The First Report of Pennella (Crustacea: Copepoda) Infesting Stenella coeruleoalba Stranded in Malta: Morphological and Genetic Analyses.

Authors: Vella, Adriana¹ (AUTHOR) adriana.vella@um.edu.mt, Vella, Noel¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Animals (2076-2615). Apr2024, Vol. 14 Issue 7, p1107. 9p.

How genomics can help biodiversity conservation

Authors: Aghayan, Sargis A., Alioto, Tyler S., Almudi, Isabel, Alvarez, Nadir, Alves, Paulo C., Amorim do Rosario, Isabel R., Antunes, Agostinho, Arribas, Paula, Baldrian, Petr, Bertorelle, Giorgio, Böhne, Astrid, Bonisoli-Alquati, Andrea, Boštjančić, Ljudevit L., Boussau, Bastien, Breton, Catherine M., Buzan, Elena, Campos, Paula F., Carreras, Carlos, Castro, L. FIlipe C., Chueca, Luis J., Čiampor, Fedor, Conti, Elena, Cook-Deegan, Robert, Croll, Daniel, Cunha, Mónica V., Delsuc, Frédéric, Dennis, Alice B., Dimitrov, Dimitar, Faria, Rui, Favre, Adrien, Fedrigo, Olivier D., Fernández, Rosa, Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Flot, Jean-François, Gabaldón, Toni, Agius, Dolores R., Giani, Alice M., Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Grebenc, Tine, Guschanski, Katerina, Guyot, Romain, Hausdorf, Bernhard, Hawlitschek, Oliver, Heintzman, Peter D., Heinze, Berthold, Hiller, Michael, Husemann, Martin, Iannucci, Alessio, Irisarri, Iker, Jakobsen, Kjetill S., Klinga, Peter, Kloch, Agnieszka, Kratochwil, Claudius F., Kusche, Henrik, Layton, Kara K.S., Leonard, Jennifer A., Lerat, Emmanuelle, Liti, Gianni, Manousaki, Tereza, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Matos-Maraví, Pável, Matschiner, Michael, Maumus, Florian, Mc Cartney, Ann M., Meiri, Shai, Melo-Ferreira, José, Mengual, Ximo, Monaghan, Michael T., Montagna, Matteo, Mysłajek, Robert W., Neiber, Marco T., Nicolas, Violaine, Novo, Marta, Ozretić, Petar, Palero, Ferran, Pârvulescu, Lucian, Pascual, Marta, Paulo, Octávio S., Pavlek, Martina, Pegueroles, Cinta, Pellissier, Loïc, Pesole, Graziano, Primmer, Craig R., Riesgo, Ana, Rüber, Lukas, Rubolini, Diego, Salvi, Daniele, Seehausen, Ole, Seidel, Matthias, Studer, Bruno, Theodoridis, Spyros, Thines, Marco, Urban, Lara, Vasemägi, Anti, Vella, Adriana, Vella, Noel, Vernes, Sonja C., Vernesi, Cristiano, Vieites, David R., Wheat, Christopher W., Wörheide, Gert, Wurm, Yannick, Zammit, Gabrielle, Theissinger, Kathrin, Fernandes, Carlos, Formenti, Giulio, Bista, Iliana, Berg, Paul R., Bleidorn, Christoph, Bombarely, Aureliano, Crottini, Angelica, Gallo, Guido R., Godoy, José A., Jentoft, Sissel, Malukiewicz, Joanna, Mouton, Alice, Oomen, Rebekah A., Paez, Sadye, Palsbøll, Per J., Pampoulie, Christophe, Ruiz-López, María J., Secomandi, Simona, Svardal, Hannes, Theofanopoulou, Constantina, de Vries, Jan, Waldvogel, Ann-Marie, Zhang, Guojie, Jarvis, Erich D., Bálint, Miklós, Ciofi, Claudio, Waterhouse, Robert M., Mazzoni, Camila J., Höglund, Jacob

