University of Salento; Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali; National Interuniversity Consortium For Marine Sciences; Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology (LZMB), more
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Bilan, M.; Gori, A.; Grinyó, J.; Biel-Cabanelas, M.; Puigcerver-Segarra, X.; Santin, A.; Piraino, S.; Rossi, S.; Puig, P. (2023). Vulnerability of six cold-water corals to sediment resuspension from bottom trawling fishing. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 196: 115423. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115423
Katsanevakis, S.; Olenin, S.; Puntila-Dodd, R.; Rilov, G.; Staehr, P.A.U.; Teixeira, H.; Tsirintanis, K.; Birchenough, S.N.R.; Jakobsen, H.H.; Knudsen, S.W.; Lanzén, A.; Mazaris, A.D.; Piraino, S.; Tidbury, H.J. (2023). Marine invasive alien species in Europe: 9 years after the IAS Regulation. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1271755. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1271755
Vinha, V.; Rossi, S.; Gori, A.; Hanz, U.; Pennetta, A.; De Benedetto, G.E.; Mienis, F.; Huvenne, V.A.I.; Hebbeln, D.; Wienberg, C.; Titschack, J.; Freiwald, A.; Piraino, S.; Orejas, C. (2023). Trophic ecology of Angolan cold-water coral reefs (SE Atlantic) based on stable isotope analyses. NPG Scientific Reports 13(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37035-x
Furfaro, G.; D’Elia, M.; Mariano, S.; Trainito, E.; Solca, M.; Piraino, S.; Belmonte, G. (2022). SEM/EDX analysis of stomach contents of a sea slug snacking on a polluted seafloor reveal microplastics as a component of its diet. NPG Scientific Reports 12(1): 10244. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14299-3
Gueroun, S.K.M.; Piraino, S.; KÉfi-Daly Yahia, O.; Daly Yahia, M.N. (2022). Jellyfish diversity, trends and patterns in Southwestern Mediterranean Sea: a citizen science and field monitoring alliance. J. Plankton Res. 44(6): 819-837. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbac057
Tsiamis, K.; Azzurro, E.; Bariche, M.; Çinar, M.E.; Crocetta, F.; De Clerck, O.; Galil, B.; Gómez, F.; Hoffman, R.; Jensen, K.R.; Kamburska, L.; Langeneck, J.; Langer, M.R.; Levitt-Barmats, Y.; Lezzi, M.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Ojaveer, H.; Piraino, S.; Shenkar, N.; Yankova, M.; Zenetos, A.; Zuljevíc, A.; Cardoso, A.C. (2020). Prioritizing marine invasive alien species in the European Union through horizon scanning. Aquat. Conserv. 30(4): 794-845. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1002/aqc.3267
Milisenda, G.; Rossi, S.; Vizzini, S.; Fuentes, V.L.; Purcell, J.E.; Tilves, U.; Piraino, S. (2018). Seasonal variability of diet and trophic level of the gelatinous predator Pelagia noctiluca (Scyphozoa). NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 12140. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30474-x
Darling, J.A.; Galil, B.S.; Carvalho, G.R.; Rius, M.; Viard, F.; Piraino, S. (2017). Recommendations for developing and applying genetic tools to assess and manage biological invasions in marine ecosystems. Mar. Policy 85: 54-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.08.014
Gerovasileiou, V.; Akel, E.H.K.; Akyol, O.; Alongi, G.; Azevedo, F.; Babali, N.; Bakiu, R.; Bariche, M.; Castriota, L.; Chintiroglou, C.C.; Crocetta, F.; Deidun, A.; Galinou-Mitsoudi, S.; Giovos, I.; Gökoglu, M.; Golemaj, A.; Hadjioannou, L.; Hartingerova, J.; Insacco, G.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kleitou, P.; Korun, J.; Lipej, L.; Malegue, M.; Michailidis, N.; Tifoura, A.M.; Ovalis, P.; Petovic, S.; Piraino, S.; Rizkalla, S.I.; Rousou, M.; Savva, I.; Sen, H.; Spinelli, A.; Vougioukalou, K.G.; Xharahi, E.; Zava, B.; Zenetos, A. (2017). New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July 2017). Mediterr. Mar. Sci. 18(2): 355-384. https://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.2068
Hubot, N.; Lucas, C.H.; Piraino, S. (2017). Environmental control of asexual reproduction and somatic growth of Aurelia spp. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) polyps from the Adriatic Sea. PLoS One 12(6): e0178482. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178482
