List of works - Ernesto Azzurro

A new record of Diodon hystrix (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Diodontidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 28 December 2018

A new settled population of the lessepsian migrant <i>Siganus luridus </i>(Pisces: Siganidae) in Linosa Island—Sicily Strait

scientific article published on 13 October 2004

Abundance patterns at the invasion front: the case of Siganus luridus in Linosa (Strait of Sicily, Central Mediterranean Sea)

article

Annual rhythms of temporal niche partitioning in the Sparidae family are correlated to different environmental variables

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2022

Challenges to the assessment of benthic populations and biodiversity as a result of rhythmic behaviour

scholarly article published 5 June 2012

Citizen science detects the undetected: the case of Abudefduf saxatilis from the Mediterranean Sea

Climate change paves the way for a new inter‐ocean fish interchange

scientific article published in 2022

Climate change, biological invasions, and the shifting distribution of Mediterranean fishes: A large-scale survey based on local ecological knowledge

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

ClimateFish: A Collaborative Database to Track the Abundance of Selected Coastal Fish Species as Candidate Indicators of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 06 July 2022

Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Confirmed presence of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) in the Mediterranean Sea

Conservation physiology of marine fishes: advancing the predictive capacity of models. ⬇️

scientific article

Diel rhythms in shallow Mediterranean rocky-reef fishes: a chronobiological approach with the help of trained volunteers

article by Ernesto Azzurro et al published 25 September 2012 in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Establishing the identity and assessing the dynamics of invasion in the Mediterranean Sea by the dusky sweeper, Pempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 (Pempheridae, Perciformes)

scholarly article

Evaluating day–night changes in shallow Mediterranean rocky reef fish assemblages by visual census

article by Ernesto Azzurro et al published 15 March 2007 in Marine Biology

External morphology explains the success of biological invasions

scientific article

Fecundity and condition of successful invaders: Siganus rivulatus and S. luridus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Siganidae) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

First confirmed record of the Lessepsian migrant Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981 (Teleostei: Labridae) for the North African coasts

scientific article published in 2012

First documented occurrence of Kyphosus incisor in the Mediterranean Sea

First record of Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881 (Perciformes: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

scholarly article in Journal of Applied Ichthyology, vol. 34 no. 3, October 2017

First record of Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) in Italian waters, with considerations on effective NIS monitoring in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas

scientific article published on 25 November 2018

First record of Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Percnidae) from Egyptian waters

article

First record of the Atlantic bumper Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Teleostei: Carangidae) in the Mediterranean Sea ⬇️

scientific article published on February 21, 2013

First record of the mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) in Mediterranean waters: a Facebook based detection

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

First record of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from Malta

Genetic bottlenecks and successful biological invasions: the case of a recent Lessepsian migrant ⬇️

scientific article published on October 2007

Genetics of a Lessepsian sprinter: the bluespotted cornetfish,Fistularia commersonii

article

Genetics of the early stages of invasion of the Lessepsian rabbitfish Siganus luridus

article

Genomic signatures of rapid adaptive evolution in the bluespotted cornetfish, a Mediterranean Lessepsian invader.

scientific article

Grouper fishery in the Northeastern Mediterranean: An assessment based on interviews on resource users

scientific article published in 2018

Habitat suitability, niche unfilling and the potential spread of Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Identification of Lessepsian fish species using the sagittal otolith

article

Integrating univariate niche dynamics in species distribution models: A step forward for marine research on biological invasions

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Jellyfish blooms perception in Mediterranean finfish aquaculture

Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) expands through the African coasts towards the Western Mediterranean Sea: A call for awareness

scientific article published in 2014

Lessepsian fish invasion in Mediterranean marine protected areas: a risk assessment under climate change scenarios

scientific article published on 14 October 2019

Low Pufferfish and Lionfish Predation in Their Native and Invaded Ranges Suggests Human Control Mechanisms May Be Necessary to Control Their Mediterranean Abundances

scientific article published on 16 July 2021

Management priorities for marine invasive species

scientific article published on 19 June 2019

Marine alien species in Italy: A contribution to the implementation of descriptor D2 of the marine strategy framework directive

scientific article published in 2019

Monitoring uncommon and non-indigenous fishes in Italian waters: One year of results for the AlienFish project

