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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The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), more
Bennett, N.J.; Calò, A.; Di Franco, A.; Niccolini, F.; Marzo, D.; Domina, I.; Dimitriadis, C.; Sobrado, F.; Santoni, M.-C.; Charbonnel, E.; Trujillo, M.; García Chartón, J.-A.; Seddiki, L.; Cappanera, V.; Grbin, J.; Kastelic, L.; Milazzo, M.; Guidetti, P. (2020). Social equity and marine protected areas: Perceptions of small-scale fishermen in the Mediterranean Sea. Biol. Conserv. 244: 108531. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108531
Blowes, S.A.; Chase, J.M.; Di Franco, A.; Frid, O.; Gotelli, N.J.; Guidetti, P.; Knight, T.M.; May, F.; McGlinn, D.J.; Micheli, F.; Sala, E.; Belmaker, J. (2020). Mediterranean marine protected areas have higher biodiversity via increased evenness, not abundance. J. Appl. Ecol. 57(3): 578-589. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13549
Vilas, D.; Coll, M.; Corrales, X.; Steenbeek, J.; Piroddi, C.; Calò, A.; Di Franco, A.; Font, T.; Guidetti, P.; Ligas, A.; Lloret, J.; Prato, G.; Sahyoun, R.; Sartor, P.; Claudet, J. (2020). The effects of marine protected areas on ecosystem recovery and fisheries using a comparative modelling approach. Aquat. Conserv. 30(10): 1885-1901. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3368
Cau, A.; Bellodi, A.; Cannas, R.; Fois, M.; Guidetti, P.; Moccia, D.; Porcu, C.; Pusceddu, A.; Follesa, M.C. (2019). European spiny lobster recovery from overfishing enhanced through active restocking in Fully Protected Areas. NPG Scientific Reports 9(1): 11 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49553-8
Bussotti, S.; Di Franco, A.; Bianchi, C.N.; Chevaldonné, P.; Egea, L.; Fanelli, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Musco, L.; Navarro-Barranco, C.; Pey, A.; Planes, S.; Vieux-Ingrassia, J.V.; Guidetti, P. (2018). Fish mitigate trophic depletion in marine cave ecosystems. NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 11 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27491-1
Di Franco, A.; Thiriet, P.; Di Carlo, G.; Dimitriadis, C.; Francour, P.; Gutiérrez, N.L.; Jeudy de Grissac, A.; Koutsoubas, D.; Milazzo, M.; del Mar Otero, M.; Piante, C.; Plass-Johnson, J.; Sainz-Trapaga, S.; Santarossa, L.; Tudela, S.; Guidetti, P. (2016). Five key attributes can increase marine protected areas performance for small-scale fisheries management. NPG Scientific Reports 6(38135 ): 9 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38135
Guidetti, P.; Baiata, P.; Ballesteros, E.; Di Franco, A.; Hereu, B.; MacPherson, E.; Micheli, F.; Pais, A.; Panzalis, P.; Rosenberg, A.A.; Zabala, M.; Sala, E. (2014). Large-scale assessment of Mediterranean marine protected areas effects on fish assemblages. PLoS One 9(4): e91841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091841
Claudet, J.; Guidetti, P. (2010). Fishermen contribute to protection of marine reserves. Nature (Lond.) 464(7289): 673. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/464673b
Bussotti, S.; Guidetti, P. (2009). Do Mediterranean fish assemblages associated with marine caves and rocky cliffs differ? Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 81(1): 65-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2008.09.023, more
Guidetti, P. (2007). Potential of marine reserves to cause community-wide changes beyond their boundaries. Conserv. Biol. 21(2): 540-545, more
Guidetti, P. (2007). Predator diversity and density affect levels of predation upon strongly interactive species in temperate rocky reefs. Oecologia 154(3): 513-520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0845-5, more
Guidetti, P.; Dulcic, J. (2007). Relationships among predatory fish, sea urchins and barrens in Mediterranean rocky reefs across a latitudinal gradient. Mar. Environ. Res. 63(2): 168-184, more
Guidetti, P.; Sala, E. (2007). Community-wide effects of marine reserves in the Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 335: 43-56, more
Guidetti, P. (2006). Marine reserves reestablish lost predatory interactions and cause community changes in rocky reefs. Ecol. Appl. 16(3): 963-976, more
Guidetti, P.; Verginella, L.; Viva, C.; Odorico, R.; Boero, F. (2005). Protection effects on fish assemblages, and comparison of two visual-census techniques in shallow artificial rocky habitats in the northern Adriatic Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 85(2): 247-255. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315405011124h
Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S.; Boero, F. (2005). Evaluating the effects of protection on fish predators and sea urchins in shallow artificial rocky habitats: a case study in the northern Adriatic Sea. Mar. Environ. Res. 59(4): 333-348. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2004.05.008
