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Rodriguez LK, De Bonis L, McKee J, McKenna JA, Urvois T, Barbaccia E, Dillane E, Lanfredi C, Hjellnes H, Jung A, Villa E, Azzellino A, Westgaard J-I, Quéméré E, Thalinger B. 2025 Inter-laboratory ring test for environmental DNA extraction protocols: implications for marine megafauna detection using three novel qPCR assays Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 9: e128235. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.9.128235
Humble, E., Boggio-Pasqua, A., Kamla, A., Bassos-Hull, K., Bergacker, S., Gose, M.-A., Hilbourne, S., Laglbauer, B., Martinez-Lopez, A., Fogwan, C., Biankeu, C., Stevens, G. . and Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. 2025 Genetic and Morphometric Support for the Atlantic Pygmy Devil Ray, Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831), in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Aquatic Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst, 35: e70030. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70030
Notarbarolo di Sciara, G., Abudaya, M., Milisenda, G., Canese, S., Panigada, V., Salah, J., Panigada, S. 2025 Insights into spinetail devil ray spatial ecology in the Mediterranean Sea through satellite telemetry. Sci Rep 15, 2405. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-77820-w
Bellingeri, M., Nebuloni, A., La Manna, G. et al. 2025 Investigating the presence of different bottlenose dolphin ecotypes in the Mediterranean Sea. Sci Rep 15, 5526. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88605-0
Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Gonzalvo J. 2025 Restricted access zone declared in Greece to protect monk seals (perhaps). Oryx. Published online 2025:1-1. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605324001418
Nivière M, Blanchard A, Jraifi O, Van Canneyt O, Dorémus G, Spitz J, Mansoux B, Panigada S and Laran S 2024 PelaSIG, a QGIS plugin for marine megafauna census: application to the aerial ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative dataset Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1270335. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1270335
Boisseau O, Reid J, Ryan C, Moscrop A, McLanaghan R and Panigada S 2024 Acoustic estimates of sperm whale abundance in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1164026. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1164026
Panigada S, Pierantonio N, Arau ́ jo H, David L, Di-Me ́ glio N, Dore ́ mus G, Gonzalvo J, Holcer D, Laran S, Lauriano G, Paiu R-M, Perri M, Popov D, Ridoux V, Va ́zquez JA and Cañadas A 2024 The ACCOBAMS survey initiative: the first synoptic assessment of cetacean abundance in the Mediterranean Sea through aerial surveys. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1270513 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1270513
Perna M, Brandini C, Bendoni M, Lapucci C, Galgani F, Panigada S, Cañadas A, Panti C and Fossi MC 2024 Evaluation of the exposure of the Mediterranean biodiversity to marine litter: the ASI – plastic busters MPAs projects connection. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1352059 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1352059
Thompson, K.F., Gordon, J., Webber, T., Zuriel, Y., Kobo, K., Tchernov, D., Airoldi S., Violi B., Verga A., Gannier A., Fontanesi E., Ascheri D., Scheinin A.P. 2024 Threatened cetaceans off the coast of Israel and long-range movement of a sperm whale Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(5), e4155 https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4155
Radaelli E, Palladino G, Nanetti E, Scicchitano D, Rampelli S, Airoldi S, Candela M, Marangi M 2024 Meta-analysis of the Cetacea gut microbiome: Diversity, co-evolution, and interaction with the anthropogenic pathobiome Science of The Total Environment, Volume 932 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172943
Paiu R-M, Cañadas A, Dede A, Meshkova G, Murariu D, Amaha Ozturk A, Popov D, Tonay AM, Timofte C, Kopaliani N, Gol’din P and Panigada S 2024 Density and abundance estimates of cetaceans in the Black Sea through aerial surveys (ASI/CeNoBS) Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1248950. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1248950
