Fish fauna is an important component of transitional waters biodiversity. Different ways of
using these systems and their resources can be identified, and fish fauna of transitional …

A habitat approach was promoted in the framework of ecological status assessment of
transitional waters, assuming the importance of habitat heterogeneity to the overall system …

Habitat partitioning was investigated within a guild composed of three sympatric pipefish
species, namely Syngnathus typhle, Syngnathus abaster and Nerophis ophidion. Field …

Syngnathids are considered flagship species of estuarine and coastal environments.
However, most of the Mediterranean species are still classified as data-deficient (DD) at a …

The simultaneous accounting of effects of natural and anthropogenic changes within a
common framework calls for the development of new comprehensive tools capable of …

The brown meagre (Sciaena umbra) is a vulnerable vocal fish species that may be affected
by boat noise. The breeding site distribution along the anthropized Venice sea inlets was …

Estuarine marshes are known as suitable nursery areas for many marine migrant fishes,
such as flounder. The potential nursery value of such habitats was investigated in the Venice …

Predation of fish assemblages in seagrass meadows was examined in the field and in tank
experiments. Lure trolling indicated that (1) total abundance of fish was higher on bare …

A restoration project is planned to take place in the northern Venice lagoon (northern
Adriatic Sea, Italy), aiming at introducing freshwater into a confined shallow water lagoon …

Both beach seine (BS) and line transect-based underwater visual census (UVC) methods
were applied to investigate fish assemblages of the West Sand (Xisha Islands, South China …