Source: In Trends in Genetics July 2023 39(7):545-559

The application gap: Genomics for biodiversity and ecosystem service management

Authors: Heuertz, Myriam, Carvalho, Silvia B., Galindo, Juan, Rinkevich, Baruch, Robakowski, Piotr, Aavik, Tsipe, Altinok, Ilhan, Barth, Julia M.I., Cotrim, Helena, Goessen, Roos, González-Martínez, Santiago C., Grebenc, Tine, Hoban, Sean, Kopatz, Alexander, McMahon, Barry J., Porth, Ilga, Raeymaekers, Joost A.M., Träger, Sabrina, Valdecantos, Alejandro, Vella, Adriana, Vernesi, Cristiano, Garnier-Géré, Pauline

Source: In Biological Conservation February 2023 278

Conservation Genetics of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta , from the Central Mediterranean: An Insight into the Species' Reproductive Behaviour in Maltese Waters.

Authors: Vella, Adriana¹ (AUTHOR) adriana.vella@um.edu.mt, Vella, Noel¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Animals (2076-2615). Jan2024, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p137. 14p.

Subject Terms: *LOGGERHEAD turtle, *ANIMAL sexual behavior, *SCIENTIFIC knowledge, *CONSERVATION genetics, *MOLECULAR genetics

Call me by my name: unravelling the taxonomy of the gulper shark genus Centrophorus in the Mediterranean Sea through an integrated taxonomic approach

Authors: Bellodi, Andrea, Benvenuto, Anna, Melis, Riccardo, Mulas, Antonello, Barone, Monica, Barría, Claudio, Cariani, Alessia, Carugati, Laura, Chatzispyrou, Archontia, Desrochers, Monique, Ferrari, Alice, Guallart, Javier, Hemida, Farid, Mancusi, Cecilia, Mazzoldi, Carlotta, Ramírez-Amaro, Sergio, Rey, Javier, Scannella, Danilo, Serena, Fabrizio, Tinti, Fausto, Vella, Adriana, Follesa, Maria Cristina, Cannas, Rita

Source: Zoological journal of the Linnean Society. 195(3):815-840

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The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics

Authors: Formenti, Giulio, Theissinger, Kathrin, Fernandes, Carlos, Bista, Iliana, Bombarely, Aureliano, Bleidorn, Christoph, Čiampor, Fedor, Ciofi, Claudio, Crottini, Angelica, Godoy, José A., Hoglund, Jacob, Malukiewicz, Joanna, Mouton, Alice, Oomen, Rebekah A., Paez, Sadye, Palsbøll, Per, Pampoulie, Christophe, Ruiz-López, María José, Svardal, Hannes, Theofanopoulou, Constantina, de Vries, Jan, Waldvogel, Ann-Marie, Zhang, Goujie, Mazzoni, Camila J., Jarvis, Erich, Bálint, Miklós, Aghayan, Sargis A., Alioto, Tyler S., Almudi, Isabel, Alvarez, Nadir, Alves, Paulo C., Amorim, Isabel R., Antunes, Agostinho, Arribas, Paula, Baldrian, Petr, Berg, Paul R., Bertorelle, Giorgio, Böhne, Astrid, Bonisoli-Alquati, Andrea, Boštjančić, Ljudevit L., Boussau, Bastien, Breton, Catherine M., Buzan, Elena, Campos, Paula F., Carreras, Carlos, Castro, L. FIlipe, Chueca, Luis J., Conti, Elena, Cook-Deegan, Robert, Croll, Daniel, Cunha, Mónica V., Delsuc, Frédéric, Dennis, Alice B., Dimitrov, Dimitar, Faria, Rui, Favre, Adrien, Fedrigo, Olivier D., Fernández, Rosa, Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Flot, Jean-François, Gabaldón, Toni, Galea Agius, Dolores R., Gallo, Guido R., Giani, Alice M., Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Grebenc, Tine, Guschanski, Katerina, Guyot, Romain, Hausdorf, Bernhard, Hawlitschek, Oliver, Heintzman, Peter D., Heinze, Berthold, Hiller, Michael, Husemann, Martin, Iannucci, Alessio, Irisarri, Iker, Jakobsen, Kjetill S., Jentoft, Sissel, Klinga, Peter, Kloch, Agnieszka, Kratochwil, Claudius F., Kusche, Henrik, Layton, Kara K.S., Leonard, Jennifer A., Lerat, Emmanuelle, Liti, Gianni, Manousaki, Tereza, Marques-Bonet, Tomas, Matos-Maraví, Pável, Matschiner, Michael, Maumus, Florian, Mc Cartney, Ann M., Meiri, Shai, Melo-Ferreira, José, Mengual, Ximo, Monaghan, Michael T., Montagna, Matteo, Mysłajek, Robert W., Neiber, Marco T., Nicolas, Violaine, Novo, Marta, Ozretić, Petar, Palero, Ferran, Pârvulescu, Lucian, Pascual, Marta, Paulo, Octávio S., Pavlek, Martina, Pegueroles, Cinta, Pellissier, Loïc, Pesole, Graziano, Primmer, Craig R., Riesgo, Ana, Rüber, Lukas, Rubolini, Diego, Salvi, Daniele, Seehausen, Ole, Seidel, Matthias, Secomandi, Simona, Studer, Bruno, Theodoridis, Spyros, Thines, Marco, Urban, Lara, Vasemägi, Anti, Vella, Adriana, Vella, Noel, Vernes, Sonja C., Vernesi, Cristiano, Vieites, David R., Waterhouse, Robert M., Wheat, Christopher W., Wörheide, Gert, Wurm, Yannick, Zammit, Gabrielle, Höglund, Jacob, Palsbøll, Per J., Ruiz-López, María J., Zhang, Guojie, Jarvis, Erich D.

