Radicioli M., Silvestri C., Dattilo S., Riccobene P.M., Gioacchini G., Berto D., Lombardi V., Cocca M.C., and Matiddi M. (2025). The Plastic Signature: Microplastic Ingestion and Phthalate Exposure in Parapenaeus longirostris from Three Tyrrhenian Sites (Mediterranean Sea). Microplastics 2025, 4, 67. https:// doi.org/10.3390/microplastics4040067

Cicala D., Sbrana A., Valente T., Berto D., Rampazzo F., Gravina M.F., Maiello G., Russo T. (2024). Trophic niche overlap of deep-sea fish species revealed by the combined approach of stomach contents and stable isotopes analysis in the Central Tyrrhenian Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part I 206, 104281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104281

Cimmaruta R., Giovannini S., Bianchi J., Matiddi M., Bellisario B., Nascetti G. (2022). Microplastics occurrence in fish with different habits from the central Tyrrhenian Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 102251, ISSN 2352-4855, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102251

Costa G., Manconi R., Sanna G., Arrostuto N., Fois N., Sechi C., Tomassetti P., Lomiri S. (2024). Could Some Lost Fishing Gears Be Suitable Substrata for Benthic Invertebrates? The Case of Some Colonizer Sponge Assemblages in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Diversity https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/9/575?utm_source=researchgate.net&utm_medium=article.

Costa G., Sanna G., Arrostuto N., Fois N., Sechi C., Tomassetti P., Lomiri S. (2024). The grim fate of a Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1827) forest off Asinara Island (northwest Sardinia, Italy). Marine Biodiversity (2024): 45-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-024-01463-3

Darmon G., Schulz M., Matiddi M., Loza A. L., Tòmàs J., Camedda A., ... & Miaud C. (2022). Drivers of litter ingestion by sea turtles: Three decades of empirical data collected in Atlantic Europe and the Mediterranean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 185, 114364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114364

de Lucia G.A., Vianello A., Camedda A., Vani D., Tomassetti P., Coppa S., Palazzo L., Amici M., Romanelli G., Zampetti G., Cicero A.M., Carpentieri S., Di Vito S. and Matiddi M. (2018). Contamination of the Italian Minor Islands by micro-plastics pollution: survey of the clearest Italian sea waters. Water. 10 (8),1108. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10081108

Di Renzo L., Mariani G., Matiddi M., Silvestri C., Chiesa S., Petochi T., Marino G., Pizzurro F., Fazio S., Rossi E., Prioli G., Olivotto I. and Gioacchini G. (2025). First Survey on Sea Turtles’ Interactions in Mussel Farms in Italy. Animals 2025, 15, 2909. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15192909

Di Renzo L., Mascilongo G., Berti M., Bogdanović T., Listeš E., Brkljača M., Notarstefano V., Gioacchini G., Giorgini E., Olivieri V., Silvestri C., Matiddi M., D’Alterio N., Ferri N., Di Giacinto F. (2021). Potential Impact of Microplastics and Additives on the Health Status of Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) Stranded Along the Central Adriatic Coast. Water Air Soil Pollut 232, 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-04994-8

Di Renzo L., Trotta E., Notarstefano V., Zonta L., Giorgini E., Marisaldi L., Mariani G., Di Francesco G., Rubini S., Matiddi M., Silvestri C., Kaska Y., Chemello G., and Gioacchini G. (2025). Histological and Macromolecular Characterization of Folliculogenesis in Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta): Novel Insights into the Onset of Puberty. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26, 9934. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26209934

Donadelli V., Di Marco P., Mandich A., Finoia MG., Cardinaletti G., Petochi T., Longobardi A., Tibaldi E., Marino G. (2024). Effects of Dietary Plant Protein Replacement with Insect and Poultry By-Product Meals on the Liver Health and Serum Metabolites of Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) and Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Animals 2024,14, 241. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14020241.

Fusco T., Fortini L., Casale F., Jacomini C., Di Giulio A. (2023). Fast soil recovery after a fire: case study in Maritime Alps (Piedmont, Italy) using microarthropods and QBS-ar index. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1303867. EID: 2-s2.0-85182847636. Part of ISSN: 2296701X

Fusco T., Fortini L., Casale F., Jacomini C., Di Giulio A. (2023). Assessing soil quality of Italian Western Alps protected areas by QBS-ar: impact of management and habitat type on soil microarthropods. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-11880-9. EID: 2-s2.0-85173626273. Part of ISSN: 01676369 15732959

Grossi L., Bertasi F. & Trabucco B. (2017). New records of the alien polychaete worm Chaetozone corona (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) in the Adriatic Sea. Acta Adriatica, 58(2): 235 – 244. http://jadran.izor.hr/acta/eng/redirect.htm? folder=58_2_pdf&file=58_2_4

