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CARLOTTA MAZZOLDI
Position
Professoressa Ordinaria
Structure
Address
VIA U. BASSI, 58/B - PADOVA
Telephone
0498276194

Curriculum vitae
Notices
Teachings
COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, AA 2025 (SC04100241)
MARINE ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY, AA 2025 (SCQ4107383)
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY, AA 2024 (SCQ4107387)
MARINE ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY, AA 2024 (SCQ4107383)
MARINE BIODIVERSITY, AA 2023 (SCQ0093620)
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY, AA 2023 (SCP8084939)
Pubblicazioni
Publications 208-2020
•Masnadi et al. 2020. Relative survival scenarios: an application to undersized common sole (Solea solea L.) in a beam trawl fishery in the Mediterranean Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science, in press
•Maduna et al. 2020. Historical biogeography of smoothhound sharks (genus Mustelus) of southern Africa reveals multiple colonization events from the Northern Hemisphere. Systematics and Biodiversity, in press
•Mancusi et al. 2020. MEDLEM database, a data collection on large Elasmobranchs in the Mediterranean and Black seas. Mediterranean Marine Science, in press
•Di Lorenzo et al. 2020. Ontogenetic trophic segregation between two threatened smooth-hound sharks in the central Mediterranean Sea. Scientific Reports, in press
•Riginella et al. 2020. Contrasting life history traits of two sympatric smooth-hound species: implication for vulnerability. Journal of Fish Biology 96, 853-857.
•La Mesa et al. 2020. Biological parameters of the High‑Antarctic icefish, Cryodraco antarcticus (Channichthyidae) from the South Shetland Islands. Polar Biology 43, 143-155.
•Mazzoldi et al. 2019. From sea monsters to charismatic megafauna: changes in perception and use of large marine animals. PlosOne, 14(12): e0226810
•Bargione et al. 2019. Life-history traits of the spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias in the Adriatic Sea. Scientific Reports 9: 14317
•Hull et al. 2019. Strong genetic isolation despite wide distribution in a commercially exploited coastal shark. Hydrobiologia 838: 121-137
•Rowley et al. 2019. Sexual selection and the evolution of sperm morphology in sharks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 32:1027-1035
•Lucon-Xiccato et al. 2019. Familiarity and sex modulates size-dependent following behaviour in the Mediterranean killifish. The Science of Nature 106: 31
•Desiderà et al. 2019. First direct evidence of reproduction of the White grouper, Epinephelus aeneus. Mediterranean Marine Science 20/2: 326-330.
•Azzurro et al. 2019. The shifting distribution of Mediterranean fishes: a spatio-temporal assessment based on Local Ecological Knowledge. Global Change Biology 25: 2779-2792
•Miller et al. 2019. Differential investment in male accessory glands: lessons from a species with alternative reproductive tactics. Marine Biology 66:37
•La Mesa et al. 2018. Life history traits of rare Antarctic dragonfishes from the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science 30: 289-297
•La Mesa et al. 2018. Life history traits of a poorly known pelagic fish, Aethotaxis mitopteryx (Perciformes, Notothenioidei) from the Weddell Sea. Polar Biology, 41:1777-1788
•Raicevich et al. 2018. Historical ecology of semi-enclosed basins and coastal areas: Past, present and future of seas at risk. Regional Studies in Marine Science 21: 1-6.
•La Mesa et al. 2018. Aspects of the biology of the Antarctic dragonfish Gerlachea australis (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae) in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biology 41:793-803
•Marino et al. 2018. Resolving the ambiguities in the identification of two smooth-hound sharks (Mustelus mustelus and Mustelus punctulatus) using genetics and morphology. Marine Biodiversity 48: 1551-1562
Area di ricerca
The research areas of Carlotta Mazzoldi include:
Behavioural ecology of teleost and elasmobranch fishes, in particular the reproductive biology;
Sexual selection in teleost and elasmobranch fishe;
Life history traits of teleost and elasmobranch fishes;
Interactions between biological traits of marine species and fishery;
Historical ecology of marine animal populations.
For more details, please have a look to the CV.
Tesi proposte
The issues proposed for bachelor and master theses include:
Study of the life history traits of teleost and elasmobranch commercial species and effects on vulnerability to the fishery;
Study of the behavioural ecology of teleost and elasmobranch commercial species and effects on vulnerability to the fishery;
Histroical ecology of the sea: analyses of historical data and integrations with differnt types of information sources to reconstruct the past of marine populations and drivers of changes.

