All Outputs (7)

Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA : panmixia or complex stock structure? (2017)
Journal Article
Leone, A., Urso, I., Damalas, D., Martinsohn, J., Zanzi, A., Mariani, S., …Cariani, A. (2017). Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA : panmixia or complex stock structure?. PeerJ, 5, e4112. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4112

Background The blue shark (Prionace glauca, Linnaeus 1758) is one of the most abundant epipelagic shark inhabiting all the oceans except the poles, including the Mediterranean Sea, but its genetic structure has not been confirmed at basin and inter... Read More about Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA : panmixia or complex stock structure?.

Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact (2017)
Journal Article
Bakker, J., Wangensteen, O., Chapman, D., Boussarie, G., Boudo, D., Guttridge, T., …Mariani, S. (2017). Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact. Scientific reports, 7, No. 16886. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17150-2

Sharks are charismatic predators that play a key role in most marine food webs. Their demonstrated vulnerability to exploitation has recently turned them into flagship species in ocean conservation. Yet, the assessment and monitoring of the distribut... Read More about Environmental DNA reveals tropical shark diversity in contrasting levels of anthropogenic impact.

Biodiversity defrosted : unveiling non-compliant fish trade in ethnic food stores (2017)
Journal Article
Di Muri, C., Vandamme, S., Peace, C., Barnes, W., & Mariani, S. (2018). Biodiversity defrosted : unveiling non-compliant fish trade in ethnic food stores. Biological Conservation, 217, 419-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.11.028

Out of nearly 30,000 teleosts dwelling in our planet’s water bodies, only hundreds of them are commercially exploited and prevail on the global food market. Yet, our estimates of the species actually underpinning global trade is severely hampered by... Read More about Biodiversity defrosted : unveiling non-compliant fish trade in ethnic food stores.

Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes (2017)
Journal Article
Cawthorn, D., & Mariani, S. (2017). Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes. Scientific reports, 7(12852), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12301-x

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood supply chain fraud are multifaceted problems that demand multifaceted solutions. Here, we investigate the extent to which global fisheries trade data analyses can support effective seafood... Read More about Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes.

Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe (2017)
Journal Article
Shum, P., Moore, L., Pampoulie, C., Di Muri, C., Vandamme, S., & Mariani, S. (2017). Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe. PeerJ, 5, e3746. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3746

Morphology-based identification of North Atlantic Sebastes has long been controversial and misidentification may produce misleading data, with cascading consequences that negatively affect fisheries management and seafood labelling. North Atlantic Se... Read More about Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe.

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of alternative sex-change pathways in fish (2017)
Journal Article
Benvenuto, C., Coscia, I., Chopelet, J., Sala-Bozano, M., & Mariani, S. (2017). Ecological and evolutionary consequences of alternative sex-change pathways in fish. Scientific reports, 7(9804), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09298-8

Sequentially hermaphroditic fish change sex from male to female (protandry) or vice versa (protogyny), increasing their fitness by becoming highly fecund females or large dominant males, respectively. These life-history strategies present different s... Read More about Ecological and evolutionary consequences of alternative sex-change pathways in fish.

Mislabeling seafood does not promote sustainability : a comment on Stawitz et al (2016) (2017)
Journal Article
Mariani, S., Cawthorn, D., & Hanner, R. (2017). Mislabeling seafood does not promote sustainability : a comment on Stawitz et al (2016). Conservation Letters, 10(6), 781-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12346

Recently, Stawitz et al. collated existing primary literature on DNA identification of finfish products and conducted a series of analyses to explore the environmental and economic ripples of species substitution. While we agree that the assessment o... Read More about Mislabeling seafood does not promote sustainability : a comment on Stawitz et al (2016).