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Negative effects of ghost nets on Mediterranean biodiversity

scientific article published in 2022

New records and establishment of the Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838) in the Mediterranean Sea

New records of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas: early detection and participatory monitoring in practice

Niche shift can impair the ability to predict invasion risk in the marine realm: an illustration using Mediterranean fish invaders

scientific article published on 27 January 2015

ORMEF: a Mediterranean database of exotic fish records

scientific article published in 2022

On the occurrence of Abudefduf spp. (Pisces: Pomacentridae) in the Mediterranean Sea: a critical review with new records

scientific article published on 16 January 2021

On the occurrence of the silverstripe blaasop Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) along the Libyan coast

scientific article published in 2012

Participatory mapping of invasive species: A demonstration in a coastal lagoon

scientific article published in 2021

Patterns of genetic variation of a Lessepsian parasite

Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) and Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in the Ligurian Sea: two additional invasive species detections made in collaboration with local fishermen

article

Phylogeography of the bluespotted cornetfish, Fistularia commersonii : a predictor of bioinvasion success?

scientific article published in 2015

Predicting future thermal habitat suitability of competing native and invasive fish species: from metabolic scope to oceanographic modelling ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning

scientific article

Public feedback on early warning initiatives undertaken for hazardous non-indigenous species: the case of Lagocephalus sceleratus from Italian and Maltese waters

article

Range expansion of the common lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in the Mediterranean Sea: an unwanted new guest for Italian waters

article

Red Sea fishes in the Mediterranean Sea: a preliminary investigation of a biological invasion using DNA barcoding

article by Michel Bariche et al published 24 August 2015 in Journal of Biogeography

Reproduction of the invasive bluespotted cornetfishFistularia commersonii(Teleostei, Fistulariidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published in 2013

Resource partitioning among early colonizing Siganus luridus and native herbivorous fish in the Mediterranean: an integrated study based on gut-content analysis and stable isotope signatures

article

Right out of the gate: the genomics of Lessepsian invaders in the vicinity of the Suez Canal

scientific article published on 21 December 2021

Salinity, not only temperature, drives tropical fish invasions in the Mediterranean Sea, and surface-only variables explain it better

scientific article published in 2023

Sewage pollution impact on Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages.

scientific article published on 10 February 2010

Snapshot of rare, exotic and overlooked fish species in the Italian seas: A citizen science survey

scientific article

Social networks allow early detection of non indigenous species

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed

scientific article published in 2022

Spearfishing modulates flight initiation distance of fishes: the effects of protection, individual size, and bearing a speargun

scientific article published in 2018

Spearfishing promotes a timidity syndrome and increases the safe operating distances in fish

The Case of Lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Mediterranean Sea Demonstrates Limitations in EU Legislation to Address Marine Biological Invasions

The Ongoing Shift of Mediterranean Coastal Fish Assemblages and the Spread of Non-Indigenous Species

article

The Yucatan molly Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): an invasive species in the Mediterranean lagoon of Ayn Zayanah (Benghazi, Libya)

scientific article published in 2022

The first record of the Sargocentron genus from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) - who will unravel the current conundrum?