Jacomini C. (2010). Cap. 2.2. La biodiversità dei suoli, struttura e funzioni. Pag. 19-28 in: Ferroni F., Romano B. (Eds.), 2010. Biodiversità, consumo di suolo e reti ecologiche. La conservazione della natura nel governo del territorio. WWF Italia, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca Scientifica. Cogecstre Ed., pp. 267. ISBN 88-85312-60-9; 9 788885 312609. https://d24qi7hsckwe9l.cloudfront.net/downloads/dossier_wwf _biodivesita_la_conservazione_della_natura.pdf

Jacomini C. (2013). Contributo alla biogeografia da banche dati e reti per il monitoraggio della biodiversità. ISSN 0373-4110. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell’Università di Genova. Vol. 75 – 2013. https://riviste.unige.it/BMIB/article/download/1003/966

Langeneck J., Bertasi F., Grossi L., Lefons F., Vani D., Verni S., Musco L., and A. Castelli. (2024). New records of one cryptogenic and two questionable alien species of polychaetes (Annelida) in Italian waters. Acta Adriatica 65(2). https://doi.org/10.32582/aa.65.2.3

Livi S., Tomassetti P., Vani D., Marino G. (2017). Genetic evidences of multiple phyletic lineages of Capitella capitata (Fabricius, 1780) complex in the Mediterranean Region. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology, 15: 5-11.

Macchio S., Vercelli M., Gori M., Nazzini L., Bellucci V., Bianco P.M., Jacomini C., Rivella E. & D'Antoni S. (2024). A standardised method for estimating environmental and agronomic covariates to discriminate the explanatory variables effects on bioindicators: a case study on soil fauna. International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, 10 (1): 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSAMI.2024.135401

Macias J.C., Avila Zaragozá P., Karakassis I., Sanchez-Jerez P., Massa F., Fezzardi D., Yücel Gier G., Franičević V., Borg J.A., Chapela Pérez R.M., Tomassetti P., Angel D.L., Marino G., Nhhala H., Hamza H., Carmignac C. & Fourdain L. (2019). Allocated zones for aquaculture: a guide for the establishment of coastal zones dedicated to aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean. Studies and Reviews. No 97. Rome, FAO. 90 pp.

Mariani G., Bellucci F., Cocumelli; C., Raso C., Hochscheid S., Roncari C., Nerone ER., Recchi; S., Di Giacinto F., Olivieri V., Pulsoni S., Matiddi M., Silvestri C., Ferri N., Di Renzo L., 2023. Dietary Preferences of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) in Two Mediterranean Feeding Grounds: Does Prey Selection Change with Habitat Use throughout Their Life Cycle? Animals, 13, 4, 654. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ani13040654

Marusso V., Targusi M., Lattanzi L., Trabucco B. and Tomassetti P. (2023). New Cumacean Records in the Italian Marine Waters (Mediterranean Sea). Diversity 2023, 15, 1029. https://doi.org/10.3390/

Matiddi M., DeLucia G.A., Silvestri C., Darmon G., Tomás J., Pham C.K., Camedda A., Vandeperre F., Claro F., Kaska Y., Kaberi H., Revuelta O., Piermarini R., Daffina R., Pisapia M., Genta D., Sözbilen D., Bradai M.N., Rodríguez Y., Gambaiani D., Tsangaris C., Chaieb O., Moussier J., Loza A.L., Miaud C. (2019). Data Collection on Marine Litter Ingestion in Sea Turtles and Thresholds for Good Environmental Status. Journal Visual Experiments. http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/59466

Matiddi M., Hochscheid S., Camedda A., Baini M., Cocumelli C., Serena F., Tomassetti P., Travaglini A., Marra S., Campani T., Scholl F., Mancusi C., Amato E., Briguglio P., Maffucci F., Fossi MC., Bentivegna F., de Lucia G.A. (2017). Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta): a Target Species for Monitoring Litter Ingested by Marine Organisms in the Mediterranean Sea. Environmental Pollution. 230, 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.054

Matiddi M., Valente T., Camedda A., Centelleghe C., Cocumelli C., Dara S., de Lucia G.A., Di Renzo L., Ferri N., Gioacchini G., Hochscheid S., Lucifora G., Maffucci F., Monteverde V., Pelamatti T., Petrella A., Pietroluongo G., Roncari C., Terracciano G., Silvestri C. (2024). Are we even close? Five years marine litter monitoring in loggerhead turtles along Italian coast reveals how far we are from the Good Environmental Status. Marine Pollution Bulletin 205, 116647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116647

Mugnai F., Meglécz E., Abbiati M., Bavestrello G., Bertasi F., Bo M., Capa M., Chenuil A., Colangelo M.A., De Clerck O., Gutiérrez J.M., Lattanzi L., Leduc M., Martin D., Matterson K.O., Mikac B., Plaisance L., Ponti M., Riesgo A., Rossi V., Turicchia E., Waeschenbach A., Wangensteen O.S., Costantini F. (2021). Are well- studied marine biodiversity hotspots still blackspots for animal barcoding? Global Ecology and Conservation 32: e01909. ISSN 2351-9894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01909.