Vivier, F., Andrés, C., Gonzalvo, J., Fertitta, K., van Aswegen, M., Foroughirad, V., Mann, J., McEntee, M., Wells, R.S. and Bejder, L. 2024 Inferring dolphin population status: using unoccupied aerial systems to quantify age-structure. Anim. Conserv. August https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12978
Panigada S, Bejaoui N, Boisseau O, Amaha Öztürk A and Ridoux V 2024 Editorial: The ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative (ASI): implementing large scale surveys for marine megafauna in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Front. Mar. Sci. 11:1503350. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1503350
Borrell, A., Tort, B., Garcia-Garin, O., Genov, T., & Gonzalvo, J. 2024 Stable isotope ratios indicate trophic niche overlap in three sympatric delphinid species in the Eastern Ionian Sea. Marine Mammal Science, e13196 https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.13196
Nisi A. C., Welch H., Brodie S., Leiphardt C., Rhodes R.,
Hazen E. L., Redfern J. V., Branch T. A., Barreto A. S., Calambokidis J., Clavelle T., Dares L., de Vos A., Gero S., Jackson J. A.,
Kenney R. D., Kroodsma D., Leaper R., McCauley D. J., Moore S. E., Ovsyanikova E., Panigada S., Robinson C. V., White T.,
Wilson J., Abrahms B. 2024 Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans Science, Vol 386, Issue 6724, pp. 870-875 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp1950
D’Amen M., Fortuna C. M., Holcer D., Panigada S., Bonora N. & Lauriano G. 2024 Climate change and cetacean habitat suitability in the Mediterranean Sea: a challenge for Marine Strategy Framework Directive D1C4, D1C5 criteria Animal Conservation, 27 November 2024 https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.13002
Gnone, G.; Bellingeri, M.; Airoldi, S.; Gonzalvo, J.; David, L.; Di-Méglio, N.; Cañadas, A.M.; Akkaya, A.; Awbery, T.; Mussi, B.; Campana, I.; Azzolin, M.; Dede, A.; Tonay, A.M.; Monaco, C.; Pellegrino, G.; Tepsich, P.; Moulins, A.; Arcangeli, A.; Labach, H.; Scheinin, A.P.; Mevorach, Y.; Carlucci, R.; Santacesaria, F.C.; Chicote, C.A.; Gazo, M.; Tintore, B.; Alessi, J.; Mandich, A.; Bittau, L.; Diaz Lopez, B.; Azzinari, C.; La Manna, G.; Pace, D.S.; Decandia, D.; Castelli, A.; Nuti, S.; Santoni, M.-C.; Verga, A.; Tomasi, N.; Giacoma, C.; Costantino, M.; Falabrino, M.; Azzellino, A. 2023 Cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea: Encounter Rate, Dominant Species, and Diversity Hotspots Diversity 2023, 15, 321. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/321
Sèbe M., David L., Dhermain F., Gourguet S., Madon B., Ody D., Panigada S., Peltier H., Pendleton L. 2023 Estimating the impact of ship strikes on the Mediterranean fin whale subpopulation Ocean & Coastal Management 237 (106485). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106485
Braulik, G. T., Taylor, B. L., Minton, G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Collins, T., Rojas-Bracho, L., Crespo, E. A., Ponnampalam, L. S., Double, M. C., & Reeves, R. R. 2023 Red-list status and extinction risk of the world’s whales, dolphins, and porpoises Conservation Biology, e14090. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14090
Paoletti S, Rumes B, Pierantonio N, Panigada S, Jan R, Folegot T, Schilling A, Riviere N, Carrier V, Dumoulin A, Van Hamme D, Marquis-Laisné G, Bruliard F-A, Petitpierre F, Demoor D 2023 SEADETECT: developing an automated detection system to reduce whale-vessel collision risk. Research Ideas and Outcomes 9: e113968. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.9.e113968
Cañadas A, Pierantonio N, Araùjo H, David L, Di Meglio N, Dorémus G, Gonzalvo J, Holcer D, Laran S, Lauriano G, Perri M, Ridoux V, Vàzquez JA and Panigada S 2023 Distribution patterns of marine megafauna density in the Mediterranean Sea assessed through the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative (ASI) Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1270917. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1270917
Kyne P., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Batlle Morera A., Charles R., Fernando D., García Rodríguez E., Gonzalez Pestana A., Priest M., Jabado R. 2023 Important Shark and Ray Areas: a new tool to optimize spatial planning for sharks. Oryx 57(2):146-147. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605322001624