Guidetti, P.; Mori, M. (2005). Morpho-functional defences of Mediterranean sea urchins, Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula, against fish predators. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 147: 797-802. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1611-z, more
Terlizzi, A.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bevilacqua, S.; Fraschetti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Anderson, M.J. (2005). Multivariate and univariate asymmetrical analyses in environmental impact assessment: a case study of Mediterranean subtidal sessile assemblages. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 289: 27-42, 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
Costagliola, D.; Robertson, D.R.; Guidetti, P.; Stefanni, S.; Wirtz, P.; Heiser, J.B.; Bernardi, G. (2004). Ecology and evolution of the coral reef fish genus Thalassoma (Labridae): 2. Evolution of the Eastern Atlantic species. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 144: 377-383
Guidetti, P. (2004). Consumers of sea urchins, Paracetrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula, in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs. Helgol. Mar. Res. 58: 110-116
Guidetti, P. (2004). Fish assemblages associated with coastal defence structures in south-western Italy (Mediterranean Sea). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(3): 669-670. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404009725h
Guidetti, P.; Bianchi, C.N.; Chiantore, M.; Schiaparelli, S.; Morri, C.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R. (2004). Living on the rocks: substrate mineralogy and the structure of subtidal rocky substrate communities in the Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 274: 57-68
Guidetti, P.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2004). Desertification caused by Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca) fishery along Apulian rocky coasts (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea): effects on littoral fish assemblages. Conserv. Biol. 18(5): 1417-1423
Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2004). Effects of the desertification caused by Lithophaga lithophaga (Mollusca) fishery on adult and juvenile abundance of a Mediterranean rocky-reef fish. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 48(9-10): 978-982. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.12.006
Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2004). Effects of the edible sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus, fishery along the Apulian rocky coasts (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea). Fish. Res. 66(2-3): 287-297. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-7836(03)00206-6
Bussotti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Belmonte, G. (2003). Distribution patterns of the cardinal fish, Apogon imberbis, in shallow marine caves in southern Apulia (SE Italy). Ital. J. Zoolog. 70: 153-157. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000309356509
Guidetti, P.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2003). Distribution patterns of sea urchins and barrens in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs impacted by the illegal fishery of the rock-boring mollusc Lithophaga lithophaga. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 143: 1135-1142. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-003-1163-z
Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Boero, F. (2003). Changes in Mediterranean rocky-reef fish assemblages exposed to sewage pollution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 253: 269-278. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps253269
Pesando, D.; Huitorel, P.; Dolcini, V.; Angelini, C.; Guidetti, P.; Falugi, C. (2003). Biological targets of neurotoxic pesticides analysed by alteration of developmental events in the Mediterranean sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Mar. Environ. Res. 55(1): 39-57. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-1136(02)00215-5
Schiaparelli, S.; Guidetti, P.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R. (2003). Can mineralogical features affect the distribution patterns of sessile gastropods? The Vermetidae case in the Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(6): 1267-1268. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403008622
Terlizzi, A.; Scuderi, D.; Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2003). Molluscs on subtidal cliffs: patterns of spatial distribution. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(1): 165-172, more