Scorrano, S.; Aglieri, G.; Boero, F.; Dawson, M.N.; Piraino, S. (2017). Unmasking Aurelia species in the Mediterranean Sea: an integrative morphometric and molecular approach. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 180(2): 243-267. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12494
Bosch-Belmar, M.; Giomi, F.; Rinaldi, A.; Mandich, A.; Fuentes, V.; Mirto, S.; Sarà, G.; Piraino, S. (2016). Concurrent environmental stressors and jellyfish stings impair caged European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) physiological performances. NPG Scientific Reports 6(27929): 9 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep27929
Corriero, G.; Pierri, C.; Accoroni, S.; Alabiso, G.; Bavestrello, G.; Barbone, E.; Bastianini, M.; Bazzoni, A.M.; Bernardi Aubry, F.; Boero, F.; Buia, M.C.; Cabrini, M.; Camatti, E.; Cardone, F.; Cataletto, B.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R.; Cecere, E.; Cibic, T.; Colangelo, P.; de Olazabal, A.; D'Onghia, G.; Finotto, S.; Fiore, N.; Fornasaro, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Gambi, M.C.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guglielmo, R.; Longo, C.; Lorenti, M.; Lugliè, A.; Maiorano, P.; Mazzocchi, M.G.; Mercurio, M.; Mastrototaro, F.; Mistri, M.; Monti, M.; Munari, C.; Musco, L.; Nonnis-Marzano, C.; Padedda, B.M.; Patti, F.P.; Petrocelli, A.; Piraino, S.; Portacci, G.; Pugnetti, A.; Pulina, S.; Romagnoli, T.; Rosati, I.; Sarno, D.; Satta, C.T.; Sechi, N.; Schiaparelli, S.; Scipione, B.; Sion, L.; Terlizzi, A.; Tirelli, V.; Totti, C.; Tursi, A.; Ungaro, N.; Zingone, A.; Zupo, V.; Basset, A. (2016). Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast. Aquat. Conserv. 26(2): 392-409. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2550
Gravili, C.; De Vito, D.; Di Camillo, C.G.; Martell, L.; Piraino, S.; Boero, F. (2015). The non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Salento, Italy with notes on their life-cycles: an illustrated guide. Zootaxa 3908(1): 1-187. http://hdl.handle.net/10.11646/zootaxa.3908.1.1
Milisenda, G.; Rosa, S.; Fuentes, V.L.; Boero, F.; Guglielmo, L.; Purcell, J.E.; Piraino, S. (2014). Jellyfish as prey: frequency of predation and selective foraging of Boops boops (Vertebrata, Actinopterygii) on the Mauve Stinger Pelagia noctiluca (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). PLoS One 9(4): e94600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094600
Piraino, S.; Aglieri, G.; Martell, L.; Mazzoldi, C.; Melli, V.; Milisenda, G.; Scorrano, S.; Boero, F. (2014). Pelagia benovici sp. nov. (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a new jellyfish in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 3794(3): 455-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.7
Gravili, C.; Di Camillo, C.G.; Piraino, S.; Boero, F. (2013). Hydrozoan species richness in the Mediterranean Sea: past and present. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 34(s1): 41-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12023
Megina, C.; González-Duarte, M.M.; López-González, P.J.; Piraino, S. (2013). Harbours as marine habitats: hydroid assemblages on sea-walls compared with natural habitats. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 160(2): 371-381. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2094-3
Pennati, R.; Dell'Anna, A.; Pagliara, P.; Scari, G.; Piraino, S.; De Bernardi, F. (2013). Neural system reorganization during metamorphosis in the planula larva of Clava multicornis (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Zoomorphology 132(3): 227-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00435-013-0188-1
Pennati, R.; Dell'Anna, A.; Zega, G.; De Bernardi, F.; Piraino, S. (2013). Retinoic acid influences antero-posterior positioning of peptidergic neurons in the planula larva of the hydrozoan Clava multicornis. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 34(s1): 143-152. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12032
Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Marchini, A.; Cantone, G.; Castelli, A.; Chimenz, C.; Cormaci, M.; Froglia, C.; Furnari, G.; Gambi, M.C.; Giaccone, G.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Mastrototaro, F.; Mazziotti, C.; Orsi-Relini, L.; Piraino, S. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions 13(1): 215-237. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y
Boero, F.; Putti, M.; Trainito, E.; Prontera, E.; Piraino, S.; Shiganova, T.A. (2009). First records of Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) from the Ligurian, Thyrrhenian and Ionian Seas (Western Mediterranean) and first record of Phyllorhiza punctata (Cnidaria) from the Western Mediterranean. Aquat. Invasions 4(4): 675-680. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2009.4.4.13
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Gravili, C.; Miglietta, M.P.; Parsons, T.R.; Piraino, S. (2008). Gelatinous plankton: irregularities rule the world (sometimes). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 356: 299-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07368, more
Boero, F.; Schierwater, B.; Piraino, S. (2007). Cnidarian milestones in metazoan evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(5): 693-700. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icm041, more
Schmich, J.; Kraus, Y.; De Vito, D.; Graziussi, D.; Boero, F.; Piraino, S. (2007). Induction of reverse development in two marine Hydrozoans. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 51(1): 45-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.062152js, more
De Vito, D.; Piraino, S.; Schmich, J.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2006). Evidence of reverse development in Leptomedusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): the case of Laodicea undulata (Forbes and Goodsir 1851). Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 149(2): 339-346. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0182-3, more
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Piraino, S. (2005). The role of Cnidaria in evolution and ecology. Ital. J. Zoolog. 72: 65-71, more
Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Bussotti, S.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Gravili, C.; Guidetti, P.; Pati, A.C.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F.; Saracino, O.; Schmich, J.; Terlizzi, A.; Geraci, S. (2004). From biodiversity and ecosystem functioning to the roots of ecological complexity. Ecol. Compl. 2: 101-109, more
Piraino, S.; De Vito, D.; Schmich, J.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2004). Reverse development in Cnidaria. Can. J. Zool. 82: 1748-1754, more
Piraino, S.; De Vito, D.; Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2003). Larval necrophilia: the odd life cycle of a pandeid hydrozoan in the Weddell Sea shelf. Polar Biol. 26(3): 178-185. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-002-0460-1
Piraino, S.; Fanelli, G.; Boero, F. (2002). Variability of species' roles in marine communities: change of paradigms for conservation priorities. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140: 1067-1074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0769-2, more
Boero, F.; Belmonte, G.; Fanelli, G.; Piraino, S.; Rubino, F. (1996). The continuity of living matter and the discontinuities of its constituents: do plankton and benthos really exist? Trends Ecol. Evol. 11(4): 177-180. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0169-5347(96)20007-2, more
Boero, F.; Bouillon, J.; Piraino, S. (1998). Heterochrony, generic distinction and phylogeny in the family Hydractiniidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Zool. Verh. 323: 25-36
Piraino, S.; Purcell, J.E.; Deidun, A. (2016). Med-jellyrisk factsheet… providing answers to the many questions about jellyfish. University of Malta: Malta. 1 pp.
Ventura, P.A.N.M. (2011). Comparison between hydroid fauna of Porto Cesareo (Ionian Sea) and Otranto (Adriatic Sea). MSc Thesis. University of Salento, Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology: Lecce. 21 pp.
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