Munafò M., de Fioravante P., Cimini A., Riitano N., D’Antona M., Leginio M.D., Marinosci I., Assennato F., Luise A., Falconi M., Vecchio A., and Jacomini C. (2024). ISPRA Land and Soil Monitoring, Mapping, and Assessment Activities. Pag. 607-620 in: Dazzi, C., Benedetti, A., Corti, G., Costantini, E.A.C. (Eds.), Soil Science in Italy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52744-9_312024.

Panero I., D'Aniello M., Jacomini C., Strumia S., Santangelo A., Lämmle L., Cambria V.E., Trifuoggi M., Fabrini G., Toscanesi M., Di Natale G., Verga M.N., Donadio C. (2025). A new green protocol for selecting translocation sites for coastal cliff endemic plants: a case study from southern Italy. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127735. EID: 2-s2.0-105019947816. Part of ISSN: 03014797 10958630.

Parisi V., Menta C., Gardi C., Jacomini C., Mozzanica E., 2005. Microarthropod Communities as a Tool to Assess Soil Quality and Biodiversity; a New Approach in Italy. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 105: 323–333. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.02.002

Piazzi L., Gennaro P., Azzola A., Cinti M.F., Montefalcone M. (2025). Advancing star: A revised protocol for assessing ecological status of coralligenous cliffs. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 213, 117684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117684

Randazzo B., Di Marco P., Zarantoniello M., Daniso E.,Cerri R., Finoia M.G., Capoccioni F., Tibaldi E., Olivotto I. Cardinaletti G. (2023). Effects of supplementing a plant protein-rich diet with insect, crayfish or microalgae meals on gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) growth, physiological status and gut health. Aquaculture 575 (2023) 739-811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739811.

Salmaso N., Bernabei S., Boscaini A., Capelli C., Cerasino L., Domaizon I., Eleserk T., Greco C., Krivograd A., Tomassetti P., Kurmayer R. (2023). Biodiversity patterns of cyanobacterial oligotypes in lakes and rivers: results of a large‑scale metabarcoding surveyin the Alpine region. Hydrobiologia: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05423-z.

Sbrana A., Cau A., Cicala D., Franceschini S., Giarrizzo T., Gravina M.F., Ligas A., Maiello G., Matiddi M., Parisi A., Sartor P., Sbrana M., Scacco U., Valente T., Viva C., Russo T. (2022). Ask the shark: Blackmouth catshark (Galeus melastomus) as a sentinel of plastic waste on the seabed. Marine Biology 169, 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-022-04084-1

Sbrana A., Valente T., Bianchi J., Franceschini S., Piermarini R., Saccomandi F., de Lucia G.A., Camedda A., Matiddi M., Silvestri C. (2023). From inshore to offshore: distribution of microplastics in three Italian seawaters. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30, 21277-21287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23582-9

Sbrana A., Valente T., Scacco U., Bianchi J., Silvestri C., Palazzo L., de Lucia G.A., Valerani C., Ardizzone G., Matiddi M. (2020). Spatial variability and influence of biological parameters on microplastic ingestion by Boops boops (L.) along the Italian coasts (Western Mediterranean Sea). Environmental Pollution 263, 114429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114429

Schatz H., Fortini L., Fusco T., Casale F., Jacomini C., Di Giulio A. (2021). Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from “Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime” (Piedmont, Italy). Zootaxa 5082 (6): 501-540. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5082.6.1

Solida L., De Nicola C., Fanfani A., Jacomini C., Licitra V., Testi A. (2015). Multi-set indicators to assess environmental quality using soil microarthropods, plants and humus. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 26 (Suppl 3), 561–569 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-014-0337-6

Spagnolo A., Auriemma R., Balković I., Bacci T., Bertasi F., Cabrini M., Cecere E., Cilenti L., Cuicchi C., Cvitković I., Despalatović M., Grossi L., Jaklin A., Lipej L., Magaletti E., Marković O., Marusso V., Mavrič B., Mikac B., Nasi F., Nerlović V., Pelosi S., Penna M., Petrocelli A., Petović S., Portacci G., Punzo E., Rende S.F., Santucci A., Scarpato A., Scirocco T., Strafella P., Trabucco B., Travizi A., Vani D., Žuljević A. (2019). Macrozoobenthic non-indigenous species in the Adriatic Sea harbours: hard bottom communities. Marine Pollution Bulletin 147:150-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.03.