Bussotti, S.; Denitto, F.; Guidetti, P.; Belmonte, G. (2002). Fish assemblages in shallow marine caves of the Salento Peninsula (Southern Apulia, SE Italy). Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 23(Suppl. 1): 11-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00004.x
Guidetti, P. (2002). Mediterranean MPAs: the importance of experimental design in detecting the effects of protection measures on fish. Aquat. Conserv. 12: 619-634. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.514
Guidetti, P.; Lorenti, M.; Buia, M.C.; Mazzella, L. (2002). Temporal dynamics and biomass partitioning in three Adriatic seagrass species: Posidonia oceanica, Cymodocea nodosa, Zostera marina. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 23(1): 51-67. https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0485.2002.02722.x
Guidetti, P.; Fanelli, G.; Fraschetti, S.; Terlizzi, A.; Boero, F. (2002). Coastal fish indicate human-induced changes in the Mediterranean littoral. Mar. Environ. Res. 53(1): 77-94
Guidetti, P.; Bianchi, C.N.; La Mesa, G.; Modena, M.; Morri, C.; Sara, G.; Vacchi, M. (2002). Abundance and size structure of Thalassoma pavo (Pisces: Labridae) in the western Mediterranean Sea: variability at different spatial scales. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 82(3): 495-500. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315402005775
Guidetti, P.; Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in fish assemblages associated with coralligenous formations in south-eastern Apulia (SE Italy). Ital. J. Zoolog. 69: 325-331
Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in the abundance of the parrotfish, Sparisoma cretense, in SE Apulia (SE Italy, Mediterranean Sea). Ital. J. Zoolog. 69: 229-232. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000209356464
Guidetti, P.; Boero, F.; Dulcic, J. (2002). Mass mortality of gilt sardine, Sardinella aurita (Clupeidae), in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. Cybium 26(4): 317-319
Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S. (2002). Effects of seagrass canopy removal on fish in shallow Mediterranean seagrass meadows (Cymodocea nodosa and Zostera noltii): a local scale approach. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 140(3): 445-453. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-001-0725-1
Guidetti, P.; Cattaneo-Vietti, R. (2002). Can mineralogical features influence distribution patterns of fish? A case study in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 82(6): 1043-1044. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315402006653
Pietrapiana, D.; Modena, M.; Guidetti, P.; Falugi, C.; Vacchi, M. (2002). Evaluating the genotoxic damages and tissue alterations in demersal fish species: a case study in the Ligurian Sea (NW-Mediterranean). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 44(3): 238-243
Terlizzi, A.; Fraschetti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2002). The effects of sewage discharge on shallow hard substrate sessile assemblages. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 44(6): 542-548
Curiel, D.; Guidetti, P.; Bellemo, G.; Scattolin, M.; Marzocchi, M. (2001). The introduced algae Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales, Alariaceae) in the Lagoon of Venice. Hydrobiologia 477(1-3): 209-219. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021094008569
Guidetti, P. (2001). Population dynamics and post-settlement mortality of the ornate wrasse, Thalassoma pavo, in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Western Mediterranean). Ital. J. Zoolog. 68: 75-78. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250000109356386
Guidetti, P. (2001). Detecting the environmental impact on the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica: the use of reconstructive methods in combination with ‘beyond BACI designs’. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 260(1): 27-39. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00245-3
Guidetti, P.; Boero, F. (2001). Occurrence of the Mediterranean parrotfish Sparisoma cretense (Perciformes: Scaridae) in south-eastern Apulia (south-east Italy). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 81(4): 717-718. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315401004507
Guidetti, P. (2000). Invertebrate borers in the Mediterranean sea grass Posidonia oceanica: biological impact and ecological implications. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80(4): 725-730. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400002551
Guidetti, P. (2000). Leaf primary production in Posidonia oceanica: two reconstructing aging techniques give similar results. Aquat. Bot. 68: 337-343
Guidetti, P. (2000). Temporal dynamics of Zostera marina L. off the Lagoon of Grado (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy). Bot. Mar. 43(6): 541-546. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/BOT.2000.054