The genetics and genomics of marine fish invasions: a global review

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

The long reach of the Suez Canal: Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) an unwanted Indo-Pacific pest at the Atlantic gate

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

The scientific strategy needed to promote a regional ecosystem-based approach to fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

article by Marta Coll et al published 27 February 2013 in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

The spread of Lessepsian fish does not track native temperature conditions

scientific article published in 2022

The twobar seabream, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Teleostei: Sparidae), in the western Mediterranean Sea: a likely ship-borne introduction

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

Towards a marine strategy for the deep Mediterranean Sea: Analysis of current ecological status

scholarly article by R. Danovaro published in February 2020

Tracking Fish Abundance by Underwater Image Recognition

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Tracking signals of change in Mediterranean fish diversity based on local ecological knowledge

scientific article

Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

scientific article published in 2023

Updating the occurrences of Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea, with considerations on thermal boundaries and future range expansion

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Using online questionnaires to assess marine bio-invasions: A demonstration with recreational fishers and the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1986) along three Mediterranean countries

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Warming-related shifts in the distribution of two competing coastal wrasses

scientific article published on 9 July 2016

List of works by Ernesto Azzurro

A new record of Diodon hystrix (Actinopterygii: Tetraodontiformes: Diodontidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

A new settled population of the lessepsian migrant <i>Siganus luridus </i>(Pisces: Siganidae) in Linosa Island—Sicily Strait

Abundance patterns at the invasion front: the case of Siganus luridus in Linosa (Strait of Sicily, Central Mediterranean Sea)

Annual rhythms of temporal niche partitioning in the Sparidae family are correlated to different environmental variables

Bioinvasion impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health in the Mediterranean Sea

Challenges to the assessment of benthic populations and biodiversity as a result of rhythmic behaviour

Citizen science detects the undetected: the case of Abudefduf saxatilis from the Mediterranean Sea

Climate change paves the way for a new inter‐ocean fish interchange

Climate change, biological invasions, and the shifting distribution of Mediterranean fishes: A large-scale survey based on local ecological knowledge

ClimateFish: A Collaborative Database to Track the Abundance of Selected Coastal Fish Species as Candidate Indicators of Climate Change in the Mediterranean Sea

Collaborative Database to Track Mass Mortality Events in the Mediterranean Sea

Confirmed presence of the Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali (Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1976) in the Mediterranean Sea

Conservation physiology of marine fishes: advancing the predictive capacity of models. ⬇️

Diel rhythms in shallow Mediterranean rocky-reef fishes: a chronobiological approach with the help of trained volunteers

Establishing the identity and assessing the dynamics of invasion in the Mediterranean Sea by the dusky sweeper, Pempheris rhomboidea Kossmann & Räuber, 1877 (Pempheridae, Perciformes)

Evaluating day–night changes in shallow Mediterranean rocky reef fish assemblages by visual census

External morphology explains the success of biological invasions

Fecundity and condition of successful invaders: Siganus rivulatus and S. luridus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Siganidae) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

First confirmed record of the Lessepsian migrant Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981 (Teleostei: Labridae) for the North African coasts

First documented occurrence of Kyphosus incisor in the Mediterranean Sea

First record of Dentex canariensis Steindachner, 1881 (Perciformes: Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

First record of Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1836) in Italian waters, with considerations on effective NIS monitoring in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas

First record of Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Percnidae) from Egyptian waters

First record of the Atlantic bumper Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Teleostei: Carangidae) in the Mediterranean Sea ⬇️

First record of the mottled spinefoot Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) in Mediterranean waters: a Facebook based detection

First record of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) from Malta

Genetic bottlenecks and successful biological invasions: the case of a recent Lessepsian migrant ⬇️

Genetics of a Lessepsian sprinter: the bluespotted cornetfish,Fistularia commersonii

Genetics of the early stages of invasion of the Lessepsian rabbitfish Siganus luridus

Genomic signatures of rapid adaptive evolution in the bluespotted cornetfish, a Mediterranean Lessepsian invader.

