List of works - Felicita Scapini

Abundance and orientation responses of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator to beach nourishment and groynes building at San Rossore natural park, Tuscany, Italy

article

Aspects of spectral sensitivity inTalitrus saltator(Montagu) (Crustacea‐Amphipoda)

Behaviour of Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on a rehabilitated sandy beach on the European Atlantic Coast (Portugal)

article

Behaviour of mobile macrofauna is a key factor in beach ecology as response to rapid environmental changes

scientific article published in 2014

Behavioural adaptation to different salinities in the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda): Mediterranean vs Baltic populations

article published in 2012

Behavioural adaptations in talitrids from two Atlantic beaches

scientific article published in 2009

Behavioural adaptations of two sympatric sandhoppers living on a mesotidal European Atlantic sandy beach

scholarly article by Filipa Bessa published in June 2014

Behavioural responses of talitrid amphipods to recreational pressures on oceanic tropical beaches with contrasting extension

article

Behavioural similarities in different species of sandhoppers inhabiting transient environments

scientific article published in 2012

Bridging Sustainability and Productivity of Sandy Beaches

Characterisation of a Tunisian coastal lagoon through hyperspectral underwater irradiance

Coastal Water Bodies

Comparative diversity analysis in sandy littoral ecosystems of the western Mediterranean

scientific article published in 2003

Deconstructing responses of sandy beach arthropodofauna to shoreline erosion: looking for the proper spatial scale to monitor biodiversity

article

Effect of experience on the reaction of sandhoppers to wet and dry substrates and to monochromatic lights

scientific article published in 1993

Effects of beach nourishment and groynes building on population and community descriptors of mobile arthropodofauna

scientific article published in 2009

Enzyme activity and trophic links of macroarthropods living on an exposed Mediterranean beach–dune system

scientific article published in 2016

Experimental Change of the Orientation of Two Populations ofTalitrus saltator(Crustacea Amphipoda Talitridae) from Cap Bon (North-Eastern Tunisia)

Exploratory analysis of talitrid population genetics as an indicator of the quality of sandy beaches

article

Family and individual orientation behaviour in sandhoppers

scientific article published in 1989

Genetic determination and plasticity in the sun orientation of natural populations ofTalitrus saltator

article by F. Scapini & D. Fasinella published February 1990 in Marine Biology

Genetic homeostasis and orientation in littoral amphipods

scientific article published in 1993

Geographic variation inTalitrus saltator(Crustacea, Amphipoda): Biochemical evidence

article

Give Beach Ecosystems Their Day in the Sun

scientific article published in Science

Importance of orientation to the sun and local landscape features in young inexpert Talitrus saltator (Amphipoda: Talitridae) from two Italian beaches differing in morphodynamics, erosion or stability

article

Inheritance of solar direction finding in sandhoppers

Inheritance of solar direction finding in sandhoppers: Mass-crossing experiments

Interaction between solar orientation and landscape visibility in Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

scientific article published in 1986

Interaction of substrate, gravity and visual cues in the control of compensatory eye responses in the spiny lobster,Palinurus vulgaris

article

Keynote papers on sandhopper orientation and navigation

Leg resistance reaction as an output and an input

Leg-to-body geometry determines eyestalk reactions to substrate til

Life cycle and behavioural traits of Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894) (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) colonising an artificial fresh water basin in Tuscany (central Italy)

article

Macrofaunal community abundance and diversity and talitrid orientation as potential indicators of ecological long-term effects of a sand-dune recovery intervention

scientific article published in 2014

Mediterranean Coastal Areas at Risk Between Conservation and Development

article

Meiofauna as descriptor of tourism-induced changes at sandy beaches

scientific article published on 7 December 2004

Metrics to assess ecological condition, change, and impacts in sandy beach ecosystems

scientific article

Monitoring changes in sandy beaches in temperate areas through sandhoppers’ adaptations