Palacios M.D., Stewart J.D., Croll D.A., Cronin M.R., Trejo-Ramirez A., Stevens G.M., Lezama-Ochoa N., Ziliacus K.M., Gonzales-Armas R., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Galvan-Magaña F. 2023 Manta and devil ray aggregations: conservation challenges and developments in the field. Frontiers in Marine Science https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1148234
Pierantonio, N., Panigada, S., Lauriano, G. 2023 Quantifying Abundance and Mapping Distribution of Loggerhead Turtles in the Mediterranean Sea Using Aerial Surveys: Implications for Conservation. Diversity, 15, 1159. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15121159
Eisfeld-Pierantonio, S.M., Pierantonio, N., Simmonds, M.P. 2022 The impact of marine debris on cetaceans with consideration of plastics generated by the COVID-19 pandemic Environmental Pollution 118967 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118967
Panti C, Muñoz-Arnanz J, Marsili L, Panigada S, Baini M, Jiménez B, Fossi MC and Lauriano G 2022 Ecotoxicological Characterization of Type C Killer Whales From Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea, Antarctica): Molecular Biomarkers, Legacy, and Emerging Persistent Organic Contaminants Front. Mar. Sci. 9:818370. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.818370
Tetley MJ, Braulik GT, Lanfredi C, Minton G, Panigada S, Politi E, Zanardelli M, Notarbartolo di Sciara G and Hoyt E 2022 The Important Marine Mammal Area Network: A Tool for Systematic Spatial Planning in Response to the Marine Mammal Habitat Conservation Crisis Front. Mar. Sci. 9:841789. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.841789
Gelippi, M., Caraveo-Patiño, J., Gauger, M.F.W., Popp B.N., Panigada S., Marcín-Medina R. 2022 Isotopic composition of the eastern gray whale epidermis indicates contribution of prey outside Arctic feeding grounds Sci Rep 12, 7055 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10780-1
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Bernd Würsig (Eds). 2022 Marine mammals: the evolving human factor Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-98099-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98100-6
Gnone, G.; Bellingeri, M.; Molinari, Y.; Dhermain, F.; Labach, H.; Díaz López, B.; David, L.; Di Meglio, N.; Azzinari, G.; Azzinari, C.; Airoldi, S.; Lanfredi, C.; Gonzalvo, J.; De Santis, V.; Nuti, S.; Álvarez Chicote, C.; Gazo, M.; Mandich, A.; Alessi, J.; Azzellino, A.; Tomasi, N.; Santoni, M.-C.; Mancusi, C.; Falabrino, M.; Cañadas, A.M. 2022 The Seabed Makes the Dolphins: Physiographic Features Shape the Size and Structure of the Bottlenose Dolphin Geographical Units J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10, 1036. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10081036
Zanardelli, M., Airoldi, S., Bérubé, M., Borsani, J.F., Di-Meglio, N., Gannier, A., Hammond, P.S., Jahoda, M., Lauriano, G., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G. and Panigada, S. 2022 Long-term photo-identification study of fin whales in the Pelagos Sanctuary (NW Mediterranean) as a baseline for targeted conservation and mitigation measures Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3865
Hyde CA, Notarbartolo di Sciara G, Sorrentino L, Boyd C, Finucci B, Fowler SL, Kyne PM, Leurs G, Simpfendorfer CA, Tetley MJ, Womersley F and Jabado RW 2022 Putting sharks on the map: A global standard for improving shark area-based conservation Front. Mar. Sci. 9:968853. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.968853
Herr, H.; Hickmott, L.; Viquerat, S.; Panigada, S. 2022 First evidence for fin whale migration into the Pacific from Antarctic feeding grounds at Elephant Island The Royal Society. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6197503.v2
DiMatteo A, Cañadas A, Roberts J, Sparks L, Panigada S, Boisseau O, Moscrop A, Fortuna CM, Lauriano G, Holcer D, Peltier H, Ridoux V, Raga JA, Tomás J, Broderick AC, Godley BJ, Haywood J, March D, Snape R, Sagarminaga R and Hochscheid S 2022 Basin-wide estimates of loggerhead turtle abundance in the Mediterranean Sea derived from line transect surveys Front. Mar. Sci. 9:930412 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.930412
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Nunny L. 2021 Overview of cetacean species in European waters (including Red List status). Pp. 18-26 in: L. Nunny (Ed.), Under pressure: the need to protect whales and dolphins in European waters. An OceanCare report. OceanCare, Gerbestrasse 6, Wädenswil, Switzerland. 146 p.
