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CARLOTTA MAZZOLDI

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Position

Professoressa Ordinaria

Address

VIA U. BASSI, 58/B - PADOVA

Telephone

0498276194

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Office hours

  • at Dipartimento di Biologia, 1° piano sud
    Sempre previo appuntamento

  • at Palazzo Grassi
    Sempre previo appuntamento

Teachings

Publications

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

Research Area

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.

Thesis proposals

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.