Multiple regression analysis of the sources of variation in orientation of two sympatric sandhoppers, Talitrus saltator and Talorchestia brito , from an exposed Mediterranean beach

article published in 2002

Neglected ecosystems bear the brunt of change

article by T.A. Schlacher et al published October 2006 in Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Nematodes from wave-dominated sandy beaches: diversity, zonation patterns and testing of the isocommunities concept

scientific article published in 2005

Optical characterization of coastal lagoons in Tunisia: Ecological assessment to underpin conservation

scientific article published in 2013

Oral communications

Orientation behaviour and heterozygosity of sandhopper populations in relation to stability of beach environments

Orientation in Talitrus saltator (Montagu): trends in intrapopulation variability related to environmental and intrinsic factors

scientific article published in 1999

Orientation in sandhoppers from Italian populations: Have they magnetic orientation ability?

article

Orientation of littoral amphipods in two sandy beaches of Brittany (France) with wide tidal excursions

article

Orientation of sandhoppers at different points along a dynamic shoreline in southern Tuscany

scientific article published in 2005

Orientation of the sandhopperTalitrus saltator (Amphipoda, Talitridae) living on dynamic sandy shores

article published in 1988

Phenotypic plasticity in sun orientation of sandhoppers

scholarly article by Felicita Scapini et al published 1988 in Journal of Comparative Physiology

RESEARCH ON THE NON-VISUAL ORIENTATION OF LITTORAL AMPHIPODS: EXPERIMENTS WITH YOUNG BORN IN CAPTIVITY AND ADULTS FROM A SOMALIAN POPULATION OF TALORCHESTIA MARTENSII WEBER (CRUSTACEA AMPHIPODA)

Rhythmic responsiveness to visual stimuli in different populations of talitrid amphipods from Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts: an ecological interpretation

article published in 1994

Sandhopper orientation under natural conditions: comparing individual tracks

scientific article published on 30 December 2014

Sandy beach ecosystems: key features, sampling issues, management challenges and climate change impacts

scholarly article by Thomas A. Schlacher et al published July 2008 in Marine Ecology

Sandy beaches at the brink

scientific article published in 2007

Seasonal variation in the free-running period in two Talitrus saltator populations from Italian beaches differing in morphodynamics and human disturbance

article

Seasonal variation in the orientation ofTalitrus saltatoron a Mediterranean sandy beach: an ecological interpretation

scientific article published in 2014

Sheltering behavior of the abalone, Haliotis tuberculata L., in artificial and natural seawater: The role of calcium

Small-scale changes of an arthropod beach community after hard-engineering interventions on a Mediterranean beach

Social Recognition in Invertebrates

Solar and landscape cues as orientation mechanisms in the beach-dwelling beetle Eurynebria complanata (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

scholarly article by I. Colombini published in February 1994

Solar orientation of adult and laboratory-born juvenile sandhoppers: inter- and intra-population variation

scientific article published in 1999

Spatio-temporal benthic biodiversity patterns and pollution pressure in three Mediterranean touristic ports

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Sun and landscape orientation in adult and juvenile sandhoppers Orchestoidea tuberculata (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from two beaches in south central Chile

article

Surface activity, zonation and migrations of Talitrus saltator on a Mediterranean beach

scientific article published in 1992

The behavioural ecology of two sympatric talitrid species, Talitrus saltator (Montagu) and Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) on a Tyrrhenian sandy beach dune system

scientific article published in 2013

The eyes of two talitrid amphipods: differences in structure may reflect different behaviours

The influence of substrate contact on gravity orientation

scholarly article by Hermann Sch�ne et al published 1978 in Journal of Comparative Physiology

The killer shrimp, Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894), is spreading in Italy

article

The role of the biological clock in the sun compass orientation of free-running individuals of Talitrus saltator