Guidetti, P. (2000). Differences among nearshore fish assemblages associated with shallow water Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds, rocky-algal reefs and unvegetated sand habitats in the Adriatic Sea. Est., Coast. and Shelf Sci. 50(4): 515-529
Guidetti, P.; Modena, M.; La Mesa, G.; Vacchi, M. (2000). Composition, abundance and stratification of macrobenthos in the marine area impacted by tar aggregates derived from the Haven oil spill (Ligurian Sea, Italy). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40(12): 1161-1166
Guidetti, P.; Buia, M.C.; Mazzella, L. (2000). The use of lepidochronology as a tool of analysis of dynamic features of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica of the Adriatic Sea. Bot. Mar. 43: 1-9. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/BOT.2000.001
Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S. (2000). Nearshore fish assemblages associated with shallow rocky habitats along the southern Croatian coast (Eastern Adriatic Sea). Vie Milieu (1980) 50(3): 171-176
Guidetti, P.; Fabiano, M. (2000). The use of lepidochronology to assess the impact of terrigenous discharges on the primary leaf production of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40(5): 449-453. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00229-5
Modena, M.; Guidetti, P.; Vacchi, M.; Matricardi, G. (2000). Spreading of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskal) J. Agardh along the coasts of the Ligurian Sea (north-western Mediterranean). Cryptogam., Algol. 21(3): 301-304
Vacchi, M.; Boyer, M.; Bussotti, S.; Guidetti, P.; La Mesa, G. (1999). Some interesting species of the coastal fish fauna of Ustica Island (Mediterranean Sea). Cybium 23(4): 323-331
Bussotti, S.; Guidetti, P.; Matricardi, G. (1998). Morphological analysis of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile flowers from a reef formation and a shallow water meadow of the Ligurian Sea (North-Western Mediterranean). Vie Milieu (1980) 48(1): 55-62
Vacchi, M.; Bussotti, S.; Guidetti, P.; La Mesa, G. (1998). Study on the coastal fish assemblage in Ustica Island’s Marine Reserve (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). Ital. J. Zoolog. 65: 281-286
Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S.; Gambi, M.C.; Lorenti, M. (1997). Invertebrate borers of Posidonia oceanica scales: relationship between their distribution and lepidochronological parameters. Aquat. Bot. 58(2): 151-164
Gianni, F.; Bartolini, F.; Airoldi, L.; Ballesteros, E.; Francour, P.; Guidetti, P.; Meinesz, A.; Thibaut, T.; Mangialajo, L. (2013). Conservation and restoration of marine forests in the Mediterranean Sea and the potential role of Marine Protected Areas. Adv. Oceanogr. Limnol. 4(2): 83-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19475721.2013.845604
Guidetti, P. (2002). Temporal changes in density and recruitment of the Mediterranean ornate wrasse Thalassoma pavo (Pisces, Labridae). Arch. Fish. Mar. Res. 49(3): 259-267
Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S. (2002). Morpho-chronological observations on juvenile shoots of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. Thalassia Salent. 26: 11-17
Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S. (2000). Fish fauna of a mixed meadow composed by the seagrasses Cymodocea nodosa and Zostera noltii in the Western Mediterranean. Oceanol. Acta 23(7): 759-770
Vacchi, M.; La Mesa, G.; Finoia, M.G.; Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S. (1999). Mesures de protection et juvéniles de mérou, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834) (Pisces, Serranidae), dans la Réserve marine de l'île d'Ustica (Italie, mer Méditerranée) = Protection measures and juveniles of dusky grouper, Epinephelus marginatus (Lowe 1834) (Pisces, Serranidae), in the Marine Reserve of Ustica Island (Italy, Mediterranean Sea). Mar. Life 9(2): 63-70
Guidetti, P.; Bussotti, S. (1997). Recrutement de Diplodus annularis et Spondyliosoma cantharus (Sparidae) dans les herbiers superficiels de phanérogames marines, le long des côtes italiennes (mer Méditerranée) = Recruitment of Diplodus annularis and Spondyliosoma cantharus (Sparidae in shallow seagrass beds along the Italian coasts (Mediterranean Sea). Mar. Life 7(1-2): 47-52
Guidetti, P. (2005). Loss of functional diversity of fish due to intense fishing causing ecosystem-wide effects in Mediterranean sublittoral rocky reefs. MarBEF Newsletter 3: 18, more
Qian, K. (2011). Spatial variability in early life traits: the case study of Diplodus vulgaris (Sparidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. MSc Thesis. University of Salento, Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology: Lecce. 14 pp.
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