Source: In Trends in Ecology & Evolution March 2022 37(3):197-202

The conservation of the endangered Mediterranean common dolphin (Delphinus delphis): Current knowledge and research priorities

Authors: Vella, Adriana, Murphy, Sinéad, Giménez, Joan, Stephanis, Renaud, Mussi, Barbara, Vella, Joseph G., Larbi Doukara, Kamel, Pace, Daniela Silvia

Source: Aquatic conservation. 31:110-136

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Abundance, distribution and diet of the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, in the northern Aegean Sea (Greece)

Authors: Milani, Cristina, Vella, Adriana, Vidoris, Pavlos, Christidis, Aristidis, Koutrakis, Emmanouil

Source: Aquatic conservation. 31:76-86

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Caretta caretta Embryo Development and Nest Success Rate Study.

Authors: Koroma, Isaak¹ isaak.koroma.18@um.edu.mt, Vella, Adriana¹ adriana.vella@um.edu.mt

Source: Natural & Engineering Sciences. Dec2024, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p24-39. 16p.

Subject Terms: *TURTLE nests, *LOGGERHEAD turtle, *TURTLE conservation, *SEA turtles, *COMPARATIVE studies

Genetic Identity and Diversity of Loggerhead Sea Turtles in the Central Mediterranean Sea.

Authors: Vella, Adriana¹ (AUTHOR) adriana.vella@um.edu.mt, Vella, Noel¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Genes. Dec2024, Vol. 15 Issue 12, p1565. 21p.

Subject Terms: *LOGGERHEAD turtle, *GENETIC variation, *WILDLIFE conservation, *NUCLEAR DNA, *CONSERVATION genetics

New Records of Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Portunidae) from Malta and the San Leonardo River Estuary in Sicily (Central Mediterranean).

Authors: Vella, Adriana¹ (AUTHOR) adriana.vella@um.edu.mt, Giarrusso, Enrico² (AUTHOR), Monaco, Clara² (AUTHOR), Mifsud, Clare Marie¹ (AUTHOR), Darmanin, Sandra Agius¹ (AUTHOR), Raffa, Alessandra² (AUTHOR), Tumino, Carla² (AUTHOR), Peri, Iuri² (AUTHOR), Vella, Noel¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Diversity (14242818). May2023, Vol. 15 Issue 5, p679. 12p.