The use of slope and visual information in sandhoppers: innateness and plasticity

article by F. Scapini et al published April 1993 in Marine Biology

Threats to sandy beach ecosystems: A review

article

Use of multiple regression models in the study of sandhopper orientation under natural conditions

scientific article published in 2003

Variable orientation within a natural population of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) as a response to a variable environment: The case-study of Berkoukesh beach, Tunisia

scientific article published in 2008

Variables affecting the plankton network in Mediterranean ports

scientific article published on 06 July 2020

Variation and ontogeny of the response to visual stimuli in Mediterranean populations of Talitrus saltator (Montagu) (Crustacea-Amphipoda)

scientific article published in 1997

Variation of genetic and behavioural traits in the sandhopperTalitrus saltator(Crustacea Amphipoda) along a dynamic sand beach

scientific article published in 2010

Variation of the locomotor activity rhythms in three species of Talitrid amphipods, Talitrus saltator, Orchestia montagui, and O. gammarellus, from various habitats.

scientific article published in July 2008

Zonal recovery and orientation in respect to various stimuli of Heterocerus fenestratus Thunberg, 1784 (Coleoptera, Heteroceridae)

scholarly article by Felicita Scapini published in August 1993

List of works by Felicita Scapini

Abundance and orientation responses of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator to beach nourishment and groynes building at San Rossore natural park, Tuscany, Italy

Aspects of spectral sensitivity inTalitrus saltator(Montagu) (Crustacea‐Amphipoda)

Behaviour of Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) on a rehabilitated sandy beach on the European Atlantic Coast (Portugal)

Behaviour of mobile macrofauna is a key factor in beach ecology as response to rapid environmental changes

Behavioural adaptation to different salinities in the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda): Mediterranean vs Baltic populations

Behavioural adaptations in talitrids from two Atlantic beaches

Behavioural adaptations of two sympatric sandhoppers living on a mesotidal European Atlantic sandy beach

Behavioural responses of talitrid amphipods to recreational pressures on oceanic tropical beaches with contrasting extension

Behavioural similarities in different species of sandhoppers inhabiting transient environments

Bridging Sustainability and Productivity of Sandy Beaches

Characterisation of a Tunisian coastal lagoon through hyperspectral underwater irradiance

Coastal Water Bodies

Comparative diversity analysis in sandy littoral ecosystems of the western Mediterranean

Deconstructing responses of sandy beach arthropodofauna to shoreline erosion: looking for the proper spatial scale to monitor biodiversity

Effect of experience on the reaction of sandhoppers to wet and dry substrates and to monochromatic lights

Effects of beach nourishment and groynes building on population and community descriptors of mobile arthropodofauna

Enzyme activity and trophic links of macroarthropods living on an exposed Mediterranean beach–dune system

Experimental Change of the Orientation of Two Populations ofTalitrus saltator(Crustacea Amphipoda Talitridae) from Cap Bon (North-Eastern Tunisia)

Exploratory analysis of talitrid population genetics as an indicator of the quality of sandy beaches

Family and individual orientation behaviour in sandhoppers

Genetic determination and plasticity in the sun orientation of natural populations ofTalitrus saltator

Genetic homeostasis and orientation in littoral amphipods

Geographic variation inTalitrus saltator(Crustacea, Amphipoda): Biochemical evidence

Give Beach Ecosystems Their Day in the Sun

Importance of orientation to the sun and local landscape features in young inexpert Talitrus saltator (Amphipoda: Talitridae) from two Italian beaches differing in morphodynamics, erosion or stability

Inheritance of solar direction finding in sandhoppers

Inheritance of solar direction finding in sandhoppers

Inheritance of solar direction finding in sandhoppers: Mass-crossing experiments

Interaction between solar orientation and landscape visibility in Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

Interaction of substrate, gravity and visual cues in the control of compensatory eye responses in the spiny lobster,Palinurus vulgaris

Keynote papers on sandhopper orientation and navigation

Leg resistance reaction as an output and an input

Leg-to-body geometry determines eyestalk reactions to substrate til

Life cycle and behavioural traits of Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894) (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) colonising an artificial fresh water basin in Tuscany (central Italy)

Macrofaunal community abundance and diversity and talitrid orientation as potential indicators of ecological long-term effects of a sand-dune recovery intervention

Mediterranean Coastal Areas at Risk Between Conservation and Development

Meiofauna as descriptor of tourism-induced changes at sandy beaches

Metrics to assess ecological condition, change, and impacts in sandy beach ecosystems

