LOCATION: Palazzo delle Scienze, VI floor (laboratory), VII floor (office)
RESEARCH TOPICS/BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
The activities of the Laboratory are organized into various research areas, which can be summarized as follows. Fishery: Monitoring of professional pelagic fishing, demersal trawl fishing, and small-scale artisanal coastal fishing, with a focus on the biology and ecology of target and by-catch species, as well as the selectivity of the fishing gear used. Biodiversity: Sampling aimed at studying the vagile components of pelagic and benthic ecosystems (fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods) and monitoring of alien species. Cetaceans and Sea Turtles: Research on stranded cetaceans, causes of death and related pathologies, biology and ecology of the species and interactions with fisheries. Monitoring and management of sea turtle nesting. Large Pelagics: Research on the ecology and biology of key pelagic species (tuna, swordfish and elasmobranchs) and satellite tagging activities. Modeling: Development of quantitative assessment models of target and by-catch species in commercial fisheries, with a focus on the spatial dynamics of fishery resources and fishing fleets.
RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS: Fulvio GARIBALDI, Luca LANTERI, Cecilia PINTO, Federico VIGNATI, Giovanni ROPPO VALENTE, Chaima JEBALI
LINKS TO RESEARCH LINES, PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Fulvio Garibaldi: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=E2qjtvkAAAAJ&hl=it
Luca Lanteri: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=bYvDYdsAAAAJ&hl=it
Cecilia Pinto: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9XA8IJIAAAAJ&hl=en, https://www.life-prometheus.eu/
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT: stereomicroscopi e microscopi ottici dotati di videocamera, troncatrice di precisione con lama diamantata Isomet low speed saw e kit per inclusioni in resina, cappa chimica, attrezzature per campionamento a bordo (ittiometri, dinamometri, fotocamera digitale), kit per marcatura a bordo, sonde CTD e TD, frigoriferi e pozzetti, cella frigo, cella termostatata.
TEACHING ACTIVITY: Biology and Ecology of Large Pelagics (4 CFU), Artificial Marine Habitats (2 CFU), Fisheries Resource Management and Laboratory (5 CFU)