Grouper fishery in the Northeastern Mediterranean: An assessment based on interviews on resource users

Habitat suitability, niche unfilling and the potential spread of Pterois miles in the Mediterranean Sea

Identification of Lessepsian fish species using the sagittal otolith

Integrating univariate niche dynamics in species distribution models: A step forward for marine research on biological invasions

Jellyfish blooms perception in Mediterranean finfish aquaculture

Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) expands through the African coasts towards the Western Mediterranean Sea: A call for awareness

Lessepsian fish invasion in Mediterranean marine protected areas: a risk assessment under climate change scenarios

Low Pufferfish and Lionfish Predation in Their Native and Invaded Ranges Suggests Human Control Mechanisms May Be Necessary to Control Their Mediterranean Abundances

Management priorities for marine invasive species

Marine alien species in Italy: A contribution to the implementation of descriptor D2 of the marine strategy framework directive

Monitoring uncommon and non-indigenous fishes in Italian waters: One year of results for the AlienFish project

Negative effects of ghost nets on Mediterranean biodiversity

New records and establishment of the Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell, 1838) in the Mediterranean Sea

New records of the silver-cheeked toadfish Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas: early detection and participatory monitoring in practice

Niche shift can impair the ability to predict invasion risk in the marine realm: an illustration using Mediterranean fish invaders

ORMEF: a Mediterranean database of exotic fish records

On the occurrence of Abudefduf spp. (Pisces: Pomacentridae) in the Mediterranean Sea: a critical review with new records

On the occurrence of the silverstripe blaasop Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) along the Libyan coast

Participatory mapping of invasive species: A demonstration in a coastal lagoon

Patterns of genetic variation of a Lessepsian parasite

Percnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) and Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in the Ligurian Sea: two additional invasive species detections made in collaboration with local fishermen

Phylogeography of the bluespotted cornetfish, Fistularia commersonii : a predictor of bioinvasion success?

Predicting future thermal habitat suitability of competing native and invasive fish species: from metabolic scope to oceanographic modelling ⬇️

Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning

Public feedback on early warning initiatives undertaken for hazardous non-indigenous species: the case of Lagocephalus sceleratus from Italian and Maltese waters

Range expansion of the common lionfish Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) in the Mediterranean Sea: an unwanted new guest for Italian waters

Red Sea fishes in the Mediterranean Sea: a preliminary investigation of a biological invasion using DNA barcoding

Reproduction of the invasive bluespotted cornetfishFistularia commersonii(Teleostei, Fistulariidae) in the Mediterranean Sea

Resource partitioning among early colonizing Siganus luridus and native herbivorous fish in the Mediterranean: an integrated study based on gut-content analysis and stable isotope signatures

Right out of the gate: the genomics of Lessepsian invaders in the vicinity of the Suez Canal

Salinity, not only temperature, drives tropical fish invasions in the Mediterranean Sea, and surface-only variables explain it better

Sewage pollution impact on Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages.

Snapshot of rare, exotic and overlooked fish species in the Italian seas: A citizen science survey

Social networks allow early detection of non indigenous species

Spatio‐temporal dynamics of exotic fish species in the Mediterranean Sea: Over a century of invasion reconstructed

Spearfishing modulates flight initiation distance of fishes: the effects of protection, individual size, and bearing a speargun

Spearfishing promotes a timidity syndrome and increases the safe operating distances in fish

The Case of Lionfish (Pterois miles) in the Mediterranean Sea Demonstrates Limitations in EU Legislation to Address Marine Biological Invasions

The Ongoing Shift of Mediterranean Coastal Fish Assemblages and the Spread of Non-Indigenous Species

The Yucatan molly Poecilia velifera (Regan, 1914) (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): an invasive species in the Mediterranean lagoon of Ayn Zayanah (Benghazi, Libya)

The first record of the Sargocentron genus from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) - who will unravel the current conundrum?

The genetics and genomics of marine fish invasions: a global review

The long reach of the Suez Canal: Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) an unwanted Indo-Pacific pest at the Atlantic gate

The scientific strategy needed to promote a regional ecosystem-based approach to fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

The spread of Lessepsian fish does not track native temperature conditions

The twobar seabream, Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Teleostei: Sparidae), in the western Mediterranean Sea: a likely ship-borne introduction

Towards a marine strategy for the deep Mediterranean Sea: Analysis of current ecological status

Tracking Fish Abundance by Underwater Image Recognition

Tracking signals of change in Mediterranean fish diversity based on local ecological knowledge