Brakes P., Carroll E.L., Aplin L.M., Bearhop S., Ciucci P., Fishlock V., Ford J.K.B., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Simmonds M.P., Spina F., Wade P.R., Whitehead H., Williams J., Dall S.R.X., Keith S.A., McGregor P.K., Mesnick S.L., Noad M.J., Rendell L., Robbins M.M., Rutz C., Thornton A., Whiten A., Whiting M.J., Garland E.C. 2021 A deepening understanding of animal culture suggests lessons for conservation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 288; 20202718. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2718
Kershaw F., McClintock W., Andrews K.R., Riet-Sapriza F.G., Caballero S., Tetley M.J., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Hoyt E., Goldberg G., Chou E., Kane-Ritsch K., Rosenbaum H.C. 2021 Geospatial genetics: integrating genetics into marine protection and spatial planning. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31(9):2440-2458. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3622
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Baldwin R., Braulik G., Collins T., Natoli A.  2021 Marine mammals of the Arabian seas. Pp. 637-678 in: L. A. Jawad (Editor), The Arabian Seas: biodiversity, environmental challenges and conservation measures. Springer Nature Switzerland. 1377 p. 
Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Jabado R.W.  2021 Sharks and rays of the Arabian Sea and adjacent waters.  Pp. 443-477 in: L. A. Jawad (Editor), The Arabian Seas: biodiversity, environmental challenges and conservation measures. Springer Nature Switzerland. 1377 p. 
Hoyt E., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. 2021 Important Marine Mammal Areas: a spatial tool for marine mammal and biodiversity conservation. Oryx https://doi.org/10.1017/S003060532100020X
Tsagarakis, K., Panigada, S., Machias, A., Giannoulaki, M., Foutsi, A., Pierantonio, N., Paximadis, G. 2021 Trophic interactions in the "small pelagic fish - dolphins - fisheries" triangle: Outputs of a modelling approach in the North Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean, Greece). Ocean and Coastal Management, 204, 105474 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105474
Valsecchi, S., C. Lanfredi, A. Azzellino, A. Savini, V. A. Bracchi, F. Marchese, J. Hancock, R. Rees & C. Cánovas Pérez 2021 Analysis of the temporal and spatial variability of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aggregation in the South Ari Marine Protected Area, Maldives, Indian Ocean The European Zoological Journal, 88:1, 684-697. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2021.1922523
Pace, D.S., Lanfredi, C., Airoldi, S., Giacomini G., Silvestri, M., Pavan, G., & D. Ardizzone 2021 Trumpet sounds emitted by male sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea Sci Rep 11, 5867. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84126-8
Lanfredi, C., Arcangeli, A., David, L., Holcer, D., Rosso, M. & Natoli, A.  2021 Grampus griseus (Mediterranean subpopulation) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T16378423A190737150.  https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T16378423A190737150.en
Lanfredi C., De Santis V., Jahoda M. and Airoldi S. 2021 Tethys Research Institute - Cetacean Sanctuary Research, 2021. Report on the 1990-2020 Research and Conservation Activities in the Pelagos Sanctuary (North western Mediterranean Sea). Tethys Research Institute. 2021 pp.56 + annex. https://whalesanddolphins.tethys.org/join-us/cetacean-sanctuary-research/csr-research/
Fumagalli M, Guerra M, Brough T, Carome W, Constantine R, Higham J, Rayment W, Slooten E, Stockin K and Dawson S 2021 Looking Back to Move Forward: Lessons From Three Decades of Research and Management of Cetacean Tourism in New Zealand Front. Mar. Sci. 8:624448. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.624448
Marangi, M., Airoldi, S., Beneduce, L. et al. 2021 Wild whale faecal samples as a proxy of anthropogenic impact Sci Rep 11, 5822 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84966-4
Pace, D.S., Lanfredi, C., Airoldi, S. et al. 2021 Trumpet sounds emitted by male sperm whales in the Mediterranean Sea Sci. Rep. 11, 5867 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84126-8
Andrés C, Cardona L, Gonzalvo J. 2021 Common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interaction with fish farms in the Gulf of Ambracia, Western Greece. Aquatic Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst. 2021;1–12 https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3585
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