Monitoring changes in sandy beaches in temperate areas through sandhoppers’ adaptations

Multiple regression analysis of the sources of variation in orientation of two sympatric sandhoppers, Talitrus saltator and Talorchestia brito , from an exposed Mediterranean beach

Neglected ecosystems bear the brunt of change

Nematodes from wave-dominated sandy beaches: diversity, zonation patterns and testing of the isocommunities concept

Optical characterization of coastal lagoons in Tunisia: Ecological assessment to underpin conservation

Oral communications

Orientation behaviour and heterozygosity of sandhopper populations in relation to stability of beach environments

Orientation in Talitrus saltator (Montagu): trends in intrapopulation variability related to environmental and intrinsic factors

Orientation in sandhoppers from Italian populations: Have they magnetic orientation ability?

Orientation of littoral amphipods in two sandy beaches of Brittany (France) with wide tidal excursions

Orientation of sandhoppers at different points along a dynamic shoreline in southern Tuscany

Orientation of the sandhopperTalitrus saltator (Amphipoda, Talitridae) living on dynamic sandy shores

Phenotypic plasticity in sun orientation of sandhoppers

RESEARCH ON THE NON-VISUAL ORIENTATION OF LITTORAL AMPHIPODS: EXPERIMENTS WITH YOUNG BORN IN CAPTIVITY AND ADULTS FROM A SOMALIAN POPULATION OF TALORCHESTIA MARTENSII WEBER (CRUSTACEA AMPHIPODA)

Rhythmic responsiveness to visual stimuli in different populations of talitrid amphipods from Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts: an ecological interpretation

Sandhopper orientation under natural conditions: comparing individual tracks

Sandy beach ecosystems: key features, sampling issues, management challenges and climate change impacts

Sandy beaches at the brink

Seasonal variation in the free-running period in two Talitrus saltator populations from Italian beaches differing in morphodynamics and human disturbance

Seasonal variation in the orientation ofTalitrus saltatoron a Mediterranean sandy beach: an ecological interpretation

Sheltering behavior of the abalone, Haliotis tuberculata L., in artificial and natural seawater: The role of calcium

Small-scale changes of an arthropod beach community after hard-engineering interventions on a Mediterranean beach

Social Recognition in Invertebrates

Solar and landscape cues as orientation mechanisms in the beach-dwelling beetle Eurynebria complanata (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Solar orientation of adult and laboratory-born juvenile sandhoppers: inter- and intra-population variation

Spatio-temporal benthic biodiversity patterns and pollution pressure in three Mediterranean touristic ports

Sun and landscape orientation in adult and juvenile sandhoppers Orchestoidea tuberculata (Amphipoda, Talitridae) from two beaches in south central Chile

Surface activity, zonation and migrations of Talitrus saltator on a Mediterranean beach

The behavioural ecology of two sympatric talitrid species, Talitrus saltator (Montagu) and Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) on a Tyrrhenian sandy beach dune system

The eyes of two talitrid amphipods: differences in structure may reflect different behaviours

The influence of substrate contact on gravity orientation

The killer shrimp, Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894), is spreading in Italy

The role of the biological clock in the sun compass orientation of free-running individuals of Talitrus saltator

The use of slope and visual information in sandhoppers: innateness and plasticity

Threats to sandy beach ecosystems: A review

Use of multiple regression models in the study of sandhopper orientation under natural conditions

Variable orientation within a natural population of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda) as a response to a variable environment: The case-study of Berkoukesh beach, Tunisia

Variables affecting the plankton network in Mediterranean ports

Variation and ontogeny of the response to visual stimuli in Mediterranean populations of Talitrus saltator (Montagu) (Crustacea-Amphipoda)

Variation of genetic and behavioural traits in the sandhopperTalitrus saltator(Crustacea Amphipoda) along a dynamic sand beach

Variation of the locomotor activity rhythms in three species of Talitrid amphipods, Talitrus saltator, Orchestia montagui, and O. gammarellus, from various habitats.