Subject Terms: *BLUE crab, *PORTUNIDAE, *INTRODUCED species, *GENETIC barcoding, *MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

Geographic Terms: MALTA, SICILY (Italy), SYRACUSE (Italy)

The complete mitogenome of the Critically Endangered smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox (Lamniformes: Odontaspididae)

Authors: Vella, Noel, Vella, Adriana

Source: Mitochondrial DNA.Part B.Resources. 5(3):3301-3304

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A pan‐cetacean MHC amplicon sequencing panel developed and evaluated in combination with genome assemblies.

Authors: Heimeier, Dorothea, Garland, Ellen C., Eichenberger, Franca, Garrigue, Claire, Vella, Adriana, Baker, C. Scott, Carroll, Emma L.

Source: Molecular Ecology Resources; Jul2024, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p1-19, 19p

Subject Terms: MAJOR histocompatibility complex, HUMPBACK whale, GENOMES, GENE families, GENOMICS, CETACEA

DNA Barcoding of Lepidoptera Species from the Maltese Islands: New and Additional Records, with an Insight into Endemic Diversity.

Authors: Vella, Adriana^1,2 (AUTHOR) adriana.vella@um.edu.mt, Mifsud, Clare Marie^1,2 (AUTHOR), Magro, Denis² (AUTHOR), Vella, Noel^1,2 (AUTHOR)

Source: Diversity (14242818). Dec2022, Vol. 14 Issue 12, p1090. 18p.

Subject Terms: *GENETIC barcoding, *DNA data banks, *LEPIDOPTERA, *SPECIES, *ISLANDS

Geographic Terms: MALTA

Characterization of the complete mitogenome of Haifa grouper, Hyporthodus haifensis (Perciformes: Serranidae), and its phylogenetic position within Epinephelini

Authors: Vella, Noel, Vella, Adriana

Source: Mitochondrial DNA.Part B.Resources. 6(4):1287-1289

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Acoustic characterization of bats from Malta: setting a baseline for monitoring and conservation of bat populations

Authors: Mifsud, Clare Marie, Vella, Adriana

Source: Bioacoustics. 28(5):427-442

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Interactions between fisheries and cetaceans in the Thracian sea (Greece) and management proposals

Authors: Milani, Cristina B., Vella, Adriana, Vidoris, Pavlos, Christidis, Aristidis, Kamidis, Nikolaos, Leykaditou, Eygenia

Source: Fisheries management and ecology. 26(4):374-388

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Assessing cetacean surveys throughout the Mediterranean Sea: a gap analysis in environmental space

Authors: Mannocci, Laura, Roberts, Jason, Halpin, Patrick, Authier, Matthieu, Boisseau, Oliver, Bradai, Mohamed, Cañadas, Ana, Chicote, Carla, David, Léa, Di-Méglio, Nathalie, Fortuna, Caterina, Frantzis, Alexandros, Gazo, Manel, Genov, Tilen, Hammond, Philip, Holcer, Draško, Kaschner, Kristin, Kerem, Dani, Lauriano, Giancarlo, Lewis, Tim, Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe, Panigada, Simone, Raga, Juan, Scheinin, Aviad, Ridoux, Vincent, Vella, Adriana, Vella, Joseph

Source: Scientific reports. 8(1):1-14

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First record of the genus Micromeriella Betrem, 1972 (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) from the Maltese Islands, central Mediterranean.

Authors: Vella, Adriana¹ adriana.vella@um.edu.mt, Tabone, Sylvana¹ sylvana.tabone.18@um.edu.mt, Vella, Noel¹ noel.vella@um.edu.mt

Source: Check List. 2021, Vol. 17 Issue 6, p1455-1460. 6p.

Subject Terms: *HYMENOPTERA, *SPECIES distribution

Geographic Terms: MEDITERRANEAN Region

Probiotics in Infancy and Childhood for Food Allergy Prevention and Treatment.

Authors: Di Costanzo, Margherita, Vella, Adriana, Infantino, Claudia, Morini, Riccardo, Bruni, Simone, Esposito, Susanna, Biasucci, Giacomo

Source: Nutrients; Jan2024, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p297, 15p