Travizi A., Balković I., Bacci T., Bertasi F., Cuicchi C., Flander-Putrle V., Grati F., Grossi L., Jaklin A., Lipej L., Mavrič B., Mikac B., Marusso V., Montagnini L., Nerlović V., Penna M., Salvalaggio V., Santelli A., Scirocco T., Trabucco B., Spagnolo A. (2019). Macrozoobenthos in the Adriatic Sea ports_ Soft-bottom communities with an overview of non-indigenous species. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 147, :159-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.016.

Tsangaris C., Digka N., Valente T., Aguilar A., Borrell A., de Lucia G.A., Gambaiani D., Garcia-Garin O., Kaberi H., Martin J., Mauriño E., Miaud C., Palazzo L., Pérez del Olmo A., Raga J.A., Sbrana A., Silvestri C., Skylaki E., Vighi M., Wongdontree P., Matiddi M. (2020). Using Boops boops (osteichthyes) to assess microplastic ingestion in the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 158, 111397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111397

Valente T., Careddu G., Calizza E., Sporta Caputi S., Ciaralli L., Monfardini E., Zitelli R., Silvestri C., Matiddi M., Rossi L., Costantini M.L. (2025). Multi-specific assessment of microplastic ingestion by Antarctic fish from the Ross Sea (Southern Ocean). Environmental Pollution 382, 126679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126679

Valente T., Costantini M.L., Careddu G., Berto D., Piermarini R., Rampazzo F., Sbrana A., Silvestri C., Ventura D., Matiddi M. (2023). Tracing the route: Using stable isotope analysis to understand microplastic pathways through the pelagic-neritic food web of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Western Mediterranean). Science of the Total Environment 885, 163875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163875

Valente T., Costantini M.L., Ventura D., Careddu G., Ciaralli L., Monfardini E., Tomassetti P., Piermarini R., Silvestri C., Matiddi M. (2025). Hit the target: A new experimental method to select bioindicators of microplastic ingestion by marine fish. Environmental Research 269, 120940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.120940

Valente T., Pelamatti T., Avio C.G., Camedda A., Costantini M.L., de Lucia G.A., Jacomini C., Piermarini R., Regoli F., Sbrana A., Ventura D., Silvestri C., Matiddi M. (2022). One is not enough: Monitoring microplastic ingestion by fish needs a multispecies approach. Marine Pollution Bulletin 184, 114133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114133

Valente T., Sbrana A., Scacco U., Jacomini C., Bianchi J., Palazzo L., de Lucia G.A., Silvestri C., Matiddi M. (2019). Exploring microplastic ingestion by three deep-water elasmobranch species: A case study from the Tyrrhenian Sea. Environmental Pollution 253, 342-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.07.001

Valente T., Scacco U., Matiddi M. (2020). Macro-litter ingestion in deep-water habitats: Is an underestimation occurring? Environmental Research 186, 109556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109556

Valente T., Ventura D., Matiddi M., Sbrana A., Silvestri C., Piermarini R., Jacomini C., Costantini M.L. (2023). Image processing tools in the study of environmental contamination by microplastics: Reliability and perspectives. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 30, 298-309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22128-3

Vecchi S., Bianchi J., Scalici M., Fabroni F. and Tomassetti P. (2021). Field evidence for microplastic interactions in marine benthic invertebrates. Scientific Reports, 11 (20900): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00292-9.

Vencato S., Montano S., Saliu F., Coppa S., Becchi A., Liotta I., Valente T., Cocca M., Matiddi M., Camedda A., Massaro G., Seveso D., Lasagni M., Galli P., de Lucia G.A. (2024). Phthalate levels in common sea anemone Actinia equina and Anemonia viridis: A proxy of short-term interaction? Marine Pollution Bulletin 200, 116125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116125

Ventura D., Dubois S.F., Cardella E., Colloca F., Tiralongo F., Rakaj A., Bonifazi A., Jona Lasinio G., Mancini E., Bertocci I., Casoli E., Mancini G., Valente T., Belluscio A., Ardizzone G., Gravina M.F. (2024). Defining the role of Sabellaria alveolata reefs as nursery areas for juvenile fish: First evidence from drone-based imagery and underwater visual census data. Marine Ecology Progress Series 735, 103-123. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14580

Ventura D., Grosso L., Pensa D., Casoli E., Mancini G., Valente T., Scardi M., Rakaj A. (2023). Coastal benthic habitat mapping and monitoring by integrating aerial and water surface low-cost drones. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, 1096594. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmar.2022.1096594

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Ventura M., Valente T., Seminara M., Careddu G., Sporta Caputi S., Calizza E., Rossi L., Costantini M.L. (2024). First record of the Asian freshwater fish Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) from Lake Bracciano (Central Italy). BioInvasion Records 13(1), 233-240. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2